Frederick Douglass once said “The mind does not take its complexion from the skin” Many people in the town of Maycomb feel that colored people are less important because of their skin. Life is too short to only see the outside of people. In “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper lee‚ The story takes place down South in a town called Maycomb. In this small town there is racism‚ discrimination. kindness‚ and innocence‚ Symbolism is issued throughout the novel by Harper Lee to introduce the topic of racism
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No matter what‚ if people are placed in the right circumstances their inner self will come out. In the book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the concept follows a group of British boys who are stranded on a deserted island. The plot of the book is how the boys survive on this deserted island. The author‚ Golding‚ uses the inner beast as the main symbol that at some point overcomes all of the boys as they live on the island. He even uses war paint through the novel as something that covers their inner beast
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her face “with a soft and constant light in it. It was not the hysterical light of electricity but – what? But the strangely comfortable and rare and gently flattering light of the candle (5).” Although this is not the most obvious or significant point of fire’s creative power‚ it is the one with the most lasting effect. It is inferred that Montag is squirreling books for many years‚ but he does nothing about it until he meets Clarisse. The candle Montag notices finally pushes him to do something
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to stand apart from all the “phonies” of the world. However‚ the fact that Holden refuses to wear the hat while in the presence of people he knows is a representation of his need for acceptance‚ despite all he says about his indifference regarding what other people think about him. This means that the hunting hat is a representation of the main conflict in the book‚ which is that Holden has to balance his need for freedom and isolation with his desire for social relations. The Ducks
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woman‚ in Adam’s eyes‚ her race is still something that must be considered when discussing the orientalist discourse within The Purple Cloud. Adam speculates that she ‘was of Circassian blood‚ or‚ at least‚ origin; her skin whitey-brown‚ or old ivory white’ (p. 187). Circassian being something that was linked to beauty‚ racial purity‚ and superiority. Many of Shiel’s contemporaries would have believed in the theory that the Circassian woman was the ‘whitest‚ racially “purest” specimen of human woman
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leaves he gives her his hunting hat. Holden does this on page 233 of The Catcher in the Rye‚ ”Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. She likes those kinds of crazy hats.” Holden giving Phoebe his hat is giving her
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people were saying it back when it was used to keep colored people under the white and there is no need to use it whatsoever‚ even between the black culture‚ and it may just be a personal preference but I don’t really seem it to be a crucial necessity to the story. One element I appreciate is how Harper stayed truthful to a character’s personality‚ for example‚ Atticus was portrayed as someone who was wise and knew what the right thing was to do in all situations‚ granted when his sister came he
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example of this is when‚ on their first successful hunt‚ Jack and the hunters abandon their fore duties to go hunting. This also costs them a chance to be rescued by the boat. Because of this‚ the Lord of the Flies mainly affects Jack and the Hunters. It does however effect Simon‚ a character who clearly hasn’t let this terrible situation get the better of him. When Simon goes to the clearing he regularly
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Hard‚ lustrous‚ pure‚ highly prized as a gem. What do these things describe? Nothing but a simple pearl. Nathaniel Hawthorne used these descriptions to shape a young and unusual character in his book The Scarlet Letter. Pearl‚ the young character‚ was much like a real pearl. Hawthorne used symbolism through Pearl to tell his story. Pearl was a representation of the lingering reminder of sin‚ brokenness and freedom‚ and the Puritan society’s view on the devil’s work. Hawthorne wrote about a woman
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In the novel the Lord of the Flies‚ author William Golding added symbols with deep meanings throughout the story. Each of the symbols have different meanings and they reflect the author’s views of humanity. The symbols question the true nature of humans and determine whether it is good or bad. The symbols in the novel are the conch‚ fire‚ and the color pink . In the story the conch represents law and authority. When the boys group together in the beginning of the story‚ they decide that the conch
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