The Great Reward

Hypothesis: Fitzgerald, through Gatsby’s life, demonstrates an unrealistic idealism of the American Dream In the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ F.Scott Fitzgerald forms a criticism of the illusion society has formed of the American Dream. Gatsby himself is a metaphor of this illusion, he forms deceptive lies about his life in order to create his own impression of reality. Illuded by his idea of Daisy, he builds his whole life around the idealisation he has formed of her. Gatsby’s failure to…

The Hollywood Western has a rich history stemming all the way from America’s social and political events in the late nineteenth century (Bandy & Stoehr, 2012). With it came filmmakers and stars, like John Ford and John Wayne, whose names would become synonymous with the genre. The Western’s longstanding history has undoubtedly created conventions that audiences have come to love and expect. However, just as other genres have combined into hybrids or evolved, the classic Western is no exception.…

I will argue that Cyrus has perfected the techne of being a leader, as supported by Socrates 's views on power, temperance and virtue. By practicing these qualities, Cyrus practices the true arts and improves the character of those around him. Cyrus’s ability to practice the techne of leadership is significant because it serves as an example to other leaders, specifically those of the Greeks. In Gorgias, Socrates teaches that temperance is the ability to control or discipline one’s appetites…

David Drayer is one of the best authors,and has written a very interesting novel. Have you ever been glued to a book that is so much similar to your life? Well I have. The book “Strip Cuts” by David Drayer is a great book. I would count it as a positive experience because, Drayer does a good job of making my spine tingle and making me anxious to read more. I also would say this book because of the topic, suspense, strong descriptive language and even the point of view. I love the themes of…

Vonnegut as a Composite of His Experiences, Times, and Philosophies The efforts to simplify motivation into a form following as so a concrete description in writing is a task of both arduous effort and dubious reward. This is due to the fact that such an abstract thing as motivation is a conglomeration of factors rooted in the psyche and the experiences therein. Hence, when attempting to determine with relative certainty the reasons behind a writer 's motivations, it is necessary to gather all…

The Humanities in Ancient, Classical, and Hellenistic Greece The history of Greece is filled with ethos and color through all the ages and societies of the past. Ancient, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek are three civilizations rich in their expression of the humanities. While these cultures are very similar is some ways due to the fact that the people resided in the same country, many of their beliefs and practices were different from one another as they expanded on and learned from the period…

on Baltimore, Maryland’s wage-labor during the early 1800’s. No matter the age, race, ethnicity, or gender, the people of Baltimore struggled and “scraped by” in order to survive. Rockman challenges the notion that the early republic was a time of great growth and upward opportunity for people. Instead, he reveals the harsh truth of living in Baltimore, from scraping human feces off the streets, to prostitution, or toiling as a mud machine workers. In Chapter 1, Rockman describes the rapid…

Though Roald Dahl was faced with obstacles in his life he was still able to become one of the greatest British authors writing such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate factory is a story filled with a little more than just imagination. This story is a story filled with a bit of reality and struggles ROald Dahl had gone through as a child. Dahl you can say was a piece of cake. Roald Dahl was born september 13, 1916 in Landoff, south wales, United Kingdom. He…

sell . Sanctuaries were open to all and notably, foreigners could and did visit oracles such as the Pythia at Delphi. Croesus, king of Lydia, visited the Pythia to ask if he should attack Persia which she replied that if he did, he would destroy a great empire, which later turned out to be his own . Regardless of any other factor, someone who had murdered another was prohibited from entering sanctuaries. This was due to…

He does so by showing us Harry’s moving spirit, he writes “all he could see, as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Kilimanjaro. And then he knew that there was where he was going” (Hemingway 1036). Harry had passed on and his spirit had left his human body to meet God (or the God within himself) at…