Social anarchism

yet she is not happy. Daisy is not pleased with her marriage, she even told Jordan the day before her wedding that she did not want to marry him as she was holding a letter from Gatsby in her hand. Living in the 1920’s meant you married within your social class, and she felt trapped with Tom. “I’m p-parylyzed with happiness” is a quote that Daisy said, but is she really happy or is she just stuck in a world of wealth? Correspondingly, Myrtle, the woman of lower class was not happy either because…

their inability to achieve the standards set by the upper class as portrayed by American Authors, yielding an immense hatred for those above them in social ranking. American Authors feed off of angry emotions within American life and harness it to fuel their novels and increase general interest in the charecters. By painting a picture of the snobbish social elite who look down on those who do not fit their specific mold of perfection, authors use their novels to explain the hatred of the upper…

Fitzgerald is able to use the different characters to represent the different problems going on in America going on in this time. Tom represents the Greed going on in America, Jay Gatsby represents the corrupt social hierarchy, Myrtle represents gender inequality and Daisy represents the importance of Social Class. The 1920’s in America was a time of great wealth and a time of great poverty. The upper class society had extreme wealth to utilize on whatever they wished while the poor struggled to…

American Dream positive or negative through the social and economic system shown throughout the novel? In spite of the lack of clarity in Fitzgerald’s novel, when we apply…

After taking the Locus of Control, my results states that I believe, or succeed, or even fail in a particular situation is primarily due to my own effort. If I work hard enough and intelligent enough, I know that I will ultimately achieve what I want. My score showed that I was “very internal.” I believe the results to be true because I can be very lazy in everything I do. When I put my mind to something and try my best and change my attitude I become the best. I gave 100% last semester and…

living in Kerala, India. The twin protagonists, Estha and Rahel Ipe, face many tribulations such as love, abuse, death, and complex family relationships, most of which are caused by the social stratification in India. Based on the words of Roy, it is imperative to understand that these norms in Kerala created social boundaries surrounding the romantic and agapic love the Malayali people could share. This was demonstrated in the treatment of paravans (also known as “untouchables”) in the 1900s,…

Pierre Bourdieu, in Distinction, explains taste and preference between different social classes and education levels. He argues that taste is not pure and what we find aesthetically pleasing, and what we appreciate, in terms of art and literature, are directly connected to how people are raised and the way they are educated. Bourdieu is right in saying that literature and the study of art legitimizes social divisions in terms that those who can afford to receive a higher education will be able…

“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante and “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See are bildungsroman novels which follow the journeys of two young girls stuck in the lower class of patriarchal societies, who both attempt to free themselves from their confinements and achieve self-actualisation. Abraham Maslow defines self-actualisation as “the desire for self-fulfilment, namely the tendency for him (the individual) to become actualised in what he is potentially.” In his theory proposed in…

Thanks to social media sites like twitter, social media users have found out exactly how productive and informative sites like twitter can be. Spending time on twitter may have its downfalls but it is also a great way to keep informed with trending topics. These days most celebrities have a twitter account and even some politician do to keep in touch with a targeted fan base. Twitter is a great way to broadcast messages about either products or political views amongst the general public. Thanks…

Of the eight million high school students who play sports in the United States, only 460,000 will compete at NCAA schools (“Probability of Competing beyond High School”). This means that only about 5.75% of high school athletes will pursue their athletic careers at the college level. Excelling in athletics is the goal of many young kids for their future. They idolize the sports stars they grew up watching whether it be an NBA player, local track super star, or older sibling. As children grow up,…