John Jay

Both of the stories use water as a symbol of helplessness. For example, Gatz starts to “drown” after he becomes Gatsby. His lack of social status caused James Gatz to will himself into Jay Gatsby. This change occurred with Dan Cody, who he spent years on the water with, “And when the Tuolomee left for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too” (100). While Gatz had thought of Gatsby before, it was Dan Cody and the water that…

described it as very poor and the people who work here are usually covered in gray. This came from their jobs such as mining and other jobs involving hard labor. In the book Nick Carraway said “We backed up a gray old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D. Rockefeller. In a basket swung from his neck cowered a dozen very recent puppies…” (Fitzgerald 27). This says that the grey man whom they ran into doesn’t have any value or in on other words, he belongs to the lower class. The color…

Introduction The social writer F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to touch upon many social issues, such as the ever-prevalent American Dream, and human pursuits such as the need for love, power, social recognition, and purpose. Set in the Jazz Age, themes such as how money and greed destroy people are brought forth. In The Great Gatsby, the characters are hedonistic and decadent; just like some people in today’s society. Fitzgerald questions this self-seeking mentality: Is it worth it?…

Often in literature, as in life, not everyone is cordial and heartwarming. Since there are billions of different types of people, some of these people have to be unpleasant, and there are a lot of selfish, dramatic, and careless people in this world. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the character Daisy is a perfect example of one of these selfish, dramatic, and careless people. She is a rich socialite who had feelings for an extravagant man named Gatsby before the war. She then…

Madison, and John Jay would publish the Federalist Papers. Thomas Jefferson would write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, John Marshall, and Patrick Henry put pass legislation that would create a national government. What makes a person a leader, or rather, what makes them a great leader?…

Our sixth president, John Quincy Adams was born on July 11 in the year 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts now known as Quincy, Massachusetts. John never went to school; he was tutored by his cousin James Thax, and by fathers lawyer, Nathan Rice. Adams was named after his mothers’s grandfather, Colonel John Adams, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, was also named. At the age 12, in 1779, John Quincy Adams started to write a diary, which he continued until just before he died in 1848. Most of his…

beginning of a new constitutional government. It demonstrated that the king's power could be limited by a written grant. King John came into rule after his brother Richard but his rule over England wasn't as significant as his brothers. In 1204 John lost the battle against Northern France which led to him coming back and higher the taxes to pay for the defeat. In 1214 John decided to go back and try to regain Northern France but got defeated again which led to him coming back and trying to…

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most significant people in American history. He is not only a founding father; he is also an author, inventor, scientist, and a diplomat. All of these things helped him provide great contributions to the United States history. These contributions include his many different inventions including the glass armonica, bifocals, and of course his most famous invention the lightning rod, which will be discussed more further in. Another one of Franklin’s contributions…

involved. The following men were the Founding Fathers of the Constitution, including: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Each of these men were political leaders who were also involved in signing the Declaration of Independence. They were all involved in the Constitutional Convention that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Adams is known for being the second president of the United States, but he was…

(the old partner, with a bargain still as a result), Washington and his bureau settled on a strategy of lack of bias. In 1795 Washington upheld the Jay Treaty, composed by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to stay away from war with Britain and support trade. The Jeffersonians eagerly restricted the settlement, however Washington's bolster…