We owned it together until his boots filled with water on a windy night and he bought out my share" (358). ... The use of the color red does not end here. ... It is unclear whether Henry committed suicide or accidentally drowned, but it is clear that water was the end of life's cycle. ... Symbolism of the color red was not the only significant aspect of the story. ... The uses of the color red to describe blood, aggression, danger, and war are there as pointers, along with the color black for black foreshadowed the entire story. ...

• Word Count: 839
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We are told that the Indians call Greasy Lake "Wakan- because of how clear the water is. ... There is a layer of algae and muck hovering on top of the surface of the water. ... The reference to the clarity of the water seems very ironic. ... The three most significant symbols seen throughout the play are the title character, his wife, and the color pink. ... The color pink also has to do with good and bad. ...

• Word Count: 682
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them." (346) It's apparent that Sammy believes Queenie to be of a higher class than he, because when his "parents have someone over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with "They"ll do it every time" cartoons stenciled on." (346) When Sammy marked that Queenie and the other girls were "walkin...

• Word Count: 366
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The men had to live out in the water in very bad waves for a day and had to last the night in the boat. ... Nevertheless, we were headed back down to civilization and a big bottle of water. ... "None of them knew the color of the sky" is the first line in the book and it is also a foreshadowing line. ... By focusing on the fact that none of them even knew the color of the sky, the author was able to give up the best possible look at what is going on instantly. ...

• Word Count: 1201
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the first paragraph, Erdrich uses foreshadowing of Henry's death when Lyman says, "We owned it together until his boots filled with water on a windy night and he bought out my share- (407). ... Erdrich uses imagery by showing the color of the convertible. ... Lyman tries everything to cheer his brother up, even buying a color television set, but this only aides to his brothers depression. ...

• Word Count: 1194
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In "A Rose for Emily," the color yellow, used frequently as an adjective, symbolizes this deathly decay. ... She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water and of that pallid hue" (434-435). ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Or falling into a raindrop, it expanded with such an intensity of red, blue and yellow the thin walls of water that one expected them to burst and disappear." ... We can find this in the following lines: "Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the color was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women" - a fairly beautiful picture, and rather vulgar in its other meaning. ...

• Word Count: 1085
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the next paragraph she is described as looking bloated like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. ... The color rose found at the end of the story in the room where Homer was found represented love. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind'' (Mitchell). This foreword from the famous novel Gone with the Wind had summarized the Old South. ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her father and the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties and the women were in sandals picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big glass plate and they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them. ...

• Word Count: 1410
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School