The Ashes

Living the American Dream Through Gatsby “That dream of land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone…” This is one quote written in James Truslow Adams book “The Epic of America.” This was the first book known to refer to this belief as the “American Dream.” It is said the first time the idea of the American Dream was brought up was in the Declaration of Independence. To fully live the American Dream, people must work together as a whole ("The American Dream What Is…

The Great Gatsby – RRS Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publication Date: 1925 Nationality: American Author’s Birth/Death Date: September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940 Distinguishing Traits of Author: Francis Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist in the 20th century who was famous for his writings of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald drew inspiration for the events and characters in The Great Gatsby from early experiences in his life. In 1917, Fitzgerald enlisted in the…

golden men in freshly groomed suits would’ve described the outskirt of this deserted place, yet they still manage to stop by once in awhile. I assumed the destination in which every conscious minds would have resisted to stop here, as the valley of ashes laid between their desires; the yellow city of life, itself. It was early noon under the vacant sunlight when two men appeared, almost solidly, at the rusting door of my garage. One I can say, is none-other than Tom Buchanan, a man of God-make…

that are mainly touched such as the Valley of Ashes, Gatsby’s house, and the Buchanan's house. As well as, uses mainly all of the appropriate music of a combination of both jazz and modern music throughout the film. Baz Luhrmann portrays pretty accurately especially to Nick Carraway's character of showing his morality. Throughout the film Luhrmann shows Nick is the most moral character with Nick being confused from when Tom took him to the Valley of Ashes to meet his affair and to Daisy and…

In the story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty is a story that represents high spirits, trust, brave, and life and death. Phoenix Jackson, from A Worn Path, has a mission/journey to go into town for her grandsons medication. She goes through many obstacles she is a very elderly women around her 80’s. The connection Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” the character Phoenix Jackson is symbolic to a Phoenix bird from mythology because they both rebirth, go on missions/journeys, and have high spirits to where…

throughout the novel but it is first introduced in the first chapter as the fifth guest at the dinner table. When the phone rings in the first chapter it best represents the hidden connection between wealthy East and West Egg to the lower class Valley of Ashes. An affair is typically known as a type of secret but with the affair between Tom and Myrtle it is well known across East and West Egg. Although it is well known, nobody dares to question their relationship because the thought of it is…

Phoenix also has a very significant meaning in the story. The name Phoenix means to rise anew from the ashes, which represents the main character quite well in this story. She takes this long and treacherous journey into town to pick up medicine for her sick grandson. The author implies that Phoenix has taken this journey several times before and despite the odds, she “rises from the ashes” again to go and care for her grandson. The nurses and Phoenix talk about her grandson and his health…

However, this glorious mirage hidden the fact that the inequality between wealth and poor are dramatically increasing during this time. The “Valley of Ashes” in the novel represents the absolute poverty and hopelessness, “This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already…

George Wilson and the Valley of Ashes. One can see that the Valley of Ashes was once a thriving place that is now covered in dust and ash. The only thing left to indicate that this was once a flourishing town is a decaying billboard of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg that looks over the valley. In town, “occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest” (Fitzgerald 23). George and Myrtle Wilson reside in the Valley of Ashes. Myrtle spend her time…

In 1666 Anne Bradstreet wrote Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666. According to Wayne Franklin, this poem was part of a copy of the second edition of poems (1678) that Bradstreet wrote, and was found in Reverend Edward Taylor’s library (Franklin, Wayne, page 187-188). In this poem she writes about the burning of her house as God’s doing. Even though it was hard for her in the beginning of the poem to assimilate she was losing everything she owned, as the poem…