The Big Green Egg

Have you ever asked yourself how am I going to eat for a full week with only the amount of thirty-five dollars? I thought it was impossible. For the purpose of coming up with a food budget what I did first is count up the total of points I had in class which came up to a total of 93.89 points. In order to find out my financial income what I did was is I multiplied my amount of points by twenty, finally giving me the total of $1877.8. Since we had only been in class for three weeks I then divided…

In the book “The Great Gatsby” the main character Nick Carraway moves to New York City after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, to learn the bond business. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is the embodiment of the “American Dream”, but in reality, he is just the opposite. Mr. Gatsby is the epitome of American Dream Failure. In this book, it starts out with…

the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play The Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller society is reflected in the way the characters act. Different symbols are used in The Great Gatsby to show the 1920’s society. The 1920’s was a big change in the way society started to act and the way people went about life. The Death Of A Salesman took place in the 1940’s which was post world war just like the 1920’s were. This post war attitude of being care free and trying to be popular in…

are the ideas behind the Valley of Ashes, Eckleburg's Eyes and the Green Light at the end of Daisy's dock. This essay will analyse these locations and objects, and various possibilities for ideas will be presented. Firstly, our focus will be directed towards the Green Light, located at the end of Daisy's dock, a little light warning boats of a present structure during inclement weather, by constantly shining and emitting a faint green glow. Right across Gatsby’s dock, it becomes his symbol of…

The baby brine shrimp hatch during spring from a egg like sphere called a cysts. This cyst contains an embryo which is at a suspended state of metabolism. These eggs were laid in the fall and remained alive during winter. These cysts are essential to the repopulation of the lake after winter. Once the shrimp hatch from the cysts they grow very fast. When they…

It all started when my dad told the family that he had been let go from his job at the Big Lake school district as a technician because the school did not have enough money to keep all of the techs there. It was an upsetting moment for everyone, but we had to move on and find a new job. After a few weeks, we did. My dad was accepted by a job in New Hampshire, a state that was far from our wonderful Minnesota home. I was super excited about this New Hampshire Job because it was in a new unseen…

He lives in West Egg, next door neighbors to Gatsby. He is constantly mesmerized by the mysterious Mr. Gatsby, and Nick wants to see the past life of him and his journey to wealth. Nick hopes to find wealth and success during his time out West. He longs to live in a world filled with opportunity and wonder, and he believes that it is only possible because of money (The Big Read, Jen). However, he comes to realize the danger of money and its ability…

Accommodating the new era of prohibition, most of society during the 1920’s was a blurry mixture of social reform and change. At its peak, the aspects of big dreams and impractical improvements boomed, and society allowed room for the formulation of an idea called the “American Dream”. This idea was popular, since it allowed many people to be able to gain wealth and pursue happiness. Fitzgerald explores the darker nature of this ideal in his short story, “Winter Dreams”, and in the novel…

Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World’s” author introduces us to a futuristic technological world where science is used in order to maintain stability, and society is divided into five caste divisions consisting of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. Alphas are the highest in society while Epsilons the lowest. In the novel, the author demonstrates how society shows people’s beliefs using many characters throughout the entire story. The society was manufactured in a test tube therefore, it…

Old Major was an old pig highly respected by the other animals on the farm. Boxer was the big, strong horse who was not very smart but had a better perspective then most of the other animals. Clover was a motherly, middle-aged mare. Benjamin was a donkey and the oldest animal on the farm. Mollie was the foolish, pretty white mare who loved sugar cubes and ribbons in her mane. Major called the animals together to tell them about his idea for a better world for animals. The animals would live…