situation. Rather it’s good or bad it has a lasting impact on our lives through the years as we read in these two stories. Even though the writers had two different experiences they both had lasting memories that will stay with them. In the essay “The Color of Love”‚ the writer Danzy Senna tells the story of her grandmother who was also a writer but they were as different as night and day. Her grandmother was Irish but from the country’s Protestant elite who married a lawyer from America fell in love
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see a lot of references to colors. Some of the colors include green‚white and yellow. All the colors have special meaning behind them. The novel‚ The Great Gatsby ‚ is like a mystery behind a painters palette. F.Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent hope throughout The Great Gatsby. “Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light‚ minute and far way‚ that might have been the end of a dock.” In this quote the color green is being symbolized as
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Mrs. Black Period: 9 4 March 2012 Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Authors often use color symbolism in their writing to show a deeper meaning. Often‚ these colors associate with a particular feeling of object. Fitzgerald is no different in his work‚ The Great Gatsby. It is discernible that Fitzgerald uses a multitude of color references in his writing. The ones most easily recognizable are the use of yellow‚ white and green. There are however‚ such colors as silver‚ blue and red that lack obvious
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throng of bearded men‚ in sad-colored garments and gray‚" the opening lines of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter recognizes color in depicting images into the reader’s mind. The novel unfolds over a span of seven years in Puritan America during the seventeenth century. Moral justice is tested as the plot revolves around the sin of adultery. The author uses color to illustrate the significance and symbolism of the emblem "A‚" Roger Chillingworth‚ and Pearl Prynne. The adulterer‚ Hester Prynne
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summer time. Blue is a color which stands for loyalty‚ honesty and trust and it can be quiet‚ reserved and even sincere. You can be sure that you can rely on blue to take over the control and to do the right thing when times get tough. Just think of the wonderful things which are blue like twilight‚ the sky and the oceans‚ seas‚ rivers and lakes. Remember that the sky is reflected in the waters and can make them a wonderful blue especially on a clear‚ sunny day. This color can be soothing and is
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In The Color of Water‚ author James McBride writes both his autobiography and a tribute to the life of his mother‚ Ruth McBride. In the memoirs of the author’s mother and of himself‚ they constantly face discrimination from their race in certain neighborhoods and of their religious beliefs. The trials and tribulations faced by these two characters have taught readers universally that everyone faces difficulties in life‚ but they can all be surmounted. Whenever Ruth or James McBride face any forms
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2014 English 4 The Great Gatsby Color Essay In his novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism in most parts of the novel as character developments. Colors are an important part of the world around us‚ they can send messages and express emotions‚ belief that words cannot express. In the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color yellow as immorality and readers can also see that it stands for corruption. F. Scott Fitzgerald also uses the color gold‚ which represents wealth
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Gatsby: Final Essay F. Scott Fitzgerald used lots of symbolism with color in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby. It might seem as if he is just describing the setting or object when he uses colors but if the reader knows and understands the circumstances of the situations then they would be able to recognize the symbolism. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald uses colors to symbolize emotions‚ such as the color green‚ gold and white. These colors may have many possible interpretations‚ and they are used to reveal
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The traditional color guard held the national flag and marched into battle with soldiers‚ along with a drummer or a few drummers to keep all the soldiers in step as they marched. As marching bands became more known‚ the color guard added the "dance" to the music that the band was playing. Now‚ it has turned into a known sport called "The Sport of Arts". The sport of the arts has evolved from a military activity‚ to a creative performance. In the early days during the Civil War‚ the soldiers
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A woman once said‚ “There is no life without color.” This is just the case with the main character of “The Life of Pi”‚ Pi Patel. Pi is a cast away on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger‚ an orangutan‚ a hyena and a zebra. There is one color that was mentioned multiple times throughout the story‚ the color orange. In the novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel‚ this color is used as a symbol for hope and survival. To hope means to wish for something with expectations of its
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