... happiness. “The Great Gatsby ... describes the failure of the American dream, from the point of view that American political ideals conflict with the actual social conditions that exist. For whereas American democracy is based on the idea of equality among people, the truth is that social discrimination still exists and the divisions among the classes cannot be overcome” (Internet 1). It is impossible for all people to become rich, since wealth is based largely on social position, and classes prevent the poor from becoming successful. “One thing’s sure and nothing’s surer / The rich get richer and the poor get -- children” (Fitzgerald 101). Myrtle’s attempt t ...

... to be the elements attacked in this future society. In his novel, Bradbury claims that technological growth has managed, by suppressing creativity, to rob society of its humanity. Bradbury provides many examples that lead the reader to believe that there has been a serious depletion of family values in Montag's society. The most provocative example of this is the discussion between Montag, his wife, and her friends. Mrs. Phelps, when asked by Montag how her children are, abruptly answers saying "No one in his right mind, the good lord knows, would have children!" (104) Mrs.Bowles, a mother of two, has an answer for Mrs. Phelps. However, with her response, B ...

... love of a woman who did not return his love. He felt passionately about things that he did, even if he got into trouble over them. He knew that what he thought was right was often in stark contrast to what his society deemed proper. He disagreed with the social hierarchy of Russia and paid the penalty. He may have paid a penalty for standing by what he thought was right, but he knew inside that he was doing the right thing. However, he did not receive any joy from this realization. He was relatively miserable his whole life. He turned to Gambling to punish himself. This is a man who, when he had a chance to be with the woman he had loved for years, ruined i ...

... as any "white" person, had never looked "white" to me." (Wright pg. 31). This statement shows his confusion about blacks and whites. When, as a child Wright learned of a white man beating a black boy he believed that the white man was allowed to beat the black child. Wright did not think that whites had the right to beat blacks because of their race. Instead he assumed that the white man was the black boy's father. When Wright learned that this was not true, and that the boy was beaten because of his race, he was un able to rationalize it. Even as he got older he didn't see the color of people. In one instance Richard and a friend are standing outside a shop whe ...

... and this is again showed further on in page 91 when she asks Mr.Stockdale whether he can ‘keep a secret’, and then she reveals the barrels to Mr.Stockdale that contain spirits from France and this is a very unusual thing for young women of her time to be doing, because it would usually have been men that would do all the smuggling. Lizzy realises that Mr.Stockdale is very surprised, and tries to defend herself by saying ‘’Smuggling is carried on here by some of the people,’’ and ‘’It has been their practice for generations, and they think of it as no harm.’’ Then to astonish Mr.Stockdale even more, she begins to show him how to extract the liquor from the ...

... and put it in. I had wore the ground a good deal, crawling out of the hole and dragging out so many things. So I fixed that as good as I could from the outside. Then I fixed the piece of log back into its place. I took the ax and smashed in the door-I beat it and hacked it considerable, a-doing it. I fetched the pig.and laid him down on the ground to bleed. Well, last I pulled out some of my hair, and bloodied the ax good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the corner" (24). If Huck were lazy, he would not have gone through all that trouble to escape, if he escaped at all. A lazy person would have just stayed there and not worried about w ...

... nor contemplate the effects that come as a result of our actions. In 1984, we get a sense of a greater authority in Big Brother. Although we never come to know if Big Brother actually exists, the power and authority that this idol holds over the people is unimaginable. The people of Oceania are divided into two classes, the members of the Party and the proletariat. The Party members are like machines that do the jobs of the government. In this world, never has anyone thought any different of his or her place in society. Due to this authority that attempts to control the human train of thought, paranoia among the people became common. Nobody would talk to each ot ...

... different opinions, ideas, and thoughts. They believe that order and peace is the best way to keep happiness. Books are burned immediately whenever they are found anywhere. In fact, it is a “crime” to own a book in Montag’s world. Books are often compared to as birds throughout Fahrenheit 451. “A book lit like a white pigeon in his hands. In the dim wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather….The men above were hurling shovelsfull of magazines into the dusty air. They fell like slaughtered birds.” (page 37) In Montag’s view, the burning books were seen as dying, hopeless birds. Somehow, Montag saw the books as a sign of happiness and freedom ...

... and she stuck out her lip. Rose handed her a mobile she had bought for 50 cents in the County Home crafts centre.... Stick it up your arse, said Flo" (Oates 151). The reader sees no affection between the two. In fact, the tone of the story illustrates a lack of acceptance and even disappointment by Flo and shows that there has always been a distance between the two. The title is derived from a patient Rose met at the nursing home whose only communication was spelling words. After meeting this patient, Rose dreamed that Flo was in a cage and spelling words like the old patient she met in the nursing home. Rose tells Flo about her visit to the nursing ho ...

... and ignorant, it was also contributed to by Estella, a girl Pip fell in love with. “…Why, he is a common laboring-boy,” (561) were the exact words that broke Pip’s heart and drove him to yearn so much to be a gentleman. He dreaded the word “common”. It was not good enough for his girl, Estella. He had what Dickens called “great expectations”. Pip’s expectations of are what finally bring him to realize the importance and value of true goodness. He is brought to London where he was to become a gentleman. But he only finds that life there was even more unsatisfying. He grows deeper in debt, and starts loosing friends because he felt he was better than them. Wh ...