Arnold van Gennep

In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is cheating on his wife, Daisy with his mistress Myrtle. In the relationship, Myrtle uses her sexuality to attract Tom and he abuses her by breaking her nose. A reader today with a Marxist and a reader with a feminist perspective may interpret their relationship differently. Marxist literary criticism focuses on the struggle between the lower and upper class and the issues of power and money in literature. Readers with this point of view would perhaps look for…

While The Great Gatsby is a fictional story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in many ways the book mirrors Fitzgerald's real life. The Great Gatsby in its entirety represents the internal battle Fitzgerald faces between his chase of fame and fortune and his loathe of the unachievable “American Dream”. Understanding Fitzgerald's real life is key to better understanding the novel. In many instances both characters Nick and Jay represent a part of his internal conflict. The tragic love story, The…

With the power of wealth, an individual can try to win over their love but will fail in the end. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, talks about the West Egg and East Egg in the luxurious time of the 1920’s. The novel revolves around the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. This forbidden love is able to portray Fitzgerald’s message in the novel that money can buy an individual popularity in society but not sacrificial love. In society, money cannot…

There is a vast difference between the American Dream and the reality of living in the U.S.; in which having money does not always lead to happiness. In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the American Dream is seen as an ambition for many and nothing to others. It seems that during the 1920s anybody and everybody wanted to achieve the American Dream. Americans felt that having money was the only way to be happy. For George Wilson and Jay Gatsby, that was the ultimate goal; to be rich,…

AGE OF INNOCENCE By Edith Wharton Character Map : In 1870 how the rich people spending their life ,one of its glimpse shown in Age of Innocence.strong and rich people make their own rules for society,and they were strong obeying that rules and someone or something goes against it they become sad.. The Age of Innocence is the story of a troubled marriage ,Newland Archer is the hero of this novel,one day he came to theater to meet people but there he saw a beautiful girl named “May welland”…

'Outline' 1-Inroduction:- -Anger is a major theme in 20th century. In "The Bluest Aye", they consider whiteness as the standard of beauty. One has lost within popular culture as they connect beauty with being loved and respected. -In this novel " The Bluest Aye", Toni Morrison…

In this country called America, the citizens of this great country have this desire or need to always want more then they have. Since this country was started long ago there has been this thing everyone referrers to as the American Dream. The American Dream is the idea that any man or woman can achieve prosperity, happiness, and success through hard work and determination. F. Scott Fitzgerald in the short story “Winter Dreams” uses the character Dexter to illustrate the point of the American…

Mrs. Midas Mrs. Midas holds intertextual semantic relations based on world text theory with Ovid’s king Midas’ story from Metamorphoses (Ziolkowski‏ 200). In Metamorphoses, Book XI, King Midas was granted a wish, viz., everything he touches, turns into gold. His wish proved to be a curse since his food and drink turn into gold. Upon his request, the wish was taken away. His foolishness did not stop at the curse-like wish; moreover, he commits another blunder when he judges Pan a winner in a…

The Cop and the Anthem is a short story that includes interesting morals that the reader could use within their own lives. The story takes place in downtown New York City and is centered around a man by the name of Soapy. The decision to read the story based on its interesting title that the author had given it was a very great idea. Before reading the story, the reader probably expected the story to be centered around a police officer who enjoyed music, but after reading a few lines the reader…

Colours are one of the most prominent and powerful uses of symbolism in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A wide array of colours are alluded to, continuously, throughout the novel, holding deep symbolism while being presented at face value. Characters like Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby yearn to be those whom are the elite of society, The Elect, reflected in colours. Other characters such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s socioeconomic status consistently manifests itself in the…