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Bernice Bobs Her Hair and The Great Gatsby

certain light. The narrator to tells us that, "Ive heard it said that Daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an ir...

An Idealistic Literary Vision of America

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

'To An Athlete Dying Young' by A.E. Housman

has died. Beginning in the third stanza, the poet discusses the death and again addresses the deceased directly. He says the youn...

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

has a long history of reaching out and inviting his audience to experience with him the sometimes intense and often expansive sens...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Contemporary World

many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a sign of s...

Amory Blaine in F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

adapt to social hierarchies" (Sparknotes [1]). In this we could perhaps argue that one thing he knows about himself is that he wan...

Alcohol and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

different than those who attend his party and do little more than drink and let loose. With such a setting, as one of the most ...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Gatsby and Larsen's Passing

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

A Review of Behind The Urals By John Scott

Americans were asking each other. I decided to go to Russia to work, study, and to lend a hand in the construction of a society w...

Life and the Search for Meaning

full potential in relationship to this peace and joy within themselves Powell, 1995; 3). In Mans Search for Meaning by Vikt...

Point of View: Momaday and Robinson

physical eye. This eye is not really something that is symbolic in relationship to standing as a cultural icon or something else, ...

Protagonists’ Voyages in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

own death and running away. Along the way, he meets Jim, a runaway slave who is traveling north in hopes of freeing his family. ...

The Ethics of Spamming

not realize that they have signed up for this. Then, they think they are being spammed. In fact, this is Richters explanation as t...

Creating a Sense of Community

describes in his book, neither side truly listened to the other. They were all primarily concerned with converted the opposing sid...

The Myths of Innovation (Book Review Summaries and Analysis)

the processes used by several investors, something that might be used as inspiration (Matazan, 2008). The gist of this review, asi...

Momaday and Alexie: Variations in the Ways Native American Authors Depict Their Culture

Americans are in actuality much more oppressed by government regulations and society as a whole than they were in this earlier tim...

Death in a Promised Land

At the same time, in the early 20s, "opportunities for young black men in Tulsa...were severely circumscribed, regardless of educa...

Reaction Paper: Better Brainstorming

to less ideas (Landis; Jerris; Braswell, 2008). And lastly there is the notion of checklists wherein the authors note that "audito...

Jay Gatsby and the American Dream

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

Scott Cook/Colonial Encounters

in his conclusions, the "patterns of subjugation, resistance, readjustment and accommodation" that are evident in this period of h...

Gatsby and Heathcliff

far more refined individual, even if he still slung to some of his impoverished perspectives. For example, he shows his need to sh...

Scott: The Logistics of War

the lessons learned from the process. It is the last that might be most valuable. As an example lets look at Grenada, since it is ...

Storytelling in Two Native American Novels

Jimmy thinks back to his childhood. At any rate, it is a startling introduction to life as Jimmy and other Indians live it. It al...

Analysis of a Modern Classic: "The Great Gatsby"

about the characters thoughts and motivations. So we are going to read the story and see what happened through Nicks eyes, which m...

The Human Cost of Katrina

and trash everywhere (Ainsworth). To her right is her grandson, dressed in blue short and a white t-shirt; he appears to be about ...

The Great Gatsby: Gatsby and Daisy

example, Gatsby is showing her through his house and he shows her his silk shirts: "Theyre such beautiful shirts, she sobbed, her ...

Gatsby & the American Dream

is when Gatsby holds out his arms toward a small green light in the distance, which the reader learns later is the green light on ...

Love and Power: The Great Gatsby and The Tempest

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

Fitzgerald and Hemingway

alcoholism. That essential plot is one filled with a powerful sense of seeking ones identity and a sense of loneliness. In...

Mistakes in Trials Worldwide in the Last 200 Years

seven years in areas closed to slavery; Illinois was a free state and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 had closed the Wisconsin Ter...