The Great Bear

In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates Jay Gatsby’s perpetual optimism through his struggle to balance his ideals with the reality of the world around him. This optimism presents itself in three aspects crucial to the development of his character in the novel, Gatsby’s delusion, his burgeoning ammorality, and his irrational love for Daisy. Firstly, Jay Gatsby’s continuous attempts to balance his ideology with his actuality cause him to become deluded.…

F. Scott Fitzgerald structures The Great Gatsby using the symbolism of seasons to parallel the major events in the story in order to aid in the building of the climax and elaborate on the irony behind the fate of the characters. Gatsby’s fate results in him not being able to achieve his version of the American Dream despite all the hope that he falsely interprets. Throughout the novel, the seasons provide foreshadowing for the twists that will occur in the plot and heighten the importance that…

The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, are compositions that are so similarly structured but differ on some intertwining details. Both oeuvres have the principal characters illustrated alike. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, and Michael Corleone, son of the godfather, both begin as relegated characters who are somewhat perceived as ineffective and innocent. They are abruptly prone to become extremely different personalities in contrast to their…

expenses on the individual, the general public, and the nation. More terrible yet, the vast majority of the expenses are the dead misfortune assortment where there are no balancing increases to the expenses that everybody must bear.Unemployment in great times or awful is a far greater component in suicides than a monetary emergency, representing nine times the same number of passings, as indicated by a study. The late monetary downturn has brought about around 5,000 passings in 63 nations, while…

After being asked the question, “Where do you see yourself in 10 years”, Colleen Mackey responded by saying “Hopefully retired and back in my hometown of White Bear Lake where I grew up”. Colleen sat smiling, while she talked about her childhood and teenage years spent in White Bear Lake. Colleen is a successful woman who spends her days running a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center and caring for people who are dealing with an addiction or a mental issue. Colleen has had many twists and turns in…

Winning the Ultimate Prize, Death THESIS: “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are quite different by quite similar as well. Both authors use Gambling, love and having no love as themes. Gambling in the “Lottery” is right there upfront and in your face straight from reading the title to the announcement of the winner. Lotteries are a form of gambling. In the “Rocking Horse Winner” it’s not so in your face but comes about half way when Paul the son…

are blinded by the true evil that rests inside their souls, Toy Story 3 has the soft teddy bear who is a figure of softness and kindness but is really an image of deception and hatred when its true feelings arise. This anger and hatred boils from what is seen as jealousy and envy for another person, sometimes it stems from love making the villain blind from their true personality. In Othello and The Great Gatsby, the reality of the story is that the villains truly committed no severe act of…

drastically affected by this collapse. Many people lived in substandard conditions and groups like the Black Americans experienced the continuity of social injustice. The economy was hit hard by this crash and the banks were one of the thousands who had to bear the consequences. The United States were weak and easy to suppress if a successful attempt was made which led to the inevitable…

Esther’s personality combats a stereotypical version of women in her time; the 1950s young woman values the pursuit of finding a husband for whom she can bear children and please by means of chores and sexual submissiveness. Esther breaks this archetype as a young woman with passions in academia as well as a distaste for “the idea of serving men in any way” (76). The bell jar intensifies her inability to…

In today's world many people wish everything could go their way whether it’s more wealth, love and success. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows reality of people trying to make thing go in their favor in The Great Gatsby. The protagonist Jay Gatsby wishes for the higher life and will do anything to get it. Gatsby is definitely determined but he is also in denial. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby’s journey to higher life and to be a part of the higher class. Gatsby desperately wants to move up to a higher class but…