Metafictional works

the growth of different characters; the book is not in chronological order but Jay Gatsby changes to James Gatz after Chapter V. James is the younger man that is in love with Daisy but does not have enough money to please her. Jay is present (in the book) five years after their relationship ended and he lives in the West Egg with a big house and superfluous money to please Daisy. Gatsby/Gatz grows from a poor man with hopes to a rich man that is within reach of his hopes. On the other hand, Gatsby uses an axiological narrative that focuses on values and how his values differ from societies. Gatsby is the main character in this book so his insight is obviously paramount. Values of Gatsby cover any of Daisy’s and the fact that he needs to work to gain money; he is a West Egger so he did not inherit money, he worked for it. Due to his shortage of green paper, Daisy, who wants a rich man with a nice house and all the newest “stuff”, tears their relationship apart. Reacting to their recent break-up, Gatsby fabricates this goal of winning Daisy back. He knows that he needs to earn a lot more money to do so. He does exactly that. Gatsby looks to Daisy for his values since she is so significant to him. With values comes religion. Religion is rarely mentioned throughout the book, but when it is it seems to always include Gatsby in it. On page 104, “The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God- a phrase…

The Trials that Plague the Soul Misery loves company. This statement proves true when comparing the acclaimed works Yann Martel's Life of Pi, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and William Shakespeare's Hamlet, as all these classics contain the crucial element despair. Characters in the aforementioned novels and play, battle with deep despair and must sacrifice to survive in a world without loved ones to guide them. The characters are not the cause of their anguish, though it is the…

I mostly made the decision to do this because of the women like in Bananeras, women that have to work 7 days a week and 24 hours. Maybe not quite that much, but it’s in a sense how I felt when I read their stories. They have to work almost every day and we spend our day shopping for deals. It’s like a war on Black Friday, people fight and push and will do anything to get what they went out there for. We’re spending our days fighting, when people are working all day. It’s something to think…

But first, a manager has to take the time to identify the toxic behavior. The behavior is often identified as toxic or poisonous because once it is in; it does take a great amount of work to filter it out. A manager can attempt to communicate with their personnel in reference to their issues and see if they can adequately reduce their damaging approach to convert into a helpful and positive colleague of the group. If that misses the mark, the organization must carefully expunge this type of…

Lucy McCormick, of ‘GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN’ (GITBOTV), influenced my practice through her solo workshop and subsequent conversations because I found her style and attitude towards creative work particularly stimulating and we share an enthusiasm for pushing theatrical boundaries. Her approach demonstrates that, “the question of boundaries and extremes is always in the room” (McCormick, 2014). In our workshop on ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Lucy got one of my classmates, Laura, to chew…

presents more vigorously. In my own decision making if I saw a situation in which people responded differently in the same situation I would analyze what the situation was and take action based on what I perceived. For example, if I saw two workers with a job to do, presented with the same situation, and one was working while the other stood by and watched I might address the one not participating in order to get him involved in the project. The next dyad we will discuss is when the situation…

Mothers working has increased dramatically since the 1970s. Women have evolved since the late 1900s. Many work in work fields alongside men. Becoming mothers does not stop many of them from still working. A lower percent of mothers stay at home, although, it should not be for every woman. Women should not feel obligated to be a stay at home mother; they should be able to be independent, to be a role-model to their children, and to be capable to bring a larger income into the home. Most…

How important is work in today’s society? Imagine a world without work, a world in which nothing would get accomplished, now imagine a world in which everyone enjoyed work, and accomplished countless tasks every day. There has to be a happy medium. In order for the world to be successful work is a necessity, everyone has their own attitude toward work and the exertion level they are willing to put in. My first observation leads me into my backyard where I observe my father meticulously picking…

Problem 2: Crisis Action Planning When starting on Problem 2, there were a couple of lessons learned from the first problem, I wanted sustain and others I wanted to improve upon. The one thing I wanted to sustain from our first group was the relaxed atmosphere we had. There really wasn’t a lot of running around and playing catch up. Everyone was able to accomplish their work without any real missteps and believed that everyone put the best foot forward towards the problem at hand. The main thing…

follow-up meetings weekly. Getting busy at work does not mean accomplishing tasks on a daily and weekly basis. If ever, they are more about accomplishments because being busy can be faked now. Does it strike a nerve? The logic behind putting accomplishments above hard work for some managers meant that the effort infused into the job produced sweet fruit. Some managers risk getting called pricks for asking the not-so-nice question “If you have been working so hard, how come you are not…