The “Great” Dream How far would you go to impress the person you love? In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby‚ a self-made man from West Egg goes through extraordinary lengths to impress the love of his life‚ Daisy. The plot of The Great Gatsby is fabricated by the deliberate use of symbolism and characters. The author’s use of symbols gives a more intense meaning to ordinary objects and makes the reader contemplate the meaning of them. Jay Gatsby’s mansion is heavily
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The Letter A is a mark of punishment and humiliation. However ‚ Hester Prynne carries the symbol upon her with a very different out look than the puritans intended. Hester and the Puritans both have strong feelings for this Scarlet Letter but both will not come to terms and define a universal meaning for this strong symbol. <br> <br>The Puritans intend this A to be a disgrace to Hester Prynne. To make the public aware that she is nothing but a sinner and an adulteress. The Puritans want nothing more
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The Symbolism of the Black Man and the Forest in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter was a novel composed by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The events in the novel were dated back to the 17th century. The Massachusetts Bay Colony included the Puritans that were heavily influenced with the Church. With religion being their origin for both moral and government regulations‚ many things were outlawed. The Puritans obeyed strict standards and if anyone was to deviate from them‚ they were to be punished. Public
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In the beginning‚ the boys want to go home. They want to be returned to the adult world‚ and to eventually return home. They hope for someone to save them‚ and now the fire represents what that want. This hope will become their destruction. On page 169‚ after Jack’s tribe steals Piggy’s glasses from Ralph’s group. The boys assumed that Jack’s tribe would try to pilfer the conch‚ but the thing they take is the glasses that are used to
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place where the witches go at night to have meetings. They see it as a home of the devil. Possibly the Puritans made up things about the forest trying to keep the people from the Natural Law. They wanted people to believe in the Puritan Law. This is what Hawthorne is trying to get across. However Hawthorne makes a mistake. He tries to make the Puritans look bad. For example‚ in chapter 21‚ Hawthorne writes‚ "Their immediate posterity‚ the generation next to the early emigrants‚ wore the blackest shade
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everybody in the area‚ and news spreads fast throughout the people. In the beginning‚ the constant talk about how immature Tom is through his actions. His actions include lying and sneaking out‚ it’s as if Tom does whatever he wants. Tom becomes in trouble no matter where he is because he always does something that isn’t right from being in school‚ church‚ and at home. But‚ this changes as the novel progresses. As the novel progresses‚ Tom’s actions become more and more noticed throughout the community
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portrayed as very perceptive; she sees and‚ for the most part‚ understands everything that is happening. Using this‚ Pearl pushes other characters in the story to think about things in a different way‚ or remind them of something. Most of the time‚ she does this in the form of reminding Hester and others about Hester sin. Let’s delve deeper into Pearl’s character and her role in The Scarlet Letter. Pearl is very perceptive. She sees everything the other characters do‚ and tries to understand them. This
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himself … he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (Fitzgerald 98). In this classic rags-to-riches tale‚ a poor young man sees what the world has to offer‚ and he does everything he can to have it all. He constructs a new identity‚ one that embodies wealth‚ class‚ and power. He acts like royalty and is treated appropriately. Gatsby constructs a version of himself that is mysterious‚ wealthy‚ and
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and because Tom was black‚ even his lawyer Atticus Finch knew that he would lose the case. “People generally see what they look for‚ and hear what they listen for” (Lee‚ 1960‚ p.232). This quote is an example of how the judge and public viewed blacks. They only focused and made up things about blacks that were not positive. They did not listen to how the color of someone’s skin does not make someone’s decisions. Therefore‚ Tom had no chance of winning. If people did not assume that Tom was a rapist
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“A Rose for Emily” is a short story that explains a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. The story is divided into five sections that explains and gives indication about the story itself. William Faulkner uses “A Rose for Emily” to make a statement about the South‚ at its own danger‚ is refusing to accept the certain historical changes. If the south continuously shows that they are not able to adapt to the changes in the South they will die a lonely‚ perverse death
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