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Shot in the Heart Gatsby’s heart being shot represents how heartbroken he is. The withered daisy’s represent how he hold Daisy close to his heart but their love is dying. The pain of being physically shot can be an equivalent to the emotional pain Gatsby feels from missing Daisy. It also can be associated with how Gatsby was shot by Wilson at the end of the novel. Gatsby's love costed him his life. Broken Clock The broken pocket watch is a metaphor for the long period of time Gatsby waited…

up as Jimmy Gatz in North Dakota, with unimpressive parents and a simple lifestyle which prompted his thirst for riches. Nick noticed that Gatsby, “invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end.” Other children dream of being a princess, or a superhero, but Jimmy Gatz was in a sedulous pursuit of being rich. His desperation to hold on, regardless of changes in himself or his surroundings,…

The shading green in the novel The Great Gatsby symbolizes diverse decisions Jay Gatsby makes all through his lifetime. The imagery that is utilized behind the shading green is mending, cash, eagerness, good fortune, and expectation. The green light toward the finish of the dock close to Daisy's home speaks to his quest for joy with Daisy Buchanan. "He extended his arms toward the dim water inquisitively, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Automatically I looked…

Eckleburg because the are considered corrupt. The eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg judges both the Valley of Ashes and the green light because they too are established on the ideas of want and desire. These ideas are corrupt and rotten and the characters in this book have done these things repeatedly not caring that as they do them, they are being judged. Without know the reasons behind each of these symbols, readers would miss the significance of how the relate to each other and tie into the…

elegance, he was high-class and he acted that way (Al Capone). Capone’s self-promotion was not just considered in the idea of his business, he put so much effort into his image and his life that he left a lasting impression on many Americans, even to this day. Capone left a lasting legacy on Chicago and the rest of America. Capone even created an allusion with his name that would stick around for decades (Al Capone). When Capone’s reign slowly came to an end, though, it all started with a…

years of age. Are you a Boy or Girl?: I Am male. What country do you live in?: Spain. Do you have a YouTube or Twitch channel?: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKIEPvWER_C4TOD9lsaySA Do you have a microphone/headset?: Yes i do. Why do you want this rank?: i joined opcraft like more than year ago and i have played non-stop and have never thought about leaving, i am always on forums and many people have said i should re-apply for staff, so now im making my new application. there are many…

I overall found Zhuangzi Speaks to be a very interesting book with a lot of insight. Even more so, I feel that even though the book was written so many years ago, it still has relevant information and solid advice more the modern day. With this in mind, a story that I though was the most interesting and particularly profound was the story of Zi Gong’s Snow-White Clothes. The story follows two students of Confucius, Yuan Xian and Zi Gong. Specifically, the story focuses on the differences in…

A calming blue sky, white picket fence, a porch with a rocking chair, a dog running towards their owner as they get home from work, and their family waiting for the arrival of their father as he opens the door from a long day of work. Or perhaps it’s the idea of new opportunities, freedom, and equality; a place where kids can get a good education and you get back what you put in. For others it’s the theory of an ensured successful future. Are all these definitions different because they weren’t…

F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a great American writer from the Jazz age (“F. Scott Fitzgerald | American Writer”). During his lifetime he wrote many novels and short stories based on youth, distress, and age ("F Scott Fitzgerald." Books). Fitzgerald was also one of the most inspiring writers of the Lost Generation, a group of writers who matured during World War I ("F. Scott Fitzgerald." Shmoop.com). Early Life Born in Saint Paul,…

A surgeon who is natural in operation may be very ordinary or failure in other fields of life. In this way we find single differences. In everyday life we come across many instances where one person excels over other person under similar circumstances. As said above, the roots of such single differences may be either heredity or surrounding area. Meaning…