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The Great Gatsby: Symbolism In Colors
Words: 782 / Pages: 3 .... they
are the ones that he expresses the most. This book is a very colorful book in
the sense that it uses colors to cover so many different aspects of peoples
lives.
Fitzgerald uses the color yellow to symbolize moral decay. On (Page 18)
he writes " The lamp-light, bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf
yellow of her hair." He is talking about Tom and Jordan Baker, and he is
suggesting that tom might be heading for moral decay. In the book there are
several things that Tom does that might prove this. First of all Tom is having
an affair with Myrtle Wilson. A second thing is that he does not like Gatsby,
and several times he tries .....
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The Influence Of Paradise Lost And Frankenstein
Words: 346 / Pages: 2 .... it in 1815 and again in November 1816. Her journal states that Shelley read it aloud while she was writing Frankenstein. She even incorporated Paradise Lost into the novel by having it be one of the three works that the monster studied. The monster found a correlation between his condition and and an aspect of the novel and stated;
"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being...I was wretched, helpless and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition (pg. 135-136)
Other echoes of Paradise Lost are as follows:
Frankenstein hopes to be the source of a new species, but ironically his creat .....
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Herodotus' The History
Words: 1319 / Pages: 5 .... the practice of circumcision, and their strange gods further distinguished them from the Greeks. By contrast, Herodotus’ viewed the Greeks as virile and independent, proudly fighting in defense of their cities, their families, their gods, and for their own freedom and dignity. Thus, the theme of The History of Herodotus is the struggle between the East and the West. The East, represented by the Persian Empire, signified tyranny and oppression. The West, represented by the Greek city-states, signified freedom. As Herodotus interprets the Persian Wars we see the beginnings of Western Civilization and the association of that tradition with freedo .....
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Flowers For Algernon Essay
Words: 1803 / Pages: 7 .... mother always thought her son was normal and
would grow up and be somebody. Charlie's sister also ignored him. To her,
Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his
sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the
night his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad
would never answer his questions. Charlie remembered his childhood and
through his memories, he felt guilty for hurting his family.
After the operation, In the bakery, he used to have friends. Friends
that would talk to him and care about him. Charlie then realized that he had
no friends but merely knew p .....
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Around The World In Eighty Day
Words: 1513 / Pages: 6 .... eighty days.
Setting:
This novel takes place in the late 1800’s, approximately 1872. Mr. Phileas Fogg lived at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens. As the story progresses on and one tiny wager is made, a trip around the world changes the setting of this novel many a times. Some of these settings are London, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, and New York. Clearly though one the most important settings was in the Indian forests, which were passed through, in order to pursue to Kandallah. The Carnatic and the Mongolia were also key settings to the novel.
Plot:
In the 19th century, a man by the name of Phileas Fogg, made a .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Power
Words: 886 / Pages: 4 .... and power over the patients.
McMurphy had complete power over the patients from when he first came in.
Nobody like him had ever been in the ward before. He came in singing and
laughing, something that no one had heard in a long time. He walked around the
room shaking hands, introducing himself to everyone, even the chronics. He
taught the acutes how to play cards and he taught them to gamble. His very
first bet though was that he could get the best of nurse Ratched within the week,
and he did. She wasn't going to back down though. To try and stop all the
gambling going on she rationed the cigarettes, so they no longer had anything to
bet, bu .....
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The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
Words: 723 / Pages: 3 .... my friend, the scorpion sting has a curious
effect. There will be apparent improvement, and then without warning -
pouf!" Then he poisons Coyotito and tells Kino he will return in an hour.
When the doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when
he will get paid.
The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand pesos the dealer tells
his servant .....
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The Island Of Dr. Moreau
Words: 622 / Pages: 3 .... brings me to one of Wells’ most important ideas that he wanted to tell his readers. That was the idea of vivisection or cloning of humans and animals. In todays world we are trying to control evolution by furthering our studies into cloning. He was right about his expectations of future societies and his ideas about how scientific advancements would affect our world. It was different because when this book was published it got horrific reviews for being too outlandish with its views on society. I think that if the book was published today it would be raved as a good warning for all the cloning scientists. Today we can actually say that we .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue And Ishmael's Incompatibility
Words: 1005 / Pages: 4 .... on and a woman that did. The
man, Ishmael, is hopelessly in love with the woman, Hatsue. His love for her
can not be dissuaded by anything; not her words, her wishes, or her marriage.
He holds on to Hatsue because of his feelings for her, even after he gains the
knowledge that it is extremely improbable that he could ever be with her.
Hatsue is much more logical and rational with her feelings. She saw her love
with Ishmael for what it was. She realized she did not really love him and that
she was still learning what love really is. She moved on with her life, whereas
Ishmael could not.
Ishmael's view of love did not change throughout the novel. .....
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