...In The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald’s cynicism about the American Dream in the 1920’s is represented by the characters Gatsby,Daisy, and Tom. The Roaring Twenties was 10 years of madness in America. The economy during the twenties were very unpredictable. A lot of criminal activity went on during the Roaring Twenties like bootlegging which helped Gatsby become famous. Parties and jazz music was also very popular which is evidenced by Gatsby big parties. Gatsby was trying to impress the girl he loves by throwing parties constantly so he could finally get to marry her. Gatsby was a very wealthy man who did not achieve his wealth fairly.F.Scott Fitzgerald saw that has the American Dream. But things like laws and depression kept him from that goal. F.Scott Fitzgerald attitude represented in the Great Gatsby was pretty bad since the 18th amendment banned alcohol and that’s what ended up causing F.Scott Fitzgerald view to be pretty bad. Gatsby was a very wealthy man who achieved wealth as a gentleman gangster. Gatsby dream was to marry Daisy Buchanan who was already married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby constantly...
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...The Great Gatsby: Gatsby’s Party To some people, life is one big celebration. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick (the narrator) recalls the many parties his neighbor, Gatsby, has “hosted” and the type of people who attended. Through the use of polysyndeton and metaphors/similes, the author conveys Gatsby’s parties as lavish and the people as reckless. For instance, Gatsby’s orchestra hired for the party was “no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pit-full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums.” Through the use of polysyndeton, Fitzgerald exaggerates the amount of instruments in the orchestra, capturing how huge it is. As a special guest to Gatsby and his parties, Nick reveals...
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...the world is rather insane, and has shown that us as people still want wealth for many different reasons(living, social class, etc.), and that civilization has not yet abandoned the pairing of wealth and power. If someone doesn’t have a lot of money they will take steal, and even kill for it, and sadly, if someone already has a lot of money, they will do the same to get even more. In The Great Gatsby, money establishes different social classes such as “old money” and “new money”, and those classes determine where and individual would live such as the Eggs, or the Valley of Ashes. With each social class, characters are treated better or worse than others, and are given special privileges that others do not have. In The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, wealth is a key factor in the novel, establishing how each character is treated and shows what wealth, power, and corruption can easily control someone’s behavior as well as very important life decisions. One way that wealth is a key factor, is the way it controls the behavior of Tom Buchanan. All through the book, Tom is not the most liked character (It seems that Mr. Buchanan is about as much loved as Reverend Parris is in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible.) Tom acts quite haughty and arrogant around many characters, and treats everyone as if they are all below him. Considering that Tom Buchanan comes from old money(people that have a lot of money in their family), he was probably raised to think that he is always better than...
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...Title The characters in the Great Gatsby are blind from the realities of the world by their wealth and this causes them to act in such a careless manner. Carelessness would best be described in novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Main characters such as Jay Gatz, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway and Myrtle Wilson all represent a key role of carelessness in The Great Gatsby. Soon this will lead to adultery, lies, betrayal and death. First, the theme carelessness applies to Tom Buchanan unfaithful marriage with Daisy Buchanan. Tom is introduced as a yale football star and a filthy rich ,“old money”. Tom and Daisy are not your typically star cross lovers.Mainly because he is thoughtless and insensitive. Tom has affairs...
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...In the novel, “The Great Gatsby”, by F.Scott Fitzgerald there is plenty of unending hope to go around. For example, Myrtles unending hope to be with Tom isn't as interesting as Gatsby's unending hope for Daisy. Gatsby goes over the top just to get Daisy's attention, first he buys a Mansion just to throw parties for her, he also gets to know Nick just to use him to get to Daisy, and lastly he forces Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him. Gatsby had already planned every single step in his head that he never realized how bizarre his unending hope for Daisy actually was. “There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among whispering and champagne and the stars....
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...The Great Gatsby is a 2013 epic romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel. When F.Scott Fitzgerald evoked popular music of his period, he was criticized because jazz has ephemera of the moment. The idea to fuse traditional jazz and modern hip-hop. Regard as serious art form unto itself. The songs in the film epitomize the 1920s as wells as the characters of the novel in many distinctive ways. That hybrid comes across most clearly n retro modern sings that fuse old and new like (songs) and the eccentric covers . Primarily, the song is used in a scene to express a heightened nervousness as Gatsby is anxiously waiting to be reunited with Daisy at teas with Nick Carraway. It gave a comic relief→ amusing scene showing Gatsby butterflies in stomach / playfulness and quirkiness, his vulnerability. and we *prominently see *We love the idea that he is crazy in love....
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...shrouding foreshadowment is when Nick has his first encounter with Gatsby's Friend Meyer Wolfsheim. On Nick and Gatsby's trip to lunch they meet up with Wolfshiem at what many would call a speakeasy. In the speakeasy Wolfsheim starts to small talk with Nick and then says to him “I understand you're looking for a business gonnegtion.” Gatsby answered for me: "oh, no" he exclaimed "this isn't the man". After this the conversation just casually moves on, so to the reader this might not seem like much. Though if the reader takes a closer look they might be able to see that Wolfsheim is a shady character. It also foreshadows the fact that Wolfsheim and Gatsby could possibly working together. So from this the reader should realize that just because Fitzgerald sets in this happy sunny feeling, a lot of foreshadowment is hidden. Another scenario that shows a lot of foreshadowing is when the characters are in rainy weather conditions. The best example of this is when Daisy and Gatsby first are reunited. They are both invited for tea at Nick's house, it begins as awkward conversation begins gatsby knocks over a clock on a mantle. Gatsby then says “I'm sorry about the clock.” “its an old clock” Nick replied”. Once again at the time this happens it is insignificant. Though if you take a deeper look it's evident that this is foreshadowing that the love between Daisy and Gatsby is old love. Old love meaning they were in love but a lot of things have changed since then and you can't turn...
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...The Great Gatsby, a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald revolves around the main protagonist, Jay Gatsby, who comes from the Midwest and is striving toward the American Dream. The novel takes place in 1922, in which the American Dream brought reassurance to one due to the booming economy. At the beginning of the novel, all that one knows about Gatsby is through rumors since he is the center of every conversation; he is a mysterious character. For instance, some say that he is a German spy, an Oxford graduate, or a murderer. On the other hand, the narrator, Nick, argues that Gatsby is “great” despite the rumors that are going around. Within the novel, the reader begins to question whether Gatsby is truly “great” or not. But Gatsby is one of the characters who does not drastically change, instead, his motives push him harder to aspire to his goals that may seem unrealistic. Gatsby has a justification for every...
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...In the 1920’s “the parties were bigger,the pace was faster,the shows were broader,the buildings were higher,the morals were looser,and the liquor was cheaper.”.The novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s and follows a guy named Nick who moves to New York across the bay from his friend Tom Buchanan and Tom’s wife Daisy which she is Nick’s cousin. Over at the Buchanan’s he meets a lady named Jordan who tells Nick about his neighbor named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is an interesting and secretive man. The characters in The Great Gatsby were reckless and careless people. Daisy Buchanan she is a really rich person, she married into the Buchanan family who are the richest of the rich they’ve been everywhere and done everything.First,...
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...Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is a rendition of F.Scott Fitzgerald novel with the same name. The great Gatsby is a melodramatic love story based out of New York in the 1920’s.dream like quality produced by digital animation takes you into a trance during the entire film. Hope and fantasy are prevalent in Gatsby while trying to win over his love. Star power is displayed with Gatsby the main character portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and caraway played by Toby Maguire. Elaborate grand sets and glamorous costumes captivate the audience. Gatsby yellow car is used as symbolism to show his demise. Elaborate sets were extremely visually stimulating and stunning. Sydney, Australia is the location where the film was created with various still shots taken in New York along with in helicopter shots in Manhattan, umpteen live action shots were on partial sets and filmed with use of a green screen and filled in later with digital effects.Flashy and captivating wardrobe was used all throughout the film, winning Gatsby the best production and costume award at the academy awards. In the beginning Gatsby represents hope Gatsby represents hope and the belief that dreams and fantasies can occur if you put hope into it. He fell in love with a beautiful woman then got deployed for war, in which time she remarried and he hadn’t seen her for five years. He bought an elaborate mansion across the pond from hers and throws the most lavish glamorous popular parties in the city where he spent an immense...
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...Ella Fitzgerald By: Anna Eichinger Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25th 1997, in Newport News Virginia. Ella Fitzgerald is what I would call a cinderella success story. She was born into a normal family with a mother and father, but just months after she was born, her parents seperated. Ella moved to Yonkers, New York with her mother and her long time boyfriend, eventually she married and had another child. They lived a happy life, but in the year 1932, Ella's mother died from injuries she received in a car accident. Just a few weeks later, her step-father suffered a sever heart attack and also died. This forced Ella to move in with her aunt. Ella had a very hard time adjusting to her new life. She began skipping school and getting into quite a bit of trouble, eventually dropping out of high school, getting into some trouble with the law. Ella was then forced into to a reform school,but in fall of 1934, Ella ran away from the reform school in hopes of becoming a singer or dancer. She lived on the streets for years, until she entered an amateur singing contest in Harlem at the Apollo Theater. That night, she won $25 for first place and the attention of Chick Webb. Mr. Webb was the key to kickstarting Ella's career, her first recording was "Love and Kisses" which was released in 1938. Just three years later, Ella made her first hit, "A-Tisket-A-Tasket". And a few months later, she came out with "I Found My Yellow Basket", This climbed to number three on the charts...
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...A CLASSIC STUDY ON ORGANISATIONAL REJUVENATION [pic][pic] [pic] CEO Cantor Fitzgerald CULTURE Lutnick credits his success in part to maintaining a unique corporate “family culture” where employees are encouraged to refer friends and family as potential employees. This helped the company re-staff after 9/11 in a remarkably short time. Today, it has retention levels above those of its peers. This supportive and innovative culture also helped to inspire loyalty in the firm’s clients after 9/11. In addition to being named overall winner, Lutnick was also recognized as the winner in the Financial Services category. Because the attacks had devastated Cantor Fitzgerald so badly, the firm was not expected to survive. Remarkably, within a week the firm managed to get its trading back online. 'The best way to show someone you love them is to care for the people they love,' Mr Lutnick said. When the first plane hit the north tower at 8.46am, it destroyed the stairwells, making it impossible for anyone above the point of impact around the 94th to 98th floors to descend. The north tower collapsed at 10.28am. Mr Lutnick can still feel and see the horror of that day. 'It was black outside, there was no air outside, so I knew that people inside the trade center couldn't possibly be alive,' Mr Lutnick said recently from the company's...
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...1. What do the authors see as being the reason for a lack of police accountability in the past regarding the internal investigation of complaints made against their members? Several reasons of lack of police accountability were proved by the authors. Firstly, Australia has proven abundant examples of police failing to comply with internal investigation processes. Especially due to having an independent body to oversee all police processes. Secondly, Landa D and Lewis C explain how defective investigations are carried out by police as they are incompetent within particular investigation units. Authors also bring forward the issue of the 1970 Abortion Graft inquiry proving how useless it is to believe police can sufficiently investigate when corruption is so ‘cohesive and well-planned’. Ultimately, authors proved that strong suspicions of corruption were obvious, even other police officers were aware of what had been occurring but it seemed to be kept quiet. 2. Why do the authors think that civilian independent oversight bodies are necessary? Civilian independent oversight bodies are necessary to assist in uncovering police corruption. 3. What was the Police Complaints Tribunal? What did the authors outline as being some of the problems that existed within it? The Police Complaints Tribunal was well known as an unskilled overseer of police and was the topic of much genuine criticism. The Tribunal was reputable as a consequence of...
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...The definition of Renaissance is the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning. The Harlem Renaissance was an African-American cultural movement that focused on literature, music, theater, art, and politics. The Harlem Renaissance is important because it’s something that brought African Americans together as a whole. It allowed them to get the opportunities that people tried to strip them of. This was being human and normal. After the war the African American people began to migrate to Harlem and that’s when it all started. Harlem was the place the largest group of African Americans moved to during the African American Great Migration. Most African Americans came for work and a hope for a new life. Places such as The Apollo Theater and The Cotton Club, and Musicians, Writers and Actors were a part of the Harlem Renaissance. That’s what made the Harlem Renaissance. It was time for a cultural celebration.” African Americans had endured centuries of slavery and the struggle for abolition. The end of bondage had not brought the Promised Land many had envisioned.” “The Harlem Renaissance” ushistory, Independence Hall Association, 22 May 2014, http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp , 2008-2014 A music theater that has history, which means it wasn’t an ordinary place. An extraordinary place called the Apollo Theater. The Apollo Theater is located in Harlem, New York on 125th Avenue between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglas...
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...Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holiday’s Back in Your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home. [Back In Your Own Back Yard (Gridley, Chapter 5, Page 83: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 11; Flying Home: Chapter 5, Page 86: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 12]. Respond to each prompt. Then, offer commentary regarding the similarities and differences between the examples. | Back In Your Own Back Yard (Billie Holiday) | Flying Home (Ella Fitzgerald) | Similarities and Differences | Tempo (slow, medium, fast, dance-like?) | Medium | Fast | Back Yard has a lower tempo, as Flying Home is more faster/upbeat. | Swing feel (Do you sense a weak, medium, or strong rhythmic pulse? Which song has a stronger pulse?) | Medium | Strong | Flying Home has a stronger pulse. | Syncopation (Is there evidence of syncopation or tugging and pulling against the musical pulse?) | Tugging | Pulling | The syncopation seems to be more apparent with the tone in Flying Home, pure and supple compared with Back Yard. | Lyrics (What story, if any, is told by lyrics each artist sings?) | You left happiness at home, in the backyard. | It seems to have a feel of freedom to be flying home. | Two different stories being told with similar subjects on life, yet there is happiness in both...
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