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- 4121: Gatsby S Sacrifice
- ... themselves sufficiently outside of the dream to remind the reader that those dreams cannot be reconciled with hard fact" (Christensen, 157). Nick's comparison of Jay Gatsby to Jesus "implies a trenchant criticism of the American culture which shaped Gatsby's dream and thus put him in 'the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty' so different from the gracious Father whom Jesus served; however, it also suggests sympathy and ... Sons: New York, 1925. Gindin, James. "Gods and Fathers in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Novels." Modern Critical Views: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. McQuade, Donald, ed. The Harper American Literature. Harper & Row Publishers: New York, 1987, pp. 1308-1311.
- 4122: Frosts Use Of Everyday Subjets
- ... to England so he could focus more on his poetry and book publication. "A Boy's Will was published by the London firm of David Nutt and Company in 1913, and was reviewed favorably by American poet and critic Ezra Pound, a highly influential figure in modernist letters. Nutt published North of Boston a year later." (Bloom p. 13) As Frost was continuing to write poetry, he began to pursue what ... read at President Kennedy's inauguration, he read "The Gift Outright". Frost died on January 29,1963, just 2 years after reading at the president's inauguration. He was said to be the most famous American poet and also the most popular of his time. "If a reader, even the most superficial takes anything at all from Frost's poems, it is likely to be a memorable impression created by the ...
- 4123: Ernest Hemingway
- ... started drinking most of his days away. He would host wild, fancy parties and did not write at all during the next three years. At war's end, Ernest went to England and met an American foreign correspondent named Mary Welsh. He divorced Martha and married Mary in Havana, in 1946. Ernest was a man of extremes; living either in luxury or happy to do without material things. Ernest, always haunted ... of them were regular army personnel. Like Hemingway, Henry was shot in his right knee, during a battle. Both men were Americans, but a difference worth noting was that Hemingway was a driver for the American Red Cross, while Henry was a medic for the Italian Army. In real life, Hemingway met his love, Agnes, a nurse, in the hospital after being shot; Henry met his love, Catherine Barkley, also a ...
- 4124: Reaching For Dreams - A Ballet
- ... on a rainy Monday morning to begin warm-ups and rehearsal. This of course is the beginning of their voyage to opening night. The dancers taking part in this production were from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The ballet that they plan to perform in seven weeks is called Speeds. The choreographer of Speeds is a world-renowned woman by the name of Jennifer Mullers. This production contains a cast ... in time is like no other, and how often things in the world change. Throughout this book, Kuklin observes the life of a dancer. The typical day of a professional ballerina at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre consists of waking up around seven to be at rehearsal in plenty of time to warm-up. In dance warming up your muscles is the most important device to do before beginning, as ...
- 4125: Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
- Women Overcoming Domestic Violence Zora Neale Hurstons Sweat is a short story about the struggles and hardships in the life of an African American woman living in the south. The short story talked about the treatment of women in these times. Many women of present times can identify with the hardships that Delia encountered in her marriage. The story ... it brings to a relationship. The story gives many women of domestic violence the strength and the courage to stand up for themselves and against their husbands. In these times it was hard for African American women to stand up to their abusive husbands. Getting a divorce was not a very common thing to do. Most women endured the pain and troubles of being physically and mentally abused everyday. A number ...
- 4126: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- ... some African Americans from the boondocks used to talk, Clemens only applied the argot to Blacks and not to Whites throughout the novel. There is not one sentence in the treatise spoken by an African American that is not comprised of broken English. The but in spite of that, the broken English does add an entraining piece of culture to the milieu. The second way Clemens differentiates people in the novel of different skin color is that all Blacks in the book are portrayed as stupid and uneducated. The most blatant example is where the African American character Jim is kept prisoner for weeks while he is a dupe in a childish game that Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn play with him. Clemens spends the last three chapters in the novel to ...
- 4127: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... to deliberate. He fought retribution against Atticus's kids and hurt them coming back from a Halloween party. Bob Ewell could not stand that his word was barely good enough to overcome a black African American. The Cunninghams were very much respected by others because they kept their word, they would do anything to pay you back, they would help you, and never worry about what was in it for them ... from others and used up their resources. People were disgusted when they helped the Ewells. Both Cunninghams and Ewells had special privileges Cunninghams were able to pay people back with other things than just the American currency, while the Ewells were given privileges because people were ashamed of them. Cunninghams also never had to worry about getting themselves into trouble they never lied and were very hard workers, the Ewells were ...
- 4128: J.D. Salinger
- ... Published was "A Young Girl in 1941 with No Waist at All." 1948 was Salinger's most impressive year with a New Yorker publication of "A perfect Day for Bannanafish." Others were published in Best American Short Stories of 1949, Good Housekeeping, and more in New Yorker. Sometime later that year, he also moved to Westport, Connecticut. In 1950 Salinger makes his movie appearance, with "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut." "The Samuel ... today in Cornish, New Hampshire. Although he is not as touchy about the press, interviews with him are extremely rare. His son, now thirty-nine, resides in Houston, Texas. While everyone who has had an American Literature class has heard of J. D. Salinger, how many understand him? How many people even questioned if they were a catcher in the rye or not? "
is Holden a catcher?"(Westbrook 211) Did Salinger ...
- 4129: Young Goodman Brown
- ... be one possible outcome of a strict Puritan canon which does not allow for a middle ground. Hawthorne may also be commenting on the hypocrisy (also described in the Anthology, p 396) seen when essential "American" ideas of freedom are contrasted with the pillage and destruction of the native American. This is yet another difficult and unyielding paradox, with which Hawthorne seems ultimately concerned. Hawthorne seems to say that good and evil as absolute states are neither preferable nor realistic. His use of this character ...
- 4130: Woman Warrior
- ... understand that we have ourselves to feed too (206). The narrator realizes it is her turn to help out these ungrateful relatives next. Brave Orchid was very bitter about the differences between Chinese culture and American culture. One of those differences included the connection between wealth and food. In America the popular belief was changing and many skinny people were regarded as healthier than overweight citizens. Brave Orchid kept old traditions ... the Western Place, Brave Orchid meets her sister Moon Orchid at the airport. you re so skinny. You re so fat. Fat women are more beautiful than skinny women (118). Brave Orchid s bitterness toward American culture influenced the narrator. Fat carried not only excess lipids, it carried wealth and power in Brave Orchid s opinion. Women were more beautiful with fat because wealth enabled them to achieve their beauty . The ...
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