In The Great Gatsby‚ an American classic depicting what has become known as “the roaring 20’s‚” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses several literary elements and plot details to show the depreciation of the American Dream through the narrator’s opinion of the state of the American dream‚ the lives of those who pursue it‚ and the result of their pursuit. Fitzgerald defines the state of the American dream through comparisons of what it had been to what he currently sees it to be in the high class society of New
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Song of Solomon‚ by: Toni Morrison I. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931. She was born in Lorain‚ Ohio to an African-American working class family. She always had an interest in literature‚ and studied humanities at Howard and Cornell universities. She began her career as a novelist in 1970‚ gaining attention from literary critics and readers for her poetic‚ expressive descriptions of the Black community in America. She has been honored with numerous awards‚ including the Pulitzer
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within the text and in a separate reference page. Elements of Academic Writing: All academic papers should include these elements. Introduction with a thesis statement Supporting paragraphs Conclusion Themes & Corresponding Works Choose only two of the works within your selected theme. Race / Ethnicity Country Lovers (Gordimer) The Welcome Table (Walker) What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (Smith) Child of the Americas (Morales) Gender Roles / Marriage The Secret Life of Walter
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Evaluation of Pip‚ and His Great Expectations In the year 1860‚ author Charles Dicken’s began his thirteenth novel‚ Great Expectations. The work is a coming-of-age novel‚ which tells the life story of an orphan boy named Pip‚ who much like Dickens’ in his earlier years is unhappy with his current life. A number of Charles Dickens’ personal life events are mirrored in the novel‚ leaving Great Expectations to be one of his most autobiographical works. Young Pip‚ the protagonist
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Henry Rider Haggard sets out to create an epic tale of courage‚ a breathtaking drama that attempts to capture‚ within its limits‚ the universal spirit of adventure. He appeals in particular to the proverbial young male that seeks an audacious inspiration in life by which to model his own. He entices his readers because his motives lie simply in his desire to entertain‚ to delight‚ and to enthrall anyone with a prolific imagination. However‚ this purely entertaining account of an eclectic and adventuresome
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Loneliness is a quality everyone can understand and relate to. Pieces of literature such as The Catcher In the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ and Heart is a Lonely Hunter‚ written by Carson McCullers‚ both exhibit loneliness as key aspects in their works. In the novel‚ The Catcher In the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield does not know how to treat women which partially explains why he is lonesome. For example‚ an ironic action Holden commits is he requests Sally Hayes to go on a date with him‚ but by the end
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Solomon Northup was born free black man and lived in upstate New York. Solomon was a educated and good working man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. In March 1841 Northup was conned by two men‚ claiming that they wanted Northup to be a fiddler in their circus act‚ Northup was convinced‚ and went with the men to Washington‚ from there Northup was drugged‚ and lost consciousness‚ when he awoke he was shackled down in an underground jail cell. Soon after Northup was shipped to New Orleans where
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Those born into wealth were held at a higher esteem than those who had struggled and worked for their success. In this time the wealthy spent their time entertaining high-class social parties‚ and playing polo in the summer. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the Buchanans represent "old money" and as a result hold themselves superior to others despite not having worked for their money or status. As a result of his enormous wealth‚ Tom Buchanan presents himself as a man of the ’dominant’
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel that captures the essence of life in America during the 1920s. Techniques and conventions of characterization‚ setting‚ symbolism‚ plot and tone are used to make timeless comments on the context of this text. Fitzgerald comments on the power of wealth‚ the suffering of the working class‚ the inability to escape society’s rigid social classes and that individuals form relationships for selfish reasons during the 1920s. Fitzgerald uses the
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In addition‚ the unique structure is evident in both “Chronicles of A death Foretold” and “The Great Gatsby”‚ but the use of structure was used to play the same purpose in both novel; and that is to demonstrate the chronology and its effect in justifying the death evident in both novels. In Chronicle of a death foretold the most prominent form of structure that was evident is narrative structure. The way in which the author divided the narrative structure of the plot and events is through 5 sections
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