The End of Brad It was November 23, 2016. The weather was kinda chilly, I mean it was fall. Jake and Logan were to meet up at around 5ish. They were both going to a Post Malone concert. Jake and Logan are your typical teenage brothers. Both fresh out of highschool and them thinking they were invinceable was the usual. Tonight, however, that perception would change. It was about 5 o’Clock when Jake showed up to the USANA Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jake looked around for a minute to see if he could see Logan and for a moment he was kind of worried that Logan had forgot, but just as Jake was going to call Logan, he saw him out of the corner of his eye and he was so relieved. “Hey Jakey!”, Logan said cheerfully. …show more content…
Ya know I almost didn’t think you were going to show up.”, Jake said in an almost serious tone. “Jake”, said Logan, “Have I ever once ditched out on you?” There was silence between the boys because they both knew that, yes Logan had ditched out on Jake many times. Weather it be for his friends, his girlfriend, or even once before his dog. This didn't matter though. What mattered is that they were about to see their favorite artist and they were seeing him together. Jake and Logan, finally after about 15 minutes, started walking up to the front gates. The walk up to the gates took about 10 minutes from where the car was. As soon as they got to the ticker handler Logan immediately knew something was not right. “Jake I don’t think the concert is going on.” Said Logan. “Logan what are you …show more content…
He immediately went into this almost mainiac way. It took both boys by surprise, they had never seen anything like it before. Brad had started screaming and yelling things so fast that neither boy could catch what he was saying. Logan and Jake both made the decision to bail out of there right away. But right away wasn’t fast enough. Brad started chasing after Jake and Logan once he realized they had ditched out of there. Brad was extremely fast. He caught up to logan and pretty much grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. Jake, being the smart kid he is, was right in the head zone of Brad so he quickly kicked him in the side of the head grabbed Logan and ran. They were maybe three minutes away from their car when they hear a big loud noise. They were both stunned by it because they one had realized it was a gunshot, two it was so close, and three it was so loud. With all of the adrenaline rushing threw them Logan did not realize he was the victim of the gunshot. Jake saw blood on the ground and he freaked out when he realized Logan had been
Fiona covered her mouth and hugged Jonas. She went to check on Gabe as he was lying in bed and later went to look at the giver. “What did he tell you,” Fiona asked.
Jake is the one and only man in Culver’s life, who filled in the role of his fathers. He taught him valuable lessons such as to be independent and to not let anyone hold you back from your destiny. He wasn’t Superman or Spiderman, but he was a real man, who was true to himself and his nephew. For as long as he lives, Culver will always remember his Uncle’s memorable words.
In chapter five of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the theme of loss of spirituality emerges in page 87 thru page 88. “‘I want to get the grass cut,’ he said...” to “He waited a moment longer, hoping I’d begin a conversation, but I was too absorbed to be responsive, so he went unwillingly home.” In a quote from Gatsby on page 88, “‘You wouldn’t have to do any business with Wolfshiem.’ Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the ‘gonnegtion’ mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong,” Gatsby offers to give Nick a job in side business after talking to Nick about inviting Daisy over for tea, and Nick declines the offer because it was just a favor and he doesn’t want to keep doing services for Gatsby to get paid. This
As depicted by Scott F. Fitzgerald, the 1920s is an era of a great downfall both socially and morally. As the rich get richer, the poor remain to fend for themselves, with no help of any kind coming their way. Throughout Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, the two “breeds” of wealthier folk consistently butt heads in an ongoing battle of varying lifestyles. The West Eggers, best represented by Jay Gatsby, are the newly rich, with little to no sense of class or taste. Their polar opposites, the East Eggers, are signified by Tom and Daisy Buchanan; these people have inherited their riches from the country’s wealthiest old families and treat their money with dignity and social grace. Money, a mere object in the hands of the newly wealthy, is unconscientiously squandered by Gatsby in an effort to bring his only source of happiness, Daisy, into his life once again. Over the course of his countless wild parties, he dissipates thousands upon thousands of dollars in unsuccessful attempts to attract Daisy’s attention. For Gatsby, the only way he could capture this happiness is to achieve his personal “American Dream” and end up with Daisy in his arms. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy is somewhat detrimental to himself and the ones around him; his actions destroy relationships and ultimately get two people killed.
The Great Gatsby – Chapter 7 Summary Chapter 7 was another important chapter in this book, it started off with Gatsby deciding to call off his parties, which he had held primarily to lure Daisy. He has also fired his servants to prevent gossip, and replaced them with connections of Meyer Wolfsheim. On the hottest day of the summer, Nick drives to East Egg for lunch at Tom and Daisy's house. When the nurse brings in Tom and Daisy's baby girl, Gatsby is stunned. During the awkward afternoon, Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another, and Tom finally notices their situation.
Think about being separated from the one you love. You thought this person would be in your life forever and always. You may have spent days and weeks thinking and planning your future together, but then one day they disappear from your life. That person has moved on, and chose to live a life that no longer including you. It would be assumed in most cases that the love of your life is no longer the person they were before, so should you stick around and try to win them back? In the case of Gatsby and Daisy, Gatsby did not realize Daisy would be different, and although he still thinks he is in love with Daisy, is he in love with her for who she is now, or the idea of everything she used to be the answer may shock you, and this is all due to the unreal expectations he has for her to fill. Because Gatsby is not in love with who she is at the time they are reunited. Instead, he is caught up in the idea of who she used to be. The actions of Gatsby, how he talks about her, and the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy once they are back together again show who Gatsby is really in love with, and that is the old Daisy.
The Great Gatsby is based upon two main men, Nick Carraway and the mysterious and
After being released from his service, he returned back to his home in North Carolina. While he’s home, the most sudden noises trigger him to be anxious causing sudden flashbacks of the fire. Logan decides to not get help for
In the second instance, Jake had once again saved Johnny’s life by being persistent in not letting Johnny stay by himself after dropping him at home from school. Jake repeatedly insists that Johnny invites him in and even goes to great lengths by stalling Johnny and telling him that he also likes video games. This act saved Johnny’s life in two ways, as one, it resulted in him having a friend whom he could lean on for emotional support and two, it physically stopped him from making any attempts to suicide or to cause himself harm by cutting his wrists.
The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1 Read the beginning of the novel chapter 1 up to page 12 “Tom Buchanan”. in his riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front. porch.” How effective do you find this as an introduction to Great? Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby tells a story of eight people during the summer of 1922 from the observation of Nick Carraway. It's a story about trying to achieve the unattainable, deceit, and tragedy. It takes place around the character Jay Gatz who becomes Jay Gatsby in an attempt to change his persona and attract his long lost love, Daisy. In Nick's telling of the story, Nick and everyone who knew Gatsby, thought he was great. Gatsby threw lavish parties at his beautiful mansion every weekend. He had money, even though no one really seemed to know how he made his money. Gatsby spends years of his life trying to win the heart back of Daisy Buchanan. When they met years ago, he was in the Army and didn't have much money. Daisy came from a wealthy family and she couldn't marry a poor man. This is what drives Jay Gatz to become Jay Gatsby and impress the girl to get her back.
Jake Barnes’ conflict lies in his love for Lady Brett Ashley, this love seems to alter his thought process when situations arise involving her. Scholar Scott Donaldson states, “Though physically impotent and mentally tortured, Jake Barnes remains morally sound...financial soundness mirrors moral strength” (77). Throughout the novel, Jake does indeed remain financially sound and for the most part is a morally sound human being. He showcases his normal and rational thinking in the situation where he does not want the American Ambassador to engage with Pedro Romero. Jake’s reason is, “[Americans] don’t know what he’s worth…[Romero] ought to stay with his own people. He shouldn’t mix in the stuff.”(176). This makes sense as the American ambassador does not share an aficion for bullfighting and only wants to
In this story by F. Scott Fitzgerland the characters are Jay, Nick, Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson, Catherine, Henry C. Gatz, Dan Cody, Ewing Kilpspringer,
“Can’t repeat the past?’ he [Gatsby] cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!” (Fitzgerald 110). With that one line, F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby seals his fate.
It is through ¬¬¬¬¬the comparison of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s (EBB) poems, Sonnets from the Portuguese, written in the conservative Victorian era, and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s (F) modernist novel, The Great Gatsby, of the ‘Jazz Age’, that we witness the impact of context and see how perspectives vary as a consequence; this leads us to a heightened appreciation of each text in their respective time, but also in correlation with each other. Both Sonnets of the Portuguese and The Great Gatsby explore concerns of idealism and love, which highlights the ongoing discourse of human experience. It is through the juxtaposition of the treatment in different contexts, which reflect these significant changes in values and see how texts function as a cultural