All That You Can't Leave Behind

“‘ I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can't repeat the past.’ ‘Can't repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’”(Fitzgerald 116). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald has many themes within it and the purpose of this paper is to analyze what theme is established by a characters view of the past. Jay Gatsby displays a longing towards the past throughout the book and this establishes a theme in the work. Gatsby longs to have the past back with…

The song “Lay It All On Me” by Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran is a deep house song about sticking together and brotherhood. I chose this song because its lyrics exemplify Ma’s character because she is loyal, compassionate, the strength of the family, and the person that the Joad family can go to whenever they need help. Ma Joad also stays calm and controls her emotions for the sake of her family, so they can also stay calm, no matter what they are going through. Even when Connie left Rose of…

"Taxidermy Massacre" "No, my dear," she said. "Only you." Billy ran upstairs into his room on the third floor, ready to go to sleep because he was too freaked out to listen to the landlady anymore. He ran up the stairs, and all anyone in the house could hear was , "THUD, THUD, THUD!" Once in his rented room, Billy let out a very high-pitched shriek. He paced around the room, wondering what he could do to get out of this mess. That's when he caught a sight of stuffed Christopher Mulholland…

1960 ."Yesterday" Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me. Oh, yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say. I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Why she had to go, I don't know, she…

dream will become reality. The past is truly never behind us, we have the memories, although they are not physical, we still have that piece of the puzzle of the past. The memories that we have are not always complete, there will most likely always be a missing part of the past (unless you have a photographic memory). Gatsby reaches for his past that is already behind him…

Gender/Feminist Critiques in “Of Mice And Men” Imagine you lived in an area where there only are people of your opposite sex. You are sent to jail for no cause and you are lonely and locked up in one place. When you are freed, you would most likely want to talk to people and would expect the same from the others. In “Of Mice And Men”, John Steinbeck shows Feminist/Gender Critique. Throughout the book, there’s only one woman living on the ranch and the author demonstrates that she is the villain.…

Are You Making Excuses for Not Trying Yoga? People procrastinate all kinds of things, mostly to their detriment, but if you haven't tried yoga for all the wrong reasons, you may be doing yourself a serious disservice. Yoga can help you with stress, weight loss, chronic pain and self-esteem. If you haven't tried it, maybe it's time to rethink your reasoning. Do any of the following excuses sound familiar? 1. It's Boring Yoga is far from boring, it's simply more of a personal experience than…

What would happen if close to all of the rule breakers in schools stopped breaking the rules? Would the future crime rate be lower than the current? School Suspensions have been in place for many years and it’s time for a change. School Suspensions reward the children for bad behavior, they don’t work, and some kids eventually drop out because of it. The school suspension system rewards the child for bad behavior. Think of when you were in school, did you ever want to go to school? Most kids…

additionally if these kids can’t get this sleep that would mean the kids can not perform to their capabilities. In Virginia, Terra Ziporyn Snider has been researching if they should start later and she believes it should because early start times like most schools it causes teenagers to be not concentrating never think less also to be moody. Over 90 percent of teens are chronically sleep-deprived. Multiple researchers have seen that if you don’t get all that sleep you need those students are…

one to blame for its getting broken." (48) This is kinda the turning point in their relationship because this really makes Zeena mad and then Zeena says “ "You're a bad girl, Mattie Silver. . . and now you've took from me the one I cared for most of all—" (48) Zeena now wants Mattie out right away and now doesn’t trust her. The hate within the two characters resembles realism because even people in life get mad at others. The feelings and emotions are the same as it is in the real world. Their…