to the next‚ drives conformity. These efforts toward conformity create a schism between who a person is in reality and what they try to be‚ often leading that person to question whether they feel justified in their conformity. Ultimately though‚ guilt coming from a questioning of conformity is easier to live with than the admittance of unchangeable insecurities. In The Bluest Eye‚ Pecola Breedlove shows that when stripped of any ability to achieve outward conformity‚ the pointlessness of self-hatred
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provokes us to become better‚ to look at the horrors of our past so we strive for a better future. With her subjectivity towards racism‚ Toni Morrison paved the way for an entire generation of African American women. With her two famous books “The Bluest Eye” and “Sula‚” she gave a voice to their worthiness and beauty. As soon as Toni Morrison was born‚ her parents moved to the North‚ to escape the problems of southern racism. Morrison’s father‚ George Wofford‚ from an early age discussed
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A.P. English “The Great Gatsby” Symbol Assignment Symbols are objects‚ characters‚ figures‚ and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Throughout the book “The Great Gatsby”‚ many symbols are introduced in order to illustrate the many relevant themes within it. One of the first symbols introduced in “The Great Gatsby” is The Valley of Ashes‚ “a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys
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you so horridly ignorant‚ then…as not to know that by far the most dangerous part of house‚ during such a terrific tempest as this‚ is the fire-place?” Basically‚ he insults the man. The salesman appears like the Thunder God‚ and the lightning rod represents false religious symbols. In addition to this‚ Melville uses the salesman’s tactics to sell the product to how false religions persuade you. The author uses the way that the salesman tries to sell the man the lighting rod to show how false religions
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Question 2: Discuss Claudia’s reactions to representations of beauty in her culture. To what extent does she rebel against what the dominant culture regards as beautiful? To what degree is she complicit in the social prejudices and prejudgments that she grows up with? Claudia shows clear signs of rebellion towards what the dominant culture regards as beautiful: how white people look like - blue eyes‚ yellow hair and pink skin. While Pecola submits to the prejudiced beauty standards‚ Claudia
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cultures it seemed a little stupid to choose one type of person to be the idolizing focus for a majority of the country. I feel the older you grow everyone forms their own opinions about what they find beautiful and attractive. The problem is how to get the idea out of younger children’s minds that beauty is what they like and not the decisions of the media‚ internet‚ friends and family. I think now-a-days it might be a little bit easier to sway
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Plainness follows the 10 commandments for example‚ “Thou Shall Not Kill‚ and Thou shall not bear false witness against its neighbor”. Grace represents the cleansing of the soul. For instance if you envy someone‚ you would have to be cleansed of your hatred towards that fellow person. Lastly‚ Divine Mission the spread of religion. One of the ways you can represent that is by going to church every Sunday‚ and sharing religious views with others. In the Crucible‚ the first belief John Proctor breaks
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comprehends the true contrast in characters and the American dream. The first and most dominant color Fitzgerald uses is gold/yellow. He uses these colors to symbolize money and wealth‚ but yellow is made to be seen as a fake gold. He uses gold to represent Jordan Bakers wealth which is not fake. Jordan is portrayed as the golden girl when Nick describes her arm as a “slender golden arm” (43). An example of yellow being a fake gold is shown when Fitzgerald uses color to describe Gatsby’s car. And if
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from different locations and compared their values and beliefs. Miller’s family‚ especially Daisy Miller‚ one of the main characters of the story represents America and its values. Whereas‚ there are several characters who represent Europe. As it is shown in the story‚ Daisy Miller is quite irresponsible and do not really care about what other people thinks of her actions. Even after being warned by different people‚ she stays with her decisions. In other words‚ she is very stubborn. Some
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In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ the character Claudia struggles with the beauty standard that harms her sense of self-esteem. Claudia tries to make sense of why the beauty standard does not include black girls. The beauty standard determines that blonde-haired blue-eyed white girls are the image of beauty and therefore they are worthy of not only attention‚ but are considered valuable to American culture of the 1940s. Thus‚ learning she has no value or beauty as a black girl‚ Claudia destroys
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