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    The Valley of Ashes: “ This is the valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke‚ and finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of ash-grey men‚ who dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” (26) The valley of ashes is located between West Egg and New York‚ the characters need to pass through here to get to New York‚ when they pass through here the characters

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and the film directed by Baz Luhrmann both involve color symbolism relating to setting and costume. Fitzgerald uses green‚ white and yellow/gold in a particular way. For example‚ the color green is used to represent money and envy. In chapter one‚ Nick notices Gatsby “stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way (Fitzgerald 16).” Gatsby is reaching out towards a green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock‚ green represents Gatsby’s desire

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    Maybe everyone‚ like Gatsby‚ has a wonderful illusion in life and love. Even if the reality of their own torture worn‚ it will not easily give up the ideal world. Gatsby was a young man in love with Daisy when he was young‚ but his impoverished home was not properly matched with a pampered Daisy door‚ a reality that dashed Gatsby’s fantasy for the first time. However‚ he was not defeated by reality. With his love for Daisy and his vision for the ideal‚ he vowed to become a millionaire and satisfy

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    Analyzing Symbolism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about corruption and life in the raring 1920’s. In Fitzgerald’s master piece of a story‚ he presents a life learning and exciting story that any person of any age can enjoy‚ but if the reader really puts the effort into “reading between the lines” they will grasp the symbolic meanings that he uses throughout the whole story. Fitzgerald uses these symbols to provide images/representations about what it was

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    ⅡUnderstanding of American Slang 2.1 Definition of Slang 2.1.1 … According to the explanation of Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary‚ slang means very informal words‚ phrases commonly used in speech‚ especially between people from the same social group or who work together‚ and slang is not considered suitable for formal contexts and often not in use for long. (Chomsky‚ 1999) From the perspective of sociolinguistics‚ slang is a kind of jargon marked by its rejection of formal

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    Gatsby is the host of an extravagant party during this chapter. Though he hosts the party‚ he still remains in the background adding to the mysteriousness of his character. He watches everyone closely‚ but does not partake in the drinking and dancing‚ as one would expect. Gatsby’s behavior is perplexing to Nick because all of the stories he has heard about Gatsby indicate he would be the center of attention at his own gala event. Nick again equates Gatsby to near god-like perfection when describing

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    1 May‚ 2017 The Great Gatsby Essay Symbolic Objects People express themselves in many different ways‚ one way is taking pictures of nature to cope with grief and to express themselves. Like as with “photography is full of symbolism‚ it’s a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image” (Sebastiao Salgado). People use symbolism everyday to help them describe situations. Especially those who are authors‚ like Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. An analysis

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    LWFC Essay Do you know how to be happy and powerful ? Laura Esquivel answers it well by represents the answer in her book “ Like Water For Chocolate “. For Tita‚ who is the main character of the book that everything of the book is around and about her life‚ that how she struggles about her boyfriend - Pedro marries her sister - Rosaura‚ worries about life of children of Pedro and Rosaura and John who really loves her. The kitchen she can control of‚ food like Ox-Tail Soup and Turkey Mole with Almonds

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    In stave 3 Dickens introduces two children called Ignorance and Want who are described as: ‘wretched‚ abject‚ frightful‚ hideous‚ miserable.’ This list of negative adjectives makes the reader empathise with the young children as they are innocent and haven’t chosen to live this saddening life. Dickens also used the adjectives scowling‚ wolfish’ to describe the children which is describing them as wolves and monsters‚ indicating that they have been neglected to live like savages. Poor people‚ throughout

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    “The unqualified truth is that‚ when I loved Estella with the love a man‚ I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow‚ often and often‚ if not always that I loved her against reason‚ against promise‚ against peace‚ against hope‚ against happiness‚ against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I loved her none the less because I knew it‚ and it had no more influence in restraining me than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.” (29

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