How does it reflect the possibility or difficulty of dreaming in cities

Color Symbolism: "Warm tones" - The warm colors like orange and red on the building symbolize energy and vibrancy, illustrating how the city offers opportunities for personal growth and transformation.

Contrast: "Cooler tones vs. green dress" - The contrast between the cooler tones of the skyscrapers and the woman's green dress represents the tension between the overwhelming urban environment and individual dreams, suggesting that while the city may feel impersonal, there is still room for hope and renewal.

Diction: "Growth", "hope", "personal change", and "aspirations" - These words emphasize the city's potential for helping people achieve their goals, illustrating that urban environments can nurture both personal and professional development.

How does it reflect the possibility or difficulty of dreaming in cities

Personification/Diction: "Mother of Exiles" - the Statue of Liberty is personified as a maternal figure, bringing forth the sense that she provides comfort and protection even for castaways. looking for a better life.

Metaphor: "Beacon-hand" - portrays the torch held by the Statue of Liberty as a guiding light, symbolizing hope and direction for those aiming to change their lives.

Diction: "Mother", "yearning", "welcome", "embracing the exiles", and "cradle the weary" use nurturing diction to illustrate the city's inclusive and supportive nature for all

Joel Meyerowits is an award-winning photographer (Meyorowitz, n.d.). Born in New York in 1938 to a Jewish working family, he quit his job in 1962 as an art director and took to the streets of New York with a 35mm camera and color film, for which he was an early adopter of, completely adopting it in 1972, before many other famous photographers. (Genius of photography, 2007)

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There the towers are symbols for the transformation of Manhattan into the haven of choice for the global one percent, who will soon ride the ridge of 57th Street in their castellated turrets. Their aeries are rising out of bases of luxury retail and will overlook those who have to make do with apartment blocks rather than spires with single-unit floors. That symbolism became even more poignant this week when it was revealed that one of those towers will have a “poor door” that will shuttle the occupants of the tower’s rent-controlled units in and out of the structure without disturbing the skyward float and serene cocoon of the high-rise residents. (Betsky, n.d.)

Emma Lazarus was an American poet born to a wealthy jewish family in the late 1840s. She began writing and translating poems from a very young age, and by the 1860s her translation of German poems was being published. Lazarus was one of the first successful and widely known American-Jewish  authors, and famously advocated for the creation of a "Jewish homeland" before Zionism was broadly accepted.  In the later half of her life, she was commissioned to write a poem for the pedestal of the Statue of LIberty. Although she initially declined and then wrote the sonnet  "The New Colossus", commemorating the migration waves going to the United States. Lines from that sonnet were engraved in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903. (Archive & Lazarus, n.d.)

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A symbol stands for an idea. The Statue of Liberty stands in Upper New York Bay, a universal symbol of freedom. It is the Mother of Exiles, greeting millions of immigrants and embodying hope and opportunity for those seeking a better life in America. It stirs the desire for freedom in people all over the world. It represents the United States itself (EDSITEment, n.d.).

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Betsky, A. (n.d.). Symbolism of Skyscrapers: The Meaning of High-Rises Around the World. Architect Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2024, from https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/symbolism-of-skyscrapers-the-meaning-of-high-rises-around-the-world_o

EDSITEment. (n.d.). The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol. EDSITEment. Retrieved October 28, 2024, from https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/statue-liberty-meaning-and-use-national-symbol

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