F. Scott Fitzgeralds Novel The Great Gatsby Is About A Man Named Gats

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchannan. He dreams that one day he and Daisy will get together. Gatsby has worked hard to become the man that he believes will impress Daisy. Even though he has an extravagant house, lots of money, and wild parties, he is without the one person he wants, Daisy. Even befriending Nick deals with Gatsby getting Daisy, because Daisy is Nick's cousin. In a meeting arranged by Nick and Gatsby, Daisy is invited over for tea and she sees Gatsby. It seems as if time is suspended for a moment, as they look at each other both thinking something. Then Gatsby tips over Nick's clock, symbolizing that he is running out of time to try to capture what he and Daisy once lost. Through the lonely and careless characters of: Jordan Baker Jay Gatsby, Myrtle, and G. Wilson, Fitzgerald is able to illustrate the lack of spirituality in this novel. The main place in The Great Gatsby that shows the lack of spirituality is the Valley of Ashes, where Myrtle and her husband, George Wilson live. It is a bleak, desolate valley including only one building, a car garage. One day while driving around Tom and Nick stop off at the valley to see Myrtle, Tom's mistress. Nick describes this valley as being: "about half way between West Egg and New York... a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens" (27). The concern here is with the corruption of values and the decline of spiritual life. The traditional views of God and Religion are dead here and the readers can tell this because the only God-like image in this novel is a billboard with the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg advertising glasses. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg represents the fact that God and religion have taken a less substantial role in comparison with the gods that have the powers of wealth, status, and greed. Dr. Eckleburg represents God, but by the way Nick describes the billboard tells the readers that even though God may watch over His people, he is being ignored in this novel, which is symbolized by the decaying billboard: "his eyes, dimmed a little by many paint less days under the sun and rain" (28). George Wilson is the owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes. When Nick first meets Wilson he describes him as a "blonde, spiritless, man" the description fits him well because Wilson works on machines, especially cars (29). Machines are the lifeless, inanimate objects from which Wilson makes his living. Machines have no spirit; according to Nick Wilson has no spirit either. Carelessness shows lack of spirituality because if a person is careless then he or she is reckless and usually has no concern for rules or consequences. The disregard for other people is shown in this novel mostly through driving. Nick tells Jordan one day while he is riding with her that she is: "a rotten driver...either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all" (63). Jordan protests that she is a careful driver but messes up her statement by saying: "they'll keep out of my way" (63). That shows that she has a lack of concern for other drivers and only concern for herself if she believes that other people will keep out of her way. Say she meets someone else that has that same motto. Jordan was right when she pointed out to Nick that: "it takes two to make an accident" (63). By his own choice Gatsby tries to remain secluded and Nick observes that he does this even at his own parties: "my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes... I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests" (54). He is rarely seen among his guests, most of the time he is just watching them. Gatsby is a lonely man, although there was a small bit of romantic speculation between F. Scott Fitzgeralds Novel The Great Gatsby Is About A Man Named Gats F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchannan. He dreams that one day he and Daisy will get together. Gatsby has worked hard to become the man that he believes will impress Daisy. Even though he has an extravagant house, lots of money, and wild parties, he is without the one person he wants, Daisy. Even befriending Nick deals with Gatsby getting Daisy, because Daisy is Nick's cousin. In a meeting arranged by Nick and Gatsby, Daisy is invited over for tea and she sees Gatsby. It seems as if time is suspended for a moment, as they look at each other both thinking something. Then Gatsby tips over Nick's clock, symbolizing that he is running out of time to try to capture what he and Daisy once lost. Through the lonely and careless characters of: Jordan Baker Jay Gatsby, Myrtle, and G. Wilson, Fitzgerald is able to illustrate the lack of spirituality in this novel. The main place in The Great Gatsby that shows the lack of spirituality is the Valley of Ashes, where Myrtle and her husband, George Wilson live. It is a bleak, desolate valley including only one building, a car garage. One day while driving around Tom and Nick stop off at the valley to see Myrtle, Tom's mistress. Nick describes this valley as being: "about half way between West Egg and New York... a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens" (27). The concern here is with the corruption of values and the decline of spiritual life. The traditional views of God and Religion are dead here and the readers can tell this because the only God-like image in this novel is a billboard with the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg advertising glasses. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg represents the fact that God and religion have taken a less substantial role in comparison with the gods that have the powers of wealth, status, and greed. Dr. Eckleburg represents God, but by the way Nick describes the billboard tells the readers that even though God may watch over His people, he is being ignored in this novel, which is symbolized by the decaying billboard: "his eyes, dimmed a little by many paint less days under the sun and rain" (28). George Wilson is the owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes. When Nick first meets Wilson he describes him as a "blonde, spiritless, man" the description fits him well because Wilson works on machines, especially cars (29). Machines are the lifeless, inanimate objects from which Wilson makes his living. Machines have no spirit; according to Nick Wilson has no spirit either. Carelessness shows lack of spirituality because if a person is careless then he or she is reckless and usually has no concern for rules or consequences. The disregard for other people is shown in this novel mostly through driving. Nick tells Jordan one day while he is riding with her that she is: "a rotten driver...either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all" (63). Jordan protests that she is a careful driver but messes up her statement by saying: "they'll keep out of my way" (63). That shows that she has a lack of concern for other drivers and only concern for herself if she believes that other people will keep out of her way. Say she meets someone else that has that same motto. Jordan was right when she pointed out to Nick that: "it takes two to make an accident" (63). By his own choice Gatsby tries to remain secluded and Nick observes that he does this even at his own parties: "my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes... I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests" (54). He is rarely seen among his guests, most of the time he is just watching them. Gatsby is a lonely man, although there was a small bit of romantic speculation between

Women AFL Essays - Equal Pay For Equal Work, Academic Disciplines

Women AFL Essays - Equal Pay For Equal Work, Academic Disciplines The AFL was founded in 1896, more than a century ago. The sport has gained millions of fans across the country; of all ages and genders. For more than a century, the league had only consisted of male players, but just recently (2017), the AFL had finally approved eight female teams to play their own season. Many AFL fans were delighted as women finally had the chance to be professional players in one of the most popular sports of Australia. But it was rather disappointing to most of these fans when they learned that these female teams would earn significantly less than male teams. Erin Riley, the writer of the opinion piece: There is no defence for failing to pay players in the AFL women's league a living', published by The Sydney Morning Herald on the 31st August 2016, brings up the several defences' that have been made about not giving the women's league equal pay and rebuts these excuses with their own arguments. Some of the points Riley raises about this issue include the history of women being excluded from the market, the fact that their current pay is not enough for a living, and how equal work should attain equal pay. The author uses techniques such as rhetorical questions, appeals to justice, statistics and imagery with an overall indignant tone. In contrast, a comment written by Adam contradicts Riley's arguments by declaring that the author's reasoning wouldn't have an impact as it had already been brought up before by many other sports. Adam mentions that even men have to work other jobs to earn their living as well and simply complaining about the pay gap won't change things unless proper action is taken. Adam uses a matter-of-fact tone to rebut Riley's arguments and utilises emotive language, repetition and logic to prove their point. Over the past century, men's sport has had to opportunity to grow to what it is today, with funding from the government. Riley mentions that women did not have the ability to receive fundings for sport because they were "actively excluded" from participating in them. Riley uses the statistic of "over more than 100 years," to remind readers of the handicap that men received; that women didn't. The writer also uses a rhetorical question: "Why shouldn't the women's league get the same opportunity?" followed by the concept of a "level playing field" to further point out the unfairness demonstrated towards women over time. This also appeals to the readers' sense of justice, that women should start being treated fairly now instead of following the decisions made in the past. Riley links their argument back to the issue by stating that, "The market for the women's competition fundamentally cannot develop the way the men's competition has." This connects to the point that professional female players need this extra pay to compensate for the fact they didn't have enough time to build up their reputation. Conversely, Adam states, "simply complaining that the men have it better is not going to get it done." Though this rebuts Riley's argument as a whole, it can also say that complaining about the past won't fix anything for the present. They add that this [complaining] "approach has proven to be massively unsuccessful for every professional women's league in the world." It is intended here to remind the opposition that their argument had already been gone through before, and it did not change anything. But following this, the writer mentions the successful campaigning of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) "over a long period of time". This makes the opposition hopeful, but also reminds them that it takes time and effort if the AFL women's league wants to attain equal pay. This collocation of successful' and unsuccessful' gives the perception that the writer isn't comple tely against women receiving equal pay, therefore leading to have the readers agree with the writer because of its logic and relatively positive connotations. The entire issue of paying women the same amount of pay is not only because of equity, but mainly to allow them to pursue their passion full-time and earn a living at that as well. Riley argues that although it's a women's sport and the work load