.... pursuit of wealth. The pursuit of the American Dream is the sublime motivation for accomplishing one's goals and producing achievements, however when tainted with wealth the dream becomes devoid and hollow. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, is one character who longs for the past. Surprisingly, he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Gatsby had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires wealth, he moves n .....

.... society of men he was bored and not himself, with them he was cold and uncommunicative; but when he was in the company of women he felt free, and knew what to say to them and how to behave; and he was at ease with them even when he was silent�. He tells women what they want to hear so he can get them to bed, “ In his appearance, in his character, in his whole nature, there was something attractive and elusive which allured women and disposed then in his favour; he knew that, and some force seemed to draw him, too, to them.� This keeps life simple for him. Anna Sergeyevna is a young woman alone on vacation with her dog. We know she is .....

.... leaves the mid-west after he returns from the war, understandably restless and at odds with the traditional, conservative values that, from his account, have not changed in spite of the tumult of the war. It is this insularity from a changed world no longer structured by traditional values that had sent young men to war, that inspires him to go east to New York, where he endeavors to learn about the bond market. Nick settles in West Egg as a young, impressionable man hoping to rise with the times. Speaking as the narrator, he establishes himself as a hardworking American with ‘advantages’ with a strong family history and a be .....

.... is who you are and how you behave. If you don't like it, why don't you change?'" Tall, slim, tweedy, with a patrician accent and looking a bit younger than 70, Albee would have changed his own sad past if he could. An orphan raised in chauffeured luxury, Edward was packed off to the first of three boarding schools at age 11. At Trinity, "I discovered that the required courses were not the ones I required." So he cut the classes that bored him and audited the ones that didn't. "It tells you something about the management of Trinity at the time that they didn't catch up with me until the middle of the sophomore year," he recalls. "Th .....

.... presence of God. However, I also believe that we cannot limit the presence of God in our lives to only those moments when we are at the top of the mountain. Karl Rahner refers to God as always being on our horizon. The use of this metaphor suggests that God’s presence is found only when we have reached the mountain summit. Yet, this greatly limits God’s presence in our life. Most people have often felt the presence of God in the deepest, lowest corners of thier lives. These experiences are also considered your horizons. A time to make changes in order to always keep moving forward. As the Bible says, “To every thing there i .....

.... remains quiet in the conversation, but eventually does speak up: “I didn’t say anything, and he asked me again if I wanted to be pals. I said it was fine with me: he seemed pleased.” (Camus, 29) It really made no difference to Meursault if he was stated as a friend of Raymond’s or not. The way that Meursault does not contribute to the conversation and that it is just “fine with [him]” to be friends creates an image of indifference. This image continues to grow as Raymond continues to talk to Meursault. Raymond goes on to tell of his problems with women, and Meursault still remains silent. Af .....

.... statistics that have been compiled for '' are alarming. This is evident considering: fifty percent of the Earth's species will have vanished inside the next 100 years; mankind is using almost half of the energy available to sustain life on the planet, and this figure will grow as population jumps in the next 50 years from 6 billion to approximately 10 billion. Now, with the use of satellite imagery of much of the world's surface, doubts have been laid to rest about whether such alarming statistics are of real concern. The answer is beyond a reasonable doubt that at the current rate of destruction, tropical forests for example, will be re .....

.... codes by which they must abide by. This effects the characters,in the way that the people in the town know everything about what's happening, and everyone pretty much gets along with every one else. Also since everyone sees in black and white there isn't much difference in the appearance of one and other The setting has increased my knowledge of the specific time and place. It takes sometime in the future because of the way people see things and how it is nothing like now. also the laws that the people have are stupid, like females under the age of nine are to have their hair ribbons tied neatly at all times, and you could not r .....

.... entire outlook and they both began to see the world through new eyes. The type of initiation both characters had was a distressing journey from innocence to knowledge and experience. The two narrators had different attitudes and reactions to the initiation experience. In Araby, the reader learns of the boy’s initiation in the final sentence: "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; andmy eyes burned with anguish and anger." The character had a negative reaction to his new awareness. His realization caused him to have feelings of shame, anguish and anger. He was possessed and controlled by his .....

.... was rejected as a child and then she grew up with resentment in her creating evil. The resentment never went away so the evil just built up. This is a step in the direction of crime and guilt. Revenge is pursued when a person is rejected by others. With revenge comes more evil and crime. "I am sure my self that there would be fewer jails"(Steinbeck p.355) Revenge causes people to do bad things which gets them into trouble. When revenge takes over the person becomes obsessed and they tend to go physco." I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be who he is. Maybe there would be fewer crazy people"(Steinbeck .....