Valancia Darelus, born in Port-Aux-Prince, Haiti on October 22, 2015. Raised by a very strong single mother who insisted that her daughter would not struggle like she did. Enide Cassandra worked as hard as she could to raise 2 girls on her own and to later pay to bring not only herself, but both of her girls to the U.S. for a better life. Valancia and her sister has always been very different, while the sister was the oldest, she acted as if she was the youngest, always in trouble, never took anything serious, rare to find a B or even C on her report card, and put all the house duties on Valancia. Valancia who loves her mom so much and didn’t want her mom upset all the time was literally the opposite of her older sister. Valancia went to 4 …show more content…
She went home for winter break and when she came back everything changed. When she came back she didn’t want to be a part of the program anymore because it required too much “work”. She talked to some of her friends, and they gave her all the reasons why she should do it and how it can help in the near future. Valancia listened and decided she was going to take chance. That moment is a moment that Valancia wouldn’t change even if she could. She decided to do all that she had to be a great PC member and that in turn helped her more than anything. She has learned to be on time from the program. The “work” that she had to do for the program has helped her be a better student, helped her communicate and create a bond with her professors, helped her with studying, and helped her with socializing. She’s learning to break out of her shell and open to others who are willing to get to know her and accept her for who she is. This is the story of Valancia Darelus, and she wouldn’t change not one part of it because everything about her is shaping to be the great women that she and her mother wants her to
Gatsby is awakened by the distant laughter and and music carried by the soft wind. He opens his eyes to the night sky spotted with stars, he feels the cold, hard wood beneath him. Gatsby lifted his body up to see that he was sitting in a wooden coffin. He looks around the yard to see no one there, but in the distance Gatsby sees the light from his house illuminating the yard. He steps out of the coffin and his feet hit the cold, hard marble floor, in confusion, he looks up to see he is standing in
Buchanans live in the East Egg district, just across the harbor from West Egg and inhabited with those who come from wealthy families. While at his cousin’s house, he meets a cynical woman named Jordan Baker and learns about his legendary neighbor, Mr. Gatsby. In addition, Nick learns that Tom is currently engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. A couple days later, Nick and Tom are going to New York City when Tom decides to stop in an ashen, industrial dumping ground town
F. Scott Fitzgerald also known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on “September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, MN” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). He got his name from his cousin Francis Scott Key who wrote the star spangled banner. He was born to Mary McQuillan (mother) and Edward Fitzgerald (father). Growing up F. Scott Fitzgerald went to many schools throughout the country. Since he grew up in St. Paul, the first school that he went to was St. Paul Academy in St. Paul. They lived in St. Paul because that’s
Carraway, Narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a story in which Jay Gatsby tries to attain happiness through wealth. Even though the novel is titled after Gatsby, Nick analyzes the actions of others and presents the story so that the reader can comprehend the theme. Throughout the novel, Nick is the vehicle used to gather all of the pieces together to learn about Gatsby. Nick is the only
work”(Powell). Throughout the movie, The Lucky One, directed by Scott Hicks, and the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main characters endure many obstacles to try to win the heart of the girl they love. Jay Gatsby is determined to reunite with the girl he fell in love with five years ago. Logan is resolute in finding the girl in the picture, who he calls his guardian angel. In both the movie, The Lucky One and The Great Gatsby, they reveal how staying determined will lead to accomplishments;
Unhealthy Obsession with Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby. Abstract: Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, develops a close relationship with self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby. While Nick is involved in a close relationship with Gatsby, it ultimately transcends into a fixation. An obsession with the world. Nick describes Gatsby in an obsessive manner and displays acts of infatuation such as when Nick develops the realization that Gatsby is a figure of total perfection
Trapped in a Dream in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a unique in that Fitzgerald does not describe the events in chronological order. Instead, a first-person narrator, Nick Carraway, presents the story as a series of flashbacks. The novel centers around its title character, Jay Gatsby, a rich West Egg citizen who is known for his exuberant parties. Before he left to fight in World War I, the Great Gatsby fell in love with Daisy Fay. He eagerly awaited his
disproportionate to his crime (Aristotle). In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully creates main character Jay Gatsby as such a figure. By molding his protagonist in the shadows of such a literary icon, Fitzgerald’s hopes of introducing the classic American novel to the public are realized. Through analysis of the novel, the claim that Jay Gatsby was created as a tragic hero is irrefutable. Before the reader even considers a probe at the novel’s binding, Gatsby is firmly solidified in his or her mind
"I'll get somebody for you" (Fitzgerald 164), Nick had promised Gatsby after he passed away. But, doing that ended up being a much harder task than Nick had originally thought. Only Nick, Mr. Gatz, and Owl Eyes showed up. All the others, including Klipspringer, Daisy, and Wolfsheim, chose not to attend, giving various excuses. How those in Gatsby's life responded to his death tells a lot about how they really felt about him. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the qualities of Gatsby's
women experienced a diminutive amount of freedom during World War I when they were expected to obtain jobs in the absence of deployed men. This originated the emancipated role of women. This role is exemplified by Jordan Baker in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Jordan Baker represents the new generation of women who choose a lifestyle full of freedom, independence and overall carelessness. Preceding the 1920s, most women spent their time as mothers and housewives. They were typically seen
He reveals how separated the American culture is as a whole. F Scott Fitzgerald uses figurative language to shape the portrayal of the setting by contrasting light vs. dark, comparing the Valley of ashes to the East Egg. For instance, Fitzgerald quotes, “where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills”, utilizing a simile to exaggerate and emphasize that the ashes are taking the form of hills, which
Does The Great Gatsby merit the praise that it has received for many decades? “Why I despise The Great Gatsby” is an essay by Kathryn Schulz at New York Magazine in which Schulz states that she has read it five times without obtaining any pleasure from it. Long viewed as Fitzgerald’s masterpiece and placed at or near the uppermost section of the English literary list, The Great Gatsby has been used as a teaching source in high schools and universities across the United States. The novel is narrated
Born September 24, 1896, F Scott Fitzgerald was raised in a poor family, getting his ambition from his mother who fostered societal expectations within her son. Educated at Princeton with the money of a wealthy, elderly aunt, Fitzgerald could go through and participate in the training ground for young upper-class Americans at the time. It was there that Fitzgerald started to develop his fascination with the rich, which would fuel his future endeavors. However, it was here that his self-consciousness
many things. First, a great awful war, but with war, comes innovation and progress. The times after the war, in which the victors bathed in the enormous riches that the war brought, came to be known as the roaring twenties. People came from nothing, to being very wealthy. They were living the "American dream" and were the new leaders of the world, much to the distaste of the previous possessors of the worlds wealth. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald speaks volumes to the division
Is there a hero in The Great Gatsby? Is Jay Gatsby a hero? The driven, welcoming, and caring bootlegger who is always there for Daisy, no matter the dysphoria between his delusion of her and reality. Or is Nick Carraway the hero? Whose kindness gives dignity to Gatsby in death, while he in turn struggles with his own base judgments of people. The answer is no to all of these people being heroes. There is no real hero in The Great Gatsby; nobody to save Gatsby from his wild chase of the past; nobody