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    parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind legs…he was useful and had been instructed (www.SparkNotes.com).” As a result, it seemed that no matter how educated the Natives became, they were still seen as being a lesser people to the whites. From racism, the idea of civilization vs. uncivilized life came about. Conrad used the “light and dark” difference regarding this. The light represented civilization –the civilized or “good”…

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    The first thing in the morning is to prepare an outfit for the day. Generally when I am getting dressed I think about the weather, what classes I have to attend, and how I am feeling in general. If I am a bit down and just want to be left alone, I will wear black so I don’t stick out, but I still look like I tried to get dressed and look presentable. If I am in a good, happy mood, then I will go with a lighter color such as blue or orange. When getting dressed in the morning, have you ever…

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    How Businesses Use Colors

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    or dull colors in order to contrast them. “Taxi!” was all about contrast. The brightness of the taxi contrasts the dullness of the garage and surroundings in order to exemplify how yellow easily stands out in surroundings even when compared to the white of the garage pole. In “So Special”, the specials are directly given brighter colors that make them stand out and contrast the blue of the low price signs. This is further demonstrated with the blue packaging on the blue side and the…

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    chosen to analyze is for New 5 Gum. The background for the page is black. At the top of the page, there is the phrase, “Ever stand where lightning just struck?” in white writing.…

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    The color white is typically associated with purity and light. White is typically predominant in circumstances regarding elegance and symbolizes cleanliness. In “The Great Gatsby”, the color white is utilized to allude to the same ideas but in an ironic fashion. For example, Daisy and Jordan are said to be wearing white multiple times in the novel. When they are first introduced, Nick tells the reader that, “They are both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had…

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    The 1920s were widely considered a failure in society. It was such a rowdy and out-of-control era due to the war. The war made everybody wonder whether they would make it back from war. This led to a generation of partying and living life to the fullest. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is one of many young adults who endlessly parties to make sure he has no regrets if he never returns from war. He falls back in love with a woman named Daisy Buchanon whom he had loved in his…

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    Colors have different meanings to different people. Some colors remind people of events that have happened, while others remind people of different seasons or places that they have been. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the author uses color symbolism in a creative and juxtaposed way that allows him to emphasize different themes. The main character, Jay Gatsby, wants to marry his long lost love, Daisy; however, she has married another man named Tom, who comes from “old money”.…

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    causes change in the viewer’s perception of the sky. Perhaps an even better example is of the visible light. Visible light or white light is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which is visible to the human eye. It appears to be white, and is therefore perceived as white, but actually consists of all seven colours of the rainbow. Even though apparently it’s just white light but it is actually avowing the limits of the vision of the human…

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    Four Core Motives

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    In this world we are all striving to be something, we all have motive and reason. While we all know this simple fact and statement, something that is simply not quite well known is that there are only for core motives that are in the world. Now this might come as a shock to most that out of the seven point two billion people on this earth there are only four core motives that are distributed between us. The method in the madness comes from the one and only Dr. Taylor Hartman, after years of…

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    PHOTOSYNTHESIS: WAVELENGTHS VS. DISTANCE Introduction: Every living being on Earth can be categorized by either autotroph or heterotroph. What do I mean autotroph or heterotroph? Humans and most animals are considered heterotrophs. Heterotrophs gain their energy from harvesting the energy that other living things have stored. An example of this would be a human having a turkey dinner or a rabbit enjoying some leafy greens. Each example shows a living thing, consuming another once living thing…

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