George Mghames is a wordsmith in the true sense of the word. His musings are a treasure-trove of profound wisdom, keen insight, and intellectual depth. Hidden in each skillfully crafted sentence is a pearl that not only has the uncanny ability to stir but also the power to make one stop and think – and think hard. Indeed, with every stroke of the pen, he creates exceptional and eloquent prose that captivates the heart, engages the mind, and inspires the spirit. It has been both my privilege and pleasure to have edited the English versions of these truly thought-provoking pearls of wisdom, which I am sure will undoubtedly find a solid footing in the literary world, both at home and abroad.
more diverse look at the life of Gatsby. Also shows how much Gatsby dwells on
It has long been contested that works of great Literature have certain qualities and that they belong to an exclusive canon of works. Value is placed upon them for a number of reasons, including their reflection of cultural or social movements, the special meaning they possess, and even their use of specific narrative elements. Up until recently, scholars and intellectuals would never dream of examining works of lower caliber with any hopes of discovering value or merit. A new movement within intellectual circles, however, has shifted focus onto so-called low-brow novels like Chester Himes’ If He Hollers Let Him Go and God’s Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell. Surprisingly enough, the works of Himes and Caldwell can be held up to the same tests as more canonical works through their appeal to ideological remnants of Romanticism and the Enlightenment, their use of literary devices to create meaning, and the narratives’ use of these devises to enhance the elements of enjoyment and pleasure in reading.
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Guerin, Wilfred L., Earle Labor, Lee Morgan, Jeanne C. Reesman, and John R. Willingham. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 125-156.
As a reader, it’s not typical to question the reliability of the narrator. But how would the story change if the narrator recounted events with complete neutrality? In the novel The Great Gastby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes the narrator as Nick Carraway, a stockbroker who recently moved from the Midwest to the West Egg of New York. Nick recounts the story between him, the prestigious residents of the East Egg, and the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Carraway introduces himself as a passive, nonjudgmental person; he views the world with no lens, “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments…” going as far to say that he will do anything to avoid conflict, “Frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable
Greenblatt, Stephen. The Norton Anthology Of English Literature. 8th. A. W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006.
Stillinger, Jack, Deidre Lynch, Stephen Greenblatt, and M H. Abrams. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume D. New York, N.Y: W.W. Norton & Co, 2006. Print.
*Abrams, M.H., ed., et al. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Sixth Edition. Vol.I. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
The Importance of George Wilson in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a superbly written and intrinsically captivating novel that deals with the decline of the American Dream and how vapid the upper class is. To illustrate and capture the essence of these themes, Fitzgerald uses characters Gatsby, who epitomizes the actual American Dream, and Daisy, who is based on the ideal girl. Yet, as these characters grasp the topics Fitzgerald wants to convey, there is something inherently missing from the story as a whole. To fill this void, Fitzgerald utilizes minor characters as a means to move the plot along, develop characters further, and build upon the themes present in the novel. One such character is George Wilson.
Guerin, Wilford L. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1979.
Guerin, Wilfred L., Earle G. Labor, Lee Morgan, and John R. Willingham. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 5-6. Print.
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