Georgian Bay

street of fine 18th century Georgian homes in the posh and stately area of Georgian Dublin, , there is a door man in green suite with a top hat and tail. Fashionable guests come and go with some dressed in bespoke business suits while other are dressed in more casual, yet spiffy attire. With each coming and going the door man bids a cheerful greeting in that lovely sing song Irish accent. The outside of the building is not ostentatious as is the norm with Georgian architecture of centuries…

In the Great Gatsby there are several connotations with a wide spectrum of colors .Many characters are associated with colors that have a deeper meaning. Daisy is Gatsby’s love and she tends to wear or be connected with the colors gold and white. White means purity even though Daisy is not entirely pure. Gold is attached with money and riches while she is married with Tom who is affluent. First off, Daisy is always involved with gold which flashes how rich she is. Daisy lives in an…

As described in The Great Gatsby, "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay." (pg.6) When Nick Carraway went to visit Tom and Daisy after many years of separation, he was appalled by the way Tom and Daisy cherished their material goods. For example, Tom greatly esteemed his trophies and awards he received…

the bay is East Egg, which is where the “old money” settles. In this storyline, this side of the bay is viewed as the more elite and put together of the two. Here, Tom and Daisy Buchanan settle just across from Gatsby. In the beginning of the story, Nick…

Bruce Peninsula National Park Dramatic cliffs rise from the turquoise waters of Georgian Bay. In large regions of forest, black bears roam and strange reptiles find shelter in rocky regions and diverse wetlands. Ancient cedar trees spiral from the cliff-edge; an abundance of orchids and ferns take root in diverse habitats. And the night is dazzling with stars in this Dark Sky Preserve. Welcome to the magic of Bruce Peninsula National Park. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Ontario’s Backyard Im…

established part of the country. They also take more pride in their appearance and houses and want to show off their wealth and status. Nick states, “Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walls and burning gardens-finally when it reached the house drifting up the…

Nathaniel Hollaway Summer Reading Assignment 2017 The Great Gatsby Nathaniel Hollaway 9-6-2017 Table of Contents DATE TITLE PAGE # TO PAGE # 7/23/2017 The Great Gatsby 1 26 7/23/2017 Vocab 1-5 7/23/2017 Journal Entry #1: Setting/Occasion Character Entry #1: Journal Entry #1: Setting/Occasion Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald August 23, 2017 Setting/Occasion The book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set…

currently owns displays that he is there for a specific purpose, being from a well-to-do family that owns a hardware wholesale business , he definitely could have went and bought a much nicer place. The Buchanans ginormous georgian colonial mansion that is straight across the bay from gatsby’s, shows how they claim to be someone that they really aren’t. Let us dive deeper into…

house to my right was a colossal affair by any standard it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy”(Fitzgerald 5). The East Egg can be described as, “...More elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”(Fitzgerald 6). These two settings can describe the rich of the Jazz Age and the 21st century. Both the rich of today and the rich of the past have extraordinary large houses. The houses are indeed unneeded. Gatsby's house…

Megan Slusser Mrs. Valentin H English 11 23 December 2015 Effects of the Desire of a Prosperous Reputation In the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, most of the main characters are very wealthy people. They live in the most enormous homes, in the richest of areas of New York, in other words East and West Egg. Obtaining their sophisticated reputations is the key factor to becoming the richest and most powerful people in their society. Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby are described as the most…