A Double Life

Title of book: Love of the Last Tycoon Genre: Fiction Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Pages: 167 Setting: Working in Hollywood in the 1940s Principal Characters: Monroe Stahr, Bradogue Brady, Cecelia Brady, Kathleen Moore Cecilia the daughter of a Hollywood producer us flying home from College. While riding on the plane she meets a man named Whylie and Schwatz, both failing producers. Also on the plane is Monroe Stahr, Cecilias dads partner. When the plane lands Schwatz writes a note to Stahr…

“Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really when failure comes.” (Tom Cochrane) “The saddest thing about betrayal it never comes from your enemies”(unknown). In this quote this shows how betrayed Valerie felt by her parents and by Nick and the price she had to pay for it. Betrayal leads to despair. “You’ve been on the list for a long time he said, immediately went cold because I couldn’t believe he’d…

rejected and disowned. The irony of this situation is that Jimmie, the one that is trying to defend the family name is basically doing the same thing. Jimmie, who is not married has lovers and not one person is critizing him, there is very much a double standard. There is a savage association between violence and honor, yet another example of…

Mexico wouldn’t be the same anymore without his presence. Forcing myself to fall sleep around twelve with all the emotions and depression occurring in my life. After sleeping for a couple hours at three-twenty a.m. my digital alarm turned on playing a Hispanic song “Mi Nina Bonita” aka “My Beautiful Girl”. Convinced I had no choice but to get up and turn off the alarm or I wouldn’t get enough sleep. Turning…

irony of death in an anastrophe form. The news of the main character husband’s death evokes Mrs. Mallard through a journey of her life as it once was, to a changed life embodied by freedom. The narrator’s illustration of the symbolic meaning of death may/may not necessarily refer to a pilgrim 's journey to ones grave, but rather represent a death of an old way of life to a new way of living full of freedom/joy and a new beginning. The tone/theme of the story takes place through several…

in creativity as to be creative is to be free. Free from all barriers life throws at us. Seeking and living by this mode of thought through life allows man to truly bring about. Man has the opportunity to exist in a world surrounded by inspiration, encounter foreign people, thoughts, objects, etc., search for what we feel is missing, after all of this man may define himself. All of this is possible based on the asininity of life. A second point Sartre explored is the fact that nothing is…

“know-nothing” people will experience this for their entire life unless they make an effort to do something for a better future. Everyone has had the feeling of being trapped in a damp, wet cave at least once in their life. However, only the bravest and smartest people will escape the cave using knowledge obtained by disbelief of the manipulators, or the oppressors. The bravest and the smartest people will find the truth and have a better life than the ones who remained trapped inside the cave…

In Kitchen Table Wisdom, Dr. Rachel Remen offers countless stories demonstrating the importance of creating a medical environment that fosters intimacy, vulnerability, and a willingness to accept the hardest moments of human life. In Remen’s book, these moments all center around death and dying. Through storytelling, Remen is able to illuminate the hidden stories and feelings associated with death, the uncertainty of death, and the fear of losing a loved one. Remen demonstrates that only by…

Matthew Goldberg ENGL 280 The Journey To Life And Death Sylvia Plath’s “BlackBerrying,” uses imagery and personification to bring the reader into the life of the speaker. Plath committed suicide at age 30, with these poems to show how much life you can live in a short period of time. In this three stanza poem Plath uses seven different colors which allows each reader to create their own image in their head. The poem is straight forward, meaning it is read consecutively. This also illustrates an…

of the Bougainvillea are all graceful and tirelessly beautiful. Ee uses, poetic techniques; Alliterations and repetition are used for emphasis. Also personifications, metaphor were used to give the Bougainvillea characteristics bringing the poem to life. Throughout the poem personifications were used to characterize the Bougainvillea as a graceful woman. This helps the reader to visualize the Bougainvillea clearly. For example Ee uses the personification “droop your slender arms” which makes…