In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story starts off slow. We meet a character named Nick, we know very little about him. The facts he chooses to present to us are short. All that was said was that he grew up in a respectable Chicago family and went to Yale. He likes literature and considers himself one of those specialists known as a "well-rounded man," and he works in the bond business in New York City.
Upon watching Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I couldn’t help but notice some differences between the character I had imagined from reading the book and the character portrayed by actor Martin Freeman. Bilbo Baggins is introduced to the reader in the very first chapter An Unexpected Party as a seemingly typical hobbit; he loves food, his pipe and the comforts of his home in Bag End. Bilbo is a Baggins who are considered “very…respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected” (12). However, there is more to Bilbo than meets the eye as he is also part Took who are “not entirely hobbitlike” (13) due to their knack for adventure. Initially the movie portrays Bilbo accurately when he encounters Gandalf the wizard and politely declines his suggestion for an adventure, “Sorry!
He’s filled with “wisdom and chivalrie” (7), and he’s also quite a conqueror, who has won”ful many a riche contree” (6). Although Theseus is being a very brave man, he needs to be sure Creon ensures to not go without punishment. Also, he must resolve the quarrel amongst Palamon and Arcite, not just for the reason that it comprises of a family member, but because it is producing domestic turbulence amongst his land, resulting in him not having the necessary control. Theseus not only rules but he takes the time to reflect on life’s rules and to share his insights with those around him. His first encounter was when he found Palamon and Arcite arguing in the woods
Steinbeck uses their appearances to show how completely different these two men are. George is said to have “sharp features” and Lennie is described to be “shapeless of face” this tells us that George is has a sharp intelligent mind while Lennie is simple and forgetful which helps us to understand why George travels in front and is also the leader. Steinbeck then tells us that George and lennie are dressed in “denim trousers and denim coats” the typical uniform for migrant workers. In the 1930s migrant workers travelled alone as it was easier to find work for one, and were said to be “the loneliest men on earth” the fact that George and Lennie travel together highlights the strangeness and importance of this unlikely friendship. From the start of the dialogue Steinbeck introduces a father and son relationship as George looks after Lennie by carrying his work card and bus ticket.
One of the most present themes in Portrait of a Lady is that of possession. James postulates extensively in this novel on the posessor’s and posessees’s psyches as well as their individual motivations. In no better place is this pondering more present than in the relationship between Osmond and Isabelle. Osmond exemplifies best the theme of possession in the way he feels about and treat Isabelle. Throughout the novel he treats her like an object to be conquered and controlled, expecting nothing more (and nothing less) of her than to be quiet and pretty.
Lennie here’ll be on road in two, three weeks” showing that he was an experienced head and that he had, as the quote suggests, seen many men come and go- with him staying a permanent fixture. After all despite his individuality of race he is also situated in his own room which gives him individuality form others. Crooks is fairly neat and this may say a lot about his personality in the sense that he is organised and that he is tidy. The fact that he does not have many visitors may be a contributing factor to this tidiness suggesting that he doesn’t have much else to do. Crooks is also very lonely and is very much reliant on his
Fitz Gerald places a strong emphasis on setting in the story of The Great Gatsby in order to portray key ideas and concepts in the novel including character information as well as sociology of the time period. The depth Fitz Gerald goes into regarding setting allows us as readers to build up a clear image and enhance our overall appreciation of the novel. In chapter one we see Nick Caraway move into a cottage beside an extravagant mansion which belongs to J Gatsby. Setting is used in this instance to give us an early insight into Gatsby through a rather detailed description of his house. ‘A colossal affair by any standard – it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw Ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.’ By this description one of the primary things which we notice is how extravagant the house is.
This novel is well known for many things, but possibly the most well-noted is its rites-of-passage portrayal and throughout many phrases and paragraphs can be extracted that add to this. At the beginning of the book, it is clear that Jim has been well-protected from the outside world by his parents and knows fairly little of it, as any 11 year-old would. On the second page in Ballard writes: “like all children, Jim was intrigued by alcohol but vaguely disapproved of it,” the fact that Jim was ‘intrigued’ by alcohol exhibits that he was curious of it, it was something he had never really understood. This highlights his youthfulness and innocence. A page after this, it is clear he has great interest in childish things: “Yang enjoyed impressing his eleven-year-old passenger with tall tales of film stunts and trick effects.” Young children, generally, enjoy stories told with great exaggeration and ‘tall tales’ implies that these stories were only partly true, most likely exaggerated to please and ‘impress’ Jim.
His mansion represents a typical starter house of an upcoming or new rich person, because it was built to look as if it was built a long time ago even though it is newly built. Trying to make the house look older then it is also indicates that Gatsby is trying to make a name for him self and pretend that he belongs in the West Egg community of “new rich”. Having such a huge mansion you could imagine Gatsby had a huge family or lots of friends but that was not the case. His home most of the time was empty, only during the weekends when Gatsby held his grand parties the entire neighborhood would come to visit, but not because they were friends with Gatsby they came just to have fun. The big, grand mansion can lie about its owner’s social position, like in Gatsby’s case, he was quite lonely and
This shows that even though you may grow up in a rough part of the world, that there are still very gifted and intelligent people wherever you go; Jay Z is a prime example of this. 2) How did he surprise/disappoint you? I was surprised by the environment that Jay Z was surrounded by in Marcy. By his descriptions in chapter 1 of the book, it sounded like a very rough place to live at the time. There was gang violence as well as drugs being distributed around where Jay Z was from.