This Perfect Day

Life in the 1920s was very different than present day. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald presents Fitzgerald's view of life during this time period using a fictional story with characters and events that symbolize things in the real world. Fitzgerald shows two different sides of his own personality through two different characters. Fitzgerald also demonstrates the aspects of life in the 1920s that he hated by creating characters with unfavorable qualities. In The Great Gatsby life during…

January 2018 The American Dream Characters in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby achieve the American Dream by having the perfect family and love life with their spouse, having a lot of money and material goods, and being wealthy. Towards the end of the novel the main characters become obsessive over this perfect lifestyle. Gatsby’s infatuation for Daisy grows. Nick’s craving for this lavish lifestyle causes him to lose himself. Gatsby’s strive for the American Dream is ultimately the cause of his…

A Perfect Summer at the Beach How lovely it is to begin the day being woken up by the rays of the sun peering through your window! This is how my day began one perfect summer. Even the birds seemed to have come together outside my bedroom window to offer me a melody. How divine! As my fiancé and our girls lay sound asleep, I began to prepare our breakfast. The menu was bacon, eggs, pancakes, and fresh squeeze orange juice for the girls. As the bacon sizzled in the pan, the aroma of black coffee…

portrayed as “gentle”, and what woman are considered “tough”. Fitzgerald in truth wanted to have the woman subdued by the men with their physical and authoritative strength, where there is one case of role reversal in the case of Nick and Jordan. Here, in this essay, you will understand why the gender roles of women are seen at “pure”, “innocent”, and traditionally mannered. Although in the end, you will find out that their white dresses are only hiding who they truly are- just as tough and…

In the story, Jay Gatsby was known as the man of obsession. He was obsessed with his new perfect life, his perfect life includes party with people who exactly does not know him. “Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks (45). Also, he kept many secrets to himself, but one thing he didn’t keep secret was his love toward Daisy. Gatsby was also obsessed with Daisy while he…

American Society’s Materialism in A Perfect Day For Bannafish J.D Salinger believes society turns each and every one of us into bananafish. In his short story A Perfect Day For Bananafish he expresses some of his views on the American society and the problems that he has with it. He believes Americans put too much value in material possessions and that their lives, shaped by a constant bombardment of advertisements and new products that are bigger and better than the last, are harmful to…

Who am I as a learner and global citizen is as follows, This will also link to my goals as a learner. One of my Goals is to truly be myself, and not listen when people judge me and all the stuff that they just throw in my face, but you can just ignore it and put it down. Which is why one of my heroes is Eminem, as a result, that’s exactly what he does, and he still goes the same path that he’s chosen, and he’s still great. One of my school goals is to try not to chop into so much trouble,…

clothing to a peasant type clothing. Siddhartha saw Four Heavenly Messengers (a sick man, an old man, a dead man, and a holy man). This showed him that the palace was hiding him from a hard reality. Siddhartha wanted to find the truth about life…

Four of these painstakingly renovated homes, some of the finest in their day, have been joined to create an experience that rivals those times with the mod cons of the 21st century. The hotel seems to perfectly balance its unique heritage yet remaining current and contemporary Once beyond the entrance, a grand foyer welcomes…

Women with perfect hair, crystal bright teeth, full lips and botoxed faces. Men in sleek suits, driving around in luxury vehicles and investing millions of dollars in yachts and real estate. That’s the surreal image we see on TV every single day. In 2013, Fox TV channel challenged the stereotype of rich Russian people in London with the documentary series Meet the Russians. Normal, average people are faced with the way multimillionaires achieved new heights in their ability to scatter huge…