...The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 6 Color Analysis May 24, 2011 Jay Gatsby | -“torn green jersey” (104): The color green symbolizes wealth and money. At this time in the book, Gatsby is working for Dan Cody, the guy who greatly supplies his wealth. The fact that the jersey is torn signifies the hard work that Gatsby demonstrates which then leads to him reaping the benefits of hard work. This section furthers to talk about his parents and how they were “unsuccessful farm people” also that Gatsby “was a son of God.” This is to say that although Gatsby’s parents were hard workers, they were unsuccessful in reaching their ideal “American dream”. Gatsby is currently making those dreams happen. He was helping to complete his father’s business, and is therefore relatively “a son of God.”---- The green jersey also symbolizes the new life that he yearns for that is full of wealth. Right at this stage in the book, Gatsby is called different names: Gatsby, James Gats, Jay Gatsby, young Gats: Each name recognizes a different stages of growth towards the Wealthy life.-“His brown, hardened body lived naturally through the half fierce, half lazy work of the bracing days.” (104): Brown is the color of earth, and of “getting down and dirty”. It further symbolizes the humility Gatsby underwent while with Dan Cody. Because the idea of wealth plagued Gatsby (“his heart was in a constant turbulent riot.”), he reaped the fruit of his labor as discussed with the color change discussed...
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...In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s era novel The Great Gatsby, the character George Wilson shoots the protagonist Jay Gatsby dead. But who is to blame for this moral lapse in judgment? Obviously the person who pulled the trigger, right? But what about other shady characters like Tom and Daisy Buchanan who lied to George in order to get “off the hook”? It is clear that Tom and Daisy played a key role in the murder of Gatsby; therefore, they should share the responsibility for his death. When George comes to Tom to find out who owns the yellow car, Tom reveals that it was Gatsby, knowing full well George’s deranged mental state and his intentions to murder the car owner. Furthermore, Tom fails to mention important details about the accident—like the fact that it was Daisy driving the car, not Gatsby—in order to pin the blame on Gatsby. It is obvious that Tom knew about Daisy’s involvement in car accident because of his decision to leave town the day after the incident. Furthermore, Tom’s spineless cowardice is displayed by his failure to fess up to the crime of adultery with George’s wife. It is obvious to Tom that George is hunting for the man who had the affair with his wife, and yet Tom has the mendaciousness to blame his own crimes on Gatsby as well. It must be stressed that Tom knew full well while speaking with George that afterward he would seek out Gatsby and try to kill him—and yet he does nothing. This makes him directly accountable for the death...
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...A Union Out of Control The California Correctional System which operates prisons in the state is broken and in dire need of reform but this can not be done because Correctional Officer’s union blocks any attempt to implement much needed reforms. So how does the State of California fix its broken prison system? The state must take on the Correctional Officer’s union and find a way to curtail and/or diminish its power. In laymen’s terms the state must break the union. This will be a very difficult task to undertake. This union is one of the most powerful unions in the state as well as the nation with very deep financial pockets for political action. First, we need to look at where and how the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) started and how they gained their power (“California Correctional Peace Officers Association”). The CCPOA started in 1957 and its membership was divided between itself and California State Employee Association. It was not until the early 1980’s when Don Novey was elected president of the CCPOA that he was able to unite different factions of the Correctional Department into one union. Under Novey’s direction during the 1980’s, the union spent a half million dollars on public relations campaign. Novey was known as an aggressive lobbyist who helped the union become very influential in Sacramento politics. The CCPOA had become one of the most powerful unions in the state (“California Correctional Peace Officers Association”)...
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...Studentereksamen The texts in section A focus on the American Dream. Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which your answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted in texts 2, 3 and 4. Text 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger's view on the American Dream is; that it is something you have to make yourself worthy for. This is characterized by three things. To truly succeed as an American citizen you have to learn the English language. This is a necessity to blend in to the American culture. Another factor that weighs in high according to Schwarzenegger about the American Dream is the right to vote. In Austria, you do not have the right to vote, so he exaggerates the fact that the right to vote should not be taken for granted. He also says that 'democracy is not a spectator’s sport', so you should participate as much as possible. Thirdly, he emphasizes that giving back to your country should be important. According to Schwarzenegger you should give back as much and as possible. He ends the text paying tribute to all the great immigrants who have performed service for The United States. Text 3: The third text epitomizes the opinion that the American Dream is money-oriented. Since the economy was at a downfall in 2008, the American Dream had been, metaphorically speaking, been killed or at least wounded. Beyond that, the text is angled in a much more negative way, but maybe a more realistic way. The writer, Anya...
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...the supplements that you take rather than the physical and mental preparation. If you google bodybuilding workout, you will get more than 25 million results! The sport of bodybuilding has never been more popular as athletes of all sports, movie stars, pop icons are amongst the most notable ambassadors of this sport. A simple walk to the nearest bookstore is enough to introduce you to the chiseled physiques staring at you from the shiny magazine covers, it is the rock and roll of the 21st century! With all that information in front of you it is very hard to find the right approach that is going to suit your lifestyle. Every magazine publishes hundreds of articles annually that contain “the secret” to big guns, to wider back, to chest like Arnold Schwarzenneger and etc. One thing that all those “secrets” have in common however is located at the back of the article. Once you are done with your mega boosting workout system, you need to fuel up your body. This is where companies promote their newest protein powders, BCAAs and only God knows what else. For the potential trainee, who has never stepped inside a gym and is looking for the shortest way to achieve his dream physique all these secrets make sense! “If the guy on the magazine is doing it, I should be doing it as well, right? I mean it can’t go wrong, look at the guy!”. Next thing you know, the trainee in inside the supplements store speaking to an advisor about his goals. Powder X provides better results than all powders so...
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... something you are good at. The lawnmower is the skill and the grass is America. I have read about lots of people who wanted to get rich and famous and so they thought that they just could go to America and become rich overnight. What they don’t realize is that you have to have a skill because you need to earn your money and earn your respect. In the text about Arnold Schwarzenegger he tells us about his journey from being a little Austrian boy, to being a big American icon. When Arnold was young he said to himself that he wanted to be the best in the world in something. The dream of being the best stuck with him and now he has won the Mr. Olympia six times, and he is even the governor of California. He moved to America because he wanted people all over the world to know who he was. He wanted “The American Dream”. His dream about being the best is exactly what the American dream is all about. Arnold’s story is a success story. He made it and now he is living the American dream. In the text he says that it’s important to have more than one dream in life. You have to keep yourself occupied. I think that deep down Arnold knows he hasn’t reached “The American Dream”. The American dream is an everlasting search for a better life, a way to stand out. “The American Dream” concept started for many centuries ago. When foreigners came to America, the land of hope and opportunity, they all got settled in. Some earned a lot of money and again some went from poor foreigner...
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...In this chapter, Jay Gatsby remains fundamentally a mystery. Few of the partygoers have met their host, and Gatsby stands aloof from his own celebration. He does not drink, he does not dance, he remains an observer. The man himself stands in stark contrast to the sinister gossip Nick has heard about him. Gatsby is young and handsome, with a beautiful smile that seems to radiate hope and optimism. Nick falls instantly in love with Gatsby's smile, remarking that it has "a quality of eternal reassurance in it." Gatsby's innate hopefulness is contagious. Though Nick implies throughout the novel that wealth and ostentation tend to mask immorality and decay, Gatsby's wealth seems to serve another purpose, one that is not yet clear. The reader already knows that not everything about Gatsby is mere display: his books are real, for example, and his smile is real. However, he has a queer false English accent that is obviously false. Gatsby, at this point in the novel, remains an enigma, a creature of contradictions. Fitzgerald gives great attention to the details of contemporary society: Gatsby's party is both a description and parody of Jazz Age decadence. It exemplifies the spirit of conspicuous consumption, and is a queer mix of the lewd and the respectable. Though catered to by butlers and serenaded by professionally trained singers, the guests are drunk, crude, and boisterous. The orchestra plays a work by Tostoff called The Jazz History of the World; though it had had a fantastic...
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...Movements in Music 6Famous Composers of the Post-Romantic Period IMPRESSIONISM * 1890-1940 * The Impressionist music style was found during the ninetieth century to the beginning of the twentieth century in France * The Impressionist style was a reaction to the romanticism style * It wants to make an impression, not clearly describe the tone of the music Characteristics * It uses whole tone scales as opposed to major and minor scales as the romantic style used in the past * It involves a lot of dissonance- chords weren’t used to relieve tension as they had in the past * It includes short melodies that have different moods throughout each piece Claude Debussy * August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918 * French composer * Music was not centered around one tone or pitch, he used symbolism * Used many parallel chords and unprepared modulations * Music was usually about events that occurred in his life * Clair de Lune was one of his most famous works * Considered the Father of Impressionist movement in music * Formulated the 12-tone scale and changed how instruments were used for orchestration * Entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 10, he won the 1884 Prix de Roma at the age of 12 * He sought a style of composition that was free from conventional musical forms and often used descriptive title. * His music was usually about events that occurred in his life * Musical works * Image * Jeux * Madame Bovary Maurice Ravel...
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...Camille Warden Mrs. Cole 4/9/13 PDP English II Gatsby Final Essay “’Her voice is full of money,’ He said suddenly.” (120) The Design of Jay Gatsby If you were to ask someone about the character Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, they will probably describe him similarly to the fashion that the book’s narrator Nick does. He is perceived as a kind, generous, and down to earth man amongst the cutthroat wealthy elite. They may criticize Daisy portraying her as being the cruel temptress who brought him to his doom, or they might see Gatsby and Daisy’s love as immortal comparing the two to Romeo and Juliet. Gatsby on the other hand you will rarely ever hear being demonized. He is seen as mysterious, sad, romantic, and strange, but never overbearing or sexist. He is far from the worst character in the novel and may still be the most generous one in spite of his ambition tainted love, but he shouldn’t be impervious to critique since his mindset is widely prevalent in society and quite harmful if not checked. Through the chosen quote, Fitzgerald reveals the inherent materialism of Gatsby’s love for Daisy, illustrating the dehumanizing effect of female objectification by men. When all five main characters swarm frenetically around Tom’s house then decide to go to town in a desperate attempt to break the unspoken stalemate between Daisy’s husband and lover, Nick postulates that her husband Tom already knows about the affair because Daisy has “got an...
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...Zora Neale Hurston’s breakthrough fiction piece “Spunk”, penned in 1925 was received with warm welcomes as she won the literary contest in the Urban League’s journal Opportunity. Within the notable piece is the tale of the namestay, Spunk, a predominant male amongst town ripe with courage and male bravado as “he ain’t skeered of nothin‘ on God’s green footstool—nothin’! He rides that log down at sawmill jus‘ like he struts ’round wid another man’s wife—jus‘ don’t give a kitty”. Spunk embodies everything there would be to be sought after within the ideal male archetype in the introduction, vehemently strong and easily getting his hands dirty with the woman of the town yet he is missing something, that being a strong woman that can be by his side, which is where we see the urgency of the character of Lena Kanty, married to the contrastingly to Spunk, timid and apprehensive Joe Kanty. As Spunk is seen unapologetically intermingling with Joe’s wife, the townsfolk acting like a greek tragedy chorus, although not singing but rather balking the events of the story with a use of a broken english that is often a bit hard to follow. Once Joe is eventually enlightened of the cuckolding we see a transformation and the appearance of one of the major themes of the piece, Courage. Courage as it is often seen is a natural occurrence, as seen in Spunk and notably absent in Joe to with primarily seen as unchanging but as the events unfold within the story we see that this is not quite the case and courage ...
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...Jay Gatsby is portrayed by Fitzgerald as being many things, and none at all at the same time. He is shown as grand, enigmatic and intense, making him a most alluring character to the reader. Gatsby is often commented on as being one of the most interesting and memorable males in literature, it is because we know nothing of him that makes him such a fixating character. Some critics argue that he is not a dynamic and changing character during the novel, as a child and teenager he was known as James Gatz, a young boy with ambitions and dreams of something more, and in a sense this part of Gatsby has not changed throughout the novel he is shown as this incurable and idealistic romantic who fills his life with dreams. Through the title of Fitzgerald’s novel Gatsby is already presented as a show-man or magician, who is introducing to the audience the sensational show, which is his life. From, this title the audience can presume that the quote from Nick at the beginning of the novel “No Gatsby turned out all right in the end” must be correct, as Gatsby is described as being “great” which implies that he is successful and powerful. Through Nick the audience sees the many faces of Gatsby and all the emotions a human being can have. He is shown as a man in love, a good friend, a successful businessman and the helpless romantic that simply wants everyone to be happy. In chapter one of the novel, Nick Carraway again refers to Gatsby as an important and grand character, the line “the...
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...Uncovering Mahler, Schoenberg & Debussy In this essay I will talk about three composers who individually had their own take on music and have significantly aided the progression of music composition in the twentieth-century. These three composers are Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg and Claude Debussy. I will assess their compositional styles by investigating in to some of the structures they used and the meaning and thinking behind their movements and symphonies. Gustav Mahler (July, 1860) was a late-Romantic composer and was a huge influence on modern music both with his music and his conducting. One piece of music that he is forever recognised by is his Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) composed in 1907-1908. This was first performed later on, unfortunately not conducted by Mahler himself as it was performed after his death. It was a huge piece of work written for two soloists, which was very rarely done, and an almighty orchestra. This would have been his ninth symphony but ‘Mahler refused to call it No.9 out of superstitions dread: Beethoven and Bruckner had got no further than nine, and he half seriously hoped to cheat death by stopping his numbering at eight’. (Cooke 1980, p.104) However others say this isn't the whole truth and that it wasn't named No.9 because this song meant a lot more to him. The song was separated into six separate movements, each of these became their own individual song. However it is the first movement - Drinking song of the Earths...
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...Dear Diary, A Gatsby Party, one of most well known extravagant parties of the century. I got ready in my ruby red sparkling Croirier evening gown. I slipped on my pearls, white gloves, glitzy headband, red t-strapped pumps, and my dainty diamond bracelet that glistened from miles away. Bright red lipstick was the finishing touch needed to complete my elegant look. I was never really invited, but no one was. They just went there. I entered the mansion, where “men and girls came and went like moths” (43). Mr. Gatsby’s mansion was beyond amazing. It had luxury written all over it. The orchestra had yellow music playing throughout the night. The jazz had everyone up on their feet dancing. There were even two suppers! There was one being served before midnight and another after. The party food was golden, it had tasted like something I’ve never experienced before. The crowds of people were fascinating. I saw East Eggers, West Eggers, and even people from the Valley of Ashes. Being a women from East Egg, it was different seeing the “behavior associated with amusement parks” (45). People from all over came to enjoy a good Gatsby Party. Next thing I knew, “the bar was in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside until the air was alive with chatter and laughter” (44). The moment I had been waiting for had finally arrived and standing in front of me, there he was, Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. I approached him and decided to introduce myself...
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...Dear Diary, A Gatsby Party, one of most well known extravagant parties of the century. I got ready in my ruby red sparkling Croirier evening gown. I slipped on my pearls, white gloves, glitzy headband, red t-strapped pumps, and my dainty diamond bracelet that glistened from miles away. Bright red lipstick was the finishing touch needed to complete my elegant look. I was never really invited, but no one was. They just went there. I entered the mansion, where “men and girls came and went like moths” (43). Mr. Gatsby’s mansion was beyond amazing. It had luxury written all over it. The orchestra had yellow music playing throughout the night. The jazz had everyone up on their feet dancing. There were even two suppers! There was one being served before midnight and another after. The party food was golden, it had tasted like something I’ve never experienced before. The crowds of people were fascinating. I saw East Eggers, West Eggers, and even people from the Valley of Ashes. Being a women from East Egg, it was different seeing the “behavior associated with amusement parks” (45). People from all over came to enjoy a good Gatsby Party. Next thing I knew, “the bar was in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside until the air was alive with chatter and laughter” (44). The moment I had been waiting for had finally arrived and standing in front of me, there he was, Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. I approached him and decided to introduce myself. We chatted...
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...“Discuss the circumstances that led to Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary break with tonality. Address the musical context in which Schoenberg was working. Give an account of the break itself through relevant examples, and discuss some of the compositional problems Schoenberg encountered and his solutions to them.” Jordan Roche Perhaps the single most influential composer of the 20th century, Arnold Schoenberg was born into a modest, lower middle-class Jewish family in Vienna on September 13, 1874. Though his mother was a piano teacher, for the most part he taught himself music and only took counterpoint lessons with the composer Alexander von Zemlinsky. As a young adult, he made a living primarily by orchestrating operettas while composing his own works. During this early part of his career, his works were a fusion of the divergent styles of Brahms and Wagner, and he gained the support of both Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. Though Strauss would later denounce Schoenberg's music, Mahler took him under his wing and continued to support him. This essay will cover Schoenberg’s break from tonality from a musical perspective, the problems he faced with this new harmonic language, and his solutions to them. Schoenberg was in his mid-thirty’s when he made the break from tonality. This means there is a time period of about 15 years where he explored, thought about and expanded his relationship with tonality. As previously mentioned, Schoenberg was influenced by Gustav Mahler...
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