He wanted to start fresh and it was almost believed that he was “to old” for his job. Dexter’s perception of Judy changed in part II by falling in love with her due to her looks. The significance with Judy’s mouth is she is always talking and she gets guys that way. She is kniving and makes them believe whatever she says is true and they believe her. Judy really didn’t change much from when she was a child to an adult, she was still very wealthy and full of herself.
The word that can sum up many of the themes in the book is position. The word covers themes like class, wealth, social standing, and others. Social standing was very important in The Great Gatsby. For example, Tom's social standing allowed him to treat everyone, including his own wife, like dirt, except on rare occasions when he felt like being helpful. Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties.
Their enticing sexuality, he believes, tempts men to behave in ways they would otherwise not. A visit to the “flophouse” (a cheap hotel, or brothel) is enough of women for George, and he has no desire for a female companion or wife. Curley’s wife, the only woman to appear in Of Mice and Men, seems initially to support George’s view of marriage. Dissatisfied with her marriage to a brutish man and bored with life on the ranch, she is constantly looking for excitement or trouble. In one of her more revealing moments, she threatens to have the black stable-hand lynched if he complains about her to the boss.
At her death she is presented in an innocent way which is in great contrast to the way she has been presented in much of the novella ‘She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.’ This suggests that she was never evil and that she was attractive but in a nice way. Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to present the theme of the American Dream. ‘Coulda been in the movies, an had nice clothes- all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me.’ Sadly a guy had let her down and it never happened. She is desperate to feel noticed and special and this shows how lonely she is and isolated.
She never wanted to be poor, and enjoyed buying frivolous objects. “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in, and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out” (Fitzgerald, 35). It upset her greatly that George Wilson (Myrtle husband) was not able to purchase his own suit.
Pursuit of the “American Dream” A gargantuan house, that classy white picket fence, a beautiful wife who does nothing but adore her husband, exactly 2.5 kids, no more no less, who succeed perfectly at everything they do, and of course, the successful career which includes an affluent amount of money. These are all examples of the oh so coveted “American Dream” of which Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman and Walter Lee Younger from A Raisin in the Sun both long to fulfill. Obviously every American desires to achieve their own interpretation of the “American Dream,” but does there come a point when one pursues this dream to the point of destruction? Both Willy and Walter idolize over the objective to become wealthy and successful. Willy Loman obsesses over his goal to become a successful businessman who is wealthy and well liked by everyone.
Ironically Reality of “The Story of an Hour” In Kate Chopin’s story “The Story of an Hour”, describe after Mrs. Marllard hear her sister told her that her husband’s death, her psychological changes in an hour. Instead of becomes extreme sadness, she experiences the joyful of the life. This character is struggling with herself, whether or not accept the new life. The detail where “her bosom rose and fell tumultuously” (par.9), is more than just a feeling, this establish the outcome, which is the death of Mrs. Mallard. This story use ironic writing technique to describe Mrs. Mallard’s mental change.
This is tied into the 1920s though the new morals and standards of young women that were coming to power in the 1920’s. As they were in the hotel, Gatsby springs up and says “She never loved you, do you hear? He cried. She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. 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.
I would not be able answer my conscience if I did.” She is too paranoid. She tries to control her son by trying to convince him to go on a vacation to Tennessee instead of Florida. On their way she brings her cat along she makes all kinds of excuse why the cat can’t stay at home. Also the grandmother goes to great lengths to dress in her best clothes. Another example of Southern Gothic.
“I never loved you”… after she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house just as if it were five years ago (Fitzgerald 125) Gatsby didn’t know when to move on. For the matter of fact, he didn’t want to move. In the end he didn’t get daisy because daisy left him for Gatsby. Gatsby obsession led to his tragedy when he took the blame for killing myrtle for the sake of daisy. His obsession killed him, and it’s a corruption the American