The Beautiful and Damned

Youth reunited with Jim Conklin, the tall soldier of his regiment. Jim tramps at the edge of death, he whispers to the youth.“I tell yeh what I’m ’fraid of, Henry—I’ll tell yeh what I’m ’fraid of. I ’m ’fraid I ’ll fall down—an’ them yeh know—them damned artillery wagons—they like as not ’ll run over me. That ’s what I ’m ’fraid of—” chapter 9. The tall soldier went running on to the field, Henry and the tattered man follow after him, watching in horror as Jim convulses, collapses, and dies.…

Why did people not respect Fitzgerald’s writing in the twentieth century, but they respects and values his work in the twenty-first century? Fitzgerald had a hard time to earning profits from his writing and he was not successful after his first novel. The story of Fitzgerald’s life reveals a close comparison between Fitzgerald and Gatsby from his number one book in AmericaThe Great Gatsby, and Fitzgerald’s emotion throughout his life show through his writing. From childhood to adulthood,…

wait to be 18 years old and legally use a tanning bed. In Texas laws prohibit minors to use a tanning bed. But in Pittsburgh, PA it’s perfectly legal. I had tanned a few times and loved the look of pretty brown skin. I grew up knowing my mom as a beautiful brunette with big brown eyes and olive skin. The…

humorous articles in my University’s newspaper, and stories for the Nassau Literary Magazine. Although, my passion came to a halt when I decided to end my schooling in efforts to join the U.S. Army in 1917. Not far into the war is when I met my beautiful wife, Zelda Sayre. Finally when the war ended, the twenties began to roar and I travelled to Paris with my wife and indulged in drinking, dancing, and partying excessively.…

name in its name, as well the treatment and part that the Chinese immigrants had in its creation which,despite what the people of the time would tell you,was major as Chang describes throughout the reading.Chang start off by quoting “America The Beautiful” and stating the mindset of the time, which was the belief of Manifest Destiny,the belief of expansion the…

The Jazz Age: F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is arguably Fitzgerald’s greatest work and has been labeled as one of the most influential and iconic pieces of 20th century American literature. The novel is a reflection of Fitzgerald’s life during the 1920s (otherwise known as the Jazz Age; coined by Fitzgerald himself). The Great Gatsby was seen as controversial during the time of its publication due to its use of “language and sexual…

In Greek mythology, Pandora received a box from Zeus and was told not to open it but then every human’s natural instinct kicked in, curiosity, and she opened the box releasing the all the evils into the world. Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, explores Guy Montag’s life, who works as a firefighter and destroys all books, even if a person is still living in the house. The society teaches people to do certain tasks and there is no legal way to learn by yourself. Books are forbidden, but some…

In the play Romeo and Juliet, the reader is introduced to a teenage boy by the name of Romeo Montague. He is a starstruck lover of the Montague household. The reader finds out he is in love with a soon to be nun, Rosaline. Later he sees a beautiful girl of the Capulet household, Juliet, his family’s sworn enemy. Romeo later marries against his family’s feud, kills a man, and makes some very bad mistake. Romeo is seen throughout the the play as a selfish person, this can be seen by examining the…

The Effects of Symbolism The Scarlet Letter is the magnum opus of Nathaniel Hawthorne and one of the most groundbreaking creations in American literature. As Hawthorne takes a society established to be a role model for all other immigrants like a City upon a Hill, he challenged the religious and political basis that formed our great nation. Simultaneously he discusses the morality, and moreover the immorality of the human race as a whole. The Scarlet Letter as a whole is an allegory of sin and…

The Life & Times of F. Scott Fitzgerald One of his famous quotes about life is “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. “ (Fitzgerald). F. Scott Fitzgerald endured a fairly hard life. From dealing with extreme debt, marrying crazy women, traveling all of the time to escape his troubles, and drinking problems, he considered himself a failure because none of his novels were successful when he passed away from a heart…