Great Leap Forward

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen, 1813, p. 1). 
Pride and Prejudice is English Author Jane Austen’s second book, first published in 1813. Over 200 years later, this book on the social life and practices in early 19th century England still holds a strong relevance in our lives. The book revolves around the everyday antics of the Bennet family’s five daughters, hilariously foot-in-mouth mother and slightly…

members or their dearest friends dying off. Overcoming the jarring reality of the post-pandemic world, the Traveling Symphony plays their hearts out creating music and allowing themselves to take breaks from the harsh reality that surrounds them. With great emotion, Miranda states, “’I’d prefer not to think that I’m following a script…’” (Mandel 106). Thus, meaning Miranda wants to take risks in her life rather than having to follow the path that was created for her to follow. When writing…

Gatsby set himself on a self-destructive crusade to destroy yet recreate the past. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald is about Jay Gatsby who uproots his entire life to around his personal quest to be reunited with his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s mission takes him from poverty to wealth, to a reunion with his beloved, and to his tragic death. The story of Gatsby is the story of a man who is pinned between an ever-consuming shame and immense guilt. Gatsby is ashamed of the fact that…

In the fictional novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George’s decision to kill Lennie at the end of the novella was justified. The reason this decision was even a possibility was because Lennie, a colossal, powerful, and simple minded man, committed a horrible crime. He accidentally killed Curley’s wife. A woman who has the “eye” for other men. She is, of course, married to Curley, who is a young, mean, and abusive man. He is the son of the boss, and pretty much has authority over the…

Lady Macbeth is a character who self destructed on the road of her metaphorical success. She strived for her desires with a one-route journey, forgetting to stop at a gas station. At the beginning she had no second thoughts, complete droopiness, only forces to pick up the scrapes of her very much ambitious yet soft-minded husband, Macbeth. She reached to the point where she sacrificed her feminism only to reach her outrageous intentions. Without considering her feminine aspect plays a big part…

American Dreams written in 1974 is an anecdotal story an amusing short story set in a quite 1950s provincial town in Australia; the town resembles Bacchus Marsh the town in which the author Peter Carey grew up. The story was written in the early days of globalisation. It’s a town of the main highway which begins to attract tourists who come armed with cameras and money but it turns out they expect the townspeople to remain frozen in time, just as they were when their portraits were taken.…

and windy imaginary. He devoted great passion to this fantastic dream. At last he ended his life with a irrealizable tragedy. His dream was so fantastic that he could not achieve it forever. Although green light existed, the light was too fantastic. Just having money cannot achieve his goal, neither American dream. And Gatsby did not realize real significance for him of green light. In other words, his love for Daisy was also fantastic. He subjectively ignored great changes of Daisy during the…

There are a variety of similarities and differences between Rollin Lynde Hart’s “The New Negro” and Franklin Roosevelt’s “The Forgotten Man.” They both are a significant event in US history. They both are fascinating subjects to talk about, and they were roughly written around the same time. Even though Roosevelt’s “The Forgotten Man” was aired on radio in 1932, Hart’s “The New Negro” was a movement, and the term was coined in 1921. After the war, America faced a lot of hardships and obstacles…

Discrimination has been the cause of many troubling issues throughout the course of history, including lynching a person for who they are, killing them, starting a war, and even changing a person from who they used to be. Lennie is traveling with his friend George ,looking for a ranch to work on, but Lennie is no ordinary person, he has a mental disability which causes him to forget things easily and is shy to even speak for himself. Curley's wife is a housewife who's married to Curley, but she…

If one theme can be thought of as defining the symbolism Of Mice and Men, that theme is loneliness. In many ways, from the honest to the subtle the presence of loneliness defines the actions of the various characters in the book. The itinerant farm worker found it nearly impossible to establish a fixed home. These men were forced to wander from ranch to ranch seeking temporary employment, to live in bunk houses with strangers, and to suffer the abuses of random bosses. George sums up the sadness…