Dieter F. Uchtdorf

John F. Kennedy is a president that is remembered because he was assassinated during his presidency. But Kennedy is also remembered for a few great accomplishments during his term as well as a couple major failures. The main accomplishments of JFK’s presidency include the enacting of the Peace Corps, the Space Program, the 24th Amendment, Cold War management, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The failures of the presidency were seen mainly in the Bay of Pigs invasion and the inability for JFK to…

Throughout The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is the only point of view we are given about the lives between these characters, Fitzgerald uses Nick as a way to establish the motif of loneliness by showing that even though Gatsby has everything one wishes for during this time, he is still deep down alone because he is surrounded by fake love and care; however, Nick himself is also isolating himself the most by not being involved and only being the observer. There are many moments throughout the…

The Grail of Gatsby’s Fantasy “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one” (Anonymous). Why do we focus so much on the unchangeable past which is so out of our control instead of looking towards our changeable future. If more people focused on improving their futures instead of their pasts, the world would be a happier place, because then we would be able to learn the value of acceptance in the things we cannot change. If someone had imparted this…

To be an American in the 20th Century meant that you were in pursuit of the American Dream, or, “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative”. The finish line shown in our mural represents the American Dream, with each character seeing a different goal for themselves at the end of it. The four different lanes represent the different paths the characters had to take to achieve their dream. This…

In the United States, especially among those who are over fifty, there is a persistent belief that the United States radically changed after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. What evidence can you supply from your reading(s) that would support this belief? Did the event itself cause a change, or was it a milepost marking the beginning of a series of events that would alter the direction and character of the nation? John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was the youngest to be elected as…

The “American Dream” has been around since America was founded, the idea of a “self-made” man. According to Dictionary.com, the American Dream is “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American.” The “American Dream” can never be attained by those chasing it, and it is indeed corrupt. The dream is never fulfilled. In Fitzgerald 's novel, multiple characters throughout the story are left feeling embittered. Although anyone can achieve wealth…

freedom and new ideas. A decade of partying, loose morals, crazed dancing, and ever-changing fashions entered the American life-- a decade that confounded the older generation, and fascinated novelists. One of most well-known writers of this period is F. Scott Fitzgerald, who both observed these times with a writer’s eye and lived them with abandon. Perhaps because the entire mood of the decade was one of living in the moment, Fitzgerald used…

The short story that I found to be most interesting in the aspects to elements of fiction was called “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author uses many strong elements that help grant the reader the full picture of the story from many different angles. The unique way F.Scott Fitzgerald is able to shift his dictation and syntax brings the reader to morally question things going on in their own life, producing provocative ideas and new ways of thinking after reading the story. The…

In the segment of Eyes on the Prize that we watched in class, the story was taken place during the civil rights era. The overall look of Eyes on the Prize is the recounting of the fights by men and women to end the long years of segregation and discrimination. It was during the time where whites and blacks could not go to the same school, ride the same bus, vote in the same election, or in general, participate equally in society. African American were second class in America. In this particular…

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby in the 1920s, an era where wealth, social status and a glamorous lifestyle were all the rage. This novel introduces many characters who idolize values and goals that will lead them to a better social status. Each character paints their own picture showing the values of the people of this time. They all wish to acquire fortune and wealth, and to live in a high social class, and they do it in very different ways, each method giving us a…