September 2nd, 1823 If I’ve been keeping the time correctly, it’s been nearly nine days since I was attacked by the grizzly bear. For the past month, I’ve been fur trading and trapping with a group of men for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. But for the first time in years, I’m in the wilderness alone. When I was attacked by the bear, I was so badly mutilated that I couldn't and still can’t move. In fact, I don't remember the first week or so after the fact. The leader of my group, Captain Andrew Henry, decided it was too risky to continue carrying me since I was likely going to die anyways. My group left 2 men to tend to me in my supposed final days. Their names were Jim Bridger, and John Fitzgerald. These men took care of me for 3 days, but they both treated me …show more content…
quite differently.
Fitzgerald wanted me to die so he could rejoin the rest of the group, and claim his 70$ for tending me. When I recover, he’ll be the first one I’ll seek my revenge on. I never liked him anyways, and I despise him even more now. However, Bridger tended to me by putting pine tar on my wounds to hold them in place, and feeding me broth when i was momentarily conscious so I could stay alive. I am highly grateful he tended to my injuries because even though the repairs were paltry, I am healing. I could breathe normally again and I could even stay awake for long periods of time. However, I awoke this morning in the cave, but Bridger and Fitzgerald were gone. Also gone were my bag of personals, and my beloved Anstadt rifle. Even the fire had been extinguished. Not only had they abandoned me in my current state, but they had taken all of my belongings, including everything that would have given me a chance to defend myself out here! I’m angry and hurt because myself and the rest of us trusted those two, and they betrayed me! I can’t comprehend why they would leave me alone out here. I was their best man, and a better leader than
Captain Henry ever was. Now, anything could happen to me. I could be kidnapped and mutilated by Indians, or attacked again by another dangerous animal. I’m still feeling the effects of the bear attack badly, but one day, when I’m healed, I will find those two men and seek my revenge.
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.
Just as I thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. My sister has been torn from me; I have no idea where they have taken her. It has been days and I have not eaten anything except for what was forced. I can't believe all the things that are happening. It seems as if I am being sold quite frequently to others. As of now I am with a chieftain. They have all been nice but I am still continuing on with my plans to leave here and return home.
Thesis: How does F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, compares the American Dream in today's generation and back in the 1920's-30's? What did the American Dream really mean and why? So why did this issue happen? Do you think America can change in the future? What is the american dream really about? When did the phrase: ‘american dream’ started? Have you ever wondered what the 20s and 30s were like back then? How can this so called dream ever bring hope to our country? These are all the questions I would like to know myself. I’ve found three online sources & one source from the novel that can help explain about the 20th century, the Gatsby novel, today's generation, and about Mr.Gatsby from the book.
A moment in time that I hold close to myself is the funeral of my grandmother. It occurred a couple of weeks ago on the Friday of the blood drive. The funeral itself was well done and the homily offered by the priest enlightened us with hope and truth. But when the anti-climatic end of the funeral came my family members and relatives were somberly shedding tears. A sense of disapproval began creeping into my mind. I was completely shocked that I did not feel any sense of sadness or remorse. I wanted to feel the pain. I wanted to mourn, but there was no source of grief for me to mourn. My grandma had lived a great life and left her imprint on the world. After further contemplation, I realized why I felt the way I felt. My grandmother still
If I was lucky, I’d fall asleep from the pain. I vaguely remembered something to do with hot irons, scalpels, electric shocks, blades, pliers, and lots of blood. At that point, I was scarred literally everywhere. Big, red, infected scars. I wanted them to kill me. I wanted it to be over with. I’d learned my lesson. Society tells people to fit in for a reason. Every town, no matter how big or small, has an Asylum. It looks like a normal house, like one you’d find in the suburbs. It looks like no one’s home, with the little lace curtains drawn shut. It looks like somewhere safe to spend the night. It draws you in, and once you go in, you don’t go back
The Roaring Twenties is considered to be a time of excessive celebration and immense corruption. The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a criticism of American society and its values during this era of history. This criticism is first apparent in the people who go to Gatsby's parties. They get absurdly drunk, do not know who their host is and are rude by excessively gossiping about him. This commentary is also shown in the corruption of the police. Gatsby is able to pay off the police so that the activities going on at his home will go unnoticed and so that he may behave as he wishes. This criticism is finally shown in the corruption of friendship and love, the simple fact being that there is none. People use Gatsby and then throw him away. Fitzgerald's criticism of American society and its values during this time period is first shown in the behaviour of people at Gatsby's parties.
Women are seen from a biased point of view in pop culture as they are often criticized and portrayed in degrading ways. The Great Gatsby takes place in the early part of the 20th century which is also known as the Roaring 20's. In regards to feminism, the women in The Great Gatsby are mainly depicted as second class to men. The story gives readers an insight of the roles that gender played in past World War I America. In The Great Gatsby, the author Scott Fitzgerald shines a light on the submissiveness of females toward males during the Roaring Twenties by giving the women in the novel an unfair representation as they are often identified as passive or negative “objects”.
I walk about another mile and found an empty car that looked like it was in an accident, it had no doors, so i decided to sleep there. It was hard to sleep knowing you could be attacked at any second. I didn't do too much sleeping, so by morning I was drained of energy. I started a new journey, I was looking for any shelter. I found a small cot and approached the door, I as soon as I open the door twelve zombies come rushing out. I turn and run, I trip in a hole and drop my gun. I reach into my bag and grab the other pistol he gave me. I aim for the head, watching zombies one by one hit the ground. I ran back to pick up the gun I dropped and keep moving. I have food but no water, so I build a fire to eat. I’m lucky the food is moist and used the water from the fruits he gave me. I’m worried I might not last another
I have lost weight-I now weigh 81 pounds, which is an improvement for when they found me, at 71 pounds. When they found me, they pumped a lot of chemicals into me so I would be able to survive. I was put in the hospital bed in the ambulance and they put an IV in me. I was fading in and out, for I had lost so much blood from the wound. They took Cowboy into the veterinarian ambulance, without exception. Cowboy had actually found food for himself, and an occasional bucket of water would be used for him to drink out of, if I could find water. I was very dehydrated though, when I was found. I was scared for one thing, but when my family laid their eyes on me, I was reassured I was to live. I was so thin and frail you could see my whole bones. This was not intended for. I was rushed to the ER and and could not remember anything, for I was too faint. After I had what felt like a million needles stabbed into me and had my body x rayed, along with them feeding me, I was know recovering in my hospital bed. I had been recovering in the ER f...
Themes of hope, success, and wealth overpower The Great Gatsby, leaving the reader with a new way to look at the roaring twenties, showing that not everything was good in this era. F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the characters in this book to live and recreate past memories and relationships. This was evident with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, Tom and Daisy’s struggling marriage, and Gatsby expecting so much of Daisy and wanting her to be the person she once was. The theme of this novel is to acknowledge the past, but do not recreate and live in the past because then you will not be living in the present, taking advantage of new opportunities.
In chapter five of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby And Daisy reunite after being apart from each other for five years that signifies the beginning of their affair. In the film adaptations of this classic novel the director either succeeds by including all of the aspects of chapter five of The Great Gatsby or fails to include all of the aspects from chapter five into their film version of The Great Gatsby. A perfect example of different aspects is the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 2000 film by A&E that stars Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, and Martin Donovan that was directed by Robert Markowitz.
Why me? what did I do? I try to increase the chance of rescue, keep everyone safe and now I'm forced to hide in this dark, wet, jungle. I am absolutely terrified and I feel as though I am a small animal being preyed on by a gigantic beast. I can hear footsteps and quiet chanting in the distance; the noises are getting closer.
By the time I arrived at the hospital, I was in shock and I refused to believe the events that happened were true. I had cuts on my head and face that stung and my arms and legs were bleeding. I also had a severe concussion. The nurses combed every inch of my body and the doctors informed me that I had foreign drugs in my system. In that moment, I lost my confidence, dignity, and self-respect based on a crime that was carried out against me. My body used to represent me; however, now it terrifies me.
nela Sljoka Casperson 5 AP English 3 28 January 2015 The Reflection of the Roaring Twenties in The Great Gatsby The Roaring 20’s or the Jazz Age is memorable for many Americans in terms of big achievements in many aspects of people’s lives and their American dreams. However, there are multiple points that reveal undertones of roughness and superficiality, which eventually lead to disillusionment. The Great Gatsby echoes with era depictions of the 1920s and portrays the contrast between traditional and corrupted values which are made prevalent through relations and descriptions of the characters, the theme of the novel, and the setting as a whole. Fitzgerald lived in the time after WWI where the novel takes place; American life had major changes, the people started to become more materialistic, women obtained the right to vote, parties became a typical routine, but most importantly the desire for the American Dream was in full swing. In the Roaring 20’s, people wanted to obtain money by any means, assuming it would bring them a considerable amount of joy.
On an icy spring night I was murdered by a villain who had raided my village. Two days before the attack my father and I had been fighting crime south of the Alps, I have been fighting crime since I was young. My father has always been a warrior for as long as anyone can remember. Tattoos cover our bodies, they symbolize the spirit of the warrior. We are the only warriors in our village, and are considered heroes. Bruises and scars cover my body, reminding me of past trials. I knew the Alps through and through and voyaging them was a large part of my life.