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I’ll take Grammar Geek. I’ll take Grammar Mistress. Heck, I’ll even accept Grammar Dominatrix if you’re feeling saucy. I’ll be the Sheriff of Grammartown, flashing my badge as a card-carrying member of the Grammar Police. But please, can we possibly stop comparing people who prefer that you choose the correct form of “there”, “their”, or “they’re” with genocidal maniacs who tried to wipe an entire race of people, along with several other groups, off the face of the Earth? Conflating the desire…

The dollar bill has many symbols that symbolizes our nations history. Such as the two great seals the eagle, all seeing eye, and the pyramid. It all dates back to the freemasonry, they symbolised everything for a reason and many people don't know why some also say that is what the freemasons were trying to accomplish. What does all of the eagles features symbolize about our nations history. The olive branch suggested by the second committee whose designs had female figures representing Peace…

the color red? For most people, they immediately think of blood.With all of its negative connotation, when it's spilled, or somebody is dead. Blood can be scary, even terrifying. It can also be beautiful though, as we see in "The Scarlet Ibis." There is a lot of association with the color red in this story. The "bleeding tree" makes us automatically think of red.The ibis found in the backyard itself is red, and the bush which Doodle dies beneath is red. When Doodle is born his body is "red." For…

While Fitzgerald uses green to symbolise the character Gatsby and his inner feelings, Hawthorne uses the red and yellow garments that Pearl, Hester Prynne’s daughter must wear, effectively demonstrating that Prynne and Pearl are symbolic of her same sin. An example of this is in Chapter 7, when Hester “in contriving the child’s garb, had allowed the gorgeous tendencies of her imagination their full play; arraying her in crimson velvet tunic, of a peculiar cut, abundantly embroidered with…

Oh! good morrow to you, sir Henry. So good to see you again. How is the dagger I made for you last week? I worked long, hard hours on that dagger to make it just right for you. I take pride in all my work. Good was it. That’s good. Is there anything else that you would like to buy from us? I’ve got spears, axes, horse shoes, shovels, anything with metal. An Axe thee sayeth? Well we shalt do that for thee. At which hour would thee like to pick it up. Next week? Tis fine. My dad and I shall make…

test what the reason for this color patern could be they tested the amount of a certain color that each darter displaye and where this color was displayed. To measure the color they use a method that quatifies the color maily blue, green, orange and red, however,…

Green is proven to be the most calming color in the world. To represent neutrality and agree-ability in a way that just soothes someone down. It’s the color of fresh silk like grass, the outer shell of the most satisfying apple; the color of covetous money. How incredibly ironic that a color that is seen in such an evenhanded way is the color of something that can cause the opposite of an agreeable situation, the almighty dollar. Money does anything but create neutral and calming encounters, it…

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of emotions” (Pablo Picasso). Almost all writers use colors to form real images of their characters, the characters’ emotions, the scenes, and the events in the novel. Colors play a very important role when writers mention them in their novels. Readers can read a novel and see how colors can describe the characters and their emotions. A certain book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a very good example of a book that has color symbolism.…

elements in the story. Colors are used in the novel by Scott F. Fitzgerald to represent a hierarchy in social status between West Egg and East Egg. For example the Buchanan's house is described as, “...even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay" (Fitzgerald 6). The color white is used to show purity of character. This representation…

Formal Analysis: David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock is an oil on canvas piece by the artist Alice Neel. In this piece you see two seated men, one in suit and tie and the other only in underwear. Both men seem to be staring off into the distance with disinterest. This piece is actually a portrait of the openly gay couple. Alice specialized in portraits and bringing attention to features others usually didnt say much about although you could not help think of.…