“First the colours. Then the humans. That’s usually how I see things. Or at least, how I try.” This is the very beginning of the prologue. I expect that colours are going to be heavily symbolic in The Book Thief either symbolising the key emotions or main groups of people in the story. Based on […]
Quotes: “he saw it but didn’t realize until later” Foreshadowing “It would carry … a book” Foreshadowing the arrival of the second book. Perhaps the death of Hans Huberman who is out of sorts? Death could be the symbolism of the first book. “It would carry … two questions” vague unclear “That was one war […]
Quotes: “em pty ing to the floor like powder” similie “Am plified by the still of night, the book opened—a gust of wind. “ “She caught him thinking it” You can’t catch someone thinking but rather the characteristics of them thinking – solid stare at something slight squint, hand on chin. Opposite of Metonymy? “She […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American author whose stories are set in the ‘Roaring 20s’; the time period that he himself was a part of. A common connection between Fitzgerald’s many novels and short stories is the symbolic use of the weather in these stories to portray the mood, tone and characters emotions. In the […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American writer who crafted short stories and novels set in the ‘Roaring 20s’ (1920’s). A common feature that connects many of Fitzgerald’s pieces of fiction together, is the appearance of a “golden girl” character, that is to say a beautiful female character who the protagonist longs to be with, however […]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a film based on the short story by Scott Fitzgerald. The film is about a boy named Benjamin who is born in an old man’s body and physically ages backwards. Because of his physical appearance he is often treated differently to others, however he still goes through similar […]
Mise en scene – the arrangement of the scenery and props on the stage of a film. Lighting – Lights of various strengths and angles. Used to set a mood, emotion or genre. Symbolism – The use of a material object to represent an abstract idea. Camera Shots – A camera shot is the amount of space […]
Ideas: -Something dangerous/learning about interesting ways to die and how this taught me to be appreciative -Farm and how it makes me appreciate the environment -killing stuff -Music -Leo List of inventors killed by their own inventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths Find a cool quote or two about appreciating life […]
Winter Dreams The Great Gatsby Oxymoron used, e.g “beautifully ugly”. Oxymoron widely used. Dexter gained wealth through business via laundromat. Gatsby gained huge wealth via drug stores. Judy Jones is ‘beautiful’ and loves Dexter despite her being with many other men and Dexter being engaged. Daisy is ‘beautiful’ and loves Gatsby even though she is […]
Fitzgerald critiques society’s ideals through his use of language or literacy devices in ‘The Great Gatsby’. Plan: The American Dream through three symbols; The Valley of Ashes, Green Light (distantness and can incorporate how the new money (Gatz) cannot achieve old money (Daisy)) and In The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the language […]