Fitzgerald represents poverty as lying beneath wealth and providing the rich with a dumping ground, a piece of between their worlds that has collapsed into decadence. The fact that this ‘desolate area of land’ lies so closely to the other wealthy cities suggests that the author is using it to symbolise the moral decay hidden by the beautiful facades of the Eggs; that beneath the ornamentation of West Egg and the etiquette of East Egg lies the same ugliness as in the Valley. This area could also symbolise the plight of the poor, like George Wilson who live among the dirty ashes and so lose their vitality and spirit as a result. As each character is introduced, the differences between them become evident through their dialogue and mannerisms. For example, George Wilson who lives in the Valley is perceived as dull and lifeless, through the clothes that he wears and his hair which are both covered in the ashes.
Tom's use of the phrase "my girl" shows that he is selfish and views Myrtle as a possession, not a person. This introduction of Mytrle's character suggests that Tom doesn't love her and that Tom is incredibly misogynistic. Fitzgerald uses symbolism and represents Wilson as the wrecked Ford in his bare garage. "The dust-covered wreck of a Ford which crouched in a dim corner. ", the Ford would have been mass-produced, showing that Wilson is just like the other people milling around New York and he is nothing special.
More importantly, Carr never seems to answer his own question, Is Google Making Us Stupid? Because of Carr’s indecisiveness and lengthy paragraphs that don’t seem to relate to his end argument, his writing seems to leave more questions than answers. Carr spent much of the essay speaking just on the history of technology alone; from typewriters to the printing press. However, he never seems to connect them to his back to his original question. He seems to be taking us on this technological journey, only to then point out that we should be “skeptical of his skepticism” (Carr 100).
Winston letting the uncommon luxuries enter the room and making love to Julia shows he is rebelling against the Party. Although Julia and Winston both hate the Party and Big Brother their philosophies for life and the Party differ. Julia wants to live life to the fullest and have hope for the future while Winston tells Julia "We are all dieing" and believes there is no hope. They are rebelling for different reasons as well, while Julia is rebelling against elders, Winston is going against his lost child-hood memories and Big Brother taking away all
Tom and Daisy’s invitation (and attendance) to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties allows Fitzgerald to truly cement the gulf between Gatsby and Daisy. When Gatsby urges Daisy to “look around” she describes she is having a “marvellous time” yet her speech is interrupted by Gatsby. This is an indication of Gatsby’s nervousness because his usual finesse and polish has been cracked due to the significance he has placed on Daisy coming to one of his luxurious parties. It also reveals Gatsby’s lack of true social grace, despite his obvious monetary gains, we can see his impoverished roots (revealed earlier in the chapter) come to light. Gatsby also urges Daisy to “look around” because he is desperate to show her what he has created and ‘earned’ for her.
True, they were far too near. They were the greatest possible eyesore, and they had no right to be in that neighborhood at all. They were little mean dwellings painted a chocolate brown. In the garden patches there was nothing but cabbage stalks, sick hens and tomato cans. The very smoke came out of their chimneys were poverty-stricken.
In his article Wright looks down upon sororities because of their alcohol consumption, however, this is flawed since he fails to look at student bodies as a whole. He ends his article with a flash to the Reggaefest hosted by Sigma Kappa which is considering “the last big blowout of the year before exams and the farewell of another graduation class.” (557) In his articled Wright wheedles the audience to look down on the drinking behaviors of the intoxicated students at the party. What Wright fails to do is share to the audience that other students outside of the Greek system are partying and drinking for the same reasons as the students in the Greek system are. College students have access to alcohol in some way or another. If students want to have alcohol they will always find some way to get that alcohol.
Ironically the film, ‘Blade Runner’, is set in Los Angeles, “The City of Angels” however it does not reflect the peaceful city of angels but rather a city of hell. In the opening shots it can be seen that the city is dominated by the artificial and technological driven world. The city is portrayed as one of darkness and pollution as a result of the Tyrell Corporation. Dr Tyrell is the embodiment of these large companies’ irresponsible obsession with profit. The polluted world is shown through the panning shots of the streets portraying a dismal world with the no sign of the natural world.
Although Jay Gatsby is kind in the story by throwing parties for everyone to come to he is not necessarily friendly to everyone. At his party, almost everyone had never even met Gatsby before. If he was friendly he would have made sure he met everyone at his party. A great person is one that people like and get along with and if Jay Gatsby isn’t friendly and kind there is no way that people can like him and get along with him. Individualism is the opposite of conformity which is exactly what Gatsby does through out the novel.
“ I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests”(Fitzgerald 50). This shows again that this was more business then pleasure to Gatsby. He couldn’t even relax and have a drink at his own party. Conclusion Mr. Gatsby is an inside guy for the government. He tells people different things about his past because it gives off a rough, dangerous feeling that would throw people off from thinking he would be working to do good.