The Glamorous Life

“Come on in ma’am” I uttered in Spanish to the women clad in a colorful Mayan dress near the entrance of the clinic. It was my first day as a medical volunteer in Guatemala and I had been assigned the duty of interviewing patients and formulating differential diagnoses under the supervision of Dr. Reyes, the clinics' head physician. “Tell me about your headache” I said to the patient as she took her seat. She professed that her headache, which had bothered her for two weeks, was intermittent, diffuse

The one that is not so perfect or glamorous. He describes how Mulholland drive becomes a dirt road for nearly 8 miles with empty hillsides and not much of the glamour is left. He describes how the water is being taken from the Owens Valley. For me this shows the hardship that California faces

She wants a life that is glamorous and fun, but in reality she’s the wife of a mechanic, so she’ll never really get to experience a glamorous life. She’s considered lower class, so her aspirations to be rich led her to having an affair with Tom Buchanan. It’s probably the closest she has ever been to making herself feel a bit higher

This mixture of purpose that people search for in life can be found written in Modernist works such as Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The book focuses on society, the way it works and how it was seen during the time period. The fictitious Jay Gatsby basically hones each of the aspects of achieving the

world. How did a magazine like this become so popular and worldwide famous. Vogue magazine was found in 1892 by Arthur Turnure. When it was first founded the idea for vogue was not about high fashion it was about celebrating the ceremonial side of life it had sections for art and literature. It included social affairs and sports targeted for men as well as women. Now, since Anna Wintour became editor in chief it is now primarily for woman as there is no sports section no literature or social affairs

Color Purple has an unusual plot that exemplifies a woman's life through her dilemmas and hardships. Celie’s only means of survival are to accept her harsh reality. Celie's take us through a series of letters to God, some never sent or received to ever be looked at. The letters were her way of keeping her sanity in an abusive world from her father Alfonso and Albert, where only a few others cared to pay attention to her. The mid-point of her life comes after Celie's husband takes home the woman he has

In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, wealth and social status play a substantial role in every character's life; from the wealthy Jay Gatsby to the poor gas station owner George Wilson. The characters in the novel lead fake lives, full of greed and carelessness. Jay Gatsby fills his life with glamorous parties every weekend to try and capture Daisy's eye. This is presented by the quote, “On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning

“The American Dream is that vision of a land in which life may be better and more productive for each person”, James Truslow Adams. For many people the American dream is to come to USA and start a new life. However, I had not analyzed this thought until I faced the situation of choosing whether to come to this magnificent, flourishing country or stay close to my loved ones. As a recent graduate the decision was not easy; I had to take into consideration some parameters in order to make that decision

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925, is a romantic novel focused on society in the 1920’s in America. The novel takes place in New York during an age when parties and glamorous social events took place regularly. Fitzgerald uses his characters to emphasize social status and wealth. Romance and affairs occur throughout the story among almost all the characters. The main character, Nick Carraway, searches for the American Dream in New York and seeks to find wealth like that

American classic? Author, F.Scott Fitzgerald, portrays his novel The Great Gatsby with a unique writing style, structure, and captures life in the 1920s realistically. Fitzgerald demonstrates the theme of illusion vs. reality by showing life in the Roaring 20 was not as glamorous it seemed to be through his character’s lifestyles. With such a decorative and fast pace life the characters start to lose touch with reality, therefore tricking them into mistaking their illusion as reality. Fitzgerald was