The Great Unknown

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, a common orphan boy who dreams of being a gentleman. The novel is set in Victorian England and follows Pip’s encounters with many colorful characters throughout his rise through the social classes. At the center of Pip’s story is the weather. Dickens uses it as a tool to share aspects of the story. Although he may use the weather just to explain the setting of the novel, Dickens actually utilizes it to foreshadow what will happen next…

Hope can best be described as an intense desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope exists outside of the beholders reality, and remains something that they are constantly reaching to achieve. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby, hope and the pursuit of the American dream are intricately woven throughout the novel. However the reader eventually begins to see the paradox that Fitzgerald presents about hope . Gatsby and Daisy begin to experience the harsh difference between their…

is said to have been the first great multicultural empire in all of Western Asia spanning from the Balkans and Eastern Europe in the west, to the Indus valley in the east. Its multicultural richness is reflected in its diverse architecture. The remains of a “Tall-e Takht” (fortified terrace), an audience hall, and the capital’s palaces can be seen throughout this once ornate but now crumbling city. Pasargadae was founded in the 6th century by Cyrus the Great and was the first capital of…

The New Deal, the Great Depression, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were some of the most riveting and controversial topics of the 1930s, and they remain to be controversial to this day. Economists, historians, and political figures all continue to argue on the effects of the three on today’s economy, and most importantly, whether the New Deal ended the Great Depression. While the typical argument of the left is that it did not prolong the Great Depression, many progressives criticize FDR for…

Many people around the world are aware who Alexander The Great was, but few are familiar with his story. Alexander The Great is considered to be one of the most successful leaders in history. With his philosophical intellect and his ruthless ways, he conquered nations others failed to conquer. Alexander the Great was a genius and a great military leader. EARLY LIFE Alexander’s parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympians. Alexander did not see his father often because his dad…

Collin Regan Mr. Kohrt Global 10 11/8/15 Alexander the Great Throughout history there have been many successful conquerors and emperors. One of the most feared and famous emperors was Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II. Alexander the Great had an interesting and action packed life from the day he was born. Many consider this Macedonian King to be the best king of all time. Alexander III was born in Pella, the capital of Macedon, in 356 B.C. (Stewart, 8). His father King Philip II was…

because the the dream world gives him a glimpse of happiness and demonstrates different opportunities/ experiences that the dream world has. Through books, it provided him a window to reality and it gave him the ability to overcome his fear of the unknown and by his desire to see things he had never witnessed before gave him the courage to climb that tower to get to the dream…

As artists were frequently trying to attempt to impress the elite in hopes of finding or impressing a patron, the lower and middle classes were typically unaffected by the Renaissance culture. The invention of the printing press, by Johann Gutenberg, allowed for the possibility of educating the impoverished and illiterate, as it was much easier to mass produce books, rather than having to handwrite each copy. Before its invention, only the extremely wealthy could afford to have large libraries,…

the most famous inventions or ideas have gone unknown. People should not do things for recognition but for the thought of accomplishing or creating something. Some of the best writers in history were unrecognized during their lifetime for example, Scott Fitzgerald who wrote The Great Gatsby and English American novel. A friend of Fitzgerald who attended his funeral stated “When Scott died in 1940, it almost seemed as if he was forgotten. Although the Great Gatsby sold well.” At the time of…

While The Great Gatsby is represented during the 1920’s, its story has been told thousands of times, in many different forms, and may possibly be as old as America itself. The main idea of the story is a man climbing from rags to riches, only to find out that his wealth cannot buy him what he was searching for. The main character is Jay Gatsby, a wealthy man in New York with an unknown profession. Gatsby is well known for the lavish parties he throws each weekend at his mansion in the West Egg.…