Jay Rosen

Literary Analysis In book, “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts how the American was corrupted through wealth. Fitzgerald provides many examples. The most common example shown was Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s idea that to achieve his American Dream must be to acquire wealth. In order to show this, Fitzgerald uses various literary elements. Two of those being imagery and foreshadowing, these played a critical role in describing the theme, and specific moods to show what was to come and as

Dexter and Gatsby are both similar yet unique characters. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates similar writing styles in portraying Dexter and Gatsby with unique differences. Both characters are born into humble standards. Gatsby and Dexter both move up the social hierarchy, but handle their new status in different ways. They also deal with gaining the affection of a woman in their lives. Dexter reaches a higher status in life by becoming a great golf player. Gatsby moves up in the social hierarchy by

Themes can make a Story In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is home to many themes that play a large part in the story and are the main focus of the readers as well. Some of these main themes include the difference in social classes, isolation & dissatisfaction, and symbolism. Firstly, we have a very prominent theme shown as the differences of social classes. Social is an unusual theme that states that people are separated due to certain ways of life that they live. In the 1920's

1. Identifications • Jebediah Leland: was Charles Kane's penniless best friend whom he met at college and who also became his first reporter. Leland was a very ethical and moral minded person, he had a hard time dealing with Kane’s unscrupulous ways so asked to transfer to Chicago and eventually got fired due to writing a negative(but true review of Susan Alexander’s performance. • Hedda Hopper: was an American actress/gossip columnist, who was notorious for her journalist, bitchiness

The Bulldog An American author, screenwriter, playwright, and actor, Truman Capote was considered a literary genius. The acclaimed writer was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 (Truman Capote). An only child, Truman was largely neglected by his parents, who were a strange pair. His parents, Lillie Mae Faulk and conman Archulus Persons, divorced when Truman was only four years old, leaving him to live with relatives (Truman Capote). As he grew older, he was bullied

Neil deGrasse Tyson once said, “The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.” In Zora Neale Hurston’s riveting novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Tea Cake does just that. Tea Cake’s life is controlled almost entirely by impulse of emotion. He follows his first urge and lets his emotions take a hold of his life, both positively and negatively affecting his relationships and the world

Jerry Seinfeld began his commute after dinner, in no particular hurry. Around quarter to 8 on a drizzly Tuesday, he left his Manhattan home — a palatial duplex apartment with picture windows and a broad terrace overlooking Central Park — and made for a nearby garage. Due to tell jokes at a comedy club downtown, he decided to drive what he calls his “city car”: a 1998 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. Stepping into the garage, he tugged a thick fabric cover from the car. The interior was a pristine matte black

“Downton Abbey” fans have officially sipped their last cup of tea. The long-time running drama series has aired its Season 6 episode finale. What did fans learn from the last six years? It’s over. “Downton Abbey” has already closed its curtains and fans will miss the awkward polite moments and witty remarks. This Sunday’s series finale was described by NY Times as a lesson learned. The lesson being that “Downton Abbey” was a complicated melodrama series that had tons of happy endings. “Downton

Imagine surviving in the Congo jungle, looking for a long-lost city with only a handful of people where even the terrain itself is your adversary. This is one of the many ocurrence sthat happen in Michael Crichton's 348 page book, Congo. The book starts by illustrating a team searching for diamonds in the Congo having a fateful demise, seemingly at the hands of a gorilla. Another expedition team is sent in, this time armed with advanced artifice and Amy, a gorilla trained in American sign language

“I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life-all mystery and magic.” This is one of Harry’s famous quotes. His real name was Ehrich Weisz, and was an immigrant child. He was a magician known for his strength and ability to escape. He has done many amazing escape tricks, including his well-known straight jacket escape and the Chinese water torture chamber escape. Harry was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874, and was one of seven children. He learned to read and write, which