These three charters have love as a symbolic meaning which influences the story of the great Gatsby. As the book continues, these three charters go beyond where death would take one’s life or give a chance of happiness. Gatsby is one of example who symbolizes love for Daisy. But somehow life play with you and twist as Gatsby was shot by Wilson because of the lies he heard by Tom. Next, daisy whose love for wealth of Gatsby creates a dramatic scene when Gatsby dies, it left nothing but her own love Tom and his wealth.
This could be used to show the reader how Nick is supposed to represent a more middle-lower class of people and therefore is not as rich as Gatsby so is shown to be overwhelmed by the home of an upper class. This could also be reflective of Fitzgerald’s memories and how he was a ‘poor boy’ and had been astounded in the same way as Nick at how different their lives seemed. Nick also describes the house to be ‘twisting’ ‘fluttering’ and ‘rippling’ which connotes the rich as sophisticated and elegant. This emphasises to the reader that Nick does see richer people as more superior and dissimilar to him so here shows how ‘the rich are
West Egg, although also home to the rich, is the "new money," meaning people whose wealth was recently earned, as well as to working class people such as Nick. The East is the home of careless aristocrats like Tom and Daisy who spend time manipulating people to meet their wishes and who care little about the damage they leave behind. On the other hand, the West is associated with effort and success (due to working hard and achieving the new money) and the West Eggers fight their way up the ladder of social class to win their own share of money and fame. An issue with social class is the fact that the
A Good Man Is Hard To Find A Good Man Is Hard To Find, a short story written by Flannery O’Connor, is about a selfish, dishonest woman, who thinks as herself as a superior being. However, in the end, she realizes that she too has faults of her own. The Protagonist of the story is the grandmother. In the beginning of the story, she tries to convince her son Bailey, and his wife, to take their family trip to east Tennessee rather than to go to Florida. The grandmother reads in the newspaper about a convicted killer, The Misfit, who has escaped from the Federal Pen, and is headed towards Florida.
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Daisy and Tom’s marriage is proof of the fall of the American dream. Even though they belong to the West Egg social group and have a lot of wealth, they are unhappy. Tom and Daisy are both unsatisfied with life and are searching for something better. For example, Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle.
In contrast to the West Egg, the people who live in the East Egg have high social class, good taste in everything, but have many flaws. The carelessness and the lack of sympathy of old money cause the corruption in the American
This adventure begins when Nick finds his neighbor, Gatsby, stretching “…out his arms toward…a single green light…” (20-21) in which we later find out to be the same “green light that burns all night at the end of [Daisy’s] dock” (92). Readers will soon find out that Gatsby and Daisy were in love when they were both young, but he had “taken her under false pretenses,” (149) lying to her about his financial situation. Because he couldn’t support her, he worked his way up through shady business deals, obsessing over that moment when he would finally be able to get Daisy back, reliving his happiness with her. Once he finally made his fortune he eventually met up with Daisy one afternoon, thanks to Nick. According to Nick there were moments for Gatsby “that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (95).
He happily pushes her into marriage with a cruel farmer named Mister. Mister briefly allows Celie’s best friend and sister, Nettie, to live with them. But when he finally kicks Nettie out because she wouldn’t be with him, Celie is devastated. However, Mister’s former lover, Shug, ends up helping Celie to stick up
This gave the effect to the relationship between the Penroses, the Sennousukes and the Killians. Mitsy was deciding to cut Hart and her best friend, Alice, out of her life. While Jamie decided to join up the Army. Hart could not do the same thing as Jamie has done because his crippled leg. Hart felt jealous toward Jamie otherwise in his deep of mind he also felt glad that Jamie was going to leave Broome for war and Mitsy might think that Jamie was now on the opposite with her.
Before his death, Oedipus had blinded himself, adding to the tragedy. However, Antigone's own tragedy was still unfolding. Through her proud and unrelenting character, Antigone is determined to give her brother a rightful burial, despite Creon's edict. At first Antigone seeks the help of her sister, Ismene, but when she realizes the fear and submissive attitude Ismene possesses, Antigone disregards it as even an option, another example of perhaps Antigone's tragic flaw, her own arrogance. As the tale continues, Antigone does indeed bury her brother, but is caught by Creon.