F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is known as “The Great American Novel.” Fitzgerald utilized symbols and motifs to achieve his purpose. He wants readers to realize the destruction a materialistic lifestyle has on an individual; that materialism leads to moral deterioration. Fitzgerald uses the wasteland between New York City and West Egg as a symbol of society’s moral decline. He also uses eyes as a motif to describe characters and to warn readers of the way society watches as materialism
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In the book How Picture books Work‚ Maria Nikolajeva and Carole Scott explore the lively relationship between the words and the imagery in children’s literature. It is explained in their work that the children’s picture book is a form of literature and culture that prepares children for other media of communication. (Nikolajeva & Scott‚ 2001) ‘’The unique character of picture books as an art form is based on the combination of two levels of communication‚ the visual and the verbal. Making use of
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The brutal treatment of the native americans is a stain on american history. N. Scott Momaday’s grandmother lived closely after that time‚ so she knew both times of her people’s lives‚ but was not broken by the change. Momaday wrote his essay‚ The Way to Rainy Mountain to remember his heritage and to remind his audience of a dying culture. Momaday’s essay begins with a description of Rainy Mountain‚ home to his tribe‚ the Kiowas‚ followed by a short history about how they were driven from their
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In this historical fiction book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald explores love’s fantasies and realities through the character of Jay Gatsby. During their five year separation‚ Gatsby searches for his love‚ Daisy Buchanan. He rearranged his entire life in order to retain her love and eventually creating an intangible image of her in his head. In his mind‚ the fantasy of Daisy and their relationship outweighs the reality‚ while in real life it is quite the opposite. The eventual consequences
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In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ symbols are an important and integral part of what makes it a great novel. Though there are numerous and different aspects that could be explored‚ a repeated and often mentioned aspect are the revolutionary vehicles. Cars in the 1920s were a symbol of status and privilege as they were becoming increasingly affordable. Though most people could own a car due to Ford releasing the Model T‚ the colored vehicles usually a sign of wealth and status. Fitzgerald often uses
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My review is on Island of the Blue Dolphins‚ written by Scott O’ Dell. The genre of Island of the Blue Dolphins is fiction and historical fiction. As the story begins the Aleuts‚ now with a Russian captain‚ return to the island. Where they make a deal with Karana’s tribe. The deal was the Aleuts could kill as many otters as they wanted‚ but they had to give Karan’s tribe half of the otters that they killed. When the Aleuts began preparing to leave there was a disagreement and a fight‚ between Karana’s
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In Ender’s Game‚ written by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character‚ Ender Wiggin eventually becomes the hero of the human race. The story starts with Ender‚ a third child‚ living with his sister Valentine and his brother Peter. Ender constantly lives in fear with his brother because he is not only rough on Ender‚ but borderline abusive. Valentine‚ on the other hand‚ is filled with kindness and cares for Ender. One day‚ a man who belongs to the “ International Fleet” comes to his house and asks to
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Old and New Money In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the theme of old money and new money are described as inherited wealth and recently acquired wealth. Both of these themes share an almost similar amount of wealth but are handled and spent differently. The two places along the east cost in this novel represent these themes. East Egg represents old money whereas as West Egg represents new money. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald clearly depicts these two themes and how they are
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Book Report for The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card PLOT SUMMARY: Danny North grew up in a family of gods—or at least the poor remnants of the mages who once went by names like Odin‚ Thor‚ and Freya. When the gates that led to their home world of Westil were closed by Loki in 632 a.d.‚ the Families lost much of their power. Despite this loss of power‚ the Families still consider themselves far superior to drowthers‚ the name they use for humans. Drekka—mages that possess no magical talent—are considered
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1. What is your evaluation of Scott Fischer and Rob Hall as leaders? Did they make some poor decisions? If so‚ why?(Required) I believe that due to their experience with climbing Mount Everest‚ Hall and Fischer might have lead the people better than other guides but made some critical mistakes. Although they gave the opportunity for people to climb the highest mountain in the world and helped them achieve that goal‚ they made some poor decisions that eventually lead to death of their clients and
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