In This Moment

and rescued her from a husband who apparently neglected her. But after he got punched, he brood over the opposite scenario; that he was the villain and Marjorie's husband was the hero instead, “The situation had miraculously and entirely changed—a moment before Samuel had seemed to himself heroic; now he seemed the cad, the outsider, and Marjorie's husband, silhouetted against the lights of the little house, the eternal heroic figure, the defender of his home.” Lastly, the fourth and final…

Fitzgerald’s famous novel, The Great Gatsby, and this painting, one can find comparisons that show wealth, as well as the isolation and loneliness that often come with it. The Great Gatsby is a timeless classic that tells the story of Jay Gatsby and his obsession for the extrodinarily beautiful Daisy Buchanan. The novel is set in the Roaring 20s, a time of wild parties and loose moral standards and the rich becoming even richer than before. The piece of art this novel is being compared to…

“skinny one”, to be appealing, and if we achieve this, everything else in life will just follow. I would be lying if I said that scared little girl inside my heart didn’t still believe this to be true to some extent, but with age came wisdom but we’ll get to this a little later. Seeing all the “pretty” people on tv, movies, ads, even in real life can be intimidating, convincing us all for the most part that this is just how life is. I hate to admit, but this way of thinking was apparent in my…

While Nick eats and speaks with Daisy, she talks about her daughter and opens up about her feminine ideal: "I 'm glad it 's a girl. And I hope she 'll be a fool—that 's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (Fitzgerald 17). Her ideal of a "beautiful little fool" means that a woman needs to appear dumb and strive for physical beauty. Moreover, her description of "little" reinforces the passivity of women and allows Tom control…

cultures, no matter the time period. Not only is this novel a work of art, but so is the 2013 movie adaption directed by Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann is able to capture the character's’ essence like no other. F. Scott Fitzgerald has a style of writing that engulfs the reader into his world of parties and the American Dream. He uses tools such as imagery, symbolism and emotional appeals to draw the readers in. The novel is full of description of every moment in Nick’s tale of Gatsby. Fitzgerald…

their ability or achievement regardless of their social class, and that anything, such as rising from rags to riches, is possible with enough hard work and tenacity. This interplay between idealism and materialism is at once contradictory and complementary, because idealistic dream usually has a substantial material base. The concept of this dream is ideal since it suggests hope, opportunity and equality, but the realization and the ultimate goal, which is usually rising up the social ladder or…

house as “a small eyesore” which has a view of “the consoling proximity of the millionaires” (Fitzgerald 5). Nick is surrounded by ostentatious mansions owned by wealthy men, but he still seems to quite fit in, as well as his house harmonizes well in this environment. Nick is part of the upper middle class and works in the bond business which means that his financial situation is good. However, his personality is drastically different from The Buchanan’s, Gatsby’s or Jordan’s. He isn’t…

I’d like to do with this man. I know that I am young and that I have much to learn, but if there is one thing I know, it’s that he and I are meant to be. I really hope that I am not going crazy because that would suck. Or maybe I am thinking this way because some weird bug bit me by the stream. It might be possible that I’m still sleeping and that this is all a dream. If that be the case, I won’t to make sure that everything that I want to happen will happen. But then again this might not be a…

American Literature 24 September 2014 “We are all infected & impure with sin. When we display our righteous deed, they are nothing, but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind”. This verse from the Bible says that when sin is committed it brings nothing but unsatisfactory. Throughout “the Scarlet Letter”, Hawthorne puts in many major symbols in his novel to convey a positive message to his readers, but the one overall…

Literary Elements within The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby , there is an assortment of hidden meanings and symbolism, from gender roles to corrupt youth this book shows not only the problems of the 1920’s but also the problems of modern day. The carelessness of the youth by spending money wildly for no sought out reason and the wealthy’s obliviousness to problems that sit right in front of their faces are both motifs in which Fitzgerald expresses throughout his book…