St. Patrick's Day Tradition

My family tradition is that when a daughter turns fifteen the parents thought a party called a quinceañera. My parents invited friends and family members to celebrate this happy occasion. In a mexican culture they do a quinceañera to show the transformation of a young girl into womenhood. The quinceañera is the last party to show that the girls are no longer little girls in the eyes of society.

The author used the primary colors to distinguish different locations introduced throughout the novel. Emerald City is green. I believed that they chose green for Emerald City because it is where good things happen being that Oz the great and powerful grants people what they desire. The Munchkin Country was given the color blue. I believe this is so because the wicked witch of the East was controlling them and this made them sad.

It all started on April 6, 1992, the inaugural game at Baltimore’s new stadium: Camden Yards. That day 47,930 people packed out the

Green often is used to represent a fresh start someone experiences after a large change, and the change could be due to a single individual. One day, Jordan tells Nick a memory of her walking along a green lawn when

We see the color green as a symbol of dishonesty in multiple lights, in multiple characters, the way that the color green was intertwined with their “lies” is a depiction of the way the system of wealth and class affects the characters. One way we see dishonesty, and the idea of wealth intertwined is after the scene where Myrtle gets hit by the yellow car, the readers and other characters know the car is yellow. In a police interview Michaelis is questioned about the

In the novel, Celia Garth, by Gwen Bristow, the struggles and crucifying aspects of the Revolutionary War took place in a prominent area, Charleston, South Carolina. The war had been going on for nearly five years when this book was entitled, some may think residents would be terrified and cause hectic behavior ,but some were pleased by the rebels. “ They brought guns for the fighting men, plows and tools for the home folks, silks and looking glasses for the people rich enough to ignore the war” (Bristow 9). As the readers read the novel, they might not recognize the symbolism, “green”. Gwen Bristow creates a dichotomy in the book Celia Garth with the color green as a symbolism for several aspects throughout the book whether

The color green is one of the most detectable colors with the use of symbolism within the novel. Across from Gatsby’s mansion is a green light at the end of the dock near the Buchanan house, which is the light

All the towns people get together on June 27 in the middle of the town square for the drawing of the lottery. The townspeople the lottery is just like any other town gathering like a holiday program, school play, or a dance. Mr. Summers is the person in charge of the lottery; she has to gather the information from all the townspeople about their households the day before the lottery to make a list for the next day. He places papers in a box and mixes them around with one paper with a black dot on it. The townspeople pick out a piece of paper, but only the head of the house which is in most cases the husband. The family that draws the black dot has to then draw once again to see who will lose in their specific household. Unfortunately the person in the family that draws the dot will be stoned to death. This tradition of the town takes place every year and everyone is forced to participate in the lottery. Traditions are hard to break or stray away from; especially in this specific story.

Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly and took his place between his father and his eldest brother"(Lottery).

A well known fact is that the Miami Erie canal was designed to have a couple man-made lakes and natural streams to function as a source of water for the canal. Being in rural area like northwest Ohio it comes to little surprise that when it rains there is a runoff of fertilizer into the neighboring lakes and streams. As a result of fertilizer laced water combined with the shallow, stagnant water; the canal has become the perfect host for blue and green

Throughout the story green is the ruling color but on the contrary colors from the tale like

Green is the color of growth, harmony, and the desire to expand which as a result may represent hope. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby did everything in his power to try to gain wealth and “some commenters have traced Fitzgerald’s lifelong anxiety about financial failure to his father’s inability to support the family” (Howes, Carnagie 128). Even Daisy’s voice “was full of money- that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it.” (Fitzgerald 120). This is explaining Daisy’s nature that she was always care free and provided for (Fitzgerald 120).

In the book “The Great Gatsby” there are many different colors used to symbolize many different things. One of these colors is green, in the book green symbolizes Gatsby’s deep love for daisy and the American Dream theme throughout the book. Gatsby has been in love with Daisy ever since Louisville. The light sits at the end of Daisy's dock and all that Gatsby can see is the love in his eyes. He hasn’t been able to get over the past with Daisy even though she is married. The American Dream is also symbolized in the color, Gatsby is new rich, while the Buchanans are old rich. The light shows the goals he has to achieve and what tom already has. In conclusion, the color green is something that GAtsby struggles with daily and is a goal he has to

Typically, these celebrations start whenever the venue allows them to start, but most commonly they start around 6pm and end by 12pm. The most surprising thing is that the girls work for months for a celebration what lasts only a few hours.

There are other reasons I should be interested in this course besides the opportunity to be in Ireland during St. Patrick’s Day? Kidding aside, I’m interested in this course for personal and educational reasons. Personally, I’m part Irish, but I don’t much about the culture or customs and this would be a fantastic opportunity to learn more about my family history. Besides learning more about my heritage what I look forward to the most is the opportunity to interact and learn from professionals, I want to be educated not just about the culture but the country and its people and I would be learning from the very best; journalists, diplomats, activists, and not just them, but from my fellow students as well. I like that I would be working with