The Great Unknown

Hemingway has moved to a completely unknown country of Cuba as an old immigrant and has settled there for a decade (1940-1950).Country of very different culture and tradition for America has gradually accepted Hemingway as one of them (Cuban) through his writings. Hemingway felt an instant…

870 AD. According to the Zatopec inscriptions, the Totalrec were a people who engaged in raiding parties, invading the Zatopec highlands, stealing precious materials and artifacts, and disappearing back into the area “between the mountains and the great sea where the sun sets”. The Totalrec coexisted with the Nanosec people and engaged in limited trade with them from roughly 960 AD to 1440 AD; items given to the Nanosec included the elaborate black ware known as Nova Embossed pottery and…

The twentieth century (1929) Stock Market crash set in motion a chain of events that would plunge the United States into a deep depression. The Depression of the 1930 's called for the end of an era of economic prosperity during the 1920 's. President Herbert Hoover was the unfortunate to preside over this economic downfall. Hoover believed the cause of this depression was international, and he therefore believed that restoring the gold standard would ultimately drag the US out of depression by…

Past Has Passed “Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again” (Feinberg). The ideas expressed in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E. E. Cummings reflect the message that this quote reveals. In The novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, the narrator, gives his personal account of the lives of Jay Gatsby, Jordan Baker, and Daisy and Tom Buchanan. These characters are extremely…

Superficiality and Hypocrisy: The Case of Dubai Dubai, the rich super-state of the Gulf, has come to enjoy its position as the Middle East’s new cosmopolitan hub, successfully filling in the void that both Damascus and Cairo have left as a result of the Arab Spring. While the Emirate may enjoy fame and glory now, its reputation is only possible due to a carefully calculated effort by its leaders to artificially implant a culture into a placated society. What is worse is the widespread…

years and the disorder is not a symptom of another mental disorder or a chromosomal abnormality” (ICD-10, 1992) Causes for this disorder can be hormonal influence, biological factors, social factors and social learning theory and sometimes it is unknown but can be treated with family counselling, seeking professional help in understanding, hormonal therapy such as puberty blocker but the end result is usually gender reassignment which is exactly what Brandon was seeking due to his strong desire…

While there is life there are moments of happiness is a conviction not so entirely unknown to the “betrayed.” Tess is at the Talbothays Farm and sees the serenity of the farm. At Talbothays farm, Tess is able to work and support herself which provides her with a sense of peace and serenity. Tess sees Angel who she had previously seen during the May Day dance in her hometown of Marlott. Tess is afraid that she will fall in love with Angel and is fearful of the potential consequences if she does…

symbols in The Great Gatsby. In the novel, gold was a common theme, seen on objects ranging from clothing to vehicles or even characters, themselves. Often, when gold is mentioned in literature, it is traced back to its original form: currency. Dating far back into history, gold has been used as trade and represents wealth and riches. The precious metal has been used to show prestigiousness and extravagance since its discovery. Relating back to the American dream, the whole theme of The Great…

If one were to wander throughout the Great Plains and listen to all the words being spoken, they would notice many are not the same. This is very important to analyze because the language of a nation determines many other aspects of their culture and their thoughts (Dvek, 116). For example…

The Summary of The Great Gatsby The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan all the while being narrated by Nick Carraway. Gatsby is the main character along with Daisy. Nick moved to New York to become a sales person after World War one to take a job as a bond salesman. Nick was convinced to move into a house At West Egg, Long Island, where he would soon meet Jay Gatsby. Last minute Nick was bailed on and moved in by himself,…