Blind Side Essay

5.1 Yellow is the color of gold and stands for wealth Yellow is the color of gold not only stands for money, status and power, but also greed, lust and fall. In the novel, Fitzgerald used yellow to represent mammonish and decadent life of the American upper class. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy was known as “golden girls”, Jordan had yellow hair like withered leaves and Gatsby tied golden tie. To win Daisy, Gatsby always shows off his wealth. He held various parties in his villa frequently. And…

There are multiple scenes in “The Great Gatsby” that hold significant historical events in the 1920s. History plays a critical role in this novel and helps people gather a view of the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was an important time for industrialization, economics, and upcoming social modernization. “The Great Gatsby” covers some notable events such as strikes or low wages, advances in technology, and mistreatment in women. Though the novel’s main characters are rich, the book provides an insight…

away like it had earlier in their relationship. The betrayal was from all sides with the husbands cheating on their wives, wives cheating on their husbands, lies were being told and even lies about finances. The statement made that…

In Chapter Five of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald uses symbolism with colors and weather to convey the intensity of Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship. Daisy has ignored her emotions and her memories regarding Gatsby for the five years they have not seen each other; however, Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time in an explosion of emotions and past experiences. When Daisy arrives to Nick’s slight cottage, Fitzgerald creates an image of her stepping out of her car beneath…

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald. Nick is the narrator he was going out with Jordan Baker. Nick has cousin named Daisy who is married to Tom. Gatsby lived next to Nick and loved Daisy. Nicks last words to Gatsby before he died was “they’re a rotten crowd... you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 162). He means that Gatsby was a lot better that Tom, Daisy, and Jordan. Gatsby is better that Jordan because she is dishonest. “She left a borrowed car out…

The Great Gatsby The past determines who you are in the present. People can assume me many things about you based on your past. The events that you did in the past may have been an exceptional or a dissatisfactory effect on you, but those prearrangements you made back then are who makes you today. Mr.Gatsby, in the story they talk about his past and the consequences he had. For example, when Tom exposes Gatsby of his bootlegging money. The consequence of this is that Daisy is now in jeopardy of…

He Thinks He Can There once was a little train engine that could. There also once was a man named Edward Pierce that could do more, by robbing the train. He did it because he simply believed he was able to achieve his goal. Edward Pierce was an opportunist and deemed himself capable of pulling off the “largest crime of the century” because he had all the necessary assets including money, intelligence, and connections in the underground world. Edward Pierce’s method of acquiring money is…

Money Doesn't Buy Everything In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes a story about a young man that has everything imaginable except one thing, true love. Gatsby is a wealthy young man with the imaginable, about thirty years of age living in West Egg. This man has fallen in love with a young lady named Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald writes about love’s fantasies and limits through the main character Jay Gatsby. During their separation, Gatsby’s longing love for daisy, rearranging his…

The theme of Midas from Greek mythology is “Greed as Downfall” because he was really greedy and wished that everything he would touch would turn into gold instead of wishing for something better for him or his family. Midas is generally a nice guy. He takes Silenus in. He throws a party. He helps Silenus get back on the road. So it seems only right that he be rewarded for his good decisions. But he goes and screws it up. He wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. Midas got his…

The Legend Of Sleepy Hallow" by Washington Irving is a tale about a man named Incabob Crane who comes to the town Sleepy Hallow in 1775. Incabob comes to this town thinking that he will only be a teacher. But he meets a girl named Katrina Van Tassel who's family is very rich. When Incabob meets Katrina he wants to marry her but not because he loves her but to get her father's money. Therefore he trys to get Katrina to fall in love with him and to marry him. He trys to get Katrina to love…