The Great Wars

The Great Depression and the Recession of 2008 were both memorable events in US history. These events both dealt with financial issues within the US government, within stock markets and the home market. The Great Depression took place in October 29, 1929. Later on, another disaster hit in December, 2007 called the Recession of 2008. Both of these events were caused by bad financial status but they are also different including the work issues and values, presidents and the duration and finally…

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is viewed today to be a classic and one of Fitzgerald’s best works. The story takes place in New York, 1922 and includes a romance, murder and engulfing the reader in the culture of the 1920’s. However, Fitzgerald did something interesting when writing the story. He placed himself into the story as Gatsby himself. Fitzgerald used these characters to portray his life leading up to the book and his own personality and his outlook on his…

period known for its flamboyant and elaborate parties, its bootlegging of alcohol, and scandalous behavior. The twenties has not only influenced society still today, but it also gave a rich sense of style, the American Dream, and how to have a great time. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an example of greed, corruption, and substance abuse. The twenties was a true revolutionary time period, considered the peak of the “Progressive Political Reform.” It was the beginning of true…

introduced and fully implemented later by his son Alexander the Great. Defined unity of the Greek world and what it meant to be Greek. 2. Hellenic League The Hellenic league was a collection of Greek city states, who came together in defense of Greece during the Greco-Persian wars in the 5th century BCE. The League consisted of; Athens, Sparta, Thebes and Thespiae. As well as other smaller cities. 3. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great (born 356 BC) was the son of Macedonian King Philip…

The Results and Causes of the Great Depression The end of World War One saw The United States become the economic power of the world, which tied multiple nation’s economies with theirs. When the stock market crashed in 1929 causing the Great Depression, all countries tied with the U.S were dragged down along with them. This resulted in many citizens becoming unemployed and searching for jobs. Canada was affected severely as one in five Canadians became dependant on government relief for…

The post-World War one period was known as the Roaring Twenties because it was a time of tremendous change and excitement. Along with the many advancements in technology came a variety of different trends and attitudes of the American society. The Eighteenth Amendment banned alcohol, but the government failed to enforce it. During the 1920s many bootleggers and speakeasies were established to secretly obtain and sell alcohol. Many people who became bootleggers and owners of these speakeasies…

their American dream and this is what they were striving for. They wanted to be great, no matter how they grew up or whether or not they were born into wealth or not. This dream was not Jimmy Gatz, later on known as Jay Gatsby’s dream. All he wanted in this life was to win his old love, Daisy back. He tries to be noticed by turning himself into, ‘the Great Gatsby.’ Many people might wonder, well what makes him so great? Perhaps it was how heavily enigmatic he was. This man, who no one quite…

Although the title of the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald perceives him as great by representing him as a wealthy celebrity, he is really not because he gains all of his wealth illegally by bootlegging (buying and selling alcohol), he tries to be someone he’s not by changing his identity, and he fails to have relationship with his lover Daisy. Great is defined as of an extent amount, or considerably above the normal or average. However, Gatsby is far from this even though the title…

Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the women’s suffrage movement into his writing such as, The Great Gatsby. This is because the reader can recognize the similar characteristics of women to the female characters in the novel. For example, Myrtle represents how women acted before their rights because she does not care how she is treated. On page 37…

the Declaration of Independence when the United States formally declared their autonomy from Britain. A century and a half later Americans were once again being oppressed, this time by the economic system and political ideology in the midst of the great depression. The nation under president Hoover has become plagued with one fourth of its citizens unemployed, constant decline in GDP, little confidence in the banking industry and no end or plan in sight from the laissez faire republican.…