The protagonist’s illusion of being wealthy is shattered when he realizes he has nothing in life he truly wants. Though, West Egg, East Egg and the Valley of Ashes all differ from each other, West Egg is home to the new rich who make their fortunes later on in life. West Egg is characterized by lavish displays of wealth and poor taste. West egg is considered to be the “less fashionable of the two,” (Fitzgerald, 9). Carraway lives in a modest house that is right next to Jay Gatsby’s Gothic mansion.
Although Manchester grew in poverty and wrath, the fruits of its industry continued to bring prosperity to the wealthy both in the city and around the globe. Most evidently, the debased city of Manchester provided a home for sickness and an increase in young deaths. Document #2 by Robert Southey says that there was “no place more destitute than Manchester.” His document describes the poor conditions of the city and its need for someone to have pity upon it. However, we would expect Southey to try to evoke such feelings from his audience because he is an English Romantic poet, whose job was to create emotions in his readers. Southey’s account of Manchester is also supported by Edwin Chadwick in Document #6.
Sir Gawain in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain and Guinevere are at a New Year’s celebration in Arthur’s court where Gawain sees himself as the least of Arthur’s knights in terms of both physical prowess and mental ability. Gawain sees himself pretty much as a useless knight in Arthur’s court. He is Arthur’s nephew and also one of Camelot’s famous knights to test his ambition. I believe that Gawain is in this piece of literature because he is a character who shows us softness to improve self worth, reputation, shame, virtue and more. In the second part of the poem, Gawain’s reputation becomes widespread because of his affair with a married woman.
The Deadly Sins In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the setting is of the 1920’s, a time of great wealth, glamour, and prosperity. Although the 1920’s seemed like an ideal world for the wealthy and common people, full of luxury and happiness, there was still much imperfection. In the Roman Catholic Church, a key concept of defeat is The Seven Deadly Sins. Scott Fitzgerald shows how pride, gluttony, and greed can ultimately lead to selfish desires that have tragic consequences. As the whole nation celebrated winning World War I, a booming economy, and their country, Jay Gatsby was celebrating a different type of dignity.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald illustrated an unattainable dream of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby wishes he can re-create the past again with Daisy, but Gatsby is so naïve to believe that it is possible. The book is filled with important symbols that serve as an important significance. The green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock represents Gatsby’s dream of meeting Daisy again. The Valley of Ashes is a dark place, where only the poor live; they are separated from the rich.
Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness and individualism has disintegrated into the mere pursuit of wealth. Though Gatsby’s dedication to transform his dreams into reality is what makes him “great,” Nick reflects that the era of dreaming—both Gatsby’s dream and the American dream—is
The concern here is with the corruption of values and the decline of spiritual life - a condition which is ultimately related to the American Dream. For the novel recalls the early idealism of the first settlers. Fitzgerald himself relates Gatsby's dream to that of the early Americans for, at the end of the novel, Nick recalls the former Dutch sailors and compares their sense of wonder with Gatsby's hope. The book also seems to investigate how Americans lost their spiritual purpose as material success wiped out spiritual goals. The lives of the Buchanans, therefore, filled with material comforts and luxuries, and empty of purpose, represents this condition.
He believes he can regain Daisy. Although he has the wealth that can match with the leisured class, he does not have their manners. His tragedy lies in his possession of a naive sense. Nick, the novel’s narrator, considers that his greatness lies in the talent for self-invention, the ability to transform his dreams into reality, and his persistent love. His life is dedicated to the recovery and renewal of an early love with Daisy, whose “voice is full of money.”(Fitzgerald, 2001: 11) He believes in Daisy and manages to protect her.
Immigration in America: The Heated Debate A melting pot of cultures and ethnic groups, the United States of America has always been a safe haven, a land of opportunity, and a chance at a new beginning. It is the “country one came to in order to escape from one’s father, both literally and figuratively. It was the country where one put aside the heavy lumber of inherited identity and tradition and was freed to begin again.” (McClay, 579) However, America is no longer in the same place it was twenty-years ago, we are facing yet another recession and feeling a drain on our economic resources. How long are we suppose to continue accepting the rest of the world’s down trodden and needy? When do we finally declare it
You hold on tight to it and allow it to consume you. Such as the way Gold and money consume the world. Although this love is normal just like the bloom of spring, to the beholder it seems as precious as gold. This first love is not an easy thing to hold on to. As humans we are not amused by object for long periods of time.