Great Disappointment

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” is a story of ambition, ascension, and disappointment. It reveals the hollow reality of the idealistic “American dream” through the societal rise and emotional devastation of Dexter Green. Dexter’s journey to the realization of a boyhood dream turned into a life depleting nightmare serves to prove that the whole construct of social class is an illusion and that money can never buy happiness. At the onset of the story, Dexter is an ambitious middle-class…

could go wrong they were at the height of being wealthy. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald took place during this time era, and displays the habits of wealthy. Also, “The American Dream” is the ideal that every United States citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work and determination which is the exact opposite of what happens in the book. the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, offers a peculiar pessimistic view of…

these obsessions can arise around the american dream, the idea of improving one’s self. In his best selling novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the secondary characters George Wilson, Myrtle Wilson, and Daisy Buchanan to develop and strengthen the idea that the pursuit of one’s own personalized and glorified version of the american dream unknowingly leads to disappointment and dissatisfaction, as well as one’s own demise. Throughout his work Fitzgerald uses Myrtle, and George’s…

The Chicago spirit is like no other when it comes to the arts, cultural conflicts, self-identity questions, and the search for truth and reasoning for the novels, poems, and short stories written by great authors and poets such as Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Arna Bontemps, Margaret Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Richard Wright founded the South Side Writers Group, whose membership included Bontemps and Walker in 1936, in order to build a foundation…

I saw the 11/30 showing of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”. It was a play about two World War II veterans named Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who meet sisters Betty and Judy Haynes. The four go to rural Vermont where they run into Bob and Phil’s former commander in WWII, General Waverly, who owns an inn but is struggling financially. The four aim to help the General. The show was at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, a Proscenium theatre. The stagecraft of the play was like most plays I’ve…

King Philip. He had a son named Alexander. King Philip later was murdered. Alexander was then named King of Macedonia. Lots of people had doubt that he would be able to rule the empire. Alexander then attacked the Persians and was named Alexander the Great, for he conquered the most land in history at that time. He was later named a god from the Egyptians. Alexander died at age 33, June 323 BC. After Alexander’s death, the empire fell and crumbled. Turning into ruins. Have you ever wondered…

Woodrow Wilson “the war to end all wars” left the United States traumatized as tens of thousands of American families were left without sons, husbands, fathers, and friends. The war ended the recession that had been occurring prior to the start of the Great War, and increased financial prosperity allowed Americans to live lavish lifestyles teeming with cars, moviegoing, speakeasies and jazz. Every attempt was made to fill the voids of human loss with materials and riches, leaving the Roaring…

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is considered to be one of America 's greatest works of literature because of its twisting and realistic plots and developed characters during the 1920s. This era was the epitome of reckless behavior during the prohibition that caused people to use ones money to reflect power over others. Fitzgerald discusses the ideals of the New Yorker life through his word choice and descriptive characters. He explores the high socialite status and gives an insight on…

Of Mice and Men is a novel about two men; Lennie and George. They are traveling partners and they look out for each other. Lennie and George have a dream about getting a farm and “living off the fat of the land.” Lennie is especially ecstatic about tending the rabbits on their dream-farm and George constantly tells Lennie about the story of how they’ll live together and have a good life. Unfortunately, Lennie and George’s dream dissipates when Lennie’s strength gets the best of him and he…

The book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald had Nick as a narrator. People ask is Nick a good narrator? Nick is a reliable narrator for a few reason he got to view everyones life and got to hear their secrets. He saw affairs that turned for the worse at the end;he doesn't lie and he barely drank throughout the book.He saw how everyone grasped on what people said by their reactions. Nick was on a roller coaster of happiness, disappointment, secrets and death. Nick Carraway, saw his cousin…