This Is Now

education, this education had turned…

Daisy, she is dressed in all while and is on an enormous couch with her friend Jordan Baker: “They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (8). This characterizes Daisy as an innocent and classy woman and is the reason why Gatsby is infatuated with the idea of being with Daisy – her pure and angelic presence seems unrivaled. When Jordan talks to Nick about the start of Gatsby and Daisy’s…

are harsh and realistic. Due to their judgment and actions, these characters are viewed as selfish and uncaring, especially towards the end following Gatsby’s fall. To begin with, Jordan Baker can be described as a selfish person. An example of this character being portrayed by Jordan is her demeanor during the dinner with the Buchanans and Nick. Tom…

The idea of working hard to obtain the American Dream is corrupted when the pursuit of wealth is driven by greed, causing the decay of society and moral judgment. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses physical objects to symbolize the moral and social decay caused by the corruption of the American Dream. The author demonstrates the Valley of Ashes as an image of the developing loss of profound qualities in America. The Characters’ excessive need for material objects is illustrated by the symbol of clothing.…

my time to give back to my community that I live in. In Mt. Zion Illinois, lays an assisted living facility known as the “Glenwood.” When I went into their office to ask them if it was permissible for me to do volunteer work, they made me aware that this is an organization is a for profit organization. That means all the employees are getting paid to do all of the work that they do, and the price to live here is going to be more expensive for the residents due to having staff members available…

relationships in life. After going through the whole story, Nick becomes unsatisfied of the people around him and is worried about starting a new life without Gatsby. These all show how dissatisfaction is a very significant theme in the Great Gatsby and how this problem surrounds every character in the…

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, and be respectable.” (Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray). This is a light-hearted and humorous musing of the appeal to be young again, which summarizes the hedonistic worldview of Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray that may ring true to others. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel that is set in Victorian era London; a society in which appearance and wealth are held at an extremely high…

many similarities, it also had many differences as did the poem and the novel. In comparison with The Great Gatsby, Richard Cory is also a wealthy young man who society has put on a pedestal. Society now is fascinated with celebrities and people who are wealthy and have a high economic status. This poem makes the readers think about…

Since he knows Daisy is all about money. Gatsby has that to offer to her. In the text it stated that , “Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly (120). This quote represents how Gatsby already know how Daisy is all about money ,and he thinks that's his advantage of winning her back. As shown, Gatsby has known Daisy since years ago. Now he is trying to win her back with money. Also buying a mansion across from Daisy and throwing a huge party just to get her attention.…

However, this was an unrealistic desire, for Gatsby dreamed of the Daisy he knew five years prior. He had deluded himself into thinking the past could be repeated: “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously, “why of course you can!” He looked around him wildly, as if the past we here in the shadows of his house, just out of reach” (FItzgerald 110). Gatsby ached for the past and he spent so much of his life just dreaming of what it would be like to have Daisy again. He imagined this so much…