Every weekend, Gaby and Alex looked forward to their typical sleepovers. This time it didn’t only have to be the weekend. This time, it was Spring Break, and Alex impatiently waited for the bell to ring to quickly get home, pack her bags, and head to Gaby’s house. The girls are only freshmen, but they are the best of friends and act like they’ve known each other since birth. These two know everything about each other. They cannot resist keeping a secret from each other. Usually, Gaby’s brother isn’t home when Alex spends the night, but this time, because of Spring Break, him and all the seniors were gathering at their house tonight. The boys, also known as the jocks, were off limits from the downstairs area, and the girls were off limits from …show more content…
First they prepared the bed which is pulled out from under Gaby’s bed, they set up the giant plasma television to watch the best movies all night, and made delicious munchies to snack on throughout the night. Movies and talking were their typical thing, but this time, they wanted to watch some more movies to avoid falling asleep. Gaby requested a scary movie which had recently been released, but Alex begged for something else. She hates scary movies passionately because afterwards, she’d always have a hard time going to sleep. After minutes of convincing, Gaby finally bribed her into watching just this one. The first appearance made Alex spill her water all over herself because it spooked her. The narrator’s voice in the beginning made the whole introduction a much scarier one. Alex nearly bit off all her fingernails during the film. Eagerly and very entertained, Gaby sat on the edge of her bed with her eyes glued to the screen. On the best part, Alex couldn’t handle the scariness so she shut off the television and hid under the covers. Either way, she wouldn’t be able to sleep because of how scary the movie was along with the noise from the upstairs boy’s …show more content…
Gaby played videos on her television and kept herself busy as well. Her laughter sounded throughout the house, but Alex was too paranoid to look up at the screen. As the night grew longer and darker, the upstairs party died down and Gaby got sleepy. Alex thought Gaby would be the one to stay up later than she would, but she was wrong. She then turned off the television, got under the covers of her comfortable bed, and closed her eyes. An odd noise came from the window as Alex remained awake. She was wide awake and afraid; therefore, she knew this was no dream. Gaby mumbled in her sleep ordering Alex to quit playing the trick on her. Alex was confused because she was on the other side of the window which clearly meant it wasn’t her. Poor Alex was already scared, but this frightened her even more. Gaby sat upright in her bed and called Alex to sit beside her. Neither of them wanted to open the blinds of the window to check it out. They were afraid something would jump out and take them away forever. The noise didn’t stop, but then they heard a laugh. Confused, Gaby got up and called her brother to see if he would help her. Instead of hearing the phone ring upstairs, the phone rang right outside the window. A sign of definite relief came down from their shoulders because it was just her brother tapping at the window with a branch hoping to be funny and scare his little sister.
The Great Gatsby is a book filled with dynamic characters, written by a dynamic person. Throughout the book, the themes and situations are on many symbolic levels. The Great Gatsby is such a novel, that the hero is portrayed to the reader by a man who, with seemingly no effort, will not judge a man easily. He perceives him, takes him in, and analyzes him. This man’s name is not, in fact, Gatsby, but Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story. The man who is being perceived, of course, is Jay Gatsby, our hero.
Summary: Why Gatsby failed to achieve Daisy? To some extent, it may be a tragedy of society and Jay Gatsby’s fault. He was born and grew up in an era of decayed social and moral value. Further more, he can’t know himself and others distinctly Jay Gatsby was born in rural north Dakota and spent his childhood there. Because he grew up in the rural area,as usual he could bear trouble and difficulty in his life. But he was not of that kind of poor children. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth and sophistication. He dropped out of St.olaf College after two weeks, Because he couldn’t bear the tiring and difficult job with which he was paying his tuition. He was hunger for wealth ,but he just had the desire which didn’t work.
The American Dream is dead and people are now concerned with just holding on to what they have.
The Roaring Twenties was a time of excitement for the American people, with cities bustling with activity and a large community that appreciated Jazz, thus creating the title the “Jazz Age.” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in this magnificent age characterized by Jazz and the popular new dance, the “Charleston.” Through the midst of all this new activity, we follow a character named Jay Gatsby through the eyes of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald’s themes of friendship and The American Dream is seen in The Great Gatsby through Nick and Jay’s companionship and Gatsby’s growth from being a simple farm boy to becoming a wealthy man.
Rena Cohen had returned from camp high-spirited, anticipating her long-awaited senior year of high school. With only two days left to catch up with her friends, Rena called Malka Koenig and Lizzy Zimmerman and set up to see them at Cafe Bonjour. She couldn’t wait to hear how Malka enjoyed her lessons in computer programming and how Lizzy enjoyed her stay in camp. At the cafe, Rena realized something was wrong. Lizzy and Malka looked uncomfortable around each other and after just a few minutes, Malka got up and walked out. Lizzy refused to tell Rena what was wrong, so Rena got up and left too. When school began, things only got worse. Malka insisted that Rena was her best friend, Lizzy insisted that Rena was her best friend, and Rena wasn’t so sure she was friends with either of them. One thing was for certain: they were no longer the inseparable threesome everyone envied. As her year progressed, Rena grew more and more distant from her once undisputed friends. Their silence baffled her and she felt lost in the crowd; by twelfth even the loners had found their place in the grade. Malka became close friends with Tzipporah since they were both G.O. heads. Lizzy became friends with a girl named Riva. One day Malka approached Rena and told her she wanted to tell ...
The American Dream is something that so many people will strive to have one day. Doing so, a person may want the perfect house, family, and job. For Gatsby, that American Dream is fading away faster than ever. He had the house and the job, but one thing was missing, Daisy. Gatsby’s fighting for Daisy made him lose everything that he had gained for himself. In the end, Gatsby’s optimism and hope for a life with Daisy ends up killing him. F. Scott Fitzgerald delivers in his book, The Great Gatsby, a great description of the setting and his thoughts and emotions to readers in using ideas that people can relate to in this day and age. The development of the characters helps establish why The Great Gatsby is considered “good
He’s stalling. Gatsby is normally right to the point. Something must be up, Anthony thought, “Look here Gatsby, quit wasting my time and say what you mean to.”
On the way to the Gatsby Mansion I could already hear the raging party. When we arrived our driver had to almost yell to tell use to disembark. When I entered the glorious mansion the first thing I noticed was the vastness and the magnificent chandeliers that were hanging above. All of the guest at the party were clean cut and looked dapper. Once we were inside I informed my “posse” to disperse and to meet at the car at 2am sharp. My “posse” was made up of FBI employees who had been assigned to work this undercover operation with me. Throughout the night many of them would partake in drinking, and other illegal actions to blend in with the other party goers.
I pretty much felt like an outcast when I began high school. Most of my classmates still had their friends from middle school, whereas mine went to the neighboring high school. Having social anxiety really didn’t help me either. It was hard for me to make eye contact with others or even bother to introduce myself to new people. In the first few weeks of high school, something had caught my eye. There were flyers advertising auditions for ‘The Little Mermaid’ production. Taking the risk, I decided to audition. Through the auditorium doors there was a grey table with upperclassmen talking to other students. Located on the table were different character scripts and a clipboard for signing in. One of the strangers approached
Incorporation of outside texts and resources can help students draw connections with the source material they are reading. For a novel, like The Great Gatsby, which is embedded in historical and cultural significance, students need avenues for building the context in which the novel operates. In terms of classical literature, The Great Gatsby is already an accessible text for adolescent readers because of its themes and fast moving plot. However, combining the novel with external resources really enriches the learning experience and helps students think critically about the novel and its context in American literary history.
“For the love of money is the root to all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”(Timothy 6:10 King James Bible)This is one of the most admirable verses from the bible, and probably the most know, it simply means that someones great love for money will lead them into evil temptations and eventually lead to their demise, not necessarily that all evil comes from the love of money. The Great Gatsby definitely deliverers this message, greatly influenced by the surrounding. It starts with James Gats as a child, and continues throughout the entire story, I 'll talk about how the settings influenced the events in the story.
him saying "if personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures then there was something
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke the words, “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” One common misconception held by many people is that the terms “Muslim” and “Arab” refer to the same group of people. The two terms mean completely different things and refer to two different aspects and larger ideas. In some cases, a person could fall into both categories, but the assumption that this is always true gives an incomplete and false story to the people who are not represented by it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most compelling twentieth century writers, (Curnutt, 2004). The year 1925 marks the year of the publication of Fitzgerald’s most credited novel, The Great Gatsby (Bruccoli, 1985). With its critiques of materialism, love and the American Dream (Berman, 1996), this dramatic idyllic novel, (Harvey, 1957), although poorly received at first, is now highly regarded as Fitzgerald’s finest work (Rohrkemper, 1985) and is his publisher, Scribner 's most popular title, (Donahue, 2013). The novel achieved it’s status as one of the most influential novels in American history around the nineteen fifties and sixties, over ten years after Fitzgerald 's passing, (Ibid, 1985)
She slammed the door behind her. Her face was hot as she grabbed her new perfume and flung it forcefully against the wall. That was the perfume that he had bought for her. She didn't want it anymore. His voice coaxed from the other side of the door. She shouted at him to get away. Throwing herself on the bed and covering her face with one of his shirts, she cried. His voice coaxed constantly, saying Carol, let me in. Let me explain.' She shouted out no!' Then cried some more. Time passed with each sob she made. When she caught herself, there was no sound on the other side of the door. A long silence stood between her and the door. Maybe she had been too hard on him, she thought. Maybe he really had a good explanation. She hesitated before she walked toward the door and twisted the handle. Her heart was crying out to her at this moment. He wasn't there. She called out his name. "Thomas!" Her cries were interrupted by the revving of an engine in the garage. She made it to the window in time to see his Volvo back out the yard. "Thomas! Thomas....wait!" Her cries vanished into thin air as the Volvo disappeared around the bend. Carol grew really angry all of a sudden. How could he leave? He'll sleep on the couch when he gets back. Those were her thoughts.