Ben and William Franklin were masters at the art of compromise. They used compromise in their public and personal life to create influence and prosperity for themselves. But as the conflicts between England and the American Colonies increased in the middle eighteenth century, and the rift between the loyalists and patriots became more defined, both father and son found themselves having to choose distinct sides where their usual mode of compromise could not be kept intact. As it would be, father and son chose opposite sides of the conflict. Due to this, by examining the breakdown of Ben and William Franklin's nature to compromise in their dealings as public figures, a clear parallel can be seen with that of the breakdown in their private lives as father and son.
How does Fitzgerald use aspects of narrative in Chapter Five of ‘The Great Gatsby’? Chapter Five is a pivotal chapter in ‘The Great Gatsby’ as it starts to explore the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby that has otherwise been left to prospect as Gatsby strives towards a dream that nobody else can imagine. This chapter is possibly one of the most important in terms of narrative as it moves from speculation about the character of Gatsby to his past and that has obvious and as a perilous impact upon the actions of characters throughout the rest of the book. As the novel explores themes of love, excess and the American dream, it becomes clearer and clearer to the reader that a meeting between Daisy and Gatsby was inevitable as it is a hinge for the rest of the novel to swing on and that Gatsby’ frame of mind and his ambitions are out of sync with the passage of time. Fitzgerald creates significance within the novel through a whole host of narrative techniques, one of these being setting and the wider significance it can bring to a scene.
Fitzgerald also uses Nick to add his personal opinion which is displayed as Nicks, this however is contradictory to the construct of Nick as he states at the start of the chapter he states that he is ‘inclined to reserve all judgement’ Fitzgerald uses irony here as Nick is very judgemental throughout the whole novel. The start of chapter 1 is told as a brief summary of Nick caraways life until it moves onto introducing and describing Gatsby, we can see that it is a reflectional summary of Nicks early life as it simply says ‘in my younger and more…’ we see that is almost summarising his life very shortly as if it were to be written in a memo or told in a short
With the use of Nick’s commentary on various snippets of speech telling how the butler ‘roared’ this also makes it clear to the reader the significance of the tragic events which will be the downfall of Gatsby’s character. The current events shaping Gatsby’s future are seemed to be ever so significant due to the choice of Fitzgerald not to include any of Gatsby’s history in to this chapter. A clever technique used by Fitzgerald is the voice of Michaelis who describes Myrtle’s death bluntly, yet lacking the emotion. Nick claims ‘so we drove on towards death’ which coherently shows that the immediate events following this chapter will lead to death, but also releasing all tensions built up between the characters at the beginning of the narrative. In my opinion, this particular chapter lacks chronology to add to the disjointed nature of Myrtle’s death.
Several elements suggest an imbalance in the moral makeup of the characters found in The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” is set in the 1920s in a prosperous setting after the World War I. The book is considered to be the authors' best work. The main theme of the novel is the era of and the social distaste that occurs through the lack of moral principles in society post the first World War, an era that is adequately portrayed by Fitzgerald. As is said through Robert Sklar, who states that “Fitzgerald
Yet, the marginalisation of Gatsby, who representant all the new rich in search of the dream, goes even further than abandonment. After leaving him, Daisy ignores his death, silencing his existence forever and moving on to a new life as if he had never existed. As Daisy and Tom, “retreated back into their money,” the reader is left with the realisation that no amount of hard work could have ever lead men who, “believed in the green light,” to the American Dream (191, 193).Thus, it is made clear Gatsby, and all men like him, were destined for marginalisation . Fitzgerald uses tertiary
Orwell shows that language is of high importance to human thoughts as it structures ideas that one is capable of thinking. The novel 1984 is classified as a dystopic novel in which visions of a frightening society are replicated. In Orwell's book, repetition is constantly used. Towards the start of the book we come across the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" a number of times. This phrase frightens the readers to think that Big Brother may also be watching them and the fact that how the eyes of Big Brother seem to never leave Winston following him at whichever angle he stands at.
The first of these revolutions was in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1820. Here, Ferdinand I ruled, and the Caronari hated him for his autocratic style of government. At first, the revolution looked like it would succeed. However, this revolution failed because the Naples revolution was a middle- class affair. The mainland leaders had no intention of including the lower classes (such as the peasants) in their new system of government.
Oscar Wilde is credited for being a provocateur for change in nineteenth century England. Wilde provides his audience with the opportunity to witness the inner-workings of Victorian society and their rebellion against following the social norms. Oscar Wilde uses the fabricated identities of Jack and Algernon, the main characters of the play, to show the rebellious nature of the aristocracy. Wilde portrays the Victorian upper-class as rigid and the secret lives are necessary to provide the freedom to express who they really are. While the middle-class of England looks up to the upper-class Victorians with respect and envy, both Jack and Algernon dislike the propriety of it all.
So in the light of the radical development in human life, it is necessary to understand the social and family life in the Victorian age because of its influence in the individual's personality. Houghton argues that the social life in England in the Victorian age has neglected the individual. According to Houghton the world has become more comfortable for the masses, and more uncomfortable for talented individuals. The world in this era has tended to neglect people of natural gifts and distinctions( Kellow Chesney, The Victorian Under World, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972 ). Charles Dickens's Great Expectation is a radical novel since Dickens is struggling to depict a better living for the Victorian England.