How Does John Green Use Religion In Looking For Alaska

Throughout the passage, Oliver’s symbolism of death and life is used to express her thoughts upon nature. Nature can represent how life has a double-meaning where, although death may seem lovely and sweet, the chance it gets, it will rip you layer by layer. Oliver strives to illustrate an image that there is always an ugly truth behind the most prettiest things. Oliver’s style conveys the complexity of her view of nature, as she defines the thin line between life and death, and its ruthless

Symbolism is used in the quotation which are the green light and mist. The green light signifies the ultimate dream of Gatsby which is Daisy’s love. But after getting it, a mist hides the green light perceptibly affecting Gatsby. The green light also represents new life with Daisy but later realizes that it is not what he really wants.

Daisy is often written to go along with the color white, which most first associate it with purity and innocence, as white is often used to represent. By the end of the story, the reader sees Daisy for who she truly is, as she skips Gatsby’s funeral the reader can see the white to represent a voidness, emptiness, and lack of consciousness. The reader now

Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism to portray Gatsby’s desperation to get Daisy back. On pages 25-26 it says, “…he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light” (25-26; Ch.1). In chapter 9 it also declares that “Gatsby believed in the green light” (189; Ch.9). The green light represents Gatsby’s hopes, dreams, and ultimate goal to get Daisy back. E.E. Cummings uses symbolism to show how the women and men are wasting their time and living carelessly. Lines 5 and 7 in cummings’ poem states that, “Women and men (both little and small)…they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same” reveals that the townspeople just did what they had to do to get by (In 5,7). It also shows how they lived without a purpose. The author uses the seasons, “autumn winter spring summer” to demonstrate how time constantly passes by (In

Daisy’s green flashing dock light symbolized Gatsby’s future and goals. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms father…. And one fine morning” (Fitzgerald 193). Gatsby was one to strive and persevere for greater things, which would lead him towards his own goals. Because of how driven Gatsby is he is always striving for more even if he has already met his “dream”. In the book the valley of ashes symbolizes that middle class people don’t have that drive and determination anymore to strive for better things in life. They valley of ashes represents the people who cannot quite live up to Gatsby’s expectations and the people among the

Female imagery shows itself in the second line. When we think of Mayflowers, we typically think of the ship that brought settlers to America. This representation can go in several different directions. The Mayflower can represent the boat taking people from the only cavernous home they have known and pushed into a new world that they have never been part of, and left to their own devices; much like children being born. The mention of this flower could also be a parallel between the Mayflower ship and the party itself. It was supposed to be a great thing that brings happiness and development but based on the narrator’s reaction and what we know happened on the Mayflower while it traveled and when it landed; it is not too farfetched to assume that neither response was the one expected.

When we break down the color white, the main quality it represents is purity. The color white was used everywhere in the book, but there was a little twist to it. It wasn't always what it seemed, just like the American Dream. “They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown in after a short flight around the house,”(8). This quote has the character Daisy in it. When we heard Daisy we think of the flower. So delicate and innocent and full of purity, like the white petals, but once you reach the yellow middle, all she cares about is her picture perfect image. Daisy isn't what she seems “Fitzgerald carefully builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence, when all's said and done, she is the opposite from what she presents herself to be,”(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Once we get to know Daisy better and better, we start to realize that she is in fact the opposite. Daisy craves for people to look at her the way they look at Gatsby and think to themselves, “wow she has it all”. Daisy goes to extreme limits to make her life look as perfect as possible, even if she is completely miserable, she will keep hiding her sadness and try and live her fake life. The color white represents the American Dream because even though this idea of a perfect life is so desirable, no one really fully accomplished the goal, just like how the color white was used as innocence, when broken down, we see that it symbolizes the exact

In The Great Gatsby, being with Daisy is Gatsby’s goal. A daisy is a white flower, and this places the color white as a color that represents Daisy. This is ironic, as although Daisy is pure in Gatsby’s, she is in fact tainted by he marriage with Tom Buchanan. Furthermore, flowers are ephemeral, which suggests that the affair that Gatsby and Daisy have will be brief, and will eventually die. In Miss Julie, flowers represent sexuality and courtship. Lilacs are present on the set of this play, and symbolise youthful love. Lilacs bring Jean and Miss Julie together. However, just like daisies, lilacs are ephemeral and eventually die. This symbolises the death of Jean’s opportunity to climb the “slippery trunk” through Miss Julie. Gatsby and Jean’s dreams are destined to die from the very

For example, Hurst starts the exposition off with the utilization of dreary colors describing dead flowers in order to illustrate the dour mood before the conflict hits, by writing, “The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia…” (384). In this case, live flowers could be thought of as representing life and the dead flowers could represent death. Then later on in the story, the narrator once again uses flowers to represent one of the things that he did to fight against his conflict, as shown in the quote, “I would gather wildflowers, wild violets, honeysuckle, yellow jasmine, snakeflowers, and waterlilies, and with wire grass we’d weave them into necklaces and crowns” (Hurst 387). In this example, the flowers that the narrator describes represent the fun that the brother has with Doodle. One way that the theme of this story is related to this symbol is the narrators use of flowers as being symbols of life or death, and when the ibis dies and Doodle buries it next to the petunia bed, the narrator relates to the death of the ibis by thinking of the flowers.

The color yellow is also used throughout the story as a symbol of corruption and death. The car that Gatsby drives was yellow and his yellow car killed Myrtle. The flower that Daisy is named after is white on the outside and yellow in the middle. Daisy seems innocent on the outside, but her real character is as corrupt and greedy as Tom's.

Another image that Whitman gives his readers in the poem is that of a handkerchief; we think of two things; drying weeping eyes and initials. During those times, not however as common a practice now, people would carry a handkerchief with them in case of the out cries of a woman. Along with tears, we are forced to think about why people cry? This develops thoughts about people that are loved being torn away, like in death. As you look at a handkerchief, it is often times easy to identify who it belongs to by the initials that appear on the cloth. This is a way to remember those that have died and keep them with you always. I think that this is a major idea of the poem, although someone no longer walks the face of the earth this does not mean that they are no longer with us, because they are in spirit and memory.

After reading the excerpt from Looking for Alaska by John Green it is evident that the speaker is an extremely introverted individual who feels indifferent towards his guests. He mentions how he could “feel their pity”, but then goes on to say that “they needed more pity than I did”. This implies that although the speaker is most certainly an introvert he does not feel the need to make acquaintances with others. He does not have any desire of becoming friends with people who only speak to him out of pure pity. The speaker also mentions how the dip and chips were “intended for my imaginary friends”, which shows that he does not usually expect company any ways. The fact that his friends are “imaginary” clearly shows that he never had any friends

To some, teenagers appear to be the same in their attitudes and choices. However, this common stereotype is false. Individuals have various personalities and deal with different struggles mentally and physically. In the book Looking for Alaska, Miles Halter and Chip Martin, the main protagonists, both seem like average teenagers on the surface; but they each have their own unique qualities. Over time they learn more about each other and grow. During the development of their friendship, they see how they differ from each other. Although they may seem like average teenagers on the surface, Miles Halter and Chip Martin are different because of their origin, physical traits, and attitudes.

By repeating “O” throughout the elegy, it creates a sense of rhythm throughout the free verse without creating a constant structure. The repetition of “O” emphasizes the importance of the word, and enacts Whitman’s misery on death. The sound “O” also resembles the sound of wails from grief, correlating to Whitman’s first notion of death, questioning his relationship with it. Because it is a pastoral elegy, Whitman incorporates a thematic imagery of death to address his own grief. One important element he uses is the image of the coffin. It is decorated with “Blossoms and branches green” (Whitman 47), which

Looking for Alaska is a book about a boy named Miles that goes away to a private school called Culver Creek were he meets a group of friends that he starts to hang out with throughout the year. He becomes very good friends with everyone and they begin to let him in on their secret spot called "the smoking hole", where they all smoke their cigarettes without getting in trouble. Soon he starts to get a crush on a girl named Alaska, which seems to already have a boyfriend. As soon as Miles starts to fall in love with her a horrible thing happens. Alaska dies in a terrible car accident, which turns into a very mysterious and confusing death. When Miles and the other boys get the news, they start fighting to find out the truth on what really happened. After reading this novel, one is left with the question, "How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?"