Frank Miller

“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection”(unknown). Everyone isn’t perfect and dreams do fail, just like the protagonist in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald learned. The dream was unachievable for Jay Gatsby due to his social class he tried to escape, the under the table business he ran to make quick money and the girl who killed his hopes and dreams. Jay Gatsby was born into a low social class. At a young age “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He was always had some resolves…

to lose himself while labeling his son a failure. In contrast, Biff travels the western United States performing manual labor and through various experiences begins to understand what purpose his life holds. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Miller utilizes conflict to establish contrasting interpretations for the meaning of accomplishment.…

In the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” writer Lorraine Hansberry takes us along an epic journey with a poor, unconventional, 1950’s Black American family. The dynamics explored are that of a struggling working class unit set in the South side of Chicago. This somewhat realistic drama focuses on the quests of its individual characters and means toward the attainment of their respective ambitions. This play depicts the uphill battle they face in terms of racial prejudice and financial angst. The…

“Maybe the two different worlds we live in aren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” (Hinton 41) In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy is the main character. Even though Ponyboy shows many signs of a possibility of being a Soc, he is apart of the poorer class, the greasers. Ponyboy has been intelligent and gotten good grades all his life, unlike the rest of his gang. Additionally, Ponyboy likes to read and do other things that Socs are interested in, and stay out of trouble. If Ponyboy…

In the “Crucible”, Danforth and Mary Warren have done many things to corrupt their society. Danforth was the Deputy Governor and a judge. Mary Warren was a servant in Proctor's house hold. Judge danforth is more to blame than Mary Warren because he was bias, full of fear and worried about themselves. Judge Danforth is more to blame for his accusation that the defendant was guilty and was bias to Abigail Williams. First, Danforth is on Abigail Williams side. When Judge Danforth says, “ Child I…

be let go. In fact, when Hale speaks about how the victims are confessing, Proctor responds by saying, “And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it? There are them that will swear to anything before they'll hang; have you never thought of that?” (Miller 65). It proves how the accused just confess to be free, and not have any further involvement. Proctor recognizes that the justice of the court is not “just” if an accusation is equal proof of guilt, and if the only way you can avoid punishment…

Hunting Witch Hunters In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author implies that there are multiple reasons that Danforth, Hathorne, and the other authorities choose to believe Abigail and the other girls, Rather than choosing to believe more respectable townspeople like Proctor and Giles. The Crucible is a story of mass hysteria in the town of Salem Massachusetts in the 1690s, where many people are accused of being witches, and many were even hanged for the accusations. The reason for Danforth…

One Sided Love In “Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger” Li Jia is a character that does not achieve anything on his own. He deeply relies on his father financially. Consequently he is inexperienced in life since everything is hand to him by his father. Li Jia’s naïve personality comes into appearance when he comes in contact with Du Tenth and runs into Sun Fu. Du Tenth on the other hand has gone through many afflictions. Li Jia’s love experience is still under infancy when he meets Du Tenth,…

There are clearly static and dynamic characters in the play. A static character, in this vocabulary, is one that does not go through important change in the course of the story, remaining almost basically the same at the end as he or she was at the beginning. An dynamic character, is one that does go through an important change in the course of the story See John would not leave with Abigail shows that his love for his wife and faith in Godhas grown throughout the play. When the trials first…

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible because he had a story to tell. Being a political advocate for racial inequalities and an active supporter of labor and unions, he was often the prime target of Senator Joseph McCarthy, a man on a mission to rid the country of potential communists. Miller himself was later called to the House Committee of Un-American activities to defend himself, but refused to condemn any of his friends. This single experience, a rather blind accusation thrown at Miller without…