Fictional socialites

The American dream is defined as an “ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved”. Sound like the perfect dream, doesn’t it? But sadly every one must wake up eventually. The American dream is a major theme is novels and poems such as a book called The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and a poem titled “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes. The Great Gatsby is the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. That is what the book seems to be about, but the message hidden beneath their love story is the corruption of the American dream. In the poem “I, Too, Sing America”, Hughes speaks with an assertive tone throughout the poem, calling out the failure to include all races in the American dream.The Great Gatsby used the rhetorical device symbolism to portray the American dream as unattainable, while “I, Too, Sing America” use an assertive tone to portray the American dream as a pathway for equality, and both works of writing similarly see the failure and corruption of the American dream. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses rhetorical devices such as symbolism to portray the American Dream as a failure and unattainable. An example from The Great Gatsby is the Valley of Ashes, which is a representation of the self-absorbed character of the rich. In the book Nick Carraway describes the Valley of Ashes as “...a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into…

What is the plot of this story? Use your own words to summarize the plot in one thorough paragraph: The plot of the story is about a prince named Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero was a very rich man. There was a illness spreading rapidly throughout their town killing everyone. The illness was called the red death and was described as fatal and hideous. The Prince thought the only escape from the red death was to lock himself away in his castle with many of his friends. To pass time they drank…

Page 98. “Spr[inging] from his Platonic conception of himself,” James Gatz changes his identify to Jay Gatsby. Page 65. As Gatsby states, “I’ll tell you God’s truth,” he doesn’t intend to tell Nick the actual truth, but the truth his delusional mind has created to fit inside his own religion. Page 61. While Gatsby acts as God of his own religion, Nick compares Gatsby’s house to the yard of a church. Page 110 - 111. Gatsby becomes taken with Daisy from the moment he sees her and her house.…

Ignorance is a very dangerous emotion. Ignorance not only becomes dangerous when people do not think before they act but also when people let themselves be a part of demeaning life situations due to being blind of an entire situation. Blind love is an example of such ignorance; people will do anything for love without thinking, even if it ultimately hurts them. It has been said that sometimes love requires sacrifice, which can be true to an extent. Healthy sacrifice occurs when a person…

Lies and Fortune Mahli Strasser Junior Composition: Orange 2 Is living a fake life of fame and fortune worth the pain of living and keep up with all of the lies? Many of the characters in the novel, The Great Gatsby, face this question. The characters must make challenging decisions to decide if all of the lies are worth the suffering or should they just live a normal life. Throughout the book many of the characters lie and cheat. Even though each character cheats in his or her own way,…

Everyone wants to be happy. Some people will travel across the sea and leave their home and family in search for happiness. They will throw away everything they have in order to attain something that, during the moment, seems like the perfect solution to all of their problems. Jay Gatsby and Blanche Dubois in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire, respectfully, give away everything they have in order to attain what they believe to be the ultimate form of happiness: the American Dream.…

Among the upper class in the 1920’s, most people felt entitled to their riches. If they did not have riches, they would do anything to gain money. Daisy and Myrtle were no exception. Daisy may have been born into money while Myrtle had to find her way to it but the two women are very similar. Both women are known to be beautiful but in different ways. Both have relations with Tom Buchanan. Although they have many similarities, there are distinct characteristics that separate the two and make one…

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance of Being Earnest is one of Oscar Wilde’s most well-known plays and is known for its witty humour and the mocking of the Victorian society. Satirizing of the Victorian views on marriage and the morals and standards of the upper class creates humour in The Importance of Being Earnest. This is supported by stylistic devices and wordplays. The characters in The Importance of Being Earnest, especially Lady Bracknell, mock the snobbism of the upper…

Similarly, Blanche tried to adapt to society, but was faced with the rejection of society and her own family. Blanche DuBois travels to New Orleans to live with her sister, to run away from all the rumours and her past life back in Laurel. One night, Blanche questions Stella by asking and admitting, “Stella! What have you heard about me?... You haven’t heard any unkind gossip about me?... Honey, there was a good deal of talk in Laurel” (Williams 78).” Due to the fact that Blanche brought up this…

Nick Caraway who is the narrator of the story moves to New York City in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in West Egg, Long Island, which is where the Newly rich live. He also has connection to East Egg because Daisy Buchanan is his cousin. Jay Gatsby, Nick 's next door neighbor ,lives in a gothic looking mansion and he throws amazing parties every Saturday night. It is as if he is trying to impress someone. Nick isn 't like any of his neighbors. He went to…