A Series of Unfortunate Events

case in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. In his story, Jay Gatsby, the main character, is a wealthy socialite who had a previous relationship with Daisy Buchanan, an ill-advised woman who is from an affluent family. After a series of unfortunate happenings, Gatsby and Daisy break up and Daisy marries a famous polo player, despite still being in love with Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates how Gatsby’s…

Many advertisements in these countries promote light skin, and according to Anne Larracas, almost every beauty product in the Phillipines contains something that makes the skin lighter. “We're bombarded with advertisements like that every day. Every beauty product in the Philippines has a lightening aspect. Even lipstick promises to make dark upper lips more pink.” (“The Beauty Industry Promotes Unrealistic Beauty Standards”). A stereotype such as this can make people in Asian countries of…

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first image in 1826. The film was bad quality but the photo taken from Joseph's window showed specific techniques like symmetry, contrast in blacks, whites and tones of gray and had sharp angles and lines drawing the viewer in different directions. A photo is a window into what the photographer is seeing in their world, like Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Consequently, Henri Cartier and Gregory Crewdson used techniques to emphasise and evoke different meanings and…

and really think about what I need and deserve in my life. The things my family has given up and/or fought for my brothers, sister, and I to live a life of happiness and full of opportunities. Since I was a young girl, my life has been a series of unfortunate events and there was a lot of lessons and blessings that my family had gone through which has evolved me for half the person I am. The other half comes from the place…

Bless Me Ultima LAP #1 Prompt #4 Ivan Jimenez Period 3 AP Literature and Composition 9/25/17 LAP #1 Bless Me Ultima Prompt 4 Religion is one of the most influential forces in the entire world. It has had a massive role in shaping the mindset of billions of people. No matter what your beliefs are the very institute of religion has affected everyone in a unique way. The large diversity of beliefs is why we have the religiously ambivalent who despite adhering to a single religion often find…

as witches in disguise” (Owl Eyes), which refers to black cats representing bad luck. One can presume that causing harm to a black cat would make the culprit befall into misfortune. For instance, once the central character eradicates his pet a series of events progressing toward his untimely pronouncement of wrongdoing from the cat’s cry from behind the…

toward Muslim Americans. Misrepresentations based on stereotypes have been assigned to Muslims before and after this tragic event, as well. The media affects society’s point of view in general and often comes from a perspective that lacks a complete historical background of the topic that is being talked about. The process of demonizing Muslim Americans started after the tragic event of September 11th when Muslim terrorist groups hijacked the planes, which hit the twin towers in New York and…

In this paper I am going to summarize Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality” in which Rousseau theorizes that inequality is not a natural event, but an unfortunate byproduct of modern life. I will then provide a criticism of Rousseau’s argument, focusing on his decision to not discuss the relationship between natural and moral inequality. This criticism will then be countered by a theorized response from Rousseau’s perspective. The general argument presented by Rousseau…

thought of the idea of Harry Potter as she was pulling out of Kings Cross station. That Platform would soon be known all over the world due to it being the platform that Harry and all wizarding students must go to get to Hogwartz in this wonderful book series that people of all ages have…

specifically. Even though both of them experienced periods of time without some of their basic senses. This shows that music is a force that cannot be stopped. It cannot be contained by physical abilities, and will not be stopped due to a series of unfortunate events occurring to the musicians’ body. There are many things that influenced both Bach’s and Beethoven’s hearing and sight loss. Beethoven’s hearing loss is blamed by many people on his physically abusive…