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value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...

America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...

remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had ever...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

Ambition and a self-made determination, and the freedom to achieve anything that one sets his or her mind to were the basic concep...

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

takes place between Stanley and Jungle Fever in New York The wealthy elite of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanans world were the peo...

Fitzgerald, had acquired a bad reputation in Paris. When they werent on drinking binges, they were flirting with members of the o...

that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...

two depictions. Within the theme of The Great Gatsby, Daisy, as weak and dependent as she may be, knows the power she has over me...

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Rohinton Mistry's Swimming Lessons And Other Stories from Firozsha Baag and Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy along with their Bombay ...

of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...

real name of "Leos Carax" is actually Alexandre Dupont and that "Leos Carax" is an anagram of the lead characters name, Alex Oscar...

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

1960s "introduced the theory that children are not born with a gender identity, but rather form an understanding of gender through...

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...

if I had been in danger, or how long they took to find me. My memory is blurred, and now at seventy, my mother does not remember e...

and possibly guilty over Luxs reaction to her initiation to sex. Lux is extremely young and a strictly raised and sheltered Cathol...

anomie contends that when things change too quickly, individuals become disoriented. This state of anomie can lead to suicide. Ano...

helped by community members, family members, churches and many other aspects of community. But as society became more complex ther...

portrays him as being. Jacks childhood environment is riddled with dysfunctional elements, everything from domestic violence to ...

wrong. For the most part it appears as though Gurians work is focusing on how bad single mothering is for sons, and how mothers ...

praises which I myself did not understand" (Joyce). In this we see him envisioning himself as something of a noble knight, a figur...

capable while living in a group home. In the end, it is the cousin who does convince the rest of the family to allow him to live ...

This essay explains how boys communicate with boys and how girls communicate with girls. It also discusses how sexism begins and t...