irreconcilable‚ or cruel. In the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the “black box” to describe the evil side of the tradition. The “black box” represents symbolically for many things such as the death‚ and outdated tradition. In this story‚ the black box symbolizes the evil side of the death. The narrator states‚ every year the towns’ people are gathering for a lottery drawing in the town square. The story originally makes the black box and the lottery seem like something good. People rush to gather for the
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To Holden everyone around him is phony‚ and the same. The hat‚ to him‚ is a symbol of uniqueness. Being different was very special to Holden. Near the end of the book Holden goes home to see his sister‚ before he sees his parents. Holden expresses a lot of care toward his sister Phoebe and when he leaves he gives her his hunting hat. Holden does this on page 233 of The Catcher in the Rye‚ ”Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. She likes those kinds of crazy hats.”
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Fitzgerald. The Story of The Great Gatsby all summed up is about a man Jay Gatsby and his journey to win over the love of this life Daisy‚ he uses hope to fuel his drive for taking Daisy and ultimately ends in a tragic event. The author of The Great Gatsby uses colors for symbolism in this book. Green for Gatsby’s money and how rich he is‚ blue for Gatsby’s hope and his chase for daisy‚ throughout the whole story the book focuses on his hope‚ red for danger Gatsby’s secret life and his past how did
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incidental scenery of the book offers a harsh picture of colonial enterprise. The impetus behind Marlow’s adventures‚ too‚ has to do with the hypocrisy inherent in the rhetoric used to justify imperialism. The men who work for the Company describe what they do as “trade‚”
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Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. He wrote it because he wanted to get his message across. In the 1950’s Arthur Miller was summoned by the House of Committee on un-american activities. He was accused of being a communist. Miller was trying to get his message that the society has turned into a hypocritical society. During the 1950’s the U.S senator John McCarthy was accusing everyone who would be a threat as a communist. Since Arthur Miller was a political advocate who was against the inequalities
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In the novel by Dickens‚ there are several incidences where fire is used in a symbolic way. The fire at Miss Havisham’s home in chapter VIII‚ 45 was extinguished. Miss Havisham went past the fires that had been extinguished‚ to the stairs and past a gallery. She looked as though she was ascending into the sky. This is symbolic of the passion that she had. The fires were extinguished meaning that her passion had faded. Miss Havisham‚ was slowly wasting away. On her birthday‚ Miss Havisham had visitors
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that affected the French and the modern world profoundly. It was a time where monarchs fell apart‚ whereas nationalism and democracy arose upon the hands of the civilians. A Tale of Two Cities‚ a novel written by Charles Dickens‚ takes place in France. Prior to Dickens writing his highly acclaimed novel‚ he compared his time era to France because the French authorities abused their privileges and struck poverty‚ violence‚ and injustice. Madame Defarge‚ who is the antagonist‚ represents evil and
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around. The students in the story were wriggling around when they got excited like how worms would move around. The ceiling in the story‚ had many lights moving around so much like it was dancing.. In this personification‚ Harper Lee described how the ceiling was full of lights. When the students took out their molasses buckets‚ the buckets reflected the lights onto the ceiling. When Ms.Caroline gave Walter quarters for lunch‚ he may have never seen so much money in his life. In this hyperbole‚ Harper
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like way that because he thought Gatsby was fake. Jay Gatsby- Both the racketeer and romantic idealist. He was a high-class rich man. He loves to show off and have parties. He was a fake person because he pretended to be something he was not. He does not tell the truth about his parents being wealthy and where he is from. His parents were actually poor farmers. He was in love with Daisy and wanted her to leave her husband Tom. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy. He think that he is wealthy
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How can a flower represent a character? In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ there are many flowers that are assigned to different characters. The azaleas‚ geraniums‚ and camellias are just a few. Azaleas are known for being beautiful and opening their blossoms all at once. The azaleas represent femininity or softness. Miss Maudie represents strength and integrity. When her house got burned down she just started working on her garden again as if nothing had even happened. “Miss Maudie
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