Pat Fitzgerald

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). Voltaire's Candide is a philosophical tale of one man's search for true happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. Candide grows up in the castle of his uncle, a German baron, along with his optimistic scholar, Pangloss, and his young, beautiful cousin, Cunégonde. When Candide falls in love with Cunégonde and his uncle sees them kissing, Candide…

Gatsby’s relationship dates back to when they were first courting five years ago: “... he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was fully able to take care of her. As a matter of fact he had no such facilities” (Fitzgerald 149). In the blooming of their relationship, a desperate Gatsby deceived a gullible Daisy into thinking that he was financially at her level and could provide for her romantically and financially. This lie continues into their rekindled…

She is not part of the first class like most of the other characters in the book, but she still wants the material things just as bad. One way that Myrtle uses money to her advantage is throwing parties. The parties lead her peers to believe that she is wealthy, which she is not. Another way that she is influenced by money is pursuing in another love interest other than her husband George. “He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in, and never told me about it, and the man came after it…

NAME : CRYSTAL MORGAN ID # : 620068655 TUTORIAL TIME : TUESDAY 9-10 AM TUTOR’S NAME : DR. MICHAEL BUCKNOR COURSE CODE : LITS 2301/E 23A COURSE NAME : KEY ISSUES IN LITERARY CRITICISM ASSIGNMENT : COURSE WORK #1 DUE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2014 STATEMENT : #3 While their financial lifestyles were misguidedly extravagant, it is not only emotional ruin that these characters faced. The Great Gatsby also explores the concepts of economic,…

The 1920’s was a momentous decade in American history. World War I had just ended, so the economy was experiencing a surge unlike ever before. Soon afterwards, prohibition was ratified, which resulted in a gigantic influx of alcohol being illegally produced and sold. Additionally, this was a revolutionary period for women as well. They gained their suffrage, shortened their hair and dresses, had sex for pleasure, and drank as much as they pleased. In other words, the women of the Roaring…

rest of the world? Even live in an illusion? Just how much are we truly willing to sacrifice? Well, two novels try to show us just how far a human will go through two very complex and tragic figures. Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” By F. Scott Fitzgerald, a wealthy, suave but mysterious gentleman who wanted nothing more than the love of a woman to complete his American Dream, while the other, Holden Caulfield, from J.D Salinger’s “The Catcher In The Rye”, a feisty young spitfire who…

Scott Fitzgerald was being facetious in titling his novel The Great Gatsby. The sarcastic tone of this title is again evident in the assessment of the author and narrator's general views towards people like Gatsby. By providing this irony, Gatsby's character…

Gatsby decided to push back his concerns and dives in the relationship which Daisy later rejects. Daisy rejects him after learning about his class and that he didn’t inherit his richness but rather it came from a gray source such as bootlegging. Fitzgerald ultimately critiques capitalism in this situation. Though Gatsby reached the level of his desire, he was rejected for not so much how he made his money, but for where he was born. Even though he had more money than upper class Tom and Daisy,…

31, P. 243). Unfortunately, it only took the ransoming of her own son and the death of Ralph Marvel to achieve it. Like her second husband, Raymond de Chelles' family held titles, property, and possessions worth money; however, their lifestyles were much less than ostentatious. Undine wanted grandiose surroundings and to hob-knob with all the social elite. Regrettably, this was not going to be apart of her future with Chelles, nor would her past behavior be tolerated with her new husband. It…

I watched the movie "Happy Gilmore" staring Adam Sandler. Its about a guy, how thinks he's a hockey player but really sucks at it. So he ends up playing golf too buy back his grandmothers house. It came out in 1996, and made $38,624,000. This movie had more than one subgenre. It was a screwball comedy because it had a man and a woman battling there differences and eventually falling in love in the end. I think this also had slapstick comedy tendencies because it used violence to make people…