... symbols and archetypes to relate back to the major themes of the novel: protection, preservation, and innocence. Allie, Holden's young brother who died several years earlier, is a key symbol throughout the story. When Holden remembers incidents from his past involving Allie, his attitude changes, such as when he writes the composition about Allie's baseball glove or when Holden broke his hand after punching all ... Allie was one of the few people who was not phony in a world full of phonies. More importantly, Allie represents the innocence and childhood that Holden strives to find throu...

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... woman while he is with or even around his wife Frances. He has the mind of a teenage boy who thinks of women as sex symbols who are on this earth to please men. Michael explains to his wife Frances that, " I casually inspect the universe." That statement sticks out because the only person he should be looking ... at is Frances, every other woman should be irrelevant to him, but he does not understand that. Frances notices particularly the way he looks at woman as they pass by, and she notifies him how much that irks her ... she sounds unhappy and not very comfortable around the man she s...

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... his spouse June leaf He saw America as an often bleak and lonely place. This perspective later became the evident in his photography. In 1955 he traveled across the us all strata of its society on road trips with his family. During his trip Frank shot 676 rolls of film yielding about 28,000 pictures. He edited them and came up ... that deviated from accepted photographic techniques. Frank spent more time getting in-depth with the subjects that he captured nuances which made his photographs unique. He also prepared some symbols that he wanted to capture, such as: flags, cowboys, rich soc...

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... mechanic and owned a machine shop. He offered Morse funds and assistance so they became a team, Gale, Morse, and Vail. In 1843 congress granted Morse 30,000 dollars for a test line that went from Baltimore to Washington D.C. On May 24, 1844 he tested the telegraph successfully by tapping out the famous message, "What Hath God wrought!" The Government didn't buy his patent or ... Joseph Henry's key theoretical contributions to the telegraph. In 1859 discouraged from years of fighting Morse and his partners sold their patent rights. Samuel Morse also invented the Morse Code, a system of d...

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... , they become a symbol of his infidelity. Every time Willy sees Linda humbly mending her old, torn stockings, he feels guilty for what he's done; therefore, the stockings are also a sign of his guilt and her humbleness. One of the largest symbols relating to family worries is the mortgage on their house. In the requiem, Linda says, " I made the last payment on the house ... world in general because of all of its corruptness. The emphasis placed on these social forces is what leads to the downfall of Willy, and the tragedy of the play (Lahr 295). As the reader sees, numerous symbols in th...

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... person, just talking about what he observes. Nick gives his own interpretations of the story's meaning. Fitzgerald uses literary devices such as motifs and symbols. The motifs are used in geography as well as in the weather. Throughout the novel, places and settings symbolize the different aspects of the ... 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. The weather in The Great Gatsby dependably matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Some symbols are the green light, the valley of ashes, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Ekleburg. Nick Carraway: The novel's narrator, Nick Car...

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... have some overlapping styles, pop art focuses more on the subject and less on style, which was left up to each artist. The main themes that are evident in all pop art revolve around modern social values. The style in which these values were portrayed varied depending on the culture ... and the artist. Andy Warhol used the media, which captured his eccentricities, to his advantage and that in turn helped in projecting pop art to the public. ... he had learned from advertising. Television was also a place where the dollar sign and the gun were predominate symbols and he used them for su...

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... of Holden Caulfield In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses many symbols to describe or characterize Holden Caulfield. For example, Holden uses the word "phony" many times to describe other people, when in reality he himself is a phony. Another symbol that is used throughout the novel to characterize Holden is the hunting hat he had just purchased in New York City. The ... a better perception of the world in which he lives in. The root of Holden's problem is that he is desperate to find a missing link. Holden is desperately trying to escape avoid becoming a phony. He see...

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... have some overlapping styles, pop art focuses more on the subject and less on style, which was left up to each artist. The main themes that are evident in all pop art revolve around modern social values. The style in which these values were portrayed varied depending on the culture ... and the artist. Andy Warhol used the media, which captured his eccentricities, to his advantage and that in turn helped in projecting pop art to the public. ... he had learned from advertising. Television was also a place where the dollar sign and the gun were predominate symbols and he used them for su...

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... matters and not the actual portrayal of the three men involved. My own beliefs are based on truth and honesty, I believe all the events of the September 11, 2001 terrorists' attacks will be written in the history books; these historical writings and vivid photographs will be entered truthfully and untouched. The statue ... politically corrected. The fact is, we are a diverse nation (Parker 2002), and being a nation of many ethnics, colors, symbols, and truths we must learn to prioritize. What is our moral ethics on these different characteristics and how do we want to present them? Our...

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... directly inside the souls and hearts of kids and adults alike. The one group that has done that for me are the New York City firefighters and police officers. When terror struck the World Trade Center's Twin ... Towers, I was in complete horror and awe. I watched it on the news all day and night and all day the following day. The thing that I remember the most is not just the attacks themselves, ... all speeches and were often prayed for at churches and at special ceremonies. They hold a special place in my heart because they provided me with the hope, courage, bravery, and guts to go be...

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... . As long ago as 1200 A.D. , in India they had a use for the word "thug" , people of the time used the word to describe a gang of criminals that roamed the country, pillaging towns and causing destruction a long their way. These Indian "thugs"even had their own special symbols, hand signs, rituals, and slang to trademark themselves. A trait which gangs through out the rest of time ... would carry. While a good example ,Probably an example more close to home and date would be the ones started right here in America . T he gangs started in the ... the people or person was without something...

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... go back and forth across their home without even giving these wonders a second thought. To everyone else it is a city of never ending symbols of what man can do. Where did it all begin? The Modern New York had to begin at some event. In the eyes of many it was the construction of the ... considered a brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, and was a bridge of many firsts. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire. It was also the first bridge to use explosives in an underwater device called a caisson. The 3,460-foot Brooklyn Bridge dominated the competition...

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... quote sums up Kozol's work in a nutshell. It gives the reader a deep thought of how each persons life has equal value. Of course, monetarily all lives are different but simply because one does not have money or power, it does not mean that their loss is any less meaningful. The wealthy, white ... into an inept hospital, yet remains decent and humane. Mrs. Washington is a character whose fate underlies the entire story. She is alive from beginning to end, and sees all of the children who are destroyed by the inactivity of others. She is a powerful tool in the story because by the later ye...

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