Amanda Wittry Mrs. Johansen English 11 17 February 2013 Alcoholism in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby The author‚ Samuel Johnson once said that “Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost”. Francis Scott Fitzgerald lived during the Jazz Age‚ a time of frivolous and carefree living. He and his wife Zelda became engrossed in this lifestyle‚ they spent their time drinking and partying. They appeared to have a perfect life‚ but in reality they struggled
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Roaring Twenties Culturally and socially‚ the Roaring Twenties were a heady time of rapid change‚ artistic innovation‚ and high-society antics. Popular culture roared to life as the economy boomed. New technologies‚ soaring business profits‚ and higher wages allowed more and more Americans to purchase a wide range of consumer goods. Prosperity also provided Americans with more leisure time‚ and as play soon became the national pastime‚ literature‚ film‚ and music caught up to document the times
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Overall how does Fitzgerald treat women in his novel? During the 1920s’ (also known as the Roaring 20s or the Jazz Age) women became more independent post-WW1‚ as they were finally given the right to vote. The 1920s’ was a decade of ‘the flapper‚’ the young women who exercised unprecedented freedom‚ having short hair‚ wearing relatively short skirts and applying make-up of a kind that had previously suggested immorality. Greatly increased mobility‚ in search of pleasure was a characteristic of a
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The Roaring Clouds Roaring of clouds? Have you ever seen the monsoon clouds? They are the actual definition of roaring clouds‚ they are never in ease and peace - there is always a dragon with gushing fire hiding behind them and ironically these clouds lead to rain and cool breeze lowering the overall temperatures. Now the question arises - how an individual or a nation becomes a roaring cloud? Obviously when they realize the fact that there comes a limit for all their sufferings n they actually
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B. Fall and Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. The Secretary of Interior‚ Albert B. Fall‚ in 1921‚ secured the transfer of several naval oil reserves to his jurisdiction. In 1922‚ Fall secretly leased reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming to Harry F. Sinclair of Monmouth Oil and at Elk Hills in California to Edward Doheny of Pan-American Petroleum. A Senate investigation later revealed that Sinclair had given Fall $305‚000 in cash and bonds and a herd of cattle‚ while Doheny had given him a $100
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Women in Korean Society: A Past and Present Perspective Soobeen Hyun G9B “The Music from Gwangsang Mountian where I played in my dream” is one of the most famous poems‚ which was written by a woman who lived in 1500s. The poem basically means that the writer of this poem eager to escape from the patriarchal society. The poem was written by a Korean women poet “Heo Hanselheon” who lived in 1500s wrote this poem before she died. This poem is describing when she had a dream that she was in the place
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achievement." The American Dream‚ although different for every American‚ is a personal paradise‚ to which all aspire. It promises prosperity and self-fulfillment as well as rewards for hard work and self-reliance. In "Winter Dreams‚" a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the protagonist Dexter Green strives to obtain his dream in gaining the status of what he considers to be "elite." This story demonstrates how personal ambition and networking presents an opportunity for success and the achievement of the American
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Fitzgerald uses many different literary techniques and vivid when describing the lights and colours of the party to exaggerate the sense of how bright the lights and colours of his parties are. He seems to say that the brightness of the lights at Gatsby’s party are equivalent to the those of the sun. He writes that “the light grows brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun” he is talking about the sun going down and everything becoming darker‚ however he then says that “the light grows brighter”
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Women in Our Society Hopefully we can all agree that absent exceptional circumstances‚ we should strive for a society that treats men and women fairly. However‚ it would be a mistake to think that the only sort of unfairness that matters is gender inequity. It’s unfair that tall people and pretty people earn more money than average. It’s unfair that more personable individuals are more likely to get hired or promoted even for jobs where these skills are not essentials. Human interactions are rife
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The Roaring 20s The 1920’s were a time of prosperity‚ at least that’s what it looked like. In all reality it was a time of economic and social change. It was a time in which American morals declined and the government shifted to a more liberal government. Gone were the time off long dresses and the separation of the sexes. It became a time of flappers‚ bootleggers and gangsters. A time of big business and prohibition. Government seemed to take a backseat to business. This essay will show the decline
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