Great Expectations

there were some successes leading people to believe that there might be great prosperity, problems in the economy were arising making it harder for people to live. By the end of the 1920s people were unemployed, looking for food, and entering one of the worst possible times of their lives, The Great Depression of 1929. The prosperity of the 1920s was in fact misleading because WWI had just ended and there was an expectation for an economic boom because of all the production during the war. The…

Desperation was a common reaction to the Great Depression. Desperation was breaking into an empty building to find a place to sleep. Desperation was rummaging through garbage, hoping to find spoiled vegetables that could be eaten. Desperation was staying in bed to keep warm and inactive and thus conserve calories and resources. Desperation was, in short, living as if you were largely dead. The Great Depression marked a time of human suffering on a scale not seen in America before. During this…

occurring in a person’s mind. However, if mixed with hope, they can connotate to expectations, which may result in disappointment. In other words, dreams are intangible, not real, but humans insist on trying to make them come true. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s dreams for Daisy, the debutante daughter of wealthy southern aristocrats, are exaggerated, and Daisy will never live up to Gatsby’s expectations. As a young man, Gatsby has big dreams for a big future. He creates…

accomplish the things that might seem out of reach. The author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote about the lives of a few very wealthy characters who thrived in the 1920’s, some as a result of said ambition. Christopher Beha responded to the novel with a quote stating that the novel was about the impossibility of self-invention and the childness of a hope being delivered in adulthood that was once held in adolescence. The Great Gatsby is widely thought to be a novel about “the…

Roosevelt's New Deal One of Roosevelt' s new deal was the Great Depression. The Great Depression was severe economic depressionin the 1930's. Most countries started in 1929 and lasted until the 1930's. It was the longest and deepest depression in the 20th century. In the 21st century the Great Depression was used as an example of how far the economy can decline. The depression originated in the United States,after the fall in stock prices which began September 4,1929. Then it became…

background of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place after the Women Rights Movement as the Lost Generation. Jay Gatsby is the "American Dream" of the Lost Generation and tries to become worthy of Daisy. He puts her on a pedestal which will end up with him disappointing of her because of his unrealistic expectations. No matter how well their love was in the past, Daisy will stay with Tom and never be with Gatsby because of their social and money status. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott…

The Many Facets of Society in The Great Gatsby Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald contrasts the lives of people who have old money, people who have new money, and those with no money at all. Those with old money, like Tom Buchanan, were born into their fortune and live a life of luxury without any hard work. Gatsby is a new money man who has gained all of his wealth in his lifetime in order to impress Daisy. People with no money, like George Wilson, work hard their whole lives…

successful, and so much more through hard work and determination. For many this “dream” was one of the main pulls to move to the US and for many they truly believed that they could achieve this fantasy. Many say that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book “The Great Gatsby” is the essence of what the American dream is and describes what most people got and will get when coming to America. The book doesn’t exhibit this literally; rather it does through various literary styles in both a negative and positive…

actions taken with doubt and the fear of not being able to attain financial success, results in an inability to achieve their hopes and dreams. Under the frivolous American dream Willy has built, Biff’s idea of success manifests as a man who achieves great financial value on the basis that one is superficially attractive instead of attaining personal prosperity through hard work and dedication to the truth. By choosing to not act with the intent of individual success, Biff is uncertain why the…

A great author once said ‘a good library will never be too neat or too dusty, because someone will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them’. Does our library live up to this expectation? No. Why? Because of the lack of variety. The books in our library intended for our age are filled with the same boring, cliche magic and dragons. Books like We Were Liars should in the section for us. The characters, the plot, the themes and the life lessons of We Were…