Bruce Jay Friedman

single green light, minute and far away…” (25,26).This secluded light marks Daisy’s East Egg dock, and Gatsby can barely make it out from where his West Egg house is located. Gatsby thinks that the light reminds him only of Daisy. Throughout the book, Jay is constantly struggling to hold all of Daisy’s love and loyalty. However, she ends up leaving him, and moves away with her husband. What this distant light actually marks is the hopes, dreams, and desires that Gatsby has for the future.…

David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement speech for Kenyon College, referenced here from the text They Say I Say, differed from the cheery and laudatory reassurances that typically mark graduations. Rather he used his speech to impart the more momentous advice that by living intentionally one can escape the rat race that consumes and devastates many adults. Wallace’s main assertion is that most people operate on a “default setting” of unconsciousness, letting their thoughts roam freely and…

of the West Egg in his acclaimed novel, The Great Gatsby. Through the vivid depiction of West Egg resident Jay Gatsby’s parties and its guests, Fitzgerald unveils this social divide and discloses the injustices of elitist society, offering a justification for East Egger Daisy Buchanan’s refusal to leave her husband, Tom, for Gatsby. While the flamboyant parties hosted by West Egg resident Jay Gatsby serve as a meeting place for the wealthiest members of the upper class, they juxtapose the…

and is centered around Jay Gatsby. Gatsby supposedly falls in love with a lady named Daisy Buchanan, who is Nick’s cousin. This was a time long ago when they were both young. Now they have both changed, but Gatsby wants to repeat the past. Gatsby loved Daisy when they first met, and then he became obsessed with his idea he created of her. Eventually, Gatsby just wants to possess Daisy as an object. Through all of this chaos, Fitzgerald is trying to convey two messages. Jay Gatsby is in his…

Yes, Mansa Musa was most likely the richest man ever, however I do not think he has a known net worth as said by other sources. To put a price tag on the quantity of wealth Mansa Musa had, would seemingly be almost impossible. He was rich according to the many sources we have, that are in fact dependable. In source B, it states, “‘"The men-at-arms come with wonderful weaponry: quivers of silver and gold, swords covered with gold... Four of the amirs stand behind him to drive off flies, with…

Analyzing how mama uses men for her family needs People around the world get into relationships for many reasons. In the book Chanda's secrets written by Allan Stratton mama gets with three men for reasons of her own. First she finds a rich man Isaac, Isaac offers her a job, a place to live and money. After getting kicked out of there she finds a very kind man named Mr Dube, Mr Dube had a place to live and a lot of money to offer her. Mr Dube ends up dying an abrupt death and now mama has a…

Growing up in a household that shared a love for music, created a massive impact into Bruno Mars’ life as an artist. Ever since he was young, he’s been exposed to 80’s R&B music which he ended up loving til this day. Bruno Mars’ recent work, 24K Magic, illustrates how he was able to execute an 80’s R&B style album with the use of different components. These components consist of combining various instruments, choice of lyrics, and emotions. He also kept a similar theme to his previous albums,…

Whilst there is no doubt that a system of bandits did exist, what is less clear is how far the Thuggee archive is entirely an orientalist product full of inaccurate reflections of Indian crime especially Thuggee. Notably, the “authentic archive” was created by Sleeman himself indicating accounts on thugs were influenced by preconceived notions of Indian men. Consisting of oriental biases, the archive was perhaps a product of ‘deep-seated European inclination’ to civilise India. Depicted as…

The idea that an insane offender is not liable to be punished under the criminal law is stated surprisingly often in this text. Early on, in Chapter III of Book I, Don Quixote has gone to an inn that he takes to be a castle. The innkeeper, whom Don Quixote thinks is the castellan, is amused by Don Quixote’s lunacy and hopeful that he might make money out of him. The innkeeper goes along with Don Quixote’s delusions and promises to dub him a knight. He garners interest in Don Quixote among the…

Simple Symbols with Deeper Meanings When people think of F. Scott Fitzgerald they think of the roaring 20’s and his famous novel the “Great Gatsby”, what many tend to not recognize or acknowledge is Fitzgerald’s skills of capturing the mood of the 1930’s as well. Written in 1930, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” is a perfect example of his writing about life after the 1929 stock market crash. The short story introduces readers to Charlie Wales, the main character who lost everything…