Christmas can be explained as a time of gathering, a time for family to get together and share time and love. This is what the values of Christmas were; now things are not the same. It is becoming more about who gets what and how much stuff a person gets. The Christmas holiday has been contaminated with advertising commercials and sales that stores put on; it is as if they have taken away Christmas all together and just made it a huge selling point. But there are still some hopes for a conventional Christmas, according to Crittenden, “This year is no different, despite the grinchy economic pall that has fallen over retailers.
Gatsby said, “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me,” (130). In 1917 it would have been true that once was rich Daisy would have married him, but when Tom bring to the surface the illegal measures Gatsby went to earned his money, Daisy finds him less attractive, because his income could be lost very quickly or
How is Curley’s wife presented in Of Mice and Men? John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as being a ‘tart’ but also a sympathetic, tragic character. He uses a number of techniques to present her including description of her physical appearance, the dialogue with other characters, language devices and through the perceptions of others. First of all, we are initially informed about Curley’s wife through Candy’s eyes-the bitter, cynical ranch hand. He warns George and Lennie about her, despite the fact that they haven’t met her yet.
On the one hand, Curley’s wife behaves in a way that today would be seen as cheating. She constantly flirted with characters such as George, Lennie and Slim. When George and Lennie first meet Curley’s wife, she makes an excuse that she is searching for Curley. She is then caught out when Slim tells her that Curley had just entered the main house. She wore red, thin dresses to expose her physique which (she believed) would entice the men to come and talk to her; instead it did the complete opposite.
There is a very cynical theme to “Charlotte Temple.” We can see it the way Charlotte so badly wants to elope (a la the romantic stories she’s heard over her life, including her own parents) and does against her better judgment, only to find out her better judgment was, in fact, better. We can see a cynical theme in the way Montraville presents himself, with such emphasis placed on his father’s advice about youthful marriage and bringing a wife into an uncertain life. He seems to hold his father’s words in such high regard, but then knowingly does the exact opposite, without any second thought
It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me” (137) Gatsby is telling of how Daisy Buchanan is no longer loyal to Tom and how she now wants him back because he has run into money. Through Daisy, F. Scott Fitzgerald use of this character to exposes the new class that only wants to party and spend money. Daisy herself is old money locked in to the life of fortune.“But what gave it an air of breathless intensity was that Daisy lived there-it was as casual a thing to her as his tent out at camp was to him. There was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms, of gay and radiant activities taking place through its corridors and of romances that were not musty and laid away already in lavender but fresh and breathing and redolent of this year’s shining motorcars and of dances who’s flowers were scarcely withered” (155-156). This is proof that Daisy is in it for the money and is now leaving Tom Buchanan for Jay Gatsby.
The clock that she had bought with her own money had been destroyed along with other various school supplies. She was grading papers when we got there and didn’t notice us at first. We told her that we had tried to sell cookie dough to Mr. Walters and Mr. Voltz but they wouldn’t buy any. She felt sympathy for us and agreed to be our first customer. In conclusion, to try to raise money for senior prom, Riley and I tried to sell cookie dough to Mr. Walters, Mr. Voltz, and Mrs. Kodrich.
In the novella, Of Mice and Men, one person can ruin a person’s dream forever. George and Lennie share a dream to buy property and that is ruined by one mistake. Curley’s wife’s dream hinders her life daily because she always has time to think of what she could have been if she wasn’t with Curley. Pain, suffering, and loneliness are all aspects that make a person want to dream and hope for the best. Some people have difficulties achieving their dreams so they remain dreams for them to think of
Other than politicians standing on soap boxes and demanding more vacation time in an age when there are deficits and war, it is up to the people to advocate for themselves. You earned time, so use it! People need to sit back and realize that time goes so quickly and can leave you with regret. You’ll never really regret taking your family to Disneyworld and working extra hard when you came back to
“She said that my life is being subsumed by yours and that it’s as though I’ve joined some sort of eco-cult and you are the cult leader” (Beaven-75). When Colin contacted his family, he received a similar reaction. His plan was “instead of two three-day trips at Thanksgiving and Christmas” they would “take one weeklong trip for one holiday and stay home and relax for the other” (Beaven-82). His mother did not understand because “the train will run whether you are on it or not” (Beaven-82) and that his sister would be devastated that they would be missing his baby shower. I can only imagine what my family would do if I said something to them like Colin and Michelle did to theirs.