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Folklore in the Akan Culture Folklore in the lives of the Akans of Ghana comprise of popular oral traditional beliefs, tales, myths, , and practices of the people’s customs which has been disseminated in an informal manner from one generation to the other over and over again in the community. Folklore can also be considered the roots of expressive genres such as a myth, cultural activity, music, riddles, dance, legends, proverbs, and “wise sayings” which are shared within the Akan culture. The Akans

In the film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Directed by Wes Anderson, color is an important aspect of the film, whether it be from the clothes that the characters' wear, settings, or lighting Adam Stockhausen, the production designer used color to add on to the mood of the story. For example, when the story takes place in the 1930s they used bright colors such as reds, purples, and pinks to make the characters and hotel look more lively, the shot where M.Gustave, Zero, and Madame are going down in the

WHITE: The color white, more often than not, is considered to be a color meaning goodness, purity, and innocence. This definition holds true in the beginning portion of The Great Gatsby, however, as we approach the end, it changes drastically. Our first confrontation with the color white is when Nick first encounters Daisy, he realizes that everything she possesses is white; she lives, “high in a white palace,” (Fitzgerald.128) with, “the windows...gleaming white,” (Fitzgerald.10) she even wore a

On behalf of money worship is daisy. We can notice such a detail, while Daisy wearing a white dress, clothes with several obvious copper buttons, carrying a small pen. To regain Daisy's favor, Gatsby bought a yellow sports car, and in his party ,the color of food looked mostly like yellow, in yellow dress, in my opinion, to become an aristocrat

The anecdotes A Good Man is Hard to Find and The Comforts of Home will be examined with respect to color Flannery O’Conner – Color Connotations The anecdotes A Good Man is Hard to Find and The Comforts of Home will be examined with respect to color connotation and imagery. This essay will discuss how colors affect the reader’s abstract senses and emotions. Colors are also used to suggest the nature of the piece and characters within. Various cultures perceive colors differently which

The colors of the Great Gatsby In the novel the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses the colors gold, yellow, white, grey, or green. These symbols show the social classes and how they rank in them along with their personality. They also present  the mood and the tone of what's going on and even the way the characters are feeling in the book. Each color represents their own meaning whether it’s happiness, sadness, beauty, money, loneliness, death, corruption or even anger all these colors have their own

my interpretation is back up by various art elements. Camp Five, Detainee’s Cell is a very distinct piece of artwork. If you were to take a quick glance at the artwork, your eyes would not initially strike with admiration. The strong presence of white and gray is not aesthetically pleasing. Camp Five, Detainee’s Cell displays a cell with walls the color of eggs shells, a small rectangular window, gray flooring, a dark blue mattress, light blue blanket, a booklet, small container, and a water bottle

Throughout the novel, it can be seen that the most common color accompanying with Gatsby is yellow. With this color, the author skillfully implies what kind of outer self Gatsby intends to show before others. Yellow is the color of gold, which symbolizes money, materialism and high social position. First, yellow stands out as the color that represents new money and wealth acquired. According to Fitzgerald, “On week−ends his Rolls−Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between

process of trying to win back a girl he had known in years past, Gatsby gets himself caught up in everything and eventually gets himself killed. Although, without the use of colors it would have made the story bland and less exotic. The colors yellow, white, and blue all closely relate to Gatsby and his feelings towards many of the characters in “The Great Gatsby”. Yellow, one of the most common colors in the book, is used by Fitzgerald as a sign of caution to Myrtle through Gatsby’s big yellow car.

Hassan’s clothing. “He wore black leather snow boots and a bright green chapan over a thick sweater . . .” The author’s primary purpose of having Hassan wearing this is to show how Hassan is pure, young and innocent. The reason the author didn’t choose white, though, is that the green can also convey an underlying sense of jealousy. The author repeatedly writes about how Amir is always fighting for Baba’s attention, and how much he wants it for himself and only himself. Hassan’s green chapan symbolizes