In town bombings the sky has been described as blood red,  plane crashes explained to be black but for the death of Jews in Germany that summer, it was so severe that death has no color to associate with it. ... It draws an interesting contrast in the way that it isn't life that's shown through colour but death. The symbolism of colors relates the novel to our society as our world is a colourful place, and by reinforcing the symbol throughout the novel Zusak has continually expressed humanity on a colour spectrum of life and death and how that is relative to mortality. ... The acco...

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As seen in Act one, scene one, by Lear believing that he held a God-like status, he lives in a parallel world and is morally blinded by his foibles, he wants to abdicate his power, yet maintain the status that is attached to it. ... By playing the production in a large industrial town in Northern Hungary, Csiszar's vision was received with familiarity by the audience who could relate to the play and its reflective qualities. ... In this scene, Lear's tone and language is formal, with the use of poetic language and verse emphasising his power, "Meanwhile we shall express our darke...

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Drawing parallels to the movie Django Unchained, Django is degraded as a worthless slave by many of the whites within the film. There are multiple scenes in Django Unchained where Django is riding into various towns on a horse. It was difficult for white people within the towns to grasp the notion that a black man had the capability of riding a horse on his own. ... There is no way we will be able to combat the issue of racism in our country, if we continue to allow the use of objects such as the Confederate flag, which still carries a significant racist connotation. ... We see a stark cont...

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John Kotre's How Memory Speaks describes memory as: "A scene we experience for a moment-and only once-remains clear in our minds for a lifetime, yet we forget the looks of things we see and touch almost every day." ... Also existing with each are parallel meanings of these settings when they are thought of literally and also collectively with the thoughts of memories. ... "The time you won your town the race/ we chaired you through the market- place/ Man and boy stood cheering by/ and home we brought you shoulder high/." ... The poem contrasts spring and all of its beauty, to death and...

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Throughout the story, satirical references to Voltaire's optimistic theme contrast with natural catastrophes and human wrongdoing. ... How can a town be religious but have no priests? ... Nevertheless, parallel to Voltaire's views, Candide did not want to stay in El Dorado. ...

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Steinbeck's later publications include Sweet Thursday (1954), The Sort Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), Journal of Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Viva Zapata! ... He keeps to the back roads and stops only in country towns most of the time. ... Throughout the entirety of the novel, Steinbeck's relationship with Charley seems to parallel his overall relationship with society itself. ... In contrast, Steinbeck incorporated...

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