Fabulous Fitz The 1920s was thought of as boisterous era , full of fast cars , jazz , speakeasies and wild parties. People were indulged in new types of dance and style it was the decade of free wheeling and defining probation.  F. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer in the 1920s , his work reflected […]

Life goes on, it doesn’t stop and wait for anyone. People grow old and die, babies are born. Kids learn to walk , to talk to read and to write.  We lose people we love but learn to love others. In the movie ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ director david fincher uses different techniques […]

introduction , life goes on , people change grow old die the cycle of life . things keep moving . mile stones      the old peoples home music voice over narration , daisy story sound , the storm.     throughout the movie a storm appears  lighting  Essay Intro Life goes on , it doesn’t stop […]

An ideal that all humans should have equal opportunity to pursue happiness and success “The American dream is that dream of a land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” -James Truslow Adams American dream settings East egg –  These people are […]

(Gatsby has)“..paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.” high price – death life with daisy  implies that Gatsby never had any other goals  “..shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is. ugly / disgusting  link (via the flower) to daisy  A rose has thorns that can prick […]

“Her Voice is full of money…. that was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money-that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it , the cymbals song if it… high in a white palace the kings daughter the golden girl…” Powerful Valuable Attractive – money is […]

ABOUT half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and […]

Allusion – An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

Tom – through our eyes    Strong Buff Intimidating Overbearing Confident Arrogant Dominering wealthy   Tom – through nicks eyes Strong Sturdy Supercilious Cruel Arrogant Husky Defiant Dominant Aggressive Gruff Power Tom is racist

Nick : Narrator non-judgemental –  “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”  pg 1 People Frequently open up to him and he is bored of this and thinks its shallow. –Most of the confidences were unsoughtfrequently […]