Dan Scott

during the war of 1812 where the Star-Spangled Banner was originated from the battle at Fort McHenry, in which union solider held up the post in which the American flag throughout the night of fierce continuous bombardment by the British. As Francis Scott Key a lawyer whom happen to witness the assault was inspired to write “The Star-Spangled Banner poem, which later became the U.S. national anthem”. The American flag survived the night, “the rockets’ red glare and the bombs bursting in air”…

PHASE ONE QUESTIONS/PHASE TWO QUESTIONS Has a book ever changed your life? If so, which one and why? I’m always reading but I’m one of those people that if I don’t read it again I’ll forget I read it in the first place. Sometimes I find myself reading books and just thinking, “Wait didn’t I read this already?” Two books that I always remember are Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby. Pride and Prejudiced changed my life because it changed some of my perspectives on writing. I used to…

Short Story Summary: Winter Dreams Youth, innocence and the loss of both; Harmful relationships. Both are major themes in the short story, Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the true American literary geniuses of the early 1900’s. Fitzgerald’s short story takes place in Minnesota and follows the life of Dexter Green, a boy from the middle class who aspires to be wealthy, and his “Winter Dreams”: A life with the beautiful, yet deceptive and toxic, Judy Jones. Throughout Winter Dreams,…

Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main conflict exists between three distinct social classes: the old-money, the new-money, and the no-money. Tom and Daisy Buchanan descend from old-money and, therefore, felt as if they should inherit certain rights. They believe that their birth gives them power, similar to the idea of divine right. New-money is represented by the character Jay Gatsby. While the source of his money is originally unknown, it is obvious…

that dream. James Gatz, later known as Jay Gatsby experiences the American Dream coming true. Mr. Fitzgerald used Gatsby to suggest that the American Dream is very hard to achieve. There was social corruption in those days and still exist today. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows these concepts in the novel The Great Gatsby. These themes are shown in both the lyrics by Lauryn Hill “All Falls Down”…

prosperous years of America’s journey. Many people were happy both financially and emotionally. However, the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbolizes many of the events during the roaring twenties that made it earn its name. Even so, the novel visualizes the diverse crimes occurring such as Gatsby’s illegal businesses. F. Scott Fitzgerald displays both characteristics of this time period. The depth of this novel will contain the similarities and differences of literary…

Life needs a good narrator. The novella The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is written as a flashback from Nick’s point of view. Nick has a relationship with each character. In addition he is observant and has a nonjudgmental nature. Furthermore, he is opinionless and not the only one talking. For these reasons, Nick’s character is the ideal narrator. This novella is written as a flashback from Nick 's memory, two years after Gatsby’s death. He clearly states at the beginning of Chapter IX…

A recent economic analysis shows that as of 2012, the wealth gap in the United States between the ultra rich and the rest of the population is as prevalent as it was in the mid-1920s. After World War II, the top earning 0.1% of the nation experienced massive increase in wealth and just before the stock market crash of 1929, they held about 23% of the entire countries wealth. In the modern era, after the 2008 recession, the .1% again grew their share of the wealth and in 2012, they reached the…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is drenched in symbolism and time references. From my interpretation, Jay Gatsby is like the American Dream itself. He fell in love with Daisy and sworn to become rich and popular to win her, because he thinks he needs to be happy. Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the main characteristic that makes the American dream; Everlasting Hope. He is the personification of the American Dream when the United States first became a nation, resourceful,…

The impact of the automobile in the 1920 's drove America into a frenzy of fresh opportunities. This new era can be credited in part to Henry Ford who mass produced the Model T, and made it an affordable, practical vehicle for any American with a need and want for mobility. The automobile revolutionized almost every part of life including the economy, and where Americans traveled and lived. However, these successes came at a cost. Pollution began to take its toll in major cities, crime rates…