Praising is a way to appreciate, honor and share what we adore so others could also appreciate it. To show appreciation of the tradition of the old generation leads to honor, civilization and change. The characteristics of the old age (tradition) are the sources of civilization and change.
In the novel A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, the features of Captain Forrester and Ivy Peter leads to the way we classify them as the old and New Generation. Captain Forrester love the wilderness (the natural image) of his environment while Ivy Peter loves the change of his environment. Captain Forrester is a wealthy railway builder in the West, a director of a bank in sweet water and a Captain in the civil war. Ivy Peter on the other is a cruel and poor arrogant boy who became a wealthy lawyer by attacking Captain Forrester on his land.
Willa Cather represents Captain Forrester as the “pioneer era”. Captain Forrester is an old-fashion man who is courteous and rigid, and always described with his past. That shows how he is already defeated; he represents the pioneers era (old generation) that washed away. Cather writes, “Captain Forrester was himself a railroad man, a contractor, who had built hundreds of
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miles of road for the Burlington, over the sage brush and cattle country, and on up into the Black Hills.” Captain Forrester's dream of the land presents him as an old era. Cather writes, “Because,” he roused himself from his abstraction and looked about a company…We dreamed the railroads across the mountains, just as I dreamed my place on the Sweet Water”. The old west was developed based on ideas by dreamers; the investors, the workers, and homesteaders. They all worked hard to develop the old west. The location of Captain Forrester’s home and how he is in love with it also describes him as an old-fashion man. He falls in love with the land; the marsh, the flowers, the glove of the cottonwood from his young age till his death. He marked it the first day he saw it, dreams of how to build a house on it and how to have a mistress in it to welcome his visitors. He does not allow hunting nor drains the land but rather makes a garden of roses and gloves. Cather proves that as “,,,,,,,,”. That is how he represents an earlier Pioneer, who does not want to destroy the land but rather to live in it. The granite sundial which Captain Forrester sits around and watches all day as the sun goes down after he had the stroke also proves him as a Pioneer era. The sundial represents his past. As Captain Forrester sits and watches this sundial as the time passes by, he counts on his death through the rotation of his shadow on the ground which represents the past. Cather describes this as “The next afternoon Neil found Captain Forrester in the bushy little plot he called his roses garden, seated in a stout hickory chair that could be left out in all weather, his two canes beside him....Mr. Dalzell has his summer home up there”. Captain Forrester watching the sundial watches the old generation washed away. The sorrowful voice that came into Captain Forrester’s voice as he narrates how he got the land from the Indians also represents him as an old era. He knew and his voice proves that he knows his name and wealth would be replaced by another person one day. “All these things will be everyday facts to the coming generation, but to us” Captain Forrester ended with a sort of grunt. Something forbidding had come into his voice, the lonely, defiant note that so often heard in the voices of old Indians”. Ivy Peter on the other is seen as violence in Sweet Water town, especially, on the land of Captain Forrester. Ivy is known as a dog killer, nicknamed Poison Ivy because of the terror he causes in Sweet Water town. Ivy goes to Captain Forrester, who represents the old era's land to interact the activities of the land, hunt and cause trouble. He has an ugly feature and carries a gun to hunt on Captain Forrester's land though the boys told him is forbidden to hunt on that land. How he presents himself on the ground represents his destruction of Captain Forrester property which describes him as the old era. “A well - a grown boy of eighteen or nineteen, dressed in a shabby corduroy hunting suit, with a gun and gamebag, had climbed from the marsh and was coming down the grove between the rows of trees...He is not much on the run". Ivy’s age and the way he appears on the land represent him as a new generation trying to destroy the old one.
Ivy Peter's thought to enter the Forrester's home and the way he behaved when he came to the Forrester's home after Neil broke his arm leads to how Mrs. Forrester act. She kicks Ivy Peter out of her house to prevent the violence struggle that wants to get in the house. That represents how ivy Peter intends to takes their place and image (the old era) and make it his (the new era). “That's sense,” said Ivy Peter...He had intended to sit down in the biggest leather chair and cross his legs and make himself at home; but he found himself on the front porch, put out by that delicately modulated voice as effectively as if he had been kicked out by the brawniest tough in
town”. Ivy Peter acts to shoots the woodpecker who represents the wife of Captain Forrester and who is part of the old era and slits both of its eyes shows how he destroys the old generation to prove himself as a new generation. “See that woodpecker tapping; don't mind us a bit...Up and down, backward and forward among the tangle of branches it flew, raking its feathers, falling and recovering itself. That shows how he destroys the part of Captain Forrester's old generation (Mrs. Forrester), to cause her to wonder around to find its way into the new generation. That also proved when Mrs. Forrester switches her lawyer from Judge Pommeroy to Ivy Peter and also gives part of her love to Ivy Peter as she befriends him after Captain Forrester’s death, launches her into the new world built by Ivy Peter”. Ivy Peter acts to drain the Forrester's land and take over the house also signifies his new era replaced the old age. Ivy has drained the marsh, cut the flowers that represent the Captain's Glory and convert the land of the Forrester’s which present them as the old era into productive and profitable wheat fields. He changes their era into a new generation. The respect that Captain Forrester's friends give to him as an honor of the Pioneer era replaced with the rudeness and disrespect of Ivy Peter who creates the new era. “Good -morning, Captain Forrester. Was that Ivy Peter who just went through here...There was something sorrowful in his voice, and helpless”. In the novel, it is evident to the reader that Willa Cather wants us to sympathize with the new era. She writes that Neil is sad that Mrs. Forrester did not want to live in the pioneer era but rather intends to live in the new generation; Neil, who is still in the past, did not understand. He leaves the town feeling contempt without saying goodbye to Mrs. Forrester (145).
Ivy Rowe's Ideas of the Past in Fair and Tender Ladies. In Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies, Ivy Rowe has a constant. attachment to her past. This attachment is one of the main themes in the novel.
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Elaine Tyler May's Homeward Bound weaves two traditional narratives of the fifties -- suburban domesticity and rampant anticommunism -- into one compelling historical argument. Aiming to ascertain why, unlike both their parents and children, postwar Americans turned to marriage and parenthood with such enthusiasm and commitment, May discovers that cold war ideology and the domestic revival [were] two sides of the same coin: postwar Americans' intense need to feel liberated from the past and secure in the future. (May, p. 5-6, 10) According to May, "domestic containment" was an outgrowth of the fears and aspirations unleashed after the war -- Within the home, potentially dangerous social forces of the new age might be tamed, where they could contribute to the secure and fulfilling life to which postwar women and men aspired.(May, p. 14) Moreover, the therapeutic emphases of fifties psychologists and intellectuals offered private and personal solutions to social problems. The family was the arena in which that adaptation was expected to occur; the home was the environment in which people could feel good about themselves. In this way, domestic containment and its therapeutic corollary undermined the potential for political activism and reinforced the chilling effects of anticommunism and the cold war consensus.(May, p.14)
Psychologist, Carol S. Dweck in her well researched essay, “Brainology” analyzes how praise impacts mindset and how a growth mindset leads to greater success. She supports this claim by comparing the two different mindsets and how praise can affect them. She then proceeds to show praise leads to a fixed mindset harming a person by changing their views on effort. Finally, she argues that praise changes how and what people value, which can
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“Gatsby’s house was still empty when I left — the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine.” This use of figurative language helps us to understand when Gatsby acted like old money, he kept his lawn cut and neat. When he died and his cover was exposed his lawn was like Nick’s and we see how he was on the same social ladder with Nick. This maybe why Nick was Gatsby’s only friend. ”Her voice is full of money," he said suddenly.” The use of this analogy reveals to us that Gatsby will not be able to get Daisy because he is considered new money and Daisy is old money and so is Tom. Daisy voice is full of money it’s sweet but it is selfish. The use of figurative language shows how Emily’s Father had raised Emily with a Strong old money tradition lifestyle that ruined her life. “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.” She did not correlate with the men of the town that were her age to care for her. Instead she only had her father and she held on to that. There was no way to go back to fix the meadow of the past. “The past is not a diminishing road but, instead, a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches.” The use of figurative language differentiates new money and old money by comparing them to similar ideas. New money earns wealth and shares it. While old money is born with money and keeps it to themselves. New money did not carry the dignity of being rich and had been disapproved by the old money. "Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste.” Old Money preferred to keep to themselves and made sure they were perceived as they wanted. “We are private. I have never regretted keeping something to myself. I have savored personal victories with a solitary cigar and cognac. I have nursed my wounded pride– and
Willa Cather’s O Pioneers presents the land as symbolic and vital to the course of the plot. As a force of nature so powerful that it can crush the efforts of any settler in a fleeting moment. This display of supremacy presents itself in the opening lines of Cather's novel, in which she introduces the land as not only the setting but an active character within the story. When Cather’s states, “One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away,” she incarnates the spirit of the settlers within the land. As the novel progresses, the idea that one must be a force equal in strength to the land is apparent in the protagonist character of Alexandra Bergson. O Pioneers brings the works of Fredrick Jackson Turner and Solomon Butcher to life, through Alexandra and her affection for the land, Cather, gives a voice and a human persona to the expanding frontier, showcasing the lands innate ability to shape its own destiny.
In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald, there seems to be conflict between old money and new money. New money meaning that they have inquired wealth recently, and old money meaning they have inherited the money from their ancestors and have been building up their powerful social connections for many years. Fitzgerald portrays new money as being reckless and unwise with their wealth by lavishly spending their money on new cars,new clothes and parties. On the other side of the spectrum, old money individuals are presented as being more responsible and knowing how to handle their money. The difference between these two social classes goes beyond the way they spend money, but, in their personalities also; the new money groups tend to be more caring and lacking in social graces while old money are deeply selfish and inconsiderate. This conflict between the two ranks is very interesting in that even though the book takes place in the 1920s, this concept is fully evident in our society today.
“The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the vast social difference between the old aristocrats, the new self-made rich and the poor. He vividly interprets the social stratification during the roaring twenties as each group has their own problems to deal with. Old Money, who have fortunes dating from the 19th century, have built up powerful and influential social connections, and tend to hide their wealth and superiority behind a veneer of civility. The New Money made their fortunes in the 1920s boom and therefore have no social connections and tend to overcompensate for this lack with lavish displays of wealth. As usual, the No Money gets overlooked by the struggle at the top, leaving them forgotten or ignored. Such is exemplified by Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan. Their ambitions distinctly represent their class in which Fitzgerald implies strongly about.
Hugh Hefner once said, “I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.” The parties of the Roaring Twenties were used to symbolize wealth and power in a society that was focused more on materialism and gossip than the important things in life, like family, security, and friends. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays the characters of Tom and Daisy Buchanan as the epitome of the era. The reader sees these characters acting selfishly and trying to meddle with others’ lives. On the other hand, Nick Carraway, the narrator, acts more to help others and act honestly. Initially the reader sees Carraway’s views towards Jay Gatsby as negative as Gatsby’s actions are perceived as being like the Buchanan’s. As the novel moves forward, the reader notices a change in Carraway’s attitude towards Gatsby. Carraway sees Gatsby for whom he truly is, and that is a loving person who only became rich to win Daisy’s heart. But in this the reader also sees how corrupt and hurtful Gatsby’s actions were to the love of his life. Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy reveals that just as Gatsby’s dream of wooing Daisy is corrupted by illegalities and dishonesty, the “American Dream” of friendship and individualism has disintegrated into the simple pursuit of wealth, power, and pleasure.
As the eras changed, American culture did as well. Literary works including The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne reveal to us two main characters that were alienated by their societies and not valued for their true worth as individuals. Both main characters in these novels endure an identity crisis which then leads to them becoming their own tragic hero/heroine. Both F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby and Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlett Letter, depict characters that reinvent themselves to conform to their own ideas of how they should live and how people should perceive them. In both contexts, the main characters are both, in a way, trapped in their lifestyles. Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby had spent his whole life dedicating himself to win a beautiful girl (not of the same status) and Hester Prynne of The Scarlett Letter not being able to be herself because her perfect Puritan society didn’t accept the fact that she was an individual. In the end, both characters leave their marks and leave us as readers to decipher our thoughts and opinions on them.
Psalm 113 reads like a 1st century pep talk for those with spiritual burnout. The writer makes his case for the Lord by pointing to the many ways that God earns our praise. These nine verses of scripture are saturated with three specific reasons to praise the Lord – He is Su...
When Myrtle tried to escape from the ashes by trying to be with a rich man like Tom, she dies. This embellishes how The American dream is unattainable. When Tom goes and sees George, you can see how the higher classes look down on the lower classes because of their different social positions. The higher-class people such as, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan represent the unstructured bodies of ashes within the valley. They are inconsiderate and conceited people arising from the dead ashes, changing the American
Myrtle, Gatsby, and Daisy were all affected by this. Myrtle is a married woman, but is not satisfied with her life as Wilson’s wife. Wilson does not provide to her standards which is to have the luxurious life Myrtle desires. Myrtle’s materialism is well known, and nothing will stop her from having it all. Myrtle has high hopes to gain a wealthy and famous life. She knows all the city’s gossip and will do almost anything to learn what’s new. The aspiration to have a luxurious life is what causes Myrtle to have an affair with Tom. The movie foreshadows the affair when Myrtle calls Tom during dinner with his family. As this affair continued, everyone in the city (including Daisy) knew about it, yet no one said a word Daisy simply described herself as a fool. Though Myrtle got her way, it was ironic how Daisy was the person who accidently killed Myrtle due to their history and her affair with
The writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway included biographical information in their novels The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises that illuminated the meaning of the work. Although The Sun Also Rises is more closely related to actual events in Hemingway's life than The Great Gatsby was to events in Fitzgerald's life, they both take the same approach. They both make use of non-judgemental narrators to comment on the "lost generation". This narrator allows Fitzgerlald and Hemingway to write about their own society. Fitzgerlald comments on the jaded old-wealth society of the Eastern United States and the corruption of the American Dream. Hemingway comments on the effects of World War I on the "lost generation" and the hope for the future in the next generation.