In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are many symbolic meanings that affect the characters in similar, and in different ways. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Janie, struggles to find her identity and becoming a woman. She runs into problems with her marriages, and with herself. Unlike what her Nanny taught her, Janie’s real dream is to be free and be her own individual, which is described through the symbol of the horizon. In The Great Gatsby, the main character Jay Gatsby, struggles to reach the green light. The novel describes how his love for Daisy never dies, and is willing to do anything to bring her back into his life. His only dream and hope in life is to be with Daisy. The resemblance of the green light and the horizon, reinforces the idea that people continue to strive for a better opportunity, no matter the circumstances underlying.
In the book, The Cage Riva once said, "But we need much more than laughter to make us well. It does not cure tuberculosis or put calcium back into my bones." The Cage to bring us back to the dark times of the holocaust he also makes us believe that in the darkest times there is still hope to move on. Even when they take all you love and something you have affection for all go away, but there is still hope to live for no matter what times you are going through. One of those things is family and that is important because they could take everything you love and all your personal belongings but you still have a family which is more important than anything, like Riva said “But we cannot let the Nazis destroy our minds. Some of us have formed secret study groups.” In the book, The Cage the author uses many different narrative techniques in the book.
Shadow’s dream begins with him standing in an open plain beneath a stormy sky as stars fall and become human. Shadow describes them as “star people,” who all appear to have vaguely Native American characteristics. These “people” are reminiscent of the Blackfoot legends surrounding the star-beings, who, according to myth, “were the first
In his poem, Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt, Melvin Dixon presents the protagonist Aunt Ida experiencing an internal as well an external dialogue with her family members. Initially, the poem starts off the mother of Junie (the departed) handing all the clothes to Aunt Ida. Automatically, the presence of disconsolate, nostalgic, and agonizing are the feelings that build up the atmosphere of the poem. However, as the poem continues the purpose to why Aunt Ida was handed down the clothes of Junie is because from the clothes of the decease she will make a quilt. As she starts to quilt the atmosphere of the poem transition to a more unifying and commemorations feelings towards the families that have had a family member die from AIDS and to Junie too. Indeed,
In the poem “Snapping Beans”, Lisa Parker uses many different literary devices throughout this poem such as the setting, imagery, symbolism, and exploration of a young person’s experience of moving from home to college life, as well as the difference in the contrast between his or her new point of view and the traditional view that the grandmother has and reflected on in her life. Leaves will fall from being blown from the wind just as people will change, they will grow up and find their own way in life and make it their own.
In 10,000 B.C. the agriculture revolution started with the Neolithic Period, people were able to stay in one place, and grow there own food. Instead of gathering and migrating with the animal 's, they were able to stay in one place and build settlement 's. These settlement 's turn into the ancient cities such as Egypt, Nubia, Babylon, Greece and Rome.
“I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: we were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure.” (Walls 69) In novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is supposed to “pretend.” Even though Rex and Rose Mary walls, the parent of the children don’t have a lot of money they tried to give their kids the most fun life possible. They did so by not having many rules and traveling many places. As a result of their parent not having good choices with their money the kids and family became very close with one another. Although the kids have to scavenge for food and come up with their own means of fun it doesn’t make them bad adults but stronger people. The Walls family shows that
According to Steve Chapman, the Texas flag is seen as a unique, honorable symbol for Texans. Its design is one that can be distinguished from afar and is one of the elements that Texans are proud of. In addition, the flag is the only flag that can be flown at the same height as the United States flag! However, what makes the Texas flag so distinct?
During the Holocaust, the yellow star badge was assigned to the Jews during Hitler’s reign. This badge is a good example of a symbol. To Hitler and the Nazis, the yellow star symbolized that whomever wore it was a Jew. To the Jews, whomever wore this badge were to be sent to the concentration camps. They either worked there, were cremated at the crematory, or both. In the novel Night, which is about a survivor of the Holocaust, there are many symbols just like the star. In this essay, the use of fire, corpses, and a Jew named Juliek and his violin as symbols, will be examined.
Stars; these seem to be very important figures in the story of Romeo and Juliet, a lyric poem, story and play, written by William Shakespeare. It supposedly relates to fate and is talked about repeatedly throughout the story. I look at the stars way up high and see them in their "predetermined" locations. They 're metaphorical because of how easy it is to compare stars and fate. I notice Shakespeare 's intentions when comparing destiny and the stars. A modern example is the phrase: It 's written in the stars. Throughout the story you are put in a position where you have to think about to what extent are our own actions really free.
The first piece of artwork I critiqued was the famous Virgin of Guadalupe. The Virgin of Guadalupe is currently exhibited in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The piece of art is not solely a painting, but an enconchado. It was made into wood, and it essentially creates a reflective surface that appears as moving. Also, I like how they explain their theory on the woman of the apocalypse and how it relates to this piece of art. It also implies that she was standing on the moon, showby by the angel on the bottom of the artwork, supporting her. Juan Diego was an indigenous man who who underwent a vision conquest in which the Virgin of Guadalupe spoke to him in his language, and requested for him to put a shrine in her honor at the top
The documentary of The Star of Bethlehem was a very interesting piece. Mr. Larson spoke very well about his side of the argument. He also, talked about the other side of the argument, which proves he was avoiding being bias. His message that he was trying to show, had a huge impact on me. Mr. Larson impressed me with his interesting findings of The Star of Bethlehem. What Mr. Larson went through to find out about the star seemed to be very stressful to him and I’m shocked he still tried to find out more and more about the star. Mr. Larson made the documentary very impactful to the audience and myself, but he also gave strong evidence about his argument with the uses of ethos, logos, and pathos.
he Torres Strait Islander Flag was produced in 1992 by Bernard Namok. This is a flag representing the Torres Strait Islander people. This flag symbolises the unity and recognition of all Torres Strait Islanders. On the flag, there is a white dhari - this symbolises Torres Strait Islanders. Beneath the dhari there is a white five pointed star which symbolises peace, and each tip representing the five major island groups. The star also symbolises the navigational significance of stars to Torres Strait sailors.
Ever since the early days of humanity and recorded history, we know that humans have watched the sky and analyzed and recorded the movement of the various celestial bodies within it. Many of these early civilizations saw the movements within the sky as a celestial dance and were reproducing them in their own way as various dances.
“I am amazed that people can think they know the song- and not know it is a prayer for peace, but we are so bombarded by sound and our attention spans are so short that we now listen only to catchy beginnings,” said Noel Regney, author of the Christmas classic, Do You Hear What I Hear? in a 1985 interview. Regney wrote this song along with his wife, Gloria Shayne, desperately during the brutal peak of the Cold War in October 1962. With the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a confrontation over the Soviet Union installing missiles capable of obliterating most of the United States in Cuba, looming above their heads, the author used the poetic devices of repetition, parallelism, and personification to emphasize the importance