Mr. B's AP English 3

Look around you, are you one hundred percent happy with everything things in your life or are unhappy with the way your hair looks or the way your day has gone? It is normal to be dissatisfied with your life and the things inside it including you. In “ The Great Gatsby” dissatisfaction shows more of an impact on the characters. In today's society people are always wanting the latest new phones or latest fashion trend in their closest but, none of them stop and think, why are they wanting this, the answer, their dissatisfied with the materialistic things they have and they believe deep down that if they got new material it will fill the void that that struggle with. If people would stop and take the time to appreciate what they have instead of trying to have the " Bigger, better, stronger, faster" things in life they would not fall into the "trap" of their " own dissatisfaction" ( Source 1). In the Great Gatsby, Myrtle had a husband, a ho...

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”, wrote by the founding fathers who put the foundation of this growing country into writing 142 years ago ( source 1).The “American Dream” is a dream that was once something everyone reached for and over the years that dream has dwindled away because of the facts that not everyone reaches for that dream anymore. The American dream is by every means attainable to anyone who chooses to live in the states for two main reasons; for one, they work for what they want, and for two they don't let their background determine where their future lies. “ A dream of a society in which each man and each woman could reach the highest place that their abilities enabled regardless of where they started in life” ( source 1). The people who choose to use their color or history as an excuse ...

Writing an essay is a very strategic idea to deal with especially if you are using any type of sources that you will need to cite, which should be any source that isn't your own. evaluating sources correctly, using sources correctly without plagiarising and using what you found in these said sources are all the key object to getting a great grade on your essay without giving faulty info. When evaluating sources you always want to make sure you're constantly thinking of the following things; reliable, look at both perspectives and understanding what the source is stating. Keep in mind that "when you take information from a given source, it will almost inevitably carry with it at least some... preference, assumptions, and biases" (19). We cant all see everything from all angles and all views its just not how we're built mentally so, draw on as many reliable sources as you possibly can to prepare yourself to write. Don't assume that all ar...

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby with many underlying themes, two of which are hope , compassion and forgiveness. Many people During the jazz age used hope as a way to keeping going. Hope is still alive today in everyday things, along with home. Hope is presented in the novel in different ways one way is by  a green light. The green light represents Gatsby's hope to meet daisy and soon win her back. He sees the green light far away yet knows his relationship is very present. "Involuntary I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing expect a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock" ( Fitzgerald 21).  Humans use hope as a way to look forward and have a reason to keep going, like Gatsby, he used the Green Light as a reason to keep pursuing his relationship with daisy. Throughout the novel Gatsby demonstrates that his motivation is the green light. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year reced...