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    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald shows many themes in his novel The Great Gatsby. One of the themes presented is the person’s social status or class. The theme is given by showing whether the person is rich or poor based on the color of what they wear or drive. This motif provides information about the social class of each character by using colors to show what classification they are a part of. The motif is yellow/gold because it represents money and wealth throughout the novel. Another motif

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    A theme is a concept in the movie that is continued throughout in order to establish a connecting motif that ties the movie together. One prevalent theme in the movie "North by Northwest" is double or false identities. Everyone in this movie either steals‚ creates‚ or assumes double or false identities at some point in the movie. No initial character ends up being who they appear to be. One major character that carries this theme is Roger O. Thornhill‚ played by Cary Grant. He begins as himself

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    person who will take a position for what he believes in no matter the consequences. The elements of fiction and style that I decided to use were “theme”‚ “setting”‚ “plot”‚ and “style”. Foremost‚ I chose “theme” because I believe as confirmed in Elements of Fiction‚ “ a theme is a generalization about the meaning of a story” (1057). An important theme in “A&P” is that of choices and effect. All the major characters in the story make a choice and undergo the consequences of the choice. The end results

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    The Catcher in the Rye/Dead Poets Society Throughout the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ and the movie Dead Poets Society‚ there are many themes portrayed that the characters deal with and learn from. Of the many themes displayed in the movie and novel‚ three that stood out were loneliness‚ dealing with change‚ and the pain of growing up. These three themes are vital and important‚ and play a significant role in the characters throughout the novel and movie. The struggles of loneliness‚ dealing

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    a record starts to play by itself and it proclaims all of acquitted crimes that the ten had committed. After that night‚ people start to be picked off one by one by an anonymous murderer. In the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie the theme is past experiences can change one’s mindset in future situations can be seen through the characters who are stranded on Soldier island. The author Agatha Christie shows how one’s mindset can change in the future

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    Call It Sleep: Connecting Themes and Images There are many reoccurring themes throughout the novel Call It Sleep. One theme that I became particularly interested in was the vast difference between the cellar and the fresh white snowfall seen in book one‚ as well as the meanings and connotations attributed to these particular events. We are first introduced to the cellar on page twenty when David walks down the stairs to go outside and play with the other neighborhood children. “A few steps from

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    Slaughterhouse Five Final Project One important theme in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five is is war For instance‚ Vonnegut writes “Do you know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing anti-war books? I say‚ "Why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?" From this quotation the reader can conclude that What he is saying is that there is no point in writing anti war books because war is something that you just can’t stop. We will always have some sort of war so he relates it to

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    In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ there are three principal themes. They are respecting nature‚ and considering results of actions. The main theme‚ or universal truth‚ is heeding warnings. The themes are shown through the character and his actions. The main character in the story had an attitude that prevented him from heeding internal and external warnings. He did not respect nature’s power‚ and therefore he paid with his life.<br><br>His attitude was arrogant and careless. The man

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    In the novel the Lord of the flies written by Sir William Golding‚ there were two conflicting themes that were clearly shown‚ these include order and civilization and chaos and destruction. Although shown at different stages in the novel‚ these themes reflect just how the group of survivor boys swiftly changed their attitude all together. Sir William Golding used these themes as an underlying message explaining how inside of all of us‚ no matter how hard we try to have order‚ if given the chance

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    In Ian McEwan’s novel ‘Atonement’ part one focuses on ‘the crime’ which could refer to either the rape of Lola Quincey or the miscarriage of justice that lead to the false conviction of Robbie Turner. Part two of the novel continues the theme of crime through the narration of World War Two supposedly from Robbie’s point of view. The war section in part two is clearly the outcome of the crime in part one as‚ without the rape and false accusation‚ Robbie would never have been subject to the “stupidity

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