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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald many symbols are used to support the themes and characters. The Valley of Ashes is a symbol that represents death, poverty, moral decay, and the unattainability of the American Dream. It reveals a lot about the themes, such as the gap between the hollow rich and the hopeless poor, and the characters, like Myrtle and George Wilson’s lives and deaths. The Valley of Ashes was a dumping ground between Long Island, or the East and West Eggs, and New York…

Their journey went from Ireland to boston and the Oklahoma territory. Shannon and Joseph did not have much of a relationship at the beginning. They delve deeper and deeper into the movie and all of their experiences spark the attraction to one another. This creates an additional interesting theme to the film’s portrayal of the life of immigrants. They run into many challenges along the way including Shannon Christie almost getting killed. The couple migrates in the late 19th century while the…

and was in this horrific situation for almost seven weeks. There were others also on the plane some died and some of them lived. Zamperini was watching men die right in front of him. He had very little food and water. He had drifted about 2,000 miles in the water but it wasn’t that much better for him because he was caught as a prisoner of war. Louis Zamperini kept going for what he believed what was the right thing for himself and didn’t change it. Louis Zamperini was enabled to survive POW. It…

is struggling to survive on the streets without taking the easy way out with drugs. Dylan settles outside two office towers and begs for money from passersby. This is where he meets Glen, a young employee at one of the office buildings. Another homeless teen named Jenna, works on the street across from him, in front of a church. She is an 'employee' for Brendan, who takes street kids under his wing. Dylan goes home to see his brothers and meets his mom's new boyfriend, Dan. This makes him feel…

While these workers may or may not be fully aware of the circumstances of their contracts and their situation is objectively better with any sort of income, it does not grant contractors a free pass to do as they please. This view of foreign migrant workers is especially damaging because it provides Dubai an excuse to continue violating human rights. Their vulnerability lies within their socioeconomic status and lack of language skills necessary to navigate through complicated…

‘four-taloned’ and is ‘suspended’ above the hay. Talons are reminiscent of birds and prey, and suggest the ripping of flesh. The word ‘suspended suggests an impending danger that is about to fall, which is combined with this image of the ‘afternoon sun’ which ‘sliced’ into the barn. In this oxymoron, Steinbeck juxtaposes the pleasant and relaxed image of the sun with the vicious and ominous verb ‘sliced’, which again strikes a sense of foreboding. Steinbeck stresses the softness and size of the…

The use of pop-culture references in literature shows the skill of an author. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini uses references to Titanic and Pinocchio to create his novel. This story of Afghan women during the time of the gulf war explains the absurd practices certain male figures go to, to sustain dominance. Hosseini uses pop culture references to develop the subjects of enduring and power in his novel. Hosseini references pop culture movies like Pinocchio to express the…

suitable education. In terms of the role education plays, Erasmus presents education as a way for humans to organise themselves in a way that separates their society from that of the beasts. While animals possess highly developed instincts in order to survive, as a way of compensating Humans possess a more complex mind equipped for knowledge. In addition, due to human 's innate faculty of reason, Erasmus believes nature has cast “the burden of human growth upon education”(Erasmus, 68) and that…

Women’s Representation In The Great Gatsby “You educate a man; you educate a man, You educate a woman; you educate a generation”(Brigham Young). Throughout the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, women are oppressed and portrayed as weak fragile figures in life. He uses colors that are often associated with weak and fragile connotations to describe women. It is obvious that Fitzgerald feels that women and men are not equal in society. Suggesting that women can not handle the cruel…

American Literature 24 September 2014 “We are all infected & impure with sin. When we display our righteous deed, they are nothing, but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind”. This verse from the Bible says that when sin is committed it brings nothing but unsatisfactory. Throughout “the Scarlet Letter”, Hawthorne puts in many major symbols in his novel to convey a positive message to his readers, but the one overall…