Bruce Jay Friedman

< What does Jonathan swift criticize in Gulliver’s Travels?> Today, I have studied the article about dystopia which is the opposite of ideal world. It also means ‘ the not good place’ and ‘no place’. As Trump’s cabinet appeared, the old novels about dystopia begun to best sellers. The most famous work is Jonathan Sift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” I wondered what the author criticizes in each country. According to S. N. Gillani, Gulliver’s Travels is a great work of social satire. There is a…

There is a diversity of ways as to how an author may want to illustrate an idea or concept, many of which use a varsity of literary devices to accomplish the transcendence of the message to the public. Ernest Hemingway is an author who immensely succeeds in transcending our perspective of the symbols and context clues into something beyond the words we read on the page. The “iceberg theory”, mastered by Ernest Hemingway, gives way to the idea that less is more, and that we, as an author, only…

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, and be respectable.” (Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray). This is a light-hearted and humorous musing of the appeal to be young again, which summarizes the hedonistic worldview of Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray that may ring true to others. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel that is set in Victorian era London; a society in which appearance and wealth are held at an extremely high…

“Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you’ve had” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a writer who has imposed himself and his life story into many of his characters. Most notably, his famous novel called The Great Gatsby, is about a man who feels unhappy despite his wealth. However, there is another story in which Fitzgerald uses himself as the main character, a short story called…

The story “ Three Questions” was written by Leo Tolstoy and it explains deeply what bothers the king of the kingdom. According to the narrator, the King came up with three questions that trouble him and anyone who interprets best will be rewarded bountifully. The three questions are as follow; “how can I learn to do the right thing at the right time? Who are the people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore, pay more attention than to the rest? And, what affairs are the most important, and…

The Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George, is a retelling of the twelve dancing princess. The story begins with the end of a war between two countries Westfalin and Analousia, and a young solider, Galen Werner, heading to the capital of Westfalin. Galen is the son of soldier and an army wash woman. Both of Galen’s parents died in the war and he is headed to Bruch to find his mother’s sister Liesel Orm. On his long march he meets a strange old woman that he gives some food. In…

Have you ever lied about something to boost success or earn something valuable? Certain characters in the novel, The Great Gatsby tend to lie in order to achieve something as well. The themes, the nature of lies and deceit and the fallacy of the American Dream, pertain to the novel as a whole due to the actions the characters create or participate in. The author, Fitzgerald, includes certain behavior that his characters do that applies to the theme the nature of lying, that can affect the…

with regard to “The Great Gatsby”. It defines the American Dream and how it is reflected in this novel with a view on success, wealth and social mobility. This essay is divided into two parts, for giving an answer to the research question: Why is Jay Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott…

In the 1920's, the rich would take delight in lavish parties and dwell in the security of their wealth. While the poor would yearn for someone to take them out of their poverty. This is how Daisy and Myrtle are in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Daisy and Myrtle can be immensely different, yet surprisingly similar in ways such as their interests/desires, how the opposite sex treats them, how they treat the opposite sex, and other attributes. It is intriguing to see…

face of authority is significant. Milgram proclaims that “the essence of obedience is that a person comes to view himself as the instrument for carrying out another person’s wishes,” (The Perils of Obedience) and that is precisely the way in which Jay Gatsby acted in the face of authority, and adversity. His obedience at the onset caused him to develop the initial detrimental habits which formed, thus prompting him to become the fabricated symbol of wealth and affluence, yet holding inherent the…