The Lord Family Mansion At The Beginning Of The Film

Spanning back to the storied “Gilded Age” of an America burgeoning economically as a result of the industrial revolution, the Newport Mansions were erected by the ultra-rich families like the Vanderbilts. Serving as both a monument to their financial

Gatsby’s mansion seems more dull in the film than in the novel. In the book, his mansion is described as lavish and tasteful (though Gatsby himself is not tasteful, his mansion and its furnishings are). But in the film, his mansion is but a venue for parties – it is grandiose but lacks taste. This aids in accentuating the fact that Gatsby’s wealth does not satisfy him – his mansion seems grand and elegant from the outside but is tasteless from within; he is rich in material wealth but is empty and dissatisfied inside.

The word “gaudy” demonstrates things that are loud, and wanting to be seen, showing that these people want others to see how much money they have and they are not embarrassed. “halls and salons and verandas” shows there are colorful and this party stands out, and is meant to highlight the wealth of it, and Gatsby. The valley of ashes which is a less wealthy area people blend in rather than stand out, suggesting that people do not want to face the poverty of the people there and the inhabitants don't want to highlight it. Also at this party the setting is very luxurious and excessive and full of wealthy people, there is a superficiality of the upper classes against the not so rich this links as well with the idea of consumerism.

With Gaskell's descriptive details, the wealth of the Carson family is made concrete: "Mr. Carson's house was a good house, and furnished with disregard to expense. But in addition to lavish expenditure, there was much taste shown, and many articles chosen for their beauty and elegance. Adorned his rooms" (10-14). The Carson's are seen as having expensive and tasteful choices in the furniture that adorn their house, expensive and tasteful choices, which they can obviously afford. Not only can they afford the posh house, but also multiple servants at their beck and call. The Carsons are rich enough to pay someone else to do the work around the house and ultimately take care of them, such as making breakfast. "The servants [were] very busy with preparations for breakfast" (18-19). The Carson's wealthy is, again, seen through the fully stocked kitchen that the servants are working in, a "kitchen hung round with glittering tins, where roaring fire burnt merrily, and where numbers of utensils hung round" (22-24). The servants are also in an environment where there are mouth-watering "broiled steaks, […] toasted bread, and boiled eggs" (28-29). The Carsons are wealthy enough to have such a fulfilling meal, and it is only just for breakfast; there is still lunch and dinner and perhaps, snacks in between. As a representation of the lower class, Wilson and the servants would be lucky

Oaklands Historic House Museum or Oakland’s Mansion is one of Middle Tennessee’s most historic homes known for its unique Italianate design. The Oaklands Mansion was settled by the Maney family almost two sanctuaries ago. They moved there in about 1818 and started out with a two room cabin which they later built around to make it bigger in the 1820s. With 8 children and the family growing, the next addition to the house was finished by the 1830s.

When I grow up, I want to be a black gum tree. Black gum trees are known for their internal strength. Instead of dwelling on outward beauty, they spend more time focusing on their inner growth and developing their core. Only after they have achieved this goal can they produce beautiful fruits that draw animals near to them. Any surfaces that the berries touch are stained as to say, “I was here and made a permanent difference.” After they have utilized their outward influences, they use their internal scars and hollow places to protect the animals surrounding around it. If human lives were to reflect the concepts of the black gum tree, governments, individuals, and communities would be radically transformed. While this is a beautiful image,

When first coming to this country as a Hispanic American you may face a lot of difficulties and find more problems than the average white American. Hispanic people go through different adversities and have trouble overcoming them. In The House on Mango Street the main character Esperanza is the one that narrates the story, she explains what it is like to live on Mango Street. She shows the readers that living on Mango Street is perceived as a terrible area, if one were looking from the outside in. But those that live there feel that they live in fair living conditions. The fact is most of the people who live on Mango Street don 't know what it 's like to live outside of mango street. In the story, they show a lifestyle that most Hispanic people deal with especially the ones that come to America and have to figure out how to make ends meet. In The House on Mango Street, the novel has many themes and problems, such as gender inequality, stereotypes, and language barriers. With short stories like "Aria" and "the myth of Latin Woman," a solution is always found. Sometimes there is a simple solution and other times, it is not so easy to find, or there 's just no solution to solving the characters problems and they are still trying to look for results.

In both pieces, author Jon Ronson and author Michael Lewis have two different perceptions on living styles. In Ronson’s excerpt he believes when someone has a lot of money, their living style should be lavish and expensive. The wealthy should have huge houses, private jets, expensive cars, and other elegant luxuries. While Lewis, who had the pleasure of staying in a $8 million dollar mansion for $13,000 a month, went onto explain how it was great living in a house that was so big. He also had such high-priced items in and around the property that eventually it was too tough to maintain it all. After being settled into the mansion for quite some time Lewis decided that this house was definitely not for him and his family. He came to the

In the book “The Great Gatsby” wealth affects the lives of many characters in the book, examples of these characters are; Daisy,Tom, and Gatsby. All these characters either had a dream to become wealthy, bribed people, or just cared about money, not love.Because of their obsession with wealth this led to many problems with other characters, showing the bad traits of others, and overall showing how wealth can almost always have a negative effect on a person.

Wealth is the average picture of the good life. Many in this world stride to become wealthy and live a luxurious life. Being wealthy determines a certain lifestyle considering the way you live and even where you live. If you were to look up wealth in a dictionary it would say wealth is an abundance of money. Gatsby the main character of the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald just so happens to be living the wealthy lifestyle. In the book it shows many different types of lifestyles during this era. Another character that goes by the name Tom Buchanon lives on a large property. They describe his home as “more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion…” (Fitzgerald 6). Which at this time is rare to own. His house is large and elegant he had a large inheritance of money that he used for the “look” of his family. Then to see the other side of the world there was a place called the “valley of ashes” that has no wealth at all this is where Wilson and Myrtle lived. It was explained as “....a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys….” (Fitzgerald 23). This is how Fitzgerald describes the poor side of town. The valley of ashes is the dirty and poor industrial zone back then. There were many ties between the different groups back then of West Egg and East Egg.

Houses in The Great Gatsby are another on of the very important symbols, depicting conspicuous consumption, and the hopeless wish of the American dream. "the one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, ing new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. it was Gatsby's mansion (9)." Gatsby's house, and his elaborate parties, signify a certain emptiness in Gatsby. His only reason for setting up these gigantic parties in his large house is to, though futile, attract the attention of Daisy. His enormous house goes to show that he has this money to spend, but spends it on something that will not help him to be happy, or to catch the attention of Daisy; This is probably the most conspicuous consumption of all. Tom Buchanan also has a large house, but for entirely different reasons. "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile,

Two worlds. Two names. One person. In life there are always two sides to a situation, and two sides to a story. Sometimes there are two sides to someone’s life. There is always going to be tension between the two sides to show that every situation is going to have a more and less favorable side, and they are both there to show us who we are. The House on Mango Street is about a girl named Esperanza, and she is trying to find her place on mango street, and her place in life. Her life is impacted, in good ways and bad, by every person that she meets. We follow her, her family, her friends, and others in her journey of living on mango street, and experience her growing, developing, and experiencing the life made for her. In the book The House

Our homes are the reflection of the people we are, or that we try to be. Authors can use a character’s home to indirectly characterize their social position, lifestyle and personality. This is clearly shown in the novel “The Great Gatsby”, which depicts the early 1920s, which were famous for the strength of the economy and the strive for a higher social status. F. Scott Fitzgerald developed his main characters by describing their homes. Gatsby’s “new money” is shown off by the appearance of his home and his huge parties. The Buchanans’ home flaunts their wealth. Nick, on the other hand, has a small house that seems misplaced next to the two mansions between which it sits.

One of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce,

In the first chapter Briony’s wealth and luxury that comes with their high position on the social hierarchy is described many times throughout the chapter. Because they were in the upper class, they had a lot of money, so their lives were luxurious and their kids were spoiled, as well as having many privileges. Their house is big and inviting where it states, “ there was a cordial in the kitchen, a tour of the house, a swim in the pool, and lunch in the south garden.” (pg.9) The quote radiates the warm feeling of home, but also carries the tone of snobbiness as they show of their house to the newcomers, the kitchen, pool, and gardens that their class brings to them. Being in the upper class rewarded the people with luxury. Being in the upper