A character analysis regarding the dishonesty of Jordan Baker. Response to “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jordan Baker does not get much spotlight when it comes to the analysis of F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s classic,[…]
Tag: The Great Gatsby
Chasing Green Lights and American Dreams
An Apology: I’m so sorry this is like, two weeks late. I blame the school system (cough cough CHEMISTRY cough cough EXAMS), my lack of time management (I really did try; I had a resolution[…]
Death, Dreams, and Daisies: Another Polished Critical
Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves and others. Death, Dreams, and Daisies When thinking of the American Dream, often[…]
Of Colour and Humanity
Colours. They are everywhere, involved in every aspect of our lives. Colours transform the dull and the depressive into the beautiful and the bright. Colours provide our lives with interest and with meaning. Colours allow us[…]
To English with Love
“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” – Romeo and Juliet (Act I, Scene 5) Whether you stroll through the cobbled streets of Paris[…]
The American Dream: A Lighthouse in the Fog
“…there was one persistent story that he didn’t live in a house at all, but in a boat that looked like a house and was moved secretly up and down[…]
Bright Young Things
~ ~ “The parties were bigger. The pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser and the liquour was cheaper.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby ~ By[…]
A Poet’s Homage
I am not an essayist, nor would I ever care to be one. That being acknowledged, I do, at the same time, recognize the purpose critical writing plays in terms of its kinship to literature,[…]
