Personal Narrative People find Gatsby to be great but I doubt it, I'm not like any ordinary person I am a wise man with great vision like an owl looking for its prey at night. I think that there is more to this person who's called The Great Gatsby I find him as a man who is very good at deceiving people. Due to my suspicion of Gatsby I investigated further and found evidence or proof of Gatsby's fraud and unoriginal life that he created himself and fooled everyone. Gatsby is not someone that everyone has talked with or even seen and with his popularity rumours spread fast, people say that he was a German spy and studied in oxford and some believed he killed a man. During my investigation of the life Gatsby claim to have I went to his library during one of his huge parties that everyone crashes in I found interesting stuff. A person who studied in oxford must be well educated it is one of the finest if not the finest universities in the world therefore in his library I examined his books to check if they were real or not. At first I was quite shocked of what I found the books in his library were real but I checked again for anything that will help me solving this mystery right after that thought I found that Gatsby did not read any of his books he purchased, he didn't even cut the pages...show more content...
I was invited to Gatsby's funeral as I expected and mentioned before that Gatsby is not a person who is loved by alot of people, people do not care about him in the funeral only Gatsby's father, Nick, a couple of servants and I who attended, Nick had a hard time inviting people no one had emotional feeling for Gatsby. I was the only guest that came both in his parties and his funeral I was the only one who really knew who was really Gatsby, even though in all my observation of Gatsby I thought Gatsby was worthy enough to attend his
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On a bright sunny day the queen gave birth to a beautiful young boy. The queen and I decided to call him Alexander. I did not realize that something horrible was going to happen! As time moved on Alexander grew into a boy. As I was on my way home I across the river a giant offered to help me across. There was one thing that John wanted first and that was Alexander! I told the giant "NO! I would never give you my son!" The giant said, "Good luck getting across the river then!" I yelled after him and said, I will give you the Prince instead." The giant agreed. The giant had a daughter named Catherine. The prince and Catherine very fond of each other. One day Catherine decided to flee with the prints because she could not bear to be with their
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Have you ever lit your pants on fire!?! Thankfully, neither have I, but I did make a fool of myself in front of my entire class. All of my teachers and classmates know that I am a slow reader, but I usually never do anything wrong. That is why it became such a shocking and hilarious experience when I finally did something wrong. I learned the hard way, through slight humiliation, that you should always follow an instructor's exact directions no matter the circumstance.
During the month of May, 2017, my Language Arts class was assigned a book project. Everyone received a book and worksheets that went along with the book, which helped us understand the meanings and ideas in the book. That year we read The Great Gatsby. The teacher would...show more content...
My teacher possessed a peculiar sense of humor and after she finished reading the chapter she said in a villainous tone, "It might be smart to review your worksheets for a surprise quiz tomorrow." Accompanying her evil statement was an equally evil smile that traversed her face. The evil nature of her smile even gave me goosebumps. Taking her word that there was going to be a pop quiz tomorrow, I made sure that I attained my book and worksheets to study with that night. The next day, as promised, she handed out a short pop quiz. It was not as challenging as she tried to make it sound. It presented only five multiple choice questions on it. Once we finished our quizzes, she told us to read the next chapter silently. Once I finished my quiz at the speed of light, I decided to finish other homework, since I preferred to read at home anyway. So while the rest of my class was reading, I worked on homework. Thirty minutes later, I completely finished all of my other assignments, so I decided to start reading the chapter. After nearly two paragraphs in, my teacher interrupted the class to see if everyone finished reading the chapter. Unknown to me, the chapter was fairly short and everyone, but me, finished it. Raising my hand slowly, I told her that I had not finished reading. Everyone in my class turned around and stared at me. The teacher asked me how far I was in the chapter and how much time I needed to Get more content
The Great Gatsby, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is an amazing novel that thank god it was turn into a movie. It is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. Probably because it starts one of my favorites actors of all time like the great Leonardo DiCaprio. Being that this novel is so well known, so there is going to be many opinions about it. There is an extra of material that has been written on The Great Gatsby. To me one of the most interesting aspect that The Great Gatsby brings is the setting, which is during the 1920's, and how this movie represents the life of the great Fitzgerald during this same time period. "In the 1920's and 1930s F. Scott Fitzgeraldwas equally famous as a writer and as a celebrity author whose lifestyle seemed to symbolize the two decades" (Fitzgerald, p. 2147). The movie is narrated by Nick Carraway, who moved to New York from the mid–west. Nick moved to West Egg, which is a place where rich people lived. He bought a small house next to none other thanJay Gatsby mansion. Nick is later invited by Gatsby itself to one of his parties, where Gatsby tells Nick that him and Daisy were in love while Gatsby was in the war. Later Nick arranged a meeting between Gatsby and Daisy, who turned out to be Nick's cousin. Daisy's husband, Tom get suspicious of daisy's affair with Gatsby. Because of this, Tom arranged a meeting to confront Gatsby in a hotel room. On the way back from this confrontation, Gatsby and Daisy get into an accident killing Myrtle
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And then, a bold English naturalist and geologist dares disturb the peace by publishing a 502–page piece of scientific literature that introduces us to the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection. The culprit's name is Charles Darwin, the book in question is titled On The Origin of Species, and some people see this as an attempt at proving that God does not exist.
On The Origin of Species was as controversial in 1859 as Galileo Galilei's heliocentric theory was in 1615, and for much the same reason: it threatened the authority of the church by challenging religious views that were set in stone. Darwin's work was as accepted as it was detracted, though Darwin didn't come under as much heat as the authors of other historically contentious works. It generated much discussion in the areas of science, religion, and philosophy; it forced Darwin to make enemies and friends; it is now seen as a seminal work in the field of evolutionary biology. On The Origin of Species is a piece of literature that inarguably shaped history....show more content...
Let us examine: In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published his magnum opus, The Great Gatsby, a work which is considered a timeless literary classic and has been given the title "Great American Novel." Aside from being a stern warning regarding the American Dream, it explores themes of debauchery, moral decay, and social change, all characteristics of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald was inspired by the garish culture that surrounded him in the 1920s, an era of economic prosperity, bootlegging, and societal developments; he incorporated all these elements into a novel overflowing with symbolism and references to issues or trends unique to that decade. The novel's main character, Jay Gatsby, is among the world's most loved
To truly compare or justify anything to be superior to something else, you must have more than one thing to compare. When I start to review narrative and descriptive essays, I have to try to understand what separates the two. I chose to compare "Caged Bird", by Maya Angelou as my Descriptive essay and "How to say nothing in 500 words", by Paul McHenry Roberts as my narrative essay. To me these two essays set themselves apart from each other, not just because of the different styles of writers, but the meaningful message that was delivered in both essays. While both of these essays have a strong message that it delivers, but only one truly keeps my attention, answers all of my questions, and helps me to imagine every word that is in the...show more content...
I could really envision what the bird was thinking of in the Caged Bird essay, the words help you to picture what you cannot see. For example, "The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own", Angelou, M. (1983). I really can picture the bird imagining this or just reflecting on a past event that it experienced on an earlier day. All of the essentials for a good descriptive essay, were found in this essay, but to me the format was more familiar to the format of a poem and left me wanting more. I found myself wanting more details and a further description of what the bird was experiencing or just more to read because it actually peeked my interest as to what was going on with this bird. Good narrative essays in preparation the writer determines a purpose of the narrative, considers the audience, develops a thesis and a good plot. In addition to these tools for a good narrative, the writer also anticipates and answers possible reader questions, uses language and dialogue effectively, as well as maintains clear narrative order of the essay. How to say nothing in 500 words is the narrative essay that I picked to compare and I must say that the writer clearly knew what it took to create a great narrative essay. The writer Paul McHenry Roberts sucks you in with the title of his essay and just keeps
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One hot and sunny day my parents, little brother, and I wanted to get out of the house. So we decided to got to the park and play on the playground. It was so hot outside that we were sweating just from standing but it was a great day. Not only was it was a great day but it was also a great day because it was the day I was going to ask my parents if we could get a dog. I was so excited to ask that I was getting goosebumps. I began to walk towards my parents and when I reached them I asked the question." Can we get a dog please?" Both my mama and dad looked at each other and said one day we will be able to. It wasn't a yes but it wasn't a no, so I knew that there was a chance that I could get one. The next day became one of the best days of my life and soon one of the saddest days. When I was 5 years old I got one of the best gifts any kid good ask for. I've always wanted one and was so glad when I laid eyes on her. Before I go into detail why not just start from the very beginning. One evening, my little brother and I was watching tv with my mama when I heard my mama talking to my dad on the phone saying "what you mean you have a surprise?" When I heard that, I knew that It had to be something really intriguing. Minutes later I could hear the sound of the tires running over rocks and an engine running. It turns out that It was my daddy pulling into the driveway, so I had gotten even more anxious to find out exactly what the surprise was. My mama, brother, and I all waited
Last night was all a blur. It was definitely one of the most memorable night of my life. Everyone was all done up in expensive and ornate clothing. I felt so plain in my simple party dress. I silently drifted through the crowd choosing to observe the crowd rather than joining in on their festivities. After all, the only way I was able to obtain an invitation was through work. You see, my boss wanted me to write an article on Gatsby's party. I was refused at first but my boss knows some things about me that I do not under any circumstances want exposed. Okay, so back to the party. I decided to that the faster I talked to Gatsby the better so I went to go find him. I thought the best place to start was out in the garden where I thought he would be conversing with his guests. I walked to the garden avoiding eye contact and feigned conversations with the people around me. As I searched the garden for Gatsby, I quietly listened for all the bits of gossip the partygoers were discussing. Probably the most interesting story was that Gatsby was having an affair with a married woman. The couple believed that the woman was none other than Miss Baker. I knew this rumour wasn't completely true. Gatsby was indeed having an affair with someone but she wasn't married and she wasn't Miss Baker. In fact, you know this person quite well but, I won't tell you who it is so don't even think of asking me. Anyways, I searched the garden for Gatsby but he was nowhere to be found. I then
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After a long stressful test, I was going to spend the day with my best friend, Katherine, for the first time after, so long now that her mom trusted me more. "Honk!'' was the sound I heard that signaled me that Katherine's dad was here. She opened the door, as usual because she was so courteous to me at school. I got into the rusty gray Honda. Once I got into the car I knew it was out of my comfort zone because it was my first time meeting Katherine's Dad outside of school. "Hello, Katherine 's dad," I said tentatively. He responded back with a simple hello and simply resumed his talk with Katherine as if she had never left the car. They were talking, so quick I had no idea what to do, so I kept quiet the whole car ride and looked out the window. The whole car ride was of a foreign language I had barely heard Katherine speak at school, when her mom, my 5th grade math teacher came around. Now as if she had been liberated from those chains that kept her from speaking her native language, she spoke endlessly with her dad. We arrived at our destination and to my surprise, it was a church. I had never my life been to church on a Saturday afternoon, most likely because my mom and I only had time to come to church on SundayВґs.So many things were happening at the same time in the same room where Katherine's dad left us. There was a karate class happening right in front of us while some feet in front there were tables with roses, string, markers, all scattered up.
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It took me a while to realize that I could've never imagined something like this. It was a cool morning, the sun hadn't even risen, and we had already begun the adventure of a lifetime. I would like to take the time to tell you my story, the story of my greatest adventure.
It was 4:35 am when we left for Algonquin Park. We were the only ones on the road. The three hours went by quickly, and quietly. Besides the fact this adventure was my birthday present, the real reason I wanted to go was to find some moose and I did just that when we entered the Park. Slowly driving down Highway 60, we looked but had no luck. No moose for today but three more days of adventure awaits.
We pulled up to the portage store at 8 am, parked the car and grabbed our bags,canoe, and walked across the Highway to an opening in the forest, where the lake becomes a river. This was the most exciting part of all, getting to step foot in the canoe! I sat in the canoe, as my dad passed me the bags. It was my job to keep the canoe balanced and prevent it from tipping. After fifteen minutes the boat had been packed, and it was now time to set off. The first few paddles were smooth, then the wind arrived. Luckily most of the wind was coming from behind us and even though the water was choppy, it couldn't have been a better day for our adventure to begin.
We continued topaddle for two hours and arrived at our first portage. The portage was 250m from Ragged Lake to Smoke Lake. This portage was through a small clearing in the forest and even though it was a clearing, you needed to watch for bears and moose who roamed the woods. The first time we walked through the trail, I took my bag, the paddles, and both our lifejackets. Next, we walked back and took the bear barrel and my dad's backpack. After lugging everything to the other Lake we decided to take a small break to drink some water, and eat some sandwiches and off we went again!
Next, we discovered the real beauty of Algonquin Park, the scenery. I took many pictures and soon we arrived at our second and last portage, "Devil's Staircase". This portage was given its name after, many previous campers attempted to climb this steep pathway. After 2 long trips, my father checked