The Great Bear

The “American dream” is something beautiful - a glimmering opportunity filled with the promise of the good life…or at least it should be. However, this expression bears a dangerous ambiguity about it — a dream is only as big as a dream, it would no longer be a dream if it were real. Fitzgerald speaks of the "American Dream" as a dangerous false pretense — An illusion. It is like a siren's song, seductive and charming, but in reality terrifyingly hollow, only a deception to lead its ill-fated…

A blood-filled pool, a desolate mansion, and thousands of owner-less shirts are the only carcass of Jay Gatsby’s dead dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless American classic The Great Gatsby recounts the tale of Mr. Gatsby and his esoteric wanting. Jay Gatsby, or James Gatz, as he is truly named, starts his life the son of a poor farming family in the Mid-West. Through a series of events, the young man finds his way into the service of yachtsman Dan Cody, where he gets a taste of wealth. This…

The American Dream and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby go hand in hand with each other correlating one thing to another and depicting it for an audience. Having a dream and actually pursuing it is something that people have a hard understanding. For years, people worldwide have built up the American Dream as the ultimate lifestyle and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s display of his character Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, contradicts this belief. The American dream is believed to be…

Ambition “Ambition never comes to an end” - Kenneth Kaunda. While on the hunt for greatness, one will often do what is necessary in order to achieve one’s goals. Throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth, many of the characters have ambitious dreams that they all yearn for. A prime example is Macbeth, who is willing to assassinate whoever stands in his road to glory. In his play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, William Shakespeare utilizes clandestine deaths, his search for greatness as he travels to London,…

“Fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is foundation of Manself, and this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe” (151). Thickening the division between the wealthy and wrathful, the Great depression stirred the cauldron of anger. Written to encompass the infuriation of the impoverished, the Grapes of Wrath visualizes the cruel consequences of selfishness, greed, and the inhumane treatment of the refugees. Steinbeck successfully creates…

Romanticism is the artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe. The strongest theme within The Grapes of Wrath that portrays romanticism is innocence and experience. In Steinbeck’s novel the main characters must migrate from their own fields of innocence in Oklahoma to the experience of highway Route 66 to California. Each character in the novel is affected differently by this ambiguity. Muley and Grandpa being the most stubborn…

economy wouldn’t operate at the same level if they tried selling experiences. Put simply, experiences are more valuable than material possessions, Money does not equal happiness. This is shown in one of the main themes of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In which Gatsby has large amounts of wealth, with this wealth he buys a castle-like mansion and invites the entire town of west-egg to come and party every weekend. With all of this, Gatsby still isn’t happy. This is because he still…

Over the Rainbow The Wizard of Oz is one of the most pivotal movies of its time. Directed by Victor Fleming, almost 80 years ago in 1939, he created one of the most classic movies of all time. The movie was inspired by the novel written by L. Frank Baum over 100 years ago in 1900. Judy Garland perfected the role of Dorothy Gale who so selfishly seeking to escape from her own family and their Kansas farm. Dorothy soon finds herself in a juxtaposed universe after a tornado ravages through the…

For a long time, people thought King Asoka to be nothing more than a myth. With several writings concerning him, each relayed too fantastical an image to be convincing as truthful, keeping him in a legendary status. This all changed in 1837, well over a thousand years after his death, when a scholar James Prinsep managed to translate writings on a stone pillar in Delhi. After several other scholars raced to translate similar writings all over the Indian landscape, it became known that this King…

During The Great Depression unemployment was devastatingly high around 25% whereas during the 2008 stick market issue unemployment rate was around 10% is certain states (“Causes of The Great Depression”). On the other hand, in the previous question one can learn that calculating the unemployment rate is the most difficult statistic to calculate because of the unknown. Another comparison was during the stock market crash and the following of The Great Depression not a lot of Americans…