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farmhouse, there is Mattie, who recently arrived and is the caretaker of Ethan's wife Zeena. Mattie is a young, pretty girl while Zenna, on the other hand, is known for having witch like features meaning she’s the opposite of Mattie. Ethan recognizing this and starts being fonder of Mattie. He even starts picking her…

and even describes it as a "huge, down-filled purple monster that makes her look like a giant billiard ball.” Sutter seems to believe that this coat of hers will make it difficult for him to introduce her to any of the guys at a party they’re attending. Later on during the night, Sutter tries to give Aimee a boost of confidence, but her nerdy coat interferes. This can be shown in the lines, "I reach up to give the back of her neck a little squeeze, but her giant puffy collar gets in the way.”…

American Society: as Seen Through a Baseball Game As psychologist Robert Johnson noted,”History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.” The social ‘pendulum’ swing has been evident throughout history, but particularly evident during the period of the early 1900s leading up to the roaring twenties. In E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime, Father, a main character, has trouble fitting into the new world. One must inquire deeper into the work to find…

“Rubbish removal” churning millions – ‘A food [or Rubbish] for thought’ The mere mortal ‘souls’ indulge themselves in chasing the rainbow driven by their vain untenable hope of ‘finding the pot of the gold, at the end of the rainbow’. Whereas, the enterprising souls are busy finding and scavenging other peoples ‘rubbish’ for much tenable and proven million-dollar churning empire. Am sure these enterprising souls, Daniel long and Rob Linton, the founders of Clearabee are all too happy in their…

(Gullason 87) and does this by sinking two ships, the Lally Rook and Walter Scott, both of which refer to romanticism. By doing this, Twain already placed a bounty on the head of romanticism and only uses the end to annihilate romantic traditions. Thus, the ending utilizes ridiculous behavior in order to embarrass romanticism and win sympathy for realist traditions because the reader acknowledges the cruelty in Tom's…

coined until the late 1930s: the American Dream. The American Dream is the ideology, which many people follow, that states that there is an equal opportunity for Americans to attain success if they show determination and work persistently. However, this ideal today is far from what it started as. In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores the idea of not only thriving in the lower classes of the nation, but also surviving. She finds that it is difficult to survive, yet alone thrive even…

The major focus of this particular subject is on the unconscious mind of the human beings and the factors which determine their actions. It is to be noted that the unconscious segment of the human mind has been the focus of research ever since the traditional times (Adler). However, significant inroads were made into this particular genre only in the 18th century particularly beginning with the works of Schelling and Sigmund…

prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, and it went into effect in 1920. The great parties, dangerous gangs and gangsters, cool and fancy cars, Charleston or Burlesque dresses and those long cigarette holders characterise this time. However, this was only the surface, the objects of the era. Actually, not everything was so shiny…

she does not have the romantic ideal, not the courage to sacrifice for the ideal. Although she loved gatsby, but more coveted luxury comfort cattle live. Daisy is "money first materialism" the embodiment of the hedonism of the outlook on life. Is this materialistic society typical embodiment…

As someone who has read this book before, I can definitely say that it’s very interesting rereading and examining how the relationships and initial interactions between the characters develop from the start. Putting this book into historical context as set in the “roaring twenties,” a time filled with an immense obsession of opulence and wealth, it seems that the author Fitzgerald is trying to comment on affluent society based on the characterization of his richer characters. Tom seems to be the…