At first glance the event of the hurricane seem out of this world and makes the reader pause and think, why did Hurston decided to put this tragic scene within her novel, but after closer examination the unrealistic events following the hurricane reflect the key themes of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Throughout the book Janie struggles to make herself truly happy. This can be seen through her troubled relationships with both Logan and Jody. In these relationships she could never really appreciate her own independence and she was always living behind the shadows of the figures that over powered her life. Both men tried to turn Janie into what they believed was the ideal women, but they never loved Janie for who she was.
She always seemed to want the best for Juliet and do good things for her but she also seemed confused throughout the story. One thing she did in the story that shows this was when she conspired with Friar Laurence about a plan to give the new made bridegroom their honeymoon night. She wanted Juliet to still have her honeymoon although Romeo had been banished. She saw this as a way for her to show how much she cared and it truly worked. On the other hand, when Juliet was in desperate need for help, the Nurse didn’t do her very much good.
Her only solution at this moment is to be alone. Bullying does not only happens to Melinda but other people. It was the day of the pep rally; Melinda was not so exited as her only friend Heather, she was scared someone gets next to her and claims her about what happened in the summer party, .and it happened, to girls got next to her and claim her about it. “The girl pokes me harder. “Aren’t you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodger’s party at the end of the summer?” .
When two people marry it should be because they love each other not because of money and the pressures from you family. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the lives of Daisy and Tom Buchanan and also Daisy’s former lover, Jay Gatsby. In this novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ the conflict occurs when Daisy is about to marry Tom but finds out that Gatsby wants to resurrect their previous relationship. Family pressure, money and love are ideas presented in the passage through characterisation and symbolism and the reader is encouraged to disagree with Daisy’s actions. In many families there are conflicts or disagreements.
Jordan is a girl Nick met at one of Gatsby’s parties and he falls in love with her. At the end Nick decides to leave the whole setting and leave Jordan behind. This was a mistake because Nick needed someone to love him and Jordan loved him back. That’s exactly what Nick needed, a beautiful girlfriend who cares about him. If Jordan and Nick stayed together, Nick would have left Gatsby not control him
Matthew Romero Mr. Jackson English 3 Period 3 December 12, 2011 F. Scott Fitzgerald seen in his novel “You don’t write something because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say”(Fitzgerald). In the novel “The Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald tends to write closely related similarities between himself and Jay Gatsby expressing inner thoughts and emotions within his real life. Fitzgerald was Gatsby in many ways such as they both rose to power and fame in their time periods; they both pursued the woman of their dreams just to lose her in the end, and taking similar paths of life ending up where they finished their journeys. It’s easy to say that Fitzgerald did indeed pull significant experiences
Like when Tara, Kristen and Keesha were looking at the magazines, Keesha didn’t understand why skin and bones were attractive to Kristen. Kessha also didn’t understand why Tara could never walk with her to or from school, Keesha just thought that her friends were weird until their conditions got out of hand and she got worried about them. *Donna’s influence on Tara was surprisingly good. Considering that Donna is more of a “wild child” and Tara is a “goody-good” I think they balance each other out. While Donna was smoking, stealing or having sex Tara was getting “lost in her mind”.
The book switches off between three characters. Gloria; who is the main character and craves the Flapper lifestyle, Clara; she is Gloria’s goody-two-shoes cousin who comes to town and reveals that she isn’t as lily-white as she appears, and Lorraine; Gloria’s jealous best friend whom is constantly trying to steal her spotlight. The themes of this book went all the ways from friendships, to Flappers (of course), to interracial relationships (which was a big deal back in those days!). Word Count: 181 Words Part Two: Literary Analysis
While still married to Wilson, Myrtle does everything in her power to try and imitate the life she sees Tom and his friends living. She attempts to throw parties, similar to Gatsby, but they are almost all failures that demonstrate how much lower in class then Tom she really is. In fact, it is her lowness in class that is what keeps Tom from forming a real relationship with her. Although Tom tells Myrtle that the reason that they cannot form a solid relationship is that Daisy is catholic, "it's really his wife that is keeping them apart…" everyone, with exception to Myrtle and her sister, knows that is not the real reason. A person of Toms stature would never marry a women from the Valley of Ashes, and Myrtle is too naïve to realize that.
Cassie has been trying to locate her, but had no luck. She also goes around with a lot of men; she really puts herself out there in the wrong ways. Aunt Cassie faces a huge challenge, when she is trying to let go of her past, let go MIA (her daughter), to move on. She tried to find MIA but didn’t succeed, so she finally just let her go. She did it for herself, not only because it is good for her well-being, might she have another baby on the way (as hints were thrown in the book).