My questions may never be answered but I can definitely find the answer by comparing, my own culture to those around me, developing the explanation on my own, and learning new things along the
Most people decide to live in the present or plan for the future in most of their lives, but many people focus on the past not only as their ages of glory but also as the only important point in their lives. A particularly poignant example of this phenomenon is the titular character uncle, Rico, from the movie Napoleon Dynamite. Rico’s saga consists of a middle-aged man who lets his teenage aspirations of being a star football player control his thinking long into adulthood. Uncle Rico provides a fantastic example of the common phenomenon of desiring and dreaming for possibilities from the past instead of actively attempting to improve his own life in the present. Uncle Rico is one of many people in the modern age who live sad existences focusing
Green is archetypally associated with wealth, envy, and life. One example of green being used in the novel is that it is the color used for furnishing Gatsby’s car. Although the outside of his car is yellow to certify that everyone is aware of his wealth, the area that he inhabits while driving is green to remind him of the wealth he had built himself. When Nick is in the car, he describes it as a, “green leather conservatory” (47). The use of the word conservatory reveals to the reader that Nick feels like it is something of a spectacle seeing how a conservatory holds things that should be looked at.
Fun Home is a graphic novel containing both comedy and tragedy portraying the childhood of the author, Alison Bechdel. Each panel and detail in her book was carefully drawn out and created with precision. Every emotion expressed, color used, and word said was drawn in for a reason Bechdel had in mind. Making everything in her graphic novel intertwine with one another, colors match with characters and emotions mixed in with the setting. If any part were to be altered or removed, several panels would not convey the same sentiment, therefore affecting a whole chapter and consequently, the tragicomedy itself.
In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald includes many themes that go beyond the surface of the text itself. The themes allude to organized crime, color symbolism, relationships, weather symbolism, and a mysterious billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Each of these themes plays an essential role in understanding the personality of Jay Gatsby, his life choices throughout the novel, and his relationships with other characters in the novel. The element of color, specifically green, white, grey, and silver stands out as an extremely important factor in shaping and explaining parts of the novel. From the very beginning of the novel, Fitzgerald incorporates color into his novel which is narrated by Nick Carraway.
The Federalist Papers, essays written on behalf of the ratification of the Constitution, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, are testaments to our Founding Fathers’ steadfast belief in a strong, national government; unified against the ills of those wishing to impose their tyrannical beliefs on the nascent country. More specifically, these eighty-five pieces of political brilliance truly shed light on just how divided our country was, with the Federalists believing in a national government, administered by a strong, core Federal system, and the Anti-Federalists, those who were opposed to the federal system, and alternately believed in a strong state system, with no strong, core federal government uniting the states. These Federalist papers were in essence a plea, then, to the people of the
Colors are everywhere, just because green isn’t a primary color doesn’t mean it’s not important. Green can represent so much, goals, dreams, money, wealth, etc. Whether it’s an obvious example or a ‘read between the lines’ example, the color green has a meaning for all the main characters of The Great Gatsby. The color green represents Gatsby in a way that it’s his goal and dream. Across the lake, at the end of Daisy and Tom’s dock is a green light.
“Who am I?” This question has been swimming in Red’s mind until he discovers who he really is. Red: A Crayon’s Story revolves around a blue crayon who is supposed to be red; it says so on his label. However, every time he tried to draw red objects like strawberries, ants, and fire trucks, they turn out blue. The story is written from a pencil’s perspective, in which the said pencil is Red’s teacher.
Typically when you think of the color green you think of rebirth, hope, or peace. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the color green makes several appearances. Jay Gatsby is a man who’s main goal in life is to reclaim the love he lost. Although the book is about the American dream, the color green represents hope. Throughout the book The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent hope.
According to the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, May Lamberton Becker expresses, “... the depressing truth that they are what they are not in spite of money and power, but because of these.” The failure of the American dream demonstrates the overall theme Fitzgerald appeals to show appearance vs. reality. Gatsby characterizes the American dream because he had nothing. He put much effort into achieving his dream, but failed with Daisy going back to Tom. Just like the green light across the bay, the Valley of Ashes, and the East and West Egg lifestyle, the American dream annihilates too.
Within the unconscious mind exists three different apparatuses: Id, Ego, and
The Death of the American Dream: The Great Gatsby In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the green dock light represented the death of the American Dream, and the color green represented wealth; sanity was lost trying to live the American Dream. Back in the 1920’s the people were obsessed with the American Dream and everything it represented. The rich wanted to be richer and poor wanted to be rich, they often resulted to the lowest means of making money like gambling, mobs, etc. Fitzgerald used the color green to represent the wealth of the people in the novel. The story took place in New York, and it was divided into West Egg, new money and East Egg, old money.
Only Darkness Cavemen could not defeat it. Pioneers would not venture into it. Every child fears it. Darkness has been captivating mankind throughout many centuries in attempt to convey the significance of it.
Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald continuously references a green light that Gatsby keeps on reaching for. The green light was significant by representing the theme of greed, being a symbol of Gatsby’s desire for Daisy, and serves as a motif for the American Dream. The color green in itself already illustrates the idea of greed and money. Gatsby already has everything anyone could dream for counting a house in West Egg, fame, and fortune, but still he is chasing after this light or in other words, chasing after the love of his life, Daisy. The light is a literary metaphor for Daisy since during the novel, once Gatsby reunites with Daisy the light begins to fade and reframes from reaching out for it.
We conjure images; we combine incongruent elements to evoke emotion in a more efficient way than wordier descriptions can, and we use unconscious and tangential associations rather than logic to tell a story”.
