Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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,…

Vietnam War Essay The Vietnam War was not a favorable war among people in America. Information surrounding the war wa faked and a war we didn 't need to be in. The conflict was started even before U.S. entered into the war and we made it worse by entering. Some people favored the war, while others didn 't because lives were lost at no gain. Then the troops were treated horribly after getting back. Why would the U.S. send troops into a sensless, unwinable war? Even though the Vietnam War tried…

On Monday, October 22, 1962, John F. Kennedy announced to the public that nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union was an impending possibility. In what would come to be known as one of the most daunting presidential addresses during the Cold War, Kennedy informed the public that there was a series of offensive missile sites on the island of Cuba, which had been placed there by the Soviet Union. Kennedy went on to inform his audience that the Soviet Union had been ordered to…

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…

Eric Hoffer, an American moral and social philosopher, once said, “The superficiality of the American dream is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out; it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.” Hoffer believes that this dream has become a rushed thing, so many people are trying to reach it as soon as possible that they settle for a shell of what they had originally…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby delves into the lives of the carefree wealthy in a 1920’s postwar America. Throughout the book, the author shows how the classic American Dream had evolved to represent nothing more than material possessions. The story is told by young Nick Carraway, next door neighbor of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has truly everything, except for the one thing he wants. Daisy Buchanan is Nick’s cousin, and Nick brings the two millionaires…

A dream is something that fully satisfies a wish, goal or a desired purpose (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). In The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God the main characters both have a dream that are essential to them. Each wishes to live their dream, but runs into conflict preventing them from fulfilling that ambition. Dreams can transfer the character of a person, or simply change itself. However, dreams can be devastating if not accomplished. They can be unrealistic, or the wrong dream…

Authors often use symbols and metaphors throughout their novel in order to add depth and meaning to stories. It is a common technique that allows the author to further foretell and capture the important elements of the story without directly telling it. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses numerous symbols throughout The Great Gatsby to highlight key ideas and contract places, all in which reinforce the message of the novel. The author’s use of symbolism and metaphoric language is clearly evident from…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is set and published in the 1920’s, or more commonly known as the roaring 20’s, and roaring it was indeed. Many things were occurring as the birth of prohibition with the ratification of the 18th amendment and the birth of organized crime. Another writer that was prolific at this time was Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. His ideas with psychoanalysis was that a person’s decision could be influenced by the events of their past and by a person’s…