Scott Westerfeld

The Pursuit of False Americanization to Alienation Entirely adopting a country of your own in search of the better life seems risky, but embracing a movie’s depiction on a country in open arms solely through seeing it from a movie is idiotic. In Greg Sestero’s The Disaster Artist, the character Tommy has completely missed the mark in America because of his false stereotyping of Americans and the nation itself, leading to hate, conflict and agony for the casting crew. Through mannerisms,…

Where to find the best Happy Hours on the Vegas Strip There is no doubt that Las Vegas is a place for unlimited fun alongside eating and drinking. But does it mean that you have to spend big. Well, the answer is no. Vegas is rightly named the sin city. Each and every activity in Vegas involves blowing up the hard earned money when not opted at the right time. Drinking at Vegas can be very expensive. But don’t worry, when it comes to Vegas, there is always a way out to enjoy the same exotic…

The 1920s, conventionally referenced as the Roaring Twenties, was an era of great change and a time of exuberance in many regions of society. The world had just concluded the most immense war in history, World War I, and the United States of America was left virtually unharmed by the war. The U.S. was able to experience a decade of tranquility and prosperity succeeding the war. During this decade, America became the wealthiest country in the world. The denizens of the United States went through…

Following a little while, Pat recuperates from his wounds, and in the wake of accepting a letter, consents to meet Tiffany. Pat clarifies that he requested that his sibling Jake drive him to see Nikki, and watched her from a far distance, at last acknowledging she has another family and is cheerful, and hence acknowledges it as the completion of the film of his life. Tiffany gives Pat a tardy birthday show: a cloud diagram, and they lie on the ground and watch the mists together. Pat pulls…

Introduction: THE ARGUMENT The works of the picaresque are abundant, especially since no one seems to know categorically what is picaresque and what is not. The term is extended to envelop any form of prose fiction which sends its hero or heroine on a journey, or has him, her engaged in the service of many masters; the protagonist or antagonist may range from a completely foolhardy person to a well educated young man or woman, who is pushed by conditions to spend time with lower classes. Such…

moral debts, the feeling of guilt, the pursue of self-redemption. "I heard that you lost a lot in the crash." "I did," and he added grimly, "but I lost everything I wanted in the boom." (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 1931) Those are the first two lines of S. Scott Fitzgerald’s Babylon revisited, and as we continue reading the story, we realize that it is not merely the dialogue that opens the narration but the essence of the whole tale condensed at its very beginning: guilt, disappointment, the pursue…

Staying at Dublin’s Grand Dame of Luxury Hotels, The Merrion 5 Intro Along a tony street of fine 18th century Georgian homes in the posh and stately area of Georgian Dublin, , there is a door man in green suite with a top hat and tail. Fashionable guests come and go with some dressed in bespoke business suits while other are dressed in more casual, yet spiffy attire. With each coming and going the door man bids a cheerful greeting in that lovely sing song Irish accent. The outside of the…

John O' Donohue, an Irish poet and philosopher, once said, "The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves." There is no doubt that intelligence can provide success for one, however, in today’s society, beauty is absolutely more important for success. Success can be defined as the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status (Oxford Dictionaries). Intelligence alone will not…

The Great Gatsby Analysis The Great Gatsby is a book written by the American author Scott Fitzgerald, in 1925. It takes place in a small, fiction village called West Egg close to Long Island in New York City, US. The story takes part during the summer of 1922. West Egg is described as a town for new rich men who is on a pursuit of happiness. We see that the whole novel is colored by the jazz age and this makes everything described classy. Characterization: The narrator is Nick Carraway…

When you think of Marbella images of the “Golden Mile” and its extravagant collection of celebrity-filled clubs, shiny restaurants and chic hotels spring to mind. Add to this a swanky marina in Puerto Banus full of mega yachts and supercars and you have a ready-made playground for the rich and famous. Marbella, however, is a bit like a two-sided coin as once you get past the ostentatious veneer you notice a traditional Spanish town complete with whitewashed houses and well-tended flower boxes.…