Smoothie King

In a relationship, whether romantic or friendly, it takes time to get to know a person for who they really are. Unfortunately, as the knowledge of another person deepens, there are often aspects of themselves that do not seem as enchanting or real as they did previously. The person 's flaws are overlooked or attempted to be ignored, and it is only later than the results of these actions are not positive. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the journey of seeing someone for who…

Maria Semple once wrote, “There’s something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator” (Semple 8). Narrator’s tell the story from their point of view and sometimes give away their option. When a narrator gives their optin away it may change the reader 's thoughts. Narrators write how they feel about a story and are sometimes judgemental about a certain topic. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott FItzgerald, Nick is an unreliable narrator for the…

Gatsby As A Romantic Parties, wealth, and status, are the three things that made up the 1920s. Authors wrote about the American Dream a lot in this decade and a huge part of the American Dream was love. Every guy dreamed of having the perfect wife and every woman wanted the perfect husband. Love was idealized in a way to where now it could be kind of creepy and stalkerish but in the 1920s, it was how they expressed their love to each other. In the 1920s more and more people moved from their…

When King Duncan entered his quarters at Inverness for a routine night of sleep, little did he know that a few hours later, his life would come to an end. The murder of a king is considered one of the greatest atrocities in any country, and it has been stated by Macbeth, the new king, that whoever committed this crime will have severe, deathly consequences. However, this is rather ironic for “King” Macbeth to say, since according to recent facts, the prime suspect is none other than his own wife…

The Roaring Twenties was an era full of extravagance, soul, and change. In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, which gained women the right to vote. Although the women 's rights movement was taking many strides during this period, women were still viewed as inferior to men. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom as well as Daisy are from old money, making them extremely rich and sophisticated while Jay Gatsby comes from new money. Jay…

In the first chapter of The Great Gatsby we are introduced to the narrator Nick, who also characterizes himself as the writer of the book too. One of the first things that he does is pass on some advice that his father gave him which is “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this would haven 't had the advantages that you 've had”, as a result of this he is nonjudgemental. I like this quote because it reminds me that whenever I want to talk bad about…

Oedipus Rex, a Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles, is about a protagonist of the same name whose entire life becomes a disaster after he inadvertently becomes entangled in a string of events and a crime he also unknowingly committed. This tragedy begins with Oedipus in dire search of the man who cursed the city of Thebes with a plague and sets off to be the hero and save his city, the zenith of the tragedy is a tragedy of discovering that he was the one who unintentionally caused Thebes and…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald displays the pattern of recklessness and carelessness through the American Dream. In the Roaring 20s, the characters felt as though they were invincible, which led to careless lifestyles. The American Dream was to live a lavish, carefree, and fulfilled lifestyle , when in essence, the carelessness would cause a downward spiral in life. Throughout the novel, the characters show recklessness and carelessness with possessions, wealth, and love. Thus, the…

It has been said that people who are deceitful are people that are hoping to benefit themselves. It has also been said that people who are deceitful do not always get what they expect. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald proves that deceit can not only ruin lives, but deceit can end them as well. Deceit is a characteristic that is commonly found in many different people. Deceit is a characteristic that screams ambition and aspiration. It’s a characteristic that some people…

and the Kingdom of God: Authorial Use of Typology as an Interpretive Device in Samuel-Kings by Christopher Jero. In his article Jero uses three narratives, The Hannah Narrative, Solomons Judgement and the Elisha and the Shunnamite Woman to show how these mother child narratives reveal the history of Samuel-Kings. The Hannah narrative details a woman who longs for a son further representing Israel’s longing for a king. Solomon’s judgement tells the story of two woman arguing over who the baby…