Mansion

Gatsby believes if he has money, he can attain greatness. Because the story takes place during the time of prohibition we find that Gatsby makes a fortune selling liquor illegally so he can have a mansion full of lavish objects. He believes the more expensive items he owns the more people will like him. This way of thinking shows that Gatsby works hard to give an appearance of being a higher class than he really belongs in. While Gatsby was away fighting…

(193). For Gatsby, the light represented hope and a brighter future. For most of his adult life Gatsby had been chasing Daisy’s love, which is also symbolized through the light and its positioning. The light’s location at Tom Buchanan and Daisy’s mansion across the bay is no coincidence, and it further proves that the hope Gatsby was reaching for (both literally and figuratively) was Daisy. Surprisingly, the light’s meaning completely vanished for Gatsby once he had reached his goal and was…

An image that Julian and his mother share is the old mansion. Mrs. Chestny fondly recalls her childhood memories in the house with the “double stairways” (408). However, Julian takes the image farther. He imagines himself standing “on the wide porch” and “[wandering] through the high-ceilinged hall” (408). Mrs. Chestny and Julian’s dwelling on this image of past glory shows that they both practice elitist behavior. Perhaps a mock-up of the mansion is the room in Julian’s mind. It is not a…

creeping women, actually there seem to be many women. The women wanted to get out, an escape was necessary. They would pound on the wall behind the paper, pound and shake and slam on the walls, to the narrator, it seemed as if they were moving the whole mansion with their quakes. Eventually she knew…

living in East egg, because being born into wealth makes life easier. Towards the middle of the novel, Daisy and Gatsby are finally together in Gatsby’s mansion. Daisy sees Gatsby’s expensive shirts, and begins to cry over them. Daisy isn’t actually crying over the shirts. She cries because of the overwhelming luxury of the shirts and Gatsby’s mansion. Materials and physical belongings mean a lot to Daisy, and this really brings that out to the reader. Gatsby did many illegal things to become…

obtaining his wealth from shady affairs, Jay Gatsby bought a mansion in West Egg across from Daisy’s home. In this mansion he threw extravagant parties every night, hoping Daisy would come to one. Unfortunately, everyone but Daisy is attracted to his parties. Gatsby's wealth allures the people, not his personality, and therefore no one bothered getting to know him. Moreover, not one guest appeared at his funeral. Similar to the boat, “the mansion… is a symbol of the man himself and his dream of…

named Joe who comes across an old mansion while trying to hide his car which is about to be reclaimed because he is unable to pay his bills. Desperate for a job, he starts to read the script of the old Hollywood star that lives in the mansion, Norma Desmond. Norma was once one of the biggest silent film stars in Hollywood, but once talking pictures got popular and she got older, there was less demand for her work, and she has spent the last twenty years in her mansion, awaiting for her return to…

become obvious to readers. During her Uncle Charles’ stay, she boasts her knowledge of poisonous plants as an attempt to scare off him. Charles is the foreign person in this case and he is bringing outside influence with foreign objects inside the mansion. He brings unwanted things in and misplaces things in even though there is an order and rule for the way things are placed and located. The Blackwoods rarely moved things around and if they ever did they will always put it back where it…

“A Rose for Emily” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” and Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Fall of The House of Usher” both demonstrate socially impaired families who are psychologically disturbed from the view point of others. These two separate families seem to have incestual relationships causing other illnesses to appear. It is known that incest in humans can cause complications, whether it happens mentally or to offspring. Emily in “A…

Norman Bates’ mansion has three floors that resemble the three levels of the human mind: the first level parallels the superego, where Norma Bates lives, the ground floor is Norman’s ego, where he presents himself as a “normal” being, and finally the basement is his ego…