Arnold Schoenberg

What You See Is Not Always What You Get Bestselling author and speaker Steve Maraboli voices that “you will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.” Maraboli expresses that the way in which you handle a situation determines the mindset, and that can mislead people into thinking that the outward result is the real reality. Everyone has their own opinions about how they see the world, and sometimes these opinions do not translate to others views. The…

Who Did It? Who has caused the great demise of Jay Gatsby? That’s been the ageold question for years now. Was it the captivating Daisy or the jealous Tom? How about innocent Nick or the Wilsons, even Gatsby himself perhaps? Well each of these characters have actions that had influenced Gatsby’s life in one way or another, positive and negative effects. While it could be easy and simple to just blame the whole thing on George Wilson, because he shot Gatsby and it can’t really get any more black…

In society color represents numerous things, in today’s world red means stop and green means go. In ancient and medieval times the color purple symbolizes wealth and prestige. People often use color to convey an emotion, blue is associated with sadness, green with envy, and pink with love. F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, chronicles Jay Gatsby’s relentless pursuit of his long lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s pursuit of this forbidden love brings Gatsby from the lowest of the lows…

Imagine two very similar men, both insanely rich. One may believe that they must be similar, since most wealthy men have the same rather arrogant and superior attitude. On the surface of things, it seems as Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are very similar people since they have both acquired mass amounts of wealth, and do not think twice about showing off at any opportunity they get; but if one were to truly analyze the book, there is a clear difference in the characteristics of Tom Buchanan and Jay…

Most look at wealth as a fairly positive thing and in some cases that can be true. In The Great Gatsby, however, that is not the case. Jay Gatsby is one of the main characters in this book and plays a very prominent role. He is looked upon as this rich man with a perfect life, but lots of people have suspicions of how he got rich in the first place. There are some suspicions that he may have gotten wealthy in the wrong way by lying his way to the top. Gatsby is always throwing parties and having…

The Great Gatsby In the story of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it has taught us that ladies would go after guys that are high class and have tons of money. Back in the Jazz Age, many females would like to live in a wonderful life. The would like to marry guys that are able to support themselves by getting what they want to have or what they need the most. Most ladies do not the men for who they are, but what they had become and their title. In this story, there are three ladies that…

Adam’s American Dream portrays America as a place where anyone, no matter one’s race, religion, or their “circumstances of birth or position,” can pursue their desire to make a reputable name for themselves.This is only attainable as long as they have the motivation to do so. He understands that people come from different backgrounds and the opportunities will differ due to one’s “ability or achievement”. Meaning that people become proficient at different skills due to lifestyle and natural…

The American Dream can be defined as a realistic goal that one hopes to achieve through hard work and determination. Raised on a small, poverty-stricken farm with penniless parents, Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby had high hopes of making a name for himself and acquiring the wealthy status. Gatsby went on to join the war, leaving behind his lover, Daisy Fay, and promised himself that she would be with him for the rest of their lives. After the war, Gatsby finds out Daisy…

You can’t repeat the past. In, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald multiple characters are impacted by: social classes, women’s rights, and inequalities. Daisy Buchanan was most affected by women’s rights because she cheated on her husband, with Gatsby, and she went back to her husband because in that time period that is just what women were expected to do. Stay faithful, stay at home, and stay with your husband no matter what. Nick Carraway is most affected by social classes considering…

Careless Hedonist’s Withstand Time Approximately 15.6 million people in America acquired plastic surgery and 3, 866 people died at the hands of drunk drivers in the state of Illinois. Hedonism is the belief that pursuit of pleasure is the purpose of human life and carelessness is a person’s failure to recognize the possible consequence of their actions. In today’s society some virtues that people hold include: hedonism and carelessness, which are two of the same virtues that many of the…