Glamour

The Rise and Fall Of The American Dream: The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is possibly one of the greatest works of American literature within almost a century. F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the dazzling glitz and glamour of the roaring 1920s, along with the gritty corruption and insanity that happened behind the scenes. Between the lavish parties, glittery fashions, jazzy music, and even the outlawed alcohol, many people were determined to achieve the “American Dream,” or an individual person’s…

A lot of times in life, people do not always see things for what they really are. "Othello," "A&P," "Everyday Use," and "Richard Cory" are just a few works of literature that shine light to this idea. Appearance vs reality can ruin lives, cause people to loose their jobs, misvalue family members, and even cause a complete misjudgment of someone 's life. Although there were many themes in "Othello," I think the theme that really makes the story line play out as it does, is appearance vs reality…

There are many variants of choices we have to make in life, some are nugatory and facile choices to make, while others are hard and may transmute our lives thoroughly. In the poems “If” by Rudyard Kipling and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, each poet captures the essence of how consequential choices are. Kipling takes a more literal way of exhibiting how choices affect us while Frost shows choices in a more symbolic and consequential way that makes a reader authentically celebrate. "…

her struggles grasping womanhood, the subtle sexism on the Chicago comedy circuit, and the struggles with her foray into television via Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. Unlike most celebrity works, Bossypants is not one of overwhelming fame and glamour; between tales of celebrity mishaps, Fey intersperses her thoughts on standards of beauty, dieting, and the all-too-frequently asked question of having children. The key differences between Madonna’s feminism and Fey’s…

Various important choices plague people’s lives every day, and one that applies to a plethora of people is choosing the right computer. There are two main computer companies, Microsoft and Apple, that are quite different in their approach to manufacturing and advertising their products. The Apple genius or PC expert have no shame in attempting to persuade the customer to buy their respective brand. The Apple genius will try to smooth over the potential buyer with the fancy designs and the Apple…

Delineated by beautifully crafted and unconventional garments. Ivie liberty designs aim at providing a look that gives the wearer a distinctive and peculiar look. Each piece is made based on designer Ivie Liberty creative personality. Ivie enjoys professing herself through clothing with effortless spontaneity, Her designs unique femininity, merged with the combination of both British and Nigerian culture also influenced by nature architecture, people, culture, history and romance. Ivie…

Love is... Love is one of the basic instincts to which all of the human race are affected. In James Joyce's “Araby” and John Updike's “A & P” they show different ways that the protagonists are affected but these acts are unrecognized by the recipients of their love. The authors manage to use a tone, style and language that eases the reader’s thoughts into the same familiar situation of a crush even though they are written some fifty years apart. Joyce and Updike take this familiar feeling and…

In every era old or new, leaders are measured up to certain criteria that decide whether or not there were, in fact, great leaders. In the ancient world, a leader was considered great if they were military skilled, they incorporated other people's culture, followed through and were firm in what they believed. Since in the ancient world religion was a huge part of the people lives, great leader was also expected to have some sort of divine connection. All theses trait of a great leader in the…

Individual Analysis “Homesickness” First, “Homesickness,” by George Moore, is a story of a man, James Bryden, who returns to Ireland after settling in America thirteen years earlier. His return to Ireland was because of advice from his doctor in hopes that the travel would provoke his healing and better his health. Once arriving back to the small village he previously resided in, he realizing nothing had truly changed, and that the people “were all very poor--poorer, perhaps, than when he left…

Wants and Needs Entangled in a Web of Illusions “Winter Dreams” is a narrative story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and takes place over the span of eighteen years of Dexter Green’s life from ages fourteen to thirty-two, a young middle-class boy with a summer job where he “caddied only for pocket money” (Fitzgerald). Dexter day dreams during the winter about living a rich and famous lifestyle and links his ideals with his desires for Judy Jones. Dexter get so obsessed with his “Winter Dreams”…