Ashoka the Great

that freedom does not seem to have left him after school– he and Daisy go on a vacation in France for, “no particular reason,” and he brings down a, “string of polo ponies,” from Lake Forest, Illinois. Tom is often described as a, “brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen,” with a, “cruel body.” However, Tom’s arrogant and cruel demeanour isn’t calculated or purposeful– it’s simply part of his personality. When he breaks Myrtle Wilson’s nose, it is with a, “short, deft movement,”…

The 1920s were a time of partying and revelry, but things were not always as glorious as they seemed. In The Great Gatsby, the rich seem to be happy, but F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbols and characters to reveal that this is not the case. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize the unhappiness hidden behind a facade of wealth. He also uses the colors yellow and gold to symbolize the difference between false happiness from wealth, and real happiness. The character of Jay Gatsby is completely…

Hidden behind both great literary works The Great Gatsby and The Glass Menagerie are societal criticisms. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams reveal the truths of American culture of the time between the two world wars. The two stories comment on and seem to encourage the pursuit of happiness, but they acknowledge the repercussions of the pursuit and question the true definition of happiness. The Great Gatsby focuses on having to have put effort in the pursuit and that the happiness can…

with its extremities being Spain/Germany (west), Ethiopia (south), India (east), and Scythia (north).” The ends of the earth would have been the outer ring. Though we know the earth to be much more than that we should still continue to complete the great commission in Acts 1:8. When this text is used in Acts 13:47 the ends of the earth is the Gentiles. “Even though Acts 1:8 is phrased with geographic terminology, the heart is for the ethnic groups who inhabit these far-flung lands. In this…

weren’t glorified only in the textbook; throughout the Communist propaganda system, Stalin ensured that Ivan IV and Peter the Great were portrayed exclusively in a very positive light, despite Soviet historian’s, Militsa Nechkina, critique that honouring Ivan the Terrible as such was reminiscent of ‘bourgeois historiography’. However, Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were very significant for Stalin. Robert Tucker, Stalin’s biographer, believed that Stalin modeled his leadership style and…

Tom Buchanan is one of the main characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. He is portrayed as a selfish, arrogant man who is often prone to violence. Throughout the novel, Tom demonstrates his selfishness by boasting to Nick about his wealth and evenly showing off his mistress just to make Nick jealous of him. However, while he was so focused on himself, he was unable to see the fact that the life he built around himself was crumbling apart bit by bit. Through the actions and speech…

Shortly before Jeannette turned six, Rose Mary, her mother, had her fourth and last child, Maureen. Rex who previously “broke” Jeannette out of the hospital, continued this pattern when he snuck Rose Mary and the new baby out of the hospital prematurely. The Walls’ family race away from the hospital to avoid getting caught. Jeannette describes this moment, and says, “Mom handed me [Jeannette] the baby” (Walls 46). By Jeannette specifically using the word “handed,” she paints a picture for her…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” the past has always played a huge role on the main character Jay Gatsby life . When we think of time past, present and future pop into our heads . The present is the place where all our attention is focused , where we think about our future and what is yet to come. Then there are people who are “stuck” in the past and they cannot move on into the future. In the novel Jay Gatsby is one of those people who struggles to let go of the past.Gatsby…

success. We successfully gained our independence from Britain and started a brand new nation. We rose to the top from nothing and were once at the top and nothing came close to how great we were. We came together as a nation when we sent troops overseas to fight for others freedom and survival. We trudged through the great depression and came out with a smile. We saved so many lives in WWI and WWII by building the second largest fighting force in the world! We did all of this by pulling…

In every American story, there is an individual that seeks the American Dream in some sort of way. Particularly in the 1920s and 30s, there are many who made risky decisions based off of this dream. In the renowned novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these ambitious decisions made through three different types of people. Social status, love, race, and gender play an important role and are the main decision-making factors in this novel. However,as well as there are hopes of…