... and traveling salesman whose success in business is related to the image that he projects to others, approached her. Drouet is symbolic of the lure, changing facade of America's new economy and the increased mobility of the middle class of worker that was ushered in by the coming of the industrial age in America. In the early stages of her stay in Chicago, Carrie resided in the home of her sister Minnie ... the problems with the "dream" now is that money has now come to occupy the moral center of American life as all of its historic past and heritage lay forgotten in Europe. The Narrator...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... thing a rose is - (Fitzgerald 169). Nick compared Gatsby's illusions of Daisy to the idea of a rose. Nick said that Gatsby must have realized what a "grotesque- thing a rose is. In saying this Nick means is that the conventional social idea in the world about a rose connoting atheistic beauty is because people give it that symbolism. Nick believes that roses are not inherently beautiful; that it ... ever to be used. This change signifies her shattered illusions broken by her thwarted dreams. The endless quest for the fulfillment of the American Dream, can be seen in the Arthur Miller's p...

• Word Count: 2761
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... send the reader or audience a message. Symbols are used to represent something else by association, resemblance, or convention, for example works like Death of a Salesman, Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby issues many symbols which are reflected in the film as well as the novel. For example, the Green Light which connects Gatsby and Daisy represents or symbolizes Gatsby's dreams ... just his eyes on a billboard in the valley of ashes, and the end of Gatsby's and Daisy's is a result of Gatsby's murder After viewing the film and reading the book I believe that non...

• Word Count: 1186
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School