Scott Adkins

In Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers, we get to know the extended family of two young boys, Jay and Arty, who are sent to spend a year with their grandmother while there father earns back the money he owes to a loan shark. Although at first glance Jay and Arty appear to be the main characters, upon closer investigation one will find that the main storyline revolves around those that they encounter. Through their perspective, the reader gains insight into many interesting characters and perhaps the…

The Death of a Salesman is a tragic play. In the book, Willy and Linda, who are married, live together in the city during the 1940s. They have two sons, Happy and Biff. Willy is a traveling salesman, and initially in the story, all seems well. But, that is not the case. There are many problems within the Loman family, and the characters eventually reach their breaking points. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman in the New England area. He lives with his wife Linda, and they have two sons. They…

The American dream and the tale of the Mafia Problem: How did some of the immigrants live their American dream at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century? The American dream started with the idea that everybody with his own work, determination and courage could become rich and prosperous. The concept of the American dream appeared in the nineteenth century. It is one of the most important migrations in the history of humanity. Migrants searched on the…

From the start of American history up until present day today, there have been countless railroads built, merged and even shutdown. Travelling by train is said to be one of the more convenient modes of travel even still today. According to Irish Times “Travel by train, it says, is stress-free, even relaxing. The advantages are that you can work, make and take calls on your mobile phone, read a book, eat a meal, have a drink with a colleague, snooze, stretch your legs and arrive feeling at peace…

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, well known as the author of The Great Gatsby born in St Paul, Minnesota in 1896. His family was really poor. However, with the financial support from his mother’s side, he was able to continue study. In 1917, Fitzgerald participated in WWI. There, he met Zelda Sayre, who did not like him at first because he was poor. The Side of Paradise is the first novel he wrote when he came back from the war. Zelda did not show love toward him until the book was published in 1920…

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1.0 Task 1(a): Teaching of Drama in ESL: Appropriateness of the Chosen Drama “A Night Out” (Form 2) The drama “A Night Out” by O. Henry from the Literature Component for Form 2 has been chosen for Task 1 of this assignment. “A Night Out” tells the story about an ordinary office worker, Towers Chandler who saved some amount of money from his pay check and after ten weeks, he will go out with his best clothes and eat at one of the finest restaurant in the city of New York and on one fateful…

The Great Gatsby’s narrator, Nick Carraway, states in the first pages of the book that “life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all”. In this paper, I will demonstrate that this sentence has a deeper meaning in the forthcoming events described in the novel and that Nick is not such a rational or trustworthy character as he claims to be. Paying close attention to the quote and analyzing it in detail, the narrator lets the reader know that life becomes simpler when…

The novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick is a riveting novel that will keep you reading until page 273. The beginning of this novel starts on the main character, Leonard Peacocks, 18th birthday, and takes place within 24 hours of his beloved day. This day is a very eventful for Leonard, not only is it his birthday, but it is also the day he wants to become a suicide murder. What has driven Leonard to such a horrific state of mind? Was it his neglectful mother, or lack of friends…

Prohibition, which lead to the materialistic gains of bootleggers and parties roaring with alcohol. Speakeasys and surreptitious parties created a sort of underground culture that lurked in the shadows of high society. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald overlooked the glittering and shiny objects to unveil the moral corruptness present amongst the wealthy. Describing frivolous details of Gatsby’s party, Fitzgerald allows his repudiating beliefs towards the wealthy shine through. …