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    In The Great Gatsby you will 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

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    Aunt Bessi

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    Dear Aunt Bessie‚ Thank you forgiving me the chance to spend a good amount of money on the things that matter in America. Although some people may think this an easy task‚ I would like to let them know that it was quite difficult. However‚ after a long time of thinking‚ I have decided that women’s suffrage‚ child labor‚ and deforestation are the problems that need to be helped the most. Women’s suffrage will get your first offering of 600‚000 dollars. Jane Adams made a valid point in saying

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    Aunty Knows Best Aunt Alexandra’s Thoughts After She Says‚ “We’ll see about this.” (177) First of all‚ how dare she! I feel like I’m raising two crude boys‚ in the stead of the gentleman and lady I feel I am owed! My brother was always vacant in our childhood‚ but I will not allow him to corrupt a whole new generation of Finches‚ especially now that I see how Francis is turning out! You know‚ I’m rather sure that the problem with that little brat Francis is that he must have spent too much time

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    Proud Aunt

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    January 15‚ 2004 was the day I became an aunt. I just got out of volleyball practice when my cell phone rang. I knew it was my mom calling to tell me sister had the baby because yesterday my sister was having real bad stomachaches. Nervously I answered the phone and sure enough‚ it was my mom saying my sister‚ Jamie‚ had the baby. She was coming to pick me up from practice and we would go straight to the hospital. I couldn’t decide whether to be happy or scared for meeting my niece for the first

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    person’s characterisation and the experiences they have in life. The Great Gatsby being set in the 1920’s‚ and the East Egg and West Eggs is a great example of the complex hidden meaning behind those aspects. Although the Jazz era is known as the thriving twenties a time of economic prosperity‚ lavish and parties when the readers are exposed to the corrupted society we realize the traits which lie deeper than that. In the novel The Great Gatsby ‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses certain aspects of setting such

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    In many books and stories colors are used to show meanings and display emotions. In The Great Gatsby‚ colors are used to show the truth about each character. The colors are hidden throughout the book in clothing‚ vehicles and lights owned by the character they represent. Every color has a unique meaning‚ they represent the good and the bad about whatever object or person they are representing. Jay Gatsby’s character is represented by many colors through many things that he owns and admires. Gatsby

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    within the play. However‚ apart from the consideration of the eponymous character of Macbeth‚ it may be viewed that the witches are the most prominent of the characters within the play‚ and that they have considerable significance over the actions within the plot. Their significance is evident from the very beginning‚ as the “three witches” introduce the audience to the play‚ implying that their participation within the plot will be central. The presence of the witches within the play may be said

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    Taking a deep breath‚ "Aunt Viv‚ I have been having a very difficult time with Amy lately. She has been moody‚ stays by herself‚ and fighting with Jason". Viv couldn’t believe her ears. A picture of Amy popped up in her head. Thinking about the happy‚ sweet‚ loving girl. "Jenna‚ I am so sorry to hear that. The poor baby‚ is there anything I can do to help you? Is that the reason you called?" "Well‚ Aunt Viv‚ I was wondering. Is the offer for us to visit still open‚" she asked. "But of course

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    B) Consider the significance of endings in three narrative texts you have studied When writing a novel‚ the ending is most important. It is what ties everything together and helps the reader to understand what has happened throughout the story completely. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti have endings which are made significant through their resolutions. Coleridge and Fitzgerald have created stories

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    “Paradise of the Blind” is characterized by its cultural significance. Duong Thu Huong chooses her characters very deliberately. Every character that appears in‚ the protagonist‚ Hang’s life represents cultural pressures and cultural symbols. Since “Paradise of the Blind” is a bildungsroman‚ the characters that come and go within the novel itself all influence Hang. They change and alter the life of Hang based on the social pressures that are commonly seen in Vietnamese culture. Ultimately‚ by watching

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