The Roaring Girl

said as my mom walked down the hall. My mom looked very nice. She had a long orange skirt with a black tank top with an orange shrug over it. “You look very nice tonight Mrs. Friedman.” “Thank you Alexa, and you look very nice tonight yourselves girls” my mom said. As we walked out side something weird happened. We all heard a big ROAR! We looked over to see a dark figure rising from the ground, and the mall being infested by robots. “I have a feeling this is not going to be a normal Halloween

three seconds. The sky was deep blue, with a grayish tint. The distant roaring of thunder was prominent. A young girl, about 15, quietly walked on the vacant street. Her bright red boots were now a dull shade of gray, and her clothes were drenched. Every step she took let out a faint squeak. The girl stopped in front of a washed-out playground and apprehensively glanced at her watch. “Max! Where are you? We’re getting late!” the girl hollered. A young boy ran towards her. His round face shone as he happily

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel written about the adventures one man encounters as he moves to New York in the roaring 20s. As the storyline follows Nick Carraway, he meets oodles of interesting folks and happens to move in next to the Jay Gatsby, a man with an immaculate mansion in which he hosts prestigious parties filled with splendor and luxury. This Gatsby man seems to be quite the mystery to most, but as Nick continues to get to know Jay for who he really is, he begins

they do affects others. Something in every one of these relationships mirrors F. Scott Fitzgerald's own life. He was madly in love with a beautiful girl that came from money and had to publish his first book before she consented to marry him. Once they were married, they were considered one of the leading couples, like Tom and Daisy, in the roaring twenties. The life they lived was a reflection of Gatsby's parties. Mrs. Fitzgerald lost her mind and was put in an institution; Myrtle acted irrational

contrary, he appears to be someone he is not. He possesses these evil traits. Second of all, the drive in restaurant that seems to be Connie’s happy place in her life has become the allegory of the church. In the mean time, Connie is a fifteen-year-old girl who seems to be searching for her identity as any other teenager. As Oates stated, “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home: her walk, which could be childlike and bobbing,

The Nineteen Twenties, sometimes known as The Roaring Twenties ,was the time period between 1920-1929. Jazz music, flappers, and bootlegging were prominent during this time. Alcohol was banned causing the crime rates to skyrocket and the consumption of alcohol fluctuated. The nineteen twenties were a time for change both socially and politically. America’s wealth increased significantly and people listened to the same genres of music, and bought the same things. Even with all the changes that came

F. Scott Fitzgerald was the model of the American image in the nineteen twenties. He had wealth, fame, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter; all seemed perfect. Beneath the gilded façade, however, was an author who struggled with domestic and physical difficulties that plagued his personal life and career throughout its short span. This author helped to launch the theme that is so prevalent in his work; the human instinct to yearn for more, into the forefront of American literature, where it

I remember always thinking ‘What if I could fly’? I always wanted to fly and fall through the air, without injury. The feeling of freedom. My body tumbling and drifting in the air. Wind rustling and roaring in my ears. My body free of restrictions, free from gravity, free from life. I guess one could equate this to a want for freedom of responsibilities and boundaries, metaphorically speaking. So, while on vacation around mid-march in southern Mexico, I decided to go parasailing. A quest similar

The Roaring Twenties, as they were known, were a time of scandal and mayhem in America. From the hilariously obeyed Prohibition to the new roles of women, the twenties were the personification of a rebellious teenager. It comes to no surprise then that one of the most infamous authors of the twenties, F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote mainly one that rebelliousness. In his short story, The Jelly-bean, Fitzgerald describes the life of one of those very teenagers. The all-seeing narrator, makes sure that

Juliet are talking, she briefly describes all of the things she would rather do than marry Count Paris. She would rather leap from a tall tower. She would rather walk where thieves lay. She would rather sit down with the snakes; or chain her with roaring bears. This shows Juliet’s determination in loving Romeo and being by his side at all times. These words are very demeaning and if Count Paris were to hear what Juliet was saying, it would crush his ego and dignity. Juliet’s derogative words just