This Is Now

I’m not really the outgoing type of person so I usually just sit around for 4-5 hours, getting a couple of drinks while he works the party people. This was no different than the others at first. Hours passed, I was sitting there, bored and drinking my second vodka when Axel started the chicken dance, hokey pokey and other songs he put together. This was an awesome bunch and they were real party people so he really had the floor packed. As the line of people…

His writings are: This Side of Paradise (1920), Flappers and Philosophers (1920), Tale of Jazz Age (1922), The Beautiful and the Damned (1922), The Vegetable or from President to Postman (1923), The Great Gatsby (1925), All the Sad Young Men (1926), Tender is the Night (1934), Taps at Reveille (1935), The Last Tycoon, an unfinished novel (1941), The Crack-up (1945), Afternoon of an Author (1957). In Short, the American dream of attaining fortune and happiness was the central idea in the minds…

Magicians are often referred as “The Great-”, in the book The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald’s use of this in his title provides a quick insight into the book. Magicians deceive their audience, play tricks on them yet allure them. The magician is compared to the character of Jay Gatsby, who has to make his audience believe that he belongs to a higher class than he was really born into. By his use of speech, money and clothing, Gatsby is able to essentially deceive those who watch him. Gatsby…

natural innocence, kindness, and artistic ability, while she acted as if she loathed Jude. Jude really only acted out because of her jealousy of Noah and her mother’s relationship, but her rebellion only exasperated her mother further. By treating them this way, she drove the siblings apart for each other as well, causing them to sabotage one another and begin to despise the other twin. As for her adultery, her affair affects her lover, Guillermo Garcia, because…

"Raiden...what is this?" "Sorry little Rei-chan, I didn 't want to do this. But for the sake of our future, please come with me." "What?" "He means that from the beginning he was never on your side." The old fake Zen said, smirking. "You guys didn 't know that he was never part of your family! He’s part of the secret organization that is against the Kanzaki family" He laughed, a very nasty and ugly laugh. Was he talking about Cocytus? It wasn 't much of a secret, and calling them an…

In the Great Gatsby there are several connotations with a wide spectrum of colors .Many characters are associated with colors that have a deeper meaning. Daisy is Gatsby’s love and she tends to wear or be connected with the colors gold and white. White means purity even though Daisy is not entirely pure. Gold is attached with money and riches while she is married with Tom who is affluent. First off, Daisy is always involved with gold which flashes how rich she is. Daisy lives in an…

The idea that “ The first step to getting the things that you want out of life is this: decide what you want” (Ben Stein). This idea is one of many that can be applied to “The Great Gatsby”. This idea can be applied to the ‘Great Gatsby because through Gatsby’s decisions with Nick. The idea can be applied because Gatsby knows what he wants, and goes after it throughout the story. Therefore Fitzgerald would agree that the with the idea. When Gatsby decides to become friends with Nick, he decides…

Know the value of things, not the price. The Great Gatsby is a twisted novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are people who get so caught up in money that they miss out on the opportunity to appreciate life’s blessing. This is a tragic love story that depicts the theme of the “American Dream” and how it is corrupted by the desire for wealth. What really is the “American Dream” though? It is the right to prosperity, equality, and the pursuit of happiness through hard work and determination.…

factions. People have lived liked this for many years because they thought it was best for their society. However, can these ways of life that are already embroidered into their minds, end up taking a toll on their society? Some benefits of sorting people into social groups is that the society stays organized, and there are less conflicts since people are in involved with a group of associates that think the same way as them. On the other hand, some drawbacks of this is that everyone is limited…

The Search has a protagonist that is commonly disliked by its readers. This character, Saber, is often perceived as being immature and impulsive while having no direction in his life and no motivation to make any changes. It could be apparent that Saber’s spoiled childhood did not properly teach him how to move forward into his life and strive for an ultimate goal; thus, only showing him the satisfaction of fulfilling superficial desires with little effort. However, these views are still…