Great Gatsby 2
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author who is distinguished for his use of
symbolism in his literature, like in the novel The Great Gatsby. He
uses the image of Doctor T. J. Eckelburg's eyes to symbolize a godlike
being. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the two women in yellow at
Gatsby's party to represent the values of the 1920's. The food provided
at Gatsby's party symbolically represents the members of 1920's
society. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Symbolism in the novel The Great
Gatsby as an accurate reflection of life in the American 1920's. In
The Great Gatsby the symbol of T. J. Eckelburg's eyes represent a godly
being watching over society. Fitzgerald incorporates the eyes into his
novel to represent a pair of all seeing, all knowing and judging eyes,
which are meant to intimidate. The character of George Wilson believes
that the eyes are the eyes of God.
"I spoke to her," he muttered, after a long silence. "I told
her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to
the window- " With an effort he got up and walked to the rear window
and leaned his face pressed against it, "-and I said 'God knows what
you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but
you can't fool God!' " Standing behind him Michaelis saw with a shock
that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had
just emerged pale and enormous from the dissolving night. "God sees
everything," repeated Wilson. (p.167) Through Wilson's beliefs
Fitzgerald explains that the eyes can see everything including Myrtle's
infidelities. Myrtle is a typical person of the 1920's. She has put her
own life and interests ahead of everyone else's including her
husband's. The eyes of God are frowning down on the 1920's society.
But above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust which
drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and
gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. The look out of no face but,
instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a
non-existent nose...his eyes, dimmed a little by many painless days
under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.(p.27-28)
Through Fitzgerald's wording in describing the image of Eckleburg's
eyes the reader develops a mental image of an omnipotent being who is
constantly watching over the land. The reader discerns that the eyes
not only see everything but that they eyes are morbidly unhappy.
The thought of having an immense sum of money or wealth bring certain people to believe that money can buy almost anything, even happiness, however in reality, it will only lead to lost and false hope. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes a story about a man named Gatsby who is a victim of this so called 'false hope' and 'lost.' Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald clearly demonstrates and elaborates on the relationship between having money, wealth, and one's ethics or integrity by acknowledging the idea that the amount of money or wealth one has attained does affect the relationship between one's wealth and one's ethics whether or not in a pleasant manner. Although money and wealth may not be able to buy a person happiness, it surely can buy a person's mind and action given that a wealthy person has a great deal of power. Fitzgerald analyzes the notion that even though many people dream of being both rich and ethical, it is not possible, and therefore, being poor and ethical is much better than trying to be rich and ethical.
A main part of this story is about picking the Olympic team and how they became as strong as they were. Before beginning the tryouts, coach Herb Brooks scouted every player that was trying out. He watched film on them, talked to old coaches, and in some cases watched them play in a game or practice. It is important that he did this because then he did not come in to the tryouts not knowing any player and it showed that he already had in mind who he wanted for his team. As tryouts approached all the players and coaches were preparing for a week long tryout. Herb Brooks sat by himself in a booth and watched the first day of tryouts and picked his team on the very first day. This stunned all the othe...
The performance at the sands is vocal jazz but the music in itself is swing andpop combined. Even though it is not improvisation the artists do take liberties sneaking in embellishments here and there. When you think of Frank Sinatra you think of the songs that are on his performance at the Sands. The Basie Rhythm machine establishes a stable swing beat allows Sinatra to sing freely around the music making a one of a kind performance. A lot of the credit for the success of the performance goes to Count Basie’s arranger and conductor Quincy Jones. Jones created a groove that blended Sinatra’s strong voice, use of phrasing and his free embellishing with Basie’s Orchestra so well it that has the band, Sinatra, and the crowd all feeding off each other.
The cd starts with the song "Strike up the Band " performed by Oscar Peterson. The piece consists of a piano, cello. This song in my opinion sets the mood of the cd. It represents pure jazz music without the vocals. When i close my eyes and listen to this song I picture a club from the 1940's with jazz music and people dancing around. The second song, "Summertime", a very famous jazz piece performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, starts with a horn and an orchestra in the back. The lyrics of the song talks about a slaved woman, looking over her workers child. "Summertime" is sort of a lullaby song. Louis Armstrong's performance in this song is very well done; I really enjoyed his vocals. I also noticed the use of violins in this piece. The song ends with a duet with both of the singers together.
... 71 Performed at the Italian American Fund Raiser Civil Rights in Madison Square Garden in New York although he announced his retirement he managed to sing 12 songs.in March 10,1980 once again Frank started shooting another film in the First Deadly sin after taking three year off. He sung with his best friend of all time Sammy Davis Jr, at a benefit Red Cross Charity in Monte Carlo to give tribute to the loss of his dearest friend Princess Grace in august 5 1983. Not mention he even endorsed a collection of Pasta sauces disputed in his name that expanded all over. In October of 1990 Frank had his own product Pasta Sauce’s expanding all. Within showing signs of memory loss with the effects of dementia along with other health problems kidney disease, and bladder cancer. After suffering another heart attack he loss his life on May 14 1998 he was only 83 years old.
In life, we ask ourselves the question what we are? In addition, we also ask ourselves how our perspectives allow us to see this world? These questions are an opening idea’s, which requires the person answering it, to be fully aware of his or her life, and then have the ability to judge it without any personal bias. This is why, in the book that was and is in a sense is still talked about in class, The Great Gatsby, which is a book that follows a plethora of charters all being narrated by, Nick Caraway, a character of the book The Great Gatsby. Nick Caraway is the character in the book which judges and describes his and other character’s actions and virtues. Now we speak of a character whose name is Jay Gatsby or other whys known as James Gatz, which is one of the characters that Mr. Caraway, seems to be infatuated with from the start of the book. This character Jay Gatsby develops a perspective, which in his view seems to justify his actions by the way that he saw the world that he was living in. In this essay, I will explain why the ambitions of a person, can lead them to do things that are beyond there normal character.
... surveillance. There has become many ways for people with supremacy to now observe anything and make it “unverifiable”(288). Panopticism made a huge contribution to the ideas of discipline in modern society.
The movie created by David Merrick as well as the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, both entitled The Great Gatsby, ate truly two fine pieces of art. The movie version shows the viewer what is happening in the story without internal comments from the narrator and the viewer can understand exactly what is happening without any intellectual thought involved. The novel, however, challenges the reader to look deep inside the writing in order to grasp the true effect of the novel and what kind of meaning is being portrayed. The novel also challenges the reader’s creativity and imagination. It lets the reader explore the character’s personalities in their own special way and the reader can relate these personalities to real life. The novel also allows the reader more freedom that the move, in the way that it lets the reader shape their own opinions of the different characters. As a person watches the movie version, all the characters are laid out for them and every detail of the character is seen, yet in the novel the character is described fully and it is up to the reader’s imagination to picture what the character looks like as well as the emotions conveyed by this character in the novel. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is a definite piece of art and clearly challenges the reader both intellectually and imaginatively to understand the words that describe the character accurately. Therefore the novel
Symbolism is the use of giving objects a representative meaning or to represent something other than what it truly is. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby we meet Nick Carroway, the novel's narrator. The novel describes the life of Jay Gatsby when Nick meets him. Daisy, Nick's cousin, is married to Tom Buchanan but is the love interest of Gatsby. Tom, though he claims to love his wife, has a mistress Myrtle. Myrtle and her Husband George Wilson live in the valley of ashes. The novel analyzes the life of Americans, Jay Gatsby in particular, in the 1920's. Many of the items in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby represent something other than what it is.
In the book The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how people who seem to have wonderful lives because they are wealthy, can be selfish and poor in character. Those people lead to the decline of the American Dream for Gatsby. The 1920's was the age of prosperity on Long Island and that is why most people assumed that if you were rich and wealthy you had a good life. They also assumed that they had positive personalities. Fitzgerald proved them wrong. " One of the novel's dominant themes involves the decay of traditional American values in a suddenly prosperous society" (Howes). In fact, most of the characters in the novel were major factors to the fall of the American Dream. He exposes the greedy, conceited, and low people who live in it.
Frank Sinatra was getting involved in the jazz nightlife , his jazzy style developed with
please let him in? As he spoke, he kept looking over his shoulder at a car parked right
this flashback, Jordan explains to Nick how she first met Gatsby. She explains to Nick
into the road in front of the car that the blue man was driving. The blue man managed
Fossil fuels are known as non-renewable resources; the amount in the Earth is limited. On the other hand, renewable sources of energy, like solar and wind, are those that will not be depleted despite their continued use. However, solar energy is difficult to harness and wind energy is not very efficient. The clear choice of renewable energy is water. The Earth has plenty of water to use for power. After all, it is because of its great quantity of water that Earth is nicknamed the “blue planet.” Hydropower is entirely renewable because it is driven by the natural Water Cycle. Lakes and rivers that are used for hydropower will not simply run out because they are constantly being refilled by rainwater. In addition to being renewable, hydropower is superior to other energy sources because it is completely clean of carbon emissions. Once fully functional, dams power themselves and give off no excess gases. Power plants burn coal and pour unthinkable amounts of greenhouse gases into air. Hydroelectric power is a clean, renewable source of