It was a dream of rising from the lowest point in our society and to become wealthy and well-known which would make them feel happy. Gatsby has this dream however he is overwhelmed by luxury that comes along with wealth and he does not see that money cannot buy him love and happiness. His dreams get corrupted by the snobbish people that surround him. Gatsby gets everything he wanted, he is rich and famous he even has an entanglement with Daisy – the love of his life and his other dream. However he is still unhappy, not until Daisy leaves Tom.
A white male professional struck down in his prime gives the biggest payoff; a dead child is worth the least of all.) From the point of view of his financial well-being, Schlichtmann makes two mistakes. First, he decides the parents have a moral case. Second, he begins to care too much about justice for them and loses his strategic bearings. (Of course all follows from his discovery that the polluters, who he thought were small, shabby local firms, are actually owned by rich corporations.)
“Born with a beautiful face” (Saikaku 607) to the middle-class, her family soon hit the rough, and she became a servant of the court. There, she learned the ins-and-outs of how to be an upper-class whore. Though this story doesn’t entirely focus on vanity, it is clear that it was of most importance. She perfected her looks and swagger alongside her word-etiquette, molding herself into a woman just a suitable as the women she served in the court. Falling in love at an early
John came from a very wealthy family which made him feel out of place because he was not the average rich, snobby kid. He wanted to make his own future for himself and not get tied down with having to please his father in every little thing he did. John committing suicide just shows the extent to which he felt out of place, so much that he did not want to live with the people that made him feel this way. Looking for Alibrandi is a book where many characters feel out of place and did not belong, in a certain point during their life. Josie feels out of place because of the way she has been bought differently compared to her peers at school.
She was care-fee and mischievous. She also remained friends with Heathcliff despite her brother’s disapproval, which shows her disregard for social standards. They even made a pact to grow up as savages together, which further removed them from society's customs. But when Catherine went to go live with the Linton’s for a while she changed into a proper young lady because she had the proper education for a young lady in her
Sommers is a static character. In the beginning, she is a caring and loving mother. During the climax, her id conquers her superego and she becomes self-centered, but at the end of the story, she is back to where she was, being a devoted mother and wife to her family. Mrs. Sommers represents a woman who has been oppressed by the world of marriage. She is forced to fit in the social norm of being a proper mother and ‘woman’ that she has no time to explore her individuality because she lives in a patriarchal society.
Jack is a poor man and Rose is a rich woman who is set to marry a man named Cal who is also rich by force. Jack sees that Rose is not happy with Cal and he tries to free her and the two end up falling inlove after he saves her from wanting to jump off the back of the Titanic. Rose's mother, Ruth, doesn't approve of the two (Jack and Rose) being together, mainly for 2 reasons, 1- Jack is poor, and 2- Cal is set to marry Rose so that they will stay rich. Well, the two try their best to break away from Ruth and Cal, however, the Titanic hits an iceburgh and ends up sinking. Jack has been falsely accused of stealing a very expensive diamond necklace and is handcuffed to a pipe in the bottom of the ship.
http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html The Women at English Literature Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) The role of Jane Eyre is an excellent example on the view and manners of women in the Victorian Period. She is resigned, but already have personal thoughts and pursues. She is a middle-class worker, with no actual family and no prospects, at the beginning, of improvement. But, because of her personality, she manages to transform her life in many ways. If she were a "kind" child, by the eyes of Mrs. Reed, she would never go to Lockwood school; she were able to grow up in terms of knowledge in the school, because she had the need of being liked by others and was strong enough to improve herself in many ways; she, by herself, took a chance when announcing to be a governess.
Marriage, during this time period, was arranged by the authorities of the household and chosen to push someone higher up on the social ladder. Oscar Wilde, like many upper class society, did not marry for love but instead married a girl with a small fortune that aided him in his own financial issues despite his homosexual tendencies. Jack wishes to marry for love; however, Lady Blacknell refuses him on behalf of Gwendolen and explains that he is “not down on my list for eligible men” (Wilde 308) showing the high expectation people held and how your feelings were disregarded if you were not considered up to standard to maintain or improve the others social status. Not only did someone not have a choice in who they were to be married to, but it was not even thought of as enjoyable in most occasions. Marriage being thought of as a professional interaction is shown when Jack visits Algernon in hopes of proposing to
Also, all that wealth Gatsby has is from illegal business, and this would totally reduce the greatness of a man. Gatsby turns out to be someone who dreams about things that are impossible; Daisy. He knew that Daisy is married, and it is really hard to break the marriage since Daisy and Tom have a daughter, but Gatsby still dragged himself to live in a dream of having Daisy. Gatsby is so delusional to the point