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1.Analyze the theme of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. (In your opinion, what was the reason that made the speaker stop by the woods on a snowy evening? What might the woods and snow and dark symbolize? Why can’t the speaker stay longer by the woods to appreciate its mysterious beauty?) Your answer should be at least 300-word long.

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Stop on a snowy night, "Tiger Woods", a man and nature meet instant. We do not know whether the speaker (narrator) is a man or a woman. In fact, we know nothing, unless he or she has a horse-drawn carriage (or shopping cart or wagon) travel the darkest night on a country road, "year" if the speaker of this sentence / narrator refers to the longest night of this year, is the most hours of the night, that day is December 21 or 22. In the northern hemisphere winter solstice occur each year in one of those days. The winter solstice is the moment when the sun is farthest south. However, if the "darkest night", he meant the most depressing, the most desolate, pessimistic, he may refer to his state of mind. Let us assume that the speaker is a man, the poet Robert Frost own, who represents them all through the journey of life. When he saw an attractive scene to fill in the snow in the woods, he stopped to observe. This scene, he called and why? Because, he said, the woods are "lovely, dark, dark." .Maybe he want to lose at least some time in their mysterious silence, away from the routine and daily health life . May wake up in the tree Lin Liti his childhood, when he looked at the snow accumulation in the hope that this will reach the height of the Alps, and canceled the day of the school and civilization. Or in the woods, on behalf of the risks, opportunities, dangerous and unknown to explore. This may also mean that their lives and the afterlife mystery, they represent sexual temptation, after all, they are lovely, dark, dark. ...... Tourists may also be regarded as anonymous, ordinary people, in their great beauty, but ignored by others in the woods. In the bottom of the ocean and the desert flowers, precious stones, a symbol of neglect much to offer the people of the world, if only someone will take some time to inform them. Woods in Frost's poem as lovely as flowers, like the cave depths of darkness and precious stones, but civilization, precious stones, flowers, woods pay very little care. ....... Perhaps Frost see the woods and, as consumed by the railways, highways, cities, shopping malls, parking lots disappear a symbol of wilderness. In the woods owned by the village people. How would he do with them? Perhaps, at the end of the woods and snow is what they are: quiet, peaceful, beautiful. Although visitors want to stay to see if they, he has promised to maintain, and kilometers to go before he slept.

3 How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? Your answer should be at least 300-word long.

In the novel, the "American Dream" a lot of connections and wealth, and dreams. First, you need a dream, then you can start working. Gatsby is an example of his dream is to chrysanthemum back, but he can not just go to the chrysanthemum, and asked her to come back, he needs the money. He has to earn a lot of money, as we said before the "American Dream" is all the money. I think that money is the most important part, because at that time, you can not have no money to do, this is how people value each other, or even love is no exception. Therefore, I think the dream is money involved. Time relationship to money and dreams, because in the novel, no one can achieve what is not, such as Gatsby spent the money of the five-year revenue in Chapter 3, when he met Nick, he said he spent three years to make money, to buy his house, so we can see that time as well as the other two. American dream, represents power, wealth, dreams, hard work, courage, seems like a prosperous country is getting better and better way, but behind it is incredible. people are not honest, they pay more attention and money of all, I think the worst thing is not inside glad, even if they are rich. society is very rough, because people do not honest labor value than some people are doing illegal business like Bill Gates, because people with money to judge each other, "old money" is very arrogant, they consider themselves better than others, obviously rich is good, but In my opinion, there is something more valuable than money in the community. This book is written in the 1920s, the entire novel, we can see, in the 1920s, women become more accepting of equality in society with men the one they have more freedom, it completely changed his attitude. they began to drink, smoke and go to the party. rich women do not have any plans for their lives, because they have enough money, they want to to be any way of life living and I think Jordan is a good example she is successful, very arrogant in the first chapter, when Nick first saw her, he said: "She is in her sofa by the end of extend the full-length, completely motionless, her chin raised a little bit ... "Another good example, I think the daisies, if Jordan is stationary, then she is absolutely emotional, she cherishes and money people, just like in the 1920s, other girls. This is almost the same as boys, Tom and Gatsby They also believe that if they have the money, they will get everything they want, in Chapter 7 Tom Gatsby believes that he despised Gatsby, "because he believes that he is not born in a wealthy family, he made the illegal business, Gatsby believes that as long as he can make money, it does not matter the money come from. In the fourth chapter, Nick said: "I am one of the few honest people I have referred to as" this may be evidence of the "American Dream" is actually very bad. In the third chapter, the authors use the green light on behalf of the "American Dream", the color green means hope, but eventually die because Gatsby, "American Dream" is also dead.

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