Name: Shaneice Campbell Date: 5/12/14 Homeroom: Orange Washington D.C. Term Paper Washington D.C. overall was the best school trip I have ever been on. The city surprised me because I expected it to be super fancy and have fancy houses, but it looked just like New York and Downtown Hartford when we first arrived. When I was touring D.C., I liked looking at buildings and how professional people looked. At some points, I though their were too much people for me and I never really liked too much people at one place but I actually liked the people because they were very nice and alot of people took selfies with me.
The brochure attracted our attention so much that we decided in that minute to purchase tickets to Las Vegas. Before we went to Las Vegas, we did not expect that this trip was going to be one of the most exhilarating family vacations we have ever had. We already felt very excited the night before and when we arrived at Las Vegas. It felt so electrifying to imagine the place from the brochure that created wonder and fantasy in my mind. When we the time we arrived, we were all amazed by the atmosphere in the airport.
Gatsby throwing his “shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel” is him trying to show Daisy how wealthy he is enough to afford such beautiful shirts. This shows Gatsby chasing the illusion of the American Dream because he is trying to dress the part of a living a wealthy lifestyle. Another example through imagery is when Nick first attends one of Gatsby’s large, extravagant parties and sees “the cars from New York are parked five deep in the drive, and already the halls and salons and verandas are gaudy with primary colors” (40). People attend Gatsby’s flashy parties to enjoy the glamour and wealth of the mansion, which they believe to be the American Dream. Hundreds of people fill up Gatsby’s “halls and
Puerto Rican American When I was thirteen years of age, my family and I boarded on a plane heading towards New York City. I was extremely upset about the move because I loved my school and was going to miss our house, and all of my friends in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. My mother seemed excited for my father’s interview and possible new job in the service industry at a restaurant that he got from his brother in law. My mother was also ecstatic to possibly start a career as well because she also said New York City is the city where dreams come true. My parents told me I had cousins in New York City and we were going to move in with them in Brooklyn.
(Fante 218, 222) At one point in this novel he put his dreams into precise words, by saying he want to become "a great author with that natty Italian briar, and a cane, stepping out of a big black car, and she was there too, proud as hell of me, the lady in the silver fox fur". (Fante 220) In this excerpt of the novel we also learn that he is struggling with money and already cannot pay for his rent at a hotel. (Fante 221)
Just like my uncle and my dad’s cousin. My love with the military started at a very young age where I was in love with playing with toy soldiers and then later video games made the love grow even more. But one day in 8th grade I was called into the counselor’s office and when I was about to leave I saw a brochure about the Miami Senior High JROTC Battalion. I took one and I went home that day and looked up information about the JROTC program. I loved every detail about it so that’s what I choose when I was picking my electives for my first year of high school.
When I was in ninth grade, my family and I visited New York City, and I immediately fell in love. The bright lights and constant crowd might disenchant some people, but I’ve always found them alluring. The never-stopping bustle and continuous movement is why I would love to have the chance to study at the New York campus of New York University and more specifically
For example, Tom shows his wealth when he went to Yale and enjoys showing off his expensive sport cars to people. Gatsby shows wealth when he quit his janitorial job to get involved with organized crime. Their conflicts for Daisy cause them to hate each other. For instance, Tom screams “I suppose the latest thing
Motivated to earn a degree, I did not let that stop me from achieving my dreams. I came prepared and eager to learn in my class every day. After one month, my high school counselor told me great news, “Based on your translated transcript, you have course credits more than we require, and based on your current grades, you performed well. You are ready to be in the senior level.” Given the opportunity, I did not waste my time lingering around. I asked one of my teachers where she graduated and she said proudly, “University of Michigan”.
You’ve Got Mail: Love in the Modern World When following the story of Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly in Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail, viewers are drawn in by the lovable characters, played by an excellent Tom Hanks and a phenomenal Meg Ryan. Set in the turn of the millennia, right in the bustle of New York City at the rise of the Age of Information as it’s come to be informally known, You’ve Got Mail focuses primarily on how we manage to find love in the modern world, with a backdrop of corporate America to convey a different idea altogether. However, the viewer quickly picks up on the binding aspect, the glue that allows for the story of two unknowing lovers: the internet. The presence of the internet and computers in general begins at the very beginning of the film, with the opening credits taking on a virtual cityscape composed on a computer’s desktop. And from there it does not cease, as the leading couple are introduced in a comedic manner: stealthily signing on to America Online to make correspondence with one another, despite that they have never physically met.