The Ashes

The Development of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby can be argued to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best novel. Written in the 1920s, it reflects both the time period as well as different aspects of his own life, such as his marriage. The Great Gatsby is composed of multiple complex motifs, such as eyes and materialism, which develop throughout the novel by the use of symbolism and diction, and reveal Fitzgerald’s belief that the American Dream is dead, or is not completely achievable. Firstly,…

Wong Kar Wai is probably the most innovative and avant-garde director to come out of Hong Kong. As part of the second New Wave of Hong Kong cinema, Wai moved far away from the traditional, Jackie Chan and Shaw Brothers style of films, which focused on action, and explored more substantial themes, icnluding human psyche, politics and the social conditions in Hong Kong. His aesthetics are quite similar with Jean-Luc Godard and the French Wave, in general, particularly because he also took apart…

In the City of Ashes, on page 266, Jace didn’t turn on his friends and family to be with his evil father. “You could convince them. If you stand with me, I swear no harm will come to them…” “I’ve done so much to hurt them already,’ he whispered. ‘Nothing else must happen to them.’” This proves that Jace is a very loyal person, that he won’t make deals with evil people that may harm people that he cares about. Also, in the City of Ashes, Loyalty is difficult to have in a friend…

Picking the Bones. The funeral director oversaw the ritual. He gave them special, long chopsticks. In prescribed language, he informed them that in order to place Waka’s remains in her jar, they would pick out the intact bones from the tray of her ashes. They started by with the bones of her feet. No one loved Waka, but no one wanted her to have to be…

Builds-the-Fire told him that he would go inside with Victor. He did not just expect Victor to go in there by himself. Once the boys collected a few items, they left with Victor’s father’s ashes and headed back to their home at Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. Upon arrival, Victor halved his father’s ashes with Thomas, representing that the two of them would always be connected. “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” is a wonderful story which shows the struggles that one may…

A reckless musician grieves over the unexpected death of his brother and travels to Japan to spread his ashes, where he becomes enamored by a young woman also dealing with her own grief. BRIEF SYNOPSIS SYD WHITE (30) is a reckless and irresponsible musician, who likes to party and drink. He’s in a band with his brother, ROGER WHITE, who warns him about his behavior. Roger announces that he’s quitting the band to travel to Japan and help those suffering from the tsunami. Syd is furious that…

deserves to have half of his father's ashes. Once Thomas reserves half of the ashes from Victor he closes his eyes and tells another story. Thomas says that he plans on sprinkling Victors dad's ashes into Spokane Falls and that Victor's father would "rise like a salmon" and find his way home (The Ethics of Engagement: Educating Leaders For A Just World, 52). Victor smiles at this story and tells Thomas that he plans on sprinkling the rest of his father's ashes in Spokane Falls as well. In the…

Characterisation Characterisation is a literary device that is used in literature to introduce and explain the details about a certain character in a story. In book The Great Gatsby, the main characterisation revolves around the social status of the characters. The major character of the book, Jay Gatsby, is evidently wealthy, but he does not come from or belong to the upper stratum of the society. The author used the dialogue and appearance of Gatsby to reflect on his wealth and social statues…

“I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow,” the famous Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote (BrainyQuote). Indeed, the reader is exposed to the true nature of the American Dream through the observations of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” During the great immigrations of the late 1800s, many believed that America was a land of opportunity and that anything was possible. The dream was to better your…

“She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be.” (Cisneros). Being trapped into a domestic lifestyle is what many of the women face in the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and Princeless by Jeremy Whitley. The House on Mango Street is a collection of short stories about a young girl named Esperanza who wants to…