Ginevra King

Have you ever felt like something that was supposed to be the most wonderful thing, turns out to be a complete nightmare? In Reunion by John Ceever, a boy meets his father after a long time for lunch. Throughout the course of the book, the father throws around his wealth and ego, in order to impress his son. John Ceever uses symbolism, tone and revealing actions to show how the father’s actions and words resulted in ruining their relationship. John Ceever uses symbolism to show how the father’s…

Acting as an archetype in literature for hundreds of years, the common man remains one of the most ubiquitous characters in the American literary canon. Even though the concept emerges long before, the idea of the common man mostly manifests itself in the writings of American realist authors during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Realists strive to create works that focus on reality, its hardships, and familiarity instead of romanticized exaggeration of the trivial and…

Know the value of things, not the price. The Great Gatsby is a twisted novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are people who get so caught up in money that they miss out on the opportunity to appreciate life’s blessing. This is a tragic love story that depicts the theme of the “American Dream” and how it is corrupted by the desire for wealth. What really is the “American Dream” though? It is the right to prosperity, equality, and the pursuit of happiness through hard work and determination.…

In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is cheating on his wife, Daisy with his mistress Myrtle. In the relationship, Myrtle uses her sexuality to attract Tom and he abuses her by breaking her nose. A reader today with a Marxist and a reader with a feminist perspective may interpret their relationship differently. Marxist literary criticism focuses on the struggle between the lower and upper class and the issues of power and money in literature. Readers with this point of view would perhaps look for…

While The Great Gatsby is a fictional story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in many ways the book mirrors Fitzgerald's real life. The Great Gatsby in its entirety represents the internal battle Fitzgerald faces between his chase of fame and fortune and his loathe of the unachievable “American Dream”. Understanding Fitzgerald's real life is key to better understanding the novel. In many instances both characters Nick and Jay represent a part of his internal conflict. The tragic love story, The…

With the power of wealth, an individual can try to win over their love but will fail in the end. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, talks about the West Egg and East Egg in the luxurious time of the 1920’s. The novel revolves around the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. This forbidden love is able to portray Fitzgerald’s message in the novel that money can buy an individual popularity in society but not sacrificial love. In society, money cannot…

There is a vast difference between the American Dream and the reality of living in the U.S.; in which having money does not always lead to happiness. In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the American Dream is seen as an ambition for many and nothing to others. It seems that during the 1920s anybody and everybody wanted to achieve the American Dream. Americans felt that having money was the only way to be happy. For George Wilson and Jay Gatsby, that was the ultimate goal; to be rich,…

AGE OF INNOCENCE By Edith Wharton Character Map : In 1870 how the rich people spending their life ,one of its glimpse shown in Age of Innocence.strong and rich people make their own rules for society,and they were strong obeying that rules and someone or something goes against it they become sad.. The Age of Innocence is the story of a troubled marriage ,Newland Archer is the hero of this novel,one day he came to theater to meet people but there he saw a beautiful girl named “May welland”…

'Outline' 1-Inroduction:- -Anger is a major theme in 20th century. In "The Bluest Aye", they consider whiteness as the standard of beauty. One has lost within popular culture as they connect beauty with being loved and respected. -In this novel " The Bluest Aye", Toni Morrison…

Emotional Restriction is a struggle that can be seen in Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale and Lowry’s The Giver this resulting in the lack of individualism, this can also be seen in the 1930’s when Hitler was ruling Germany. With a society that is restricted from emotions there is always a possibility of no uniqueness with in the society. This can be seen in the book The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, “I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was always about…