The House of the Rising Sun

F. Scott Fitzgerald made The Great Gatsby as an critique to the American society during 1920s The Great Gatsby is an outstanding novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which portrays all the different aspects of the American society during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. It tells the story of a man who followed the American dream and went from nothing to everything. However, even though he has all the materialistic goods a man could ever need he is missing out on the one thing he desires the most. His old but…

By: Christina Vo Saving a life is impressive especially with our country’s first president, Lydia Darragh was the one to save George Washington from the life threatening sneak attack. If it was not for Lydia’s courage, she would not have saved George from this death, along with hundreds of his soldiers. If you’d like to hear more, then you should continue reading this passage. Lydia Darragh lived a pretty average life before the Revolutionary War. Lydia was born in Dublin Ireland in 1729. At…

It can be suggested that Gatsby realises that he much face the reality of Daisy, rather than the need to impress her and win her back over. Furthermore their delicate relationship can also be understood when Owl Eyes compares Gatsby’s mansion to a house of cards, muttering that "…that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse…” Eventually this metaphor explains itself, as the inevitable occurs as Gatsby is killed and loses Daisy, leaving him alone and friendless and…

school. He really liked me and I really liked him. So he invited me to a house party. It was a house party that the high school kids go to like every weekend. Mark was telling me how the party was. He said, "the high school students party all night until the next morning and the students drink and party until they pass out." He said, "All…

couple left with an unending financial burden from the Great Depression. Another drama, The Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, also shows the hardships that money can lead to. This drama presents the life of a lower class African American family, struggling to get through life in the late fifties. By comparing the initial financial situation of both families, how the men of the house chose to handle these situations…

play. Hansberry shows an example of this institutionalized racism through Lena's search for housing in Chicago because of how racist laws made leaving the slums much more difficult for African Americans. The climax in the story is when Lena buys the house in Clybourne Park, a neighborhood where people of color were not approved of. A man by the name of Karl Linder comes to visit the Younger’s to ask them not to move in. This is the most significant scene that openly portrays racism. Although…

for a commercial airline, to working for the military flying fighter jets. If I decide on this job, I will probably go to Western Michigan University. My last big choice is to become a Solar Coronal Expert, which travels around the world to study the sun during solar eclipses. Any of these I would be happy with in my American…

myself thinking once, “This looks exactly like a painting.” Yet, I was quick to remember that such a painting could only be based on what was right in front of me since Earth is the original artist. The lower the sun slipped, the more intense the colors became until the horizon swallowed the sun and yellow turned to orange. Slowly, the pink and purple would disappear and you were left with a velvety twilight. I held onto those sunsets as long as I could before fully embracing the black,…

mention their selfishness and lastly their reprehensible conduct to which practice sex. Taleb witnessed a great degree of licentiousness practiced by members of both sexes in London; this action led to the establishment of many brothels and public houses around the nation which included thousands of courtesans. Nevertheless, Taleb did go on to divulge some virtues of the British such as: sense of honor, hospitality to guest, quest and passion to…

Medieval Christmas (Intro) Most holidays during the medieval period were determined by the Church including Christmas. Christmas in medieval England was very different to modern day Christmas. It was the church that ensured that it was celebrated as s true religious holiday instead of just being a simple feast for peasants to enjoy themselves. Medieval Christmas History There was no established imperial religion until the birth of Christianity. When Christianity took over the empire, the church…