Birling tries to intimidate Inspector Goole by boasting about his status and the type of people he knows, for example when Birling mentions the engagement between Sheila and Gerald Croft - a name made famous by 'Croft's limited', Birling brings this up to intimate the Inspector as Birling expects his status to buy him away from trouble and put him above the law. Birling becomes impatient easily and loses his temper quickly as he realises Goole doesn't want to play along with his tactics of trying to avoid confrontation about his responsibility with Eva Smith's death. He doesn't want to accept the fact he might have given a reason for her to kill herself and reckons she is the one at fault, he's pompous and sexist and abdicating his responsibility when being interviewed. Birling is also presented to expect him to gain respect and wishes for everyone to agree with his capitalist attitude. He believes himself to be superior and tries to take hold and control the interview with the Inspector when he abruptly comments on how he doesn't like his 'tone', which is ironic as Birling's 'tone' has been unacceptable and spiteful towards the inspector throughout their interview, proving his confidence and his big headed
He was very critical of the courts lifestyle which made him appear to look superior to the Royalists and this was furthered by his daughter’s marriage to Charles’s brother to which many Royalists became jealous over his influence and strength in position, increasing their dislike of Clarendon. His method of land settlement also upset some Royalists because it meant that those who had sold their land during the interregnum wouldn’t be refunded. Their resentment at this treatment also was to cause problem with Parliament later. He also played a key role in Charles' marriage to Catherine of Braganza and her failure to bear children was also damaging to Clarendon, as he was accused of marrying Charles to an infertile bride for personal gain as his grandchild would become the next heir. These factors all upset the royalists and meant they had negative opinions of Clarendon which they were able to whisper in Charles’s ear when Clarendon wasn’t around and turn Charles’s more against Clarendon so it became easier to dismiss him and use him as a scapegoat later on.
However he is still unhappy, not until Daisy leaves Tom. Gatsby’s striving for the American Dream has left him vulnerable to the corruption of the upper class and has decided upon his death. Daisy is Gatsby’s biggest dream, he believes that if he could win her back he will find his true happiness. However Daisy is not willing to leave her husband because of his status in the upper class society. Daisy as well as Jordan are described as innocent and pure throughout the first couple chapters of the novel – “ They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering…”.
She could tell that he had “new money,” first because of their past and her knowing his wealth did not come from his family, and second, because of where he lived. West Egg was considered where people with “new money” live, and East Egg was considered where people with “old money” lived. People in East egg, had much more influence on society, such as Daisy’s husband Tom, whose “speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked—and there were men at New Haven who had hated his
Etienne De Leon Professor Prietas R. English III 2/27/2014 The Great Ambition Dream, love, and unreachable- pretty depressing concepts. You see them in life, witness them in action, and notice how many people suffer. They long for love, and their dreams, but to some, such ideas are unreachable. Although, to others it may be more mental thoughts of pessimism, but the rest, they literally can’t reach for their goals. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, we meet a wealthy mysterious man named Gatsby.
Be relentlessly clear. All good writing instruction repeats this refrain: Show, don’t tell. In other words, illustrate your points with specifics. Example: You want to say someone in your company is a bad boss. Rather than making that general statement, say something like, “He got a promotion based on his assistant’s detailed reports, but then—despite the company’s record profits—denied that assistant even routine cost-of-living raises.” 6.
While Living in New York (The New World), Baldwin was fearful of his surroundings. He was unable to cope with the racial tension, and the lack of intellectual stimulation around him. As stated in this quote “we have a very deep-seated distrust of real intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope it does that myth of America to which we cling so desperately). An American writer fights his way to one of the lowest rungs on the American social ladder by means of pure bull-headedness and an indescribable series of odd jobs. He probably has been a “regular fellow” for much of his adult life, and it is not easy for him to step out of that lukewarm bath.” The society of the new world was one of intellectual bondage, preventing a writer from reaching their full
Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby requires a basic understanding of the social classes; this includes their status, which pertains to their wealth, leading to their popularity among true peers. The narrator, Nick Carraway, personally realized that even with all the wealth and all the popularity in the world, discrimination and prejudice due to social status would never completely fade away. Yet, to the opposing extreme, one with all wealth and highest social status would not achieve true bonds with one another. “…I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.” (Fitzgerald 17). In other words, basic respect and appreciation for one another is, naturally, distributed unevenly, the richer the more honored, the poorer the more prejudice.
Being knocked down a peg in society brings us back to wishing we could just accept or afford the little house with the picket fence. As soon as we are able to fulfill that dream again, if ever, we become greedy again. People crave for more and I believe it is only human to feel this way; this helps us to fit into society and feel as though we are living the American dream. For some people they struggle to live the American dream and tend look to the government for help. Feeling helpless due to the economy they become addicted to claiming help from other sources other than themselves because it just seems easier.
The effect that this recession had on society is monstrous. It essentially paved the way for female run industries, and shed a new light on what it means to be a man nowadays. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a man wanting to provide for his family, it would almost come as second nature to most people. Statistical information previously stated is evidence in itself to prove the facts that men did have a higher unemployment rate than women, but it is effect on society that became argumentative. Without a doubt, both men and women are equally just as hard working- they aim to achieve the same goals of providing for their family and living a comfortable financially stable life.