Great Neck

Symbolism and characterization are used as key tools in Baz Luhrmann's films, The Great Gatsby and Strictly Ballroom, to enhance the films' intention, plot line and character development. Luhrmann's evolution as a director is clearly illustrated through the increasingly advanced integration and execution of filmic elements when comparing these two films. In Strictly Ballroom Luhrmann uses costume and props to symbolise Fran's character and her role in the plot. Fran approaches Scott in the dance…

The Great Gatsby is a 2013 film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald 's 1925 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Baz Luhrmann, written by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce and won the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, along with other significant awards for best editing, best sound and best cinematography. The Great Gatsby follows a Wall Street trader, Nick Carraway played by Tobey Maguire as he comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of…

been for the fateful interaction between Hezekiah and Sennacherib, the landscape of modern civilization would be much different. Despite the militaristic tradition he had inherited, Sennacherib was more than just another Assyrian king bathed up to his neck in blood. He also accomplished a mammoth renovation of his capital city, Nineveh, situated on the Tigris River in what is now northern Iraq. He crowned Nineveh with extensive gardens and aqueducts and was in fact the first town planner in the…

sacrifice? How much could you possibly loose for progress? How much? Of Mice and Men, a work of literature by John Steinbeck, it was published on 1937 around the time of Great Depression. The main characters of the book are Lennie and George, they moved from Weed and settled to a ranch in Soledad, California in the early 1930’s during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck wrote this marvelous tale that revolves around the theme: Price of Progress. Lennie, George, Curley, Curley’s Wife, Crooks,…

Will you experience a great loss if your family or friends die? Certainly Yes! The speaker in “If he wakes in your arms...” by R.A.S and Shan in “The waiting Man” By Andria Wu both experience a great loss and feel extremely sad. But Shan's loss is greater. Their attitudes towards the girlfriends and puppy at the beginning are completely different. After something happens to the girlfriends and the puppy, their reactions are also different. First, the speaker hates the puppy at first. He…

phenomenon, noted around the world for its beauty. The amalgam of colors has become a symbol for many things, a recent event being the adaptation of the “Gay Pride” flag. Colors play a large role in our world today, just as they did in the novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald went wild with his pastel, acting as if they were washable paints. Fitzgerald painted a rainbow, but it was no ordinary rainbow. The obvious take on the color white is innocence. It seems that everyone says that white in…

Of Mice and Men is a riveting tale of a two young men trying to make ends-meet during the 1930s Great Depression. From its beginning to its concluding tragedy, Of Mice and Men tells stories of loneliness, friendship, human interaction, and mental disability within an enthralling setting using brilliant characters. Throughout the book, a common theme from the opening to the finale was mental disability. Shown in the form of Lennie, George’s companion throughout the story, the novella educates the…

intrepid soul. When I finally get to New York, however, I am going to drive out to Cow Neck and Great Neck, the rumored real life West and East Egg, respectively. And possibly on my drive from the city, I will find myself passing through a bleak landscape, a valley rid of hope and promise, well at least it was in the 1920s when it was used as an important setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald contrasts West and East Egg with The Valley of Ashes to…

Trump’s cabinet appeared, the old novels about dystopia begun to best sellers. The most famous work is Jonathan Sift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” I wondered what the author criticizes in each country. According to S. N. Gillani, Gulliver’s Travels is a great work of social satire. There is a satire on politics, human physiognomy, which is the assessment of character or personality from a person's appearance, especially the face, intellect, manners etc. In the age of Swift, corruption was rampant and…

make a trip to Europe before she lost all of her energy and got to feeling better. So Scott hurried to write and complete The Beautiful and Damned, so he could make more money. The sailed in May towards Europe. But The Side of Paradise didn 't get great reviews, so he cut the trip short and went home. Zelda went back to her home town in Montgomery, so she could be pampered by her parents, but the weather was too hot for her to endure. One day it was too hot for her so she went to the pool to…