symbols such as characters‚ places and colors. His use of symbolism ads meaning to a certain object‚ character or place. The Valley of Ashes is a symbolic place located “ Half way between West Egg and New York” (Fitzgerald 23); it is a place of industrial trash “ a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens‚ where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling
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novel. There is a great variety of symbols used to demonstrate the society of the 1920’s‚ Gatsby’s hopes‚ and the extravagant life of the rich. The Valley of Ashes can be used to symbolize the 1920 society. Located between West Egg and New York‚ it is a desolate industrial wasteland full of garbage‚ ashes‚ and soot. The Valley of Ashes symbolizes the ruin and poverty of the people; they suffer in the Valley of Ashes because of the actions of the rich who are careless. Tom’s behavior and attitude towards
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first symbols mentioned in the book is the Valley of Ashes. This is an area between West Egg and New York consisting of a large area of desolate land described as‚ “A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” The Valley of Ashes is representative
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childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood‚ and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.” From the very first lines in his bestselling novel‚ Angela’s Ashes‚ Frank McCourt sets himself apart from all those around him. Throughout the novel‚ the author gives an insight into his upbringing‚ and how it affected his outlook on life and his overall sense of belonging in his world. The author explores the concept
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Terlonge Intercultural Comm. Japanese Humor Masculinity & Femininity There are many factors in which effect one’s sense of humor in each particular region. Certain things and instances may reflect humor in a different way for each individual. Humor also varies in the sex of the individual also‚ because something a male would find funny a woman would find repulsive or vice versa. In Japan there are several instances in which humor is used either positively or negatively towards
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Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive
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The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They
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The book I read for this report was Avril Crump And Her Amazing Clones by Angela Woolfe. Avril Crump is a scientist who accidently uses an old scientific experiment that belongs to Dr. Blut‚ and ends up making three clones. The clones are a talking dog named Augustus‚ a little girl‚ and a very tall man named Bonaparte. She tries to keep the clones a secret from Dr. Blut. But Dr. Blut ends up finding them and capturing Avril and her clones anyway. Near the end of the book Dr. Blut and his assistant
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Comparative essay – Tigers bride and the Courtship of Mr Lyon The Bloody Chamber collection by Angela Carter is a selection of short gothic retellings of well known fairy tales. Two of the works “The Tigers Bride” and “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” are both based from the story Beauty and the beast. Beauty and the beast is a traditional French tale first created in 1740. As they are based off the same text it’s not surprising that they have some very similar elements‚ however their differences are where
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In chapter 4 Jurgis got a job which consists of clearing the intestines of the cattle as they were being gutted. He earns up to seventeen and a half cents per hour which is consider a very well pay wage and was happy to earn a dollar and a half over a day. Additionally‚ Marijah gets a job painting cans in the canning factory and earn two dollars a day. One day‚ Jurgis stumbled upon a flyer advertising a home for sale. He thought about buying a home and the family can pitch in their earning wage once
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