The Dress

Blinded by her actions with her beliefs, she forgets the fact that faith without actions is dead. It is by this relentless character that causes her whole family to be murdered in the end.

The first way the author uses symbolism to show the overall theme is with color. Numerous times in the novel Janie is wearing a

Lastly, her family betrayed her by not listening to her side of the story after her sister told lies about her, and they betrayed her when they acted as if they did not care if she moved out of the house. In all of these actions, the family itself and certain members of the family are portrayed as uncaring, unsupportive, disrespectful, conniving, deceitful, and hateful to Sister. Through every action of the family, Sister is treated harshly, and she tries to not let this bother her. Yet, anger and bitterness build up inside of her until she cannot take it anymore. Consequently, it built up so much inside of her that it severely affected Sister so profoundly that she moved away from her home to get away from her family.

as she and her family had to travel all day on empty stomach's with no proper clothes in

I shit on it.” But the reality was that deep down she was lying to herself. Nevertheless, she missed all of that -- the smells of lamb pörkölt (stewed and flavored with paprika) and stuffed cabbage. And just to have one more taste of sweetened porridge and rice, or those butter-creamed flaky tortes that had once graced her lips, at weddings. She certainly had never learned to cook well enough to prepare those things, with her mother passing away before teaching Ava to cook. There hadn’t been time to learn what village women taught their daughters. Not when her mother had been wracked with pain and worry.

The colors that Douglas uses in this piece which are, purple, gold, black, orange, and yellow, hold some meaning to them. Purple is associated with power, ambition, wisdom, and dignity. Douglas uses both light purple, which is used to show femininity, and dark purple, which can evoke gloomy feelings and is associated to spiritual fulfillment. Gold symbolizes divine, wisdom, and courage. It also evokes the feeling of prestige. Yellow is a warm color that is associated with energy, happiness, and intellect. The color yellow can be useful in attracting attention which can bring most of the attention to important elements. But the yellow that Douglas

Zimmerman asserts that blue represents the beginning of life and the spiritually associated with it; purple, the royalty of Prospero…; green, youth and vitality…; orange, a transition to adulthood with negative connotations of lust and

When Maude entered it took all of Ginny's strength not to gasp. It was a dark red dress that almost appeared as if someone had dunked it in red wine.The dress was adorned with lace white flowers up and down the middle of the front and the bodice, as well as the sleeves. It was absolutely and utterly hideous. All the dress accomplished was making Maude's large frame protruding mole seem to protrude even more. Ginny wondered if Maude even noticed that mole, because it seemed to have no affect on her mood whatsoever.

It also expresses her loss of faith in the human race and her peers, some of which she regains by the end

It represents war and love yet, it’s also the color of blood. Another important symbol which isn’t mentioned as much in the novel is the color blue. It represents a lost time and a fantasy of a different world. T.J. Eckleburg's eyes – which are painted upon the billboard across Wilson’s auto shop-, are blue, perhaps symbolizing a higher world from which God looks down upon the scene. The many color symbols that are present throughout the novel can be confusing and often missed if the reader does not look for them.

The narrator in the short story is the main character. The story never gives her a name, but that she a is young, upper- class woman, who is recently married and has just had a baby. The narrator tells her story through her secret diary that holds her secrets and her obsession

Quote: "On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic

The gowns had many different colors arranging from, red, green, blue, yellow, gray, orange, tan, white, and black. Out of all the colors, yellow was not worn for a wedding because it was a sign of mourning. Even though most of the body was covered it was allowed for dresses to have necklines. A necklace was worn to draw attention to her breast. Fresh flowers were central to the brides clothing.

Tyler's Cloths"It was a bridesmaid's dress. Someone loved it intensely for one day, then tossed it."

The short story opens up in medias res. The reader is thrown into the story without any knowledge of what is happening or what has previously happened.