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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Water Imagery

pursues a materialistic dream that is draped in romantic expectation. Nick comes to feel that Gatsbys misplaced idealism and roman...

Civil Rights in the Nineteenth Century

to move to the back, and when he refused, would go to court. The court essentially ruled against Plessy, rendering segregation val...

Jay Gatsby: A Great Man?

poverty to a position of wealth. While many people who wanted this particular American Dream of wealth and material possessions ...

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 ...

Fitzgerald and Hemingway

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald as Jay Gatsby’s Alter Ego

Jazz Age"). Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were a sort of American "royalty," known as much for their "madcap antics as for his wri...

Scott on “The Logistics of War”

process. It is the last that might be most valuable. As an example lets look at Grenada, since it is short enough to be easily sum...

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...

George O’Kelly and Jay Gatsby

he comes back to try and win Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering...

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. ...

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...

'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...

Student Essay Rewrite on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

beautiful Daisy Buchanan. His enigmatic behavior and opulent lifestyle are designed to impress Daisy and bring her back into his l...

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...