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Gatsby’s Perspective pg. something to 69 I stood between the tall trees, curiously peaking around the trunks, watching the taxi stroll across the pebbles. As Nick got out of the cab the thoughts in my head dispersed. “Your place looks like the World’s Fair,” Nick exclaimed. I glanced at my house, which shined like it was full of life, but it was empty, every single room; no parties, not even any servants and it made me realise that there was no one for me to share my lights with. “ I have been

The day Papa returned from his trip to Vicksburg, Cassie and Christopher-John had been drawing water from the well. As they were doing this, a sleek, silver Packard drove up and out stepped Mr. Granger. He swiftly walked across the lawn lawn and towards the Logan’s house. Seeing this, Cassie and Christopher-John speedily drew the water from the well and poured it into the bucket. Both of them carried the bucket to the porch and then set it down. Then they tiptoed into Mama’s room to

In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose For Emily”, there are a few themes and symbols that are the most significant. The main character, Emily Grierson, is used to display the struggle against change while trying to keep old traditions alive. Emily’s house is a perfect symbol of old traditions. The theme of death is also displayed, as death seems to just follow Emily throughout her life. At the end of the short story, something as simple as a piece of long, gray hair becomes a huge symbol of

“Okay, so what two elements do we need to include when confronting the ogre?” Maddy asked. “C’mon, guys, we’re almost done.” “Fire and earth,” Roz said, clearly bored out of her skull. She absently began to pull up blades of grass from the academy lawn. “It’s a good thing I’m in your group then, isn’t it? Looks like Maddy and Roz are pretty useless with their water and earth for once,” Fenton said. “Shut up, Fenton,” I said. “You wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for water powers. Remember the creek

Both The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men have settings that help to contribute to their central themes of class divisions and the decline American Dream; however, The Great Gatsby’s setting more intrinsically adds to the moral of the story than that of Of Mice and Men. In order to analyze which novel has the most powerful setting it must be made clear that the power a setting can have on a novel is dependent not only on how well it mirrors the plot and characters, but also how effectively it is

In a society where music is a huge part of everyday life, artists often use their songs to convey a specific message, and Kendrick Lamar's album "To Pimp a Butterfly" is no exception. Through both the album cover and his songs, Lamar spread his views and ideas and identified a wide set of issues across America that he believed needed to be addressed. The album was highly praised, as well as criticized, and earned nominations of “Best Rap Album” and “Album of the Year” at the 2015 Grammys. The cover

Love didn’t exist. It never did. But it did for us. Under the withering oak tree, which was said to have existed since time itself, you lead me. The school playground faded into an impression in the horizon, too far from school grounds for our own good. But you lead me there anyway, as you said it was the prettiest spot in the entire world. A gap toothed smile followed the moment when you took my hand in yours. “Let’s get married.” You said to me. I didn’t mind your gap toothed smile, or your crooked

sitting on a lawn chair out by the strawberry fields, holding a glass in his hand and humming to himself, looking almost happy for once. The strawberries themselves looked suspiciously round and purple. I coughed to let him know I was there, and instantly his face arranged itself into an expression of panic as he looked wildly around to see who had caught him. As soon as he caught sight of me, his customary sneer returned. He refused to look at me, focusing instead on the clear cup in front of him as

Indestructible Dreams: The role of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby The world is always in motion. All aspects of life are constantly changing, reforming, and developing. The American Dream has evolved greatly since the actual term was formulated in 1931 by James Truslow Adams. He proposed the American Dream was “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller”. But F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is based on an entirely different American Dream, one

” by Joyce Carol Oates is a story of nightmares and vanity and how a child becomes an adult in a harsh world. Connie is asleep. Arnold isn’t real. The situation is not real. After her parents left and after she washed her hair she is sitting on a lawn chair in the sun. She falls asleep in the chair dreaming about the boy she met last night. Soon after she falls asleep she hears a car pull into her driveway and thus, we see arnold Friend. Arnold is not real. He is a fine mixture for every male in