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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In the summer in the year 2013‚ in Edinburgh Scotland‚ Julian Treasure spoke at a TED Talk titled “How to Speak so That People Want to Listen”. In his speech‚ he began with detailing what he called the “seven deadly sins of speaking”: gossip‚ judgment‚ negativity. complaining‚ excuses‚ embroidery‚ and dogmatism. After that‚ he preached about HAIL; his view for a good foundation for speaking. According to him‚ the traits that every speaker must possess in order for people to want to listen to them
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How can point of view and character shape the theme of the text? The theme of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is that fear can prevent people from protecting each other and doing the right thing.This theme was inferred when the book excerpt says‚ “He’d never seen anyone look so terrified as Shmuel did at that moment and he wanted to say the right thing”(47). In the story the son of an SS officer and a young boy who was a Jewish prisoner became friends‚ so when the time to protect each other came
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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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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 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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Intro - My character is from the book Speak and I choose to start my monologue a year after the story ended when Melinda (the character I will be portraying) has recovered from the trauma she endured through 8th and 9th grade. Monologue: Puts on the hoodie Last year was rough‚ to say the least‚ I went through a lot‚ I all my friends in one night. That night‚ that one dreadful‚ horrible night. That night back in eighth grade‚ I was sexually assaulted by a high school student named Andy Evans. The
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Getting Better My theme song is "Getting Better" by The Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in 1960. John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison and Ringo Starr‚ members of The Beatles‚ became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle‚ beat and 1950s rock and roll‚ the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles‚ ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock‚ often incorporating classical elements
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but does nothing to stop it. Amir is haunted by this memory of his betrayal for years until he is given the chance to atone for his sins and redeem himself. Throughout the novel Hosseini‚ using a number of different symbols‚ is able to emphasise themes like friendship‚ guilt and redemption. Hassan’s cleft lip‚ the kites‚ pomegranate tree are key symbols in the text. Hassan’s cleft lip is one of his most symbolic features as a child. The split in Hassan’s lip acts as a mark of Hassan’s status
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