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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set in the eyes of Nick Carraway, a bystander in a confusing and flawed world. He quickly befriends a high-class party guy named Gatsby who shows him the happiness riches can bring people. From the time he moves in, to the time Gatsby dies, Nick stands by as he learns new desires and secrets from his friends. Nick notices the corrupt nature of the people as they hide their inner feelings in order to seem happy, although deep down that isn’t what they…

Wilson Mizner, who was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur, once said, “Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.” This quote helps to understand the often results in a person’s life after getting involved with problem gambling. In the article The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg explains the outcome of Angie Bachmann as a gambling addict. Bachmann was a stay at home mom, then used gambling to avoid her tedious life. She became gambling addict, and was…

period? Why was alcohol so popular in the novel? What did the green light symbolize? Overall what inspired Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby was written based on him and Zelda, their relationship, the time he was living in, prohibition, and through symbols, the American Dream. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays himself through the characters Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is the main character in The Great Gatsby. The novel is…

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows Gatsby’s struggle to relive the past. Gatsby, unable to accept that time always moves forwards struggles to People often try to relive the past for personal satisfaction. However, living only in the past can lead to tragedy. The past is unchangeable and can shape and mould a person into anyone, for better or for worse. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald enhances the theme that obsession with the past can blind one to reality and lead to…

It is simply impossible to escape reality; however, that does not mean individuals can’t dream. Dreaming is one of the greatest adventures life can give a person. In the short story, “Volar” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, a family of Puerto Rican origins, who are now immigrants in America all fantasize about how their life would have been if their circumstances were different. The young girl in the book is finding a getaway for her self through the median of comic books and it’s all from her longing to…

People who live a life of great wealth are likely to become careless individuals who thoughtlessly harm the people who get in their way. Children brought up in a wealthy family do not understand the meaning of hard work. They have trouble filling the void in their life and do not treasure what they already have. Empathy and moral judgment are hard concepts, for those who have a fortune, to grasp. Wealth sometimes brings out the worst in people, but we must all be our best selves, no matter our…

Nostalgia is more than just a feeling; It is something that holds society back from moving into the future. The past becomes the present and time appears to be collapsing into itself. Brandon Ambrosino's "Nostalgia for Now" meticulously explains this phenomena among Americans. Throughout the article, Ambrosino claims that time is seemingly slowing down, as the gap between the past and present is shrinking, also known as the nostalgia gap. People are dwelling on the past rather than living in the…

Steinbeck wrote a great book about friendship called Of Mice and Men. This book is about George and Lennie, two best friends that go to work on a farm. They try to make money to start their own farm. The problem is Lennie has a developmental disorder that makes it hard for him to talk to people and he was often misunderstood. Lennie was portrayed as gentle, strong and not intelligent and would apologize for his mistakes. I this book Steinbeck made Lennie a sympathetic character that you would…

American Dream; to Some, Not What it Seemed “The Americans” by Viet Thanh Nguyen offers the distinct view of a self-contradictory America that while allows the freedom of movement towards success is also an exclusionary destructive nation. “The Americans” follows a family divided by their views of being an American as each member comes to terms with their identity and being open-minded to others’ differences. “The Americans” shows that America can be a place where people of all different…

Interpretive literature is used to widen our perspective of reality in which the writer “shapes and forms them always with the intent that we may see and understand them better.” In which the discriminating reader “takes deeper pleasure in fiction that deals with life.” The two stories that have been read, Identities by W.D. Valgardson and Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfieldf compares the lives of our two protagonists, where one is a rich middle aged man who is roughly in his thirty’s, adventuring…