She awoke with an ache in her neck and the bitter taste of yesterday on her tongue. It was a thursday. Tuesdays had tended been friendly to her‚ thursdays however had never treated her kindly. One of her happiest tuesdays had been near a year before this morning; where after realising that her time of the month hadn’t occurred for over one‚ it was tested and became apparent that she was pregnant. How or why the protection did not function was a mystery to her‚ for in those days she had always
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Interpretation "Smile" Never could a smile have been more disgraceful for Matthew than the one he bared in the short story "Smile"‚ written by D.H. Lawrence. Matthew‚ the main character‚ receives a telegram informing him of his wife’s critical health. Then‚ he goes to see Ophelia‚ his wife‚ in the convent where she resides. The relationship between the couple is problematic; they have separate 12 times. Once at the convent‚ the setting of the story‚ the Mother Superior informs Matthew that his
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The Great Gatsby is a novel that is treasured as a renewable book in American literature collections. Read among a variety of age groups‚ it holds testament to its honorary title. The missive of the how the pursue of American dream can lead to consequences and decoration are not only evident in the star characters‚ but in the relevance of modernity‚ drama‚ and composition in F. Scott- Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is not a story about Jay Gatsby. It is a story about the green light
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Style: Using Multiple Intelligences Scoring • Logical-mathematical Intelligence: • Verbal-linguistic intelligence: • Interpersonal intelligence: • Intrapersonal intelligence: 2 • Musical intelligence:2 Brief Interpretation: In general‚ my score seems avarage. In my opinion‚ I thinks my score at logical-mathematical intelligence would be more higher. I’d rather to refer and interested in things that’s rational and logical. When I learn‚ the picture‚ graphs‚ charts
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“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald was a defining author of Modernism. From 1914-1946 Modernism was a big part of the times cultural trends and experimenting with everything from styles to writings to science. Flappers‚ parties‚ gangsters‚ love‚ and tragedy all influenced Fitzgerald greatly because he lived it. Most of Fitzgerald’s books and stories are about love and tragedy.
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obsession with materialism. This issue and the corruption that accompanied it was commonly discussed in the literature of the time. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy and Tom Buchanan as well as their connections to Modernism in order to criticize the hedonistic nature of the traditional upper class during the Jazz Age. Daisy’s wealth allows her to be careless and reckless‚ which is seen through her selfish treatment of her
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Modernism takes place near the early 20th century and is the celebration of inner strength. It is a world where god is not in control and man’s own destiny is defined by itself. Social and political views are strong and truth relies in science and the views of the people. I believe The Great Gatsby falls into modernism for many different reasons. The book displays many instances of social platforms‚ materialism‚ 20th century struggles‚ increases in wealth and city life as well as taking
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of Modernism in 1920s differentiated two different standards of upper classes. While the “Old money” inherited wealth from their predecessors‚ the “New money” prospered through hard works and the perception of the American Dream. Many American authors are significant for distinguishing the deformity of society that Modernism has created‚ which in many ways still exists in the present day. One of the most important literary works that clearly depicts the American society based on the Modernism movement
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Functionalist vs. Symbolic Interactionist Functionalists believe that each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society’s functioning as a whole to create stability or work toward the same common goal. The government‚ or state‚ provides education for the children of the family‚ which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. The family is dependent upon the school to help children grow up to have good jobs so that they can raise and support their own
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Modernists see the ugly in the world‚ unlike realists who see beauty in the ugly. Fitzgerald uses the characters in The Great Gatsby to represent modernism as a rejection of traditional themes. Most of the characters in the novel follow traditions that get rejected because they seemed to be empty. In The Great Gatsby‚ that tradition is the American Dream. Gatsby himself is an example of one of those characters. Nick‚ however‚ is the one who sees the emptiness in those traditions. Fitzgerald
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