Kings Dominion

Music blaring, lights flashing, people dancing, and the alcohol flowing; there is a mirage of sights and sounds one would encounter when they walk through the doors to one of Gatsby’s great parties. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in the time of the roaring twenties. At this point in history, prohibition was in full swing, the speakeasies were bribing the patrol to look past their indiscretions, and the morals were starting to loosen. Gatsby kept true to the times and threw scandalous…

“The Outsider” a short story in “The Lurking Fear” by H.P. Lovecraft. It is a simple story on the surface but it can be thought provoking if you read deeper. It is about a man trying to find out where he is and why. Even though the story is in a collection of macabre horror it is more of a mystery than horror story till the end. The writer’s descriptions are so vivid that the reader does not notice the lack of characters. “I know not where I was born, save that the castle was infinitely old and…

In the gothic novel Dracula there are many gothic motifs. Gothic motifs are images that show up in other gothic stories. For example, in most gothic stories there are stormy nights, full moons, spooky castles, wolves, bats, horses and carriages, cobwebs, etc. From Dracula, the four things that show up most in other stories are the spooky castle, the stormy nights, blood, and carriage rides. The first motif noticed in Dracula is the carriage ride in the evening. This shows up in other gothic…

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by, F. Scott Fitzgerald, interweaves characters from Fitzgerald personal life to intricate love relations that follow his actions of the six most pivotal stages. Throughout the novel, the protagonist Jay Gatsby, shows Fitzgerald’s active attributes. They both experience love and loss, for example, Fitzgerald and Gatsby would both do anything for their beloved. Some may argue that Gatsby is only a fictional character in the novel, however, I believe that that…

conditions and desired treatment at the hands of others. In Shakespeare’s play King Lear, readers are hooked on a story bounded much by the relationship between a parent and a child. This relationship described throughout the play is unnatural due to the sense of entitlement each character demands upon the other. The lies told by various characters throughout the play, creates this sense of entitlement. The main suspects of this are King Lear, his daughter Goneril, and Edmund, who is the…

consequences of knowledge In the story “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles. We see a man that has not yet come to grips with what he has done. He does not know how dangerous the knowledge he seeks really is, and he starts by seeking out who murdered the former king of Thebes. Oedipus was warned if he continued to seek the truth the knowledge would blind him, and he would be cast out of the land but curiosity prevailed. He continued to seek out the dangerous truth about his real father, and the murder of…

to the discrimination of the minorities in Los Angeles the beating of one man becomes the push needed to send the minorities, mostly African Americans, in South Central over the cliff. After the severe beating of an African American man named Rodney King and the trial that allowed the officers in question to walk free Los Angeles citizens of South Central had enough. The already pent up anger towards the LAPD and Caucasians in general caused terrible riots that later created millions in damage.…

The McDonald’s corporation is an ever-so expanding company that is found in 118 different countries and serves sixty-eight million customers each day. It is the world’s largest owner of retail property. McDonald’s was founded in 1948 by Dick and Mac McDonald. The first restaurant was opened in Des Plaines, Illinois and the company’s motto was “Quality, Service, Customers, and value,” in which they still adhere to that motto today. By 1963, McDonald’s had sold one billion hamburgers and their net…

symbolic for a bigger picture in the book rather than a well-developed and understood character (Bick). Ginevra King, Fitzgerald’s first love, is strikingly similar to Daisy in her actions. King comes from a wealthy family just like Daisy, and is seen as unattainable for Fitzgerald due to his low social status and lack of money (Lehan “Careless…” 69). Despite the obstacles that keep them apart, King and Fitzgerald manage to have a relationship, just as Daisy and a poor boy named Gatsby have a…

Shakespeare’s King Lear was a five act tragedy. The story of King Lear was first published in 1608. (William, 2000) King Lear was a Shakespearean play, as well as a story. Because religion played a major role in Shakespeare’s life and during this time period he used Christ like metaphors in his writings including King Lear. (William, 2000) This story was a very accustomed tale in Elizabethan England, where it was believed to be based off of historical facts from British history. (Metzger, 2000)…