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flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...

as "The Jazz Age." When not numbing themselves with superficial pleasures, young people were pursuing the American Dream, as tran...

In five pages this paper discusses how the past is revived in 'Babylon Revisited' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in 'A Rose for Emily'...

his aristocratic persona was largely manufactured, because although Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald had some illustrious ancestors, i...

the 1920s turned to the American Dream we know today, which involves the assumption that if we work hard we can have wealth, and w...

just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...

recognized and encouraged Fitzs literary talents, anything outside that parameter was not worth his time, attention or study, unle...

each other often about literary topics as well as the war (Tender is the Night). It was during this time in France that Fitzger...

attended but did not graduate from Princeton University. While at Princeton however, Fitzgerald was first exposed to the exceeding...

very influential in his work for he and Zelda essentially lived the exciting lives of the flapper generation of the 1920s. They dr...

"well aware of the way African American identity had become irreducible to a simple set of criteria" (Favor 28). In The Autobiogr...

imagine a more severe disparity of power than the one that exists in present-day Iran since its revolution and the institution of ...

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

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

As a young woman Catherine was apparently already determined to be a very powerful and effective leader. She "was ambitious as wel...

in his disguise as the Black Knight, praises Locksley/Robin Hood, as he says that a man who "does good, having the unlimited power...

This paper reviews author Scott Shackford's defense of violent video games as published in the article Imaginary Guns Don't Kill P...

shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

not abhor, which is very important in setting up the story: "Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from...

for that reason its possible that he colors the accounts he gives. However, he is the closest thing we have to a neutral observer,...

book, Benjamin Schreier claims that Gatsby, if not actually black-an unusual interpretation to be sure-is someone of color; he bas...

no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...

important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

his personal life, and physically; hes a bigot, hes a racist, and he has a mistress who he makes little effort to hide from his wi...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

in the promised land did so through the exploitation of the land, its resources, and its natives" as is the case with Jay Gatsby (...

the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...

This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...