Presentation: The American Dream was created to propose freedom success and wealth to those that work hard. We have all had a dream in life but our dream can turn into our worst nightmare. Dr. King had a dream of equality amongst all races and that dream came true for him yet came back to …
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Week 14 Blog Post: To Run or To Chase The Past?
Gatsby is a very interesting character when it comes down to identity. He is a mysterious man yet is wealthy and well know around his area. Yet, he lives his life the premises of living in the past and running from the past. Gatsby was not born wealthy as we know he was born poor. …
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Evolving Annotated Bibliography
Aldifianto, Islam Fickih. PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF JAY GATSBY AS SEEN IN FITZGERALD’S “THE GREAT GATSBY”. Diss. Universitas Mataram, 2015. In this study by Islam Fickih Aldifianto the important idea was to identify the psychological mind of Jay Gatsby through his journey of the American dream. The study found that the major conflicts of Gatsby’s psychology …
Week 13 Blog Post: Brute vs. Hero; Who wins in todays society?
The Great Gatsby provides a rivalry that we all seem to one side on. The Gatsby vs. Tom rivalry or the battle for Daisy. Both sides have their advantages and disadvantages. Tom is very rough yet provides the use of material to Daisy. Gatsby is the lover of Daisy yet; Daisy cannot bear to be …
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Week 12 Blog Post: To Repeat or Move Forward
The past is a very important to our daily lives. We tend to recall our mistakes to not repeat it. In psychology our brain some memory is processed into the long-term memory and some to short term. Long term memory helps us keep knowledge of the world we know today. However, some people use this …
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Week 11 Blog Post: Is Gatsby Really Great ?
Is Gatsby really all that great? Do we only believe that he is great because of a title or maybe his actions? I believe most people don’t analyze the title too much. Its an important detail that has many underlying meanings that we don’t seem to focus on too much. Gatsby created a certain allusion to …
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Week 9 Blog Post: The Dark Side of Success
To be successful you must be at the top of your profession. The top of the pyramid isn’t for every person in life, yet some may get to this point by luck, past fortune, or even just hard work. No matter how someone gets to the top its always met by the same challenges and …
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Week 8 Blog Post: The Totally Not Normal Relationship Between Tom and Daisy
In today’s world there is a difference in relationship dynamics between men and women. In the early 20’s the standard for women was very simple. It was almost like the women were treated as robots that are used for showing off to the public. Now in today’s world women have more choice and freedom of …
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Week 7 Blog Post: Nick The Drama Reporter
Nick is a very addicting character at least to most people around. He’s boring yet interesting, very cool, calm, and observative. Scott’s use of Nick was a very unorthodox move in writing at the time. As we see in today, we don’t see many T.V. shows or movies told by a non-protagonist character. You could …
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Week 6 Blog Post: The Green Light
Life as we know is based on what we as humanity has built around the world. Whether that invention be the light, the car, or the phone, these things are essential to human life. The stop light was created to tell cars when to stop, be cautious and go. We all know that the green …