The Great Unknown

characteristics. Often unpredictable in behavior but predictable in thought, people are prone to act in certain ways based on how they were raised or on what they believe. F. Scott Fitzgerald perfectly encompasses this fickleness in his novel The Great Gatsby. Set in the 1920’s, his novel uses a variety of characters where each have their own uncertain ethics and, subsequently, behavioral patterns. The moral ambiguity of Fitzgerald’s characters illustrates the cruel reality of human nature. Tom…

no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” After researching the Great Depression, I discovered that the quote, “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself” is the most famous phrase from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural speech. FDR gave his inaugural speech after his election in 1932. From this,…

of things to come? Prepping has been around for thousands of years; moreover, as Americans we have lost that ability, or drive, to make sure we have enough and don’t use up all the resources we have and rely on someone else to make us new ones. A great number…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby is a novel that explains the life of Jay Gatsby and his attempt to reconnect with his lover Daisy Buchanan. This book takes place during the roaring twenties also known as the “ Jazz Age”. Gatsbys past including, being in WW1 has separated the two lovers from the relationship they had in the past. Thus, with all of that aside, The Great Gatsby involves much more than just these two lovers. The author includes symbols such as the green light on the bay and…

the two books I had read was The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the other was The Trial, by Franz Kafka which is about Josef K. who is falsely arrested for an unknown crime. The author of The Great Gatsby and The Trial both show us that corruption and selfishness are embedded in all accepts of daily life. This makes the book a good reflection on life. In The Great Gatsby corruption is rampant. Jay Gatsby is a mysterious man his true background is unknown but speculated. He is known…

Everything has a meaning or at least a purpose that helps everyone work toward a goal. Like in the novel The Great Gatsby, a green light on Daisy’s dock that Gatsby always gazes upon is a great meaning to him and most of the characters in the book. It symbolizes an unattainable dream or like a hazy future that one must work toward to gain that goal. F. Scott Fitzgerald places the green light there to bring hope not just for him but for others who also read the book that what to reach a goal.…

the ground. The Original Capitol Building of North Dakota was constructed to house the government of the state and to serve as a meeting place for government officials. The dimensions of the Original Capitol Building and its constructor are unknown. Many people eventually grew tired with the building, and wanted a better, more modern building to serve as the Capitol Building.…

“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees” is a quote by Khalil Gibran. This quote accurately describes the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book itself displays an enormous theme of secrets through the main characters. Such as Tom having an affair, Gatsby taking the blame for killing Myrtle, and Nick keeping everybody's secrets. Fitzgerald illustrates the secretive sides of the characters throughout the novel. Tom…

The early 1900’s can be described as a time of chaos in the world. Both World Wars and the Great Depression happened in a span of less than forty years. Anyways, the economy struggled during this time period and nobody knew the reason to why the economy was tanking, better yet, it was unknown how to stop this prolonged depression. Not until bright, young pupil out of King’s College, Cambridge would publish his ideas to stop a economic depression. Going against the theories of other economists…

down to enjoy the delicacies of Pakistan, beginning with a cup of Kashmiri tea, and Changez tells the story of his previous American life. Throughout the whole evening, the waiter serving them is constantly looking at the unknown American with constant fear and anger, and the unknown American is looking around in a very peculiar manner as well. But that doesn’t stop Changez to describe his life events to the eccentric stranger. Changez, a Pakistani man living in the Gulberg area of Lahore, from…