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Life Without Light T.S. Eliot criticizes urban life in “Preludes.” He declares that city dwellers are blind to their ways of living. They live in a “blackened” society covered in “grimy scraps.” The city is full of chaos as everything are “trampled by insistent feet.” Trapped inside darkness, they cannot see the grime and melancholy nearby. Without light, they do not have any spirituality or faith. They do not have anything to guide them towards a meaningful life. The speaker of “Preludes” is a city observer who abhors urban life. Through vivid imagery, T.S. Eliot establishes that cities are beacons of decay. In the first two lines, the narrator states that there is a “smell of steaks in passage ways” as the “winter evening settles down.” Urban life seems peaceful and relaxing through this imagery. However, this is proven untrue as the air is polluted with “faint stale smells of beer” in the morning. The ground is polluted with “grimy scraps / Of withered leaves” as they become stuck onto people’s feet. There are “muddy feet that press” the “sawdust-trampled street.”  Lifeless, the city is muddy and dirty and littered with trash. “A thousand furnished rooms” are full of “dingy shades.” Through diction, the speaker uses “dingy” to declare that  thousands of homes are dirty and dull. The city is in constant decay. As it rains in the first stanza, there is a sense of chaos. The rain drops “beat / On broken blinds and chimney-pots” while a “cab-horse steams and stamps.” The dissonant imageries creates a chaotic atmosphere for the city. Peace and silence cannot be found. As there are “muddy feet that press / To early coffee-stands,” the reader is bombarded with the sounds of footsteps. The speaker also uses footstep-imagery in stanza four. Life and beauty are “trampled by insistent feet / At four and five and six o‘ clock.” The sounds of footsteps are loud, demanding, and persistent. Whether it’s night or day, the reader is unable to escape from the sounds of footsteps. As their “eyes” are “Assured of certain certainties,” every denizen believes he is living a meaningful life. They are “impatient to assume the world.” They believe they can take over the world’s responsibilities. The speaker is critical of these people. He compares everyone’s “conscience” to “a blackened street.” Their souls and characters are soiled and polluted like the city streets. This is magnified as he describes a female prostitute in stanza three. The woman is poor with “yellow soles of feet” and “soiled hands.” The bodily image of the woman is disturbing and grotesque. She has become polluted like the city streets as she constantly lives in sin. Urban life causes decay as the woman meets “The thousand sordid images” in her bed. These images represents the filthy and immoral characters of her imagination. It’s also a sexual innuendo that a thousand men came into her bedroom. The speakers declares that these wrecked images are “constituted” or established in her “soul” and personality. Like the other denizens, the woman is lifeless. She has no purpose or meaning in her life. Importantly, the speaker uses light imagery. He personifies light as he states the “morning comes to consciousness” and “the light crept up between” the prostitute’s shutter. Symbolically, the light represents hope. Hope and salvation are always present to the city dwellers. However, they reject the light. When the “morning comes to consciousness,” the city dwellers go straight to the coffee shop. They are ungrateful of nature‘s presence. Likewise, the prostitute curls her hair while ignoring the light. Even though the light is humanlike, urban dwellers disrespect it. In stanza four, the speaker notices a man’s “soul stretched right across the skies.” The soul belongs to God, but the people ignore. God’s soul and grace are stuck “behind a city block / Or trampled by insistent feet.” Salvation are present to these people, but they reject it because they are “certain” of their place in the world. Instead of using the light of God, the city relies on “the lightening of the lamps.” As gas-powered lamps are transient, the city will eventually die. In the last seven lines, the speaker talks to the prostitute. He tells her that she will be able to start a new life. The speaker states that he’s “moved by fancies that are curled” around the city. The fancies symbolizes God’s grace. Thus, the whole city is surrounded by God’s love. Even though the city is polluted with sin and decay, God is willing to save them from the city. God‘s mercy and grace will always be present to those who accept Him. The speaker believes that God has the “notion of some infinitely gentle / Infinitely suffering thing” planned for the people. To the speaker, God’s “notion” of mercy is foolish and imperfect, but he doesn‘t argued against him. There is a tone changed for the last three lines. The speaker enters reality and tells the prostitute to “Wipe your hand across you mouth, and laugh.” He realizes that the prostitute and the city will never accept God into their lives. Their sinful way of life is “constituted” into their bodies. He tells her the “worlds revolved like ancient women / Gathering fuel in vacant lots.” Like the orbit of a planet, urban life will never change. People will always live meaningless lives. As gathering wood is a lonely chore, the city will always be a lonely place because it does not have God. Describing a beacon of decay, T.S. Eliot wrote the poem for city dwellers. However, through “Preludes,” he explains that there is hope. God is willing to save the beacon of decay if its people are ready to embrace and love His light. The purpose of the title is to get city dwellers to be interested in God’s grace. Even though their lives are “dingy” and “grimy” and “withered” like the city, God is willing to show them how to live meaningful lives. Like a prelude, Eliot uses the poem to serve as an introduction to God, a more important composition.

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The Individual in an Oppressive Society During the 1900’s, millions of African-Americans were oppressed by the white power structure. The whites have robbed African-Americans of their culture and identities. The freedoms of blacks are limited by the stereotypes and expectations of whites. In response, Ralph Waldo Ellison protests against white society through his writings. Through his works, “Flying Home” and Invisible Man, Ellison describe the sufferings of African-Americans. The fate of every African-American is manipulated by whites. Todd, the protagonist of “Flying Home,” is a black pilot who suffers in a racist society. To be free from oppression, he wants an airplane. When his dream comes true, he’s still chained to stereotypes and racism. In the sky, he does not experience the freedom he has dreamed of. The judgment of whites are imposed on him. Todd is weighed down to others’ expectation, not as a individual, but as a representative of the black race. As the airplane represents his freedom, his white commanders set the destiny of the plane. Ralph Ellison states that African Americans have no control of their liberties. In Invisible Man, the narrator, IM (his name is not given), works as a chauffeur for a Mr. Norton. When IM drives Mr. Norton’s car, it seems like IM has full control of the car. However, this is proven false as Mr. Norton tells IM where to go. Like the airplane, IM’s freedom is manipulated by the white man. The destinies of both men lie in the hands of whites. They have many similarities, but Todd has a better understanding of the world and his place in it. In an oppressive nation, Todd understands and realizes that African Americans can fight for themselves. The similarities between Todd and IM are apparent. They are black men struggling to survive. The white power structure is doing everything to destroy their identities. Both men endure humiliation and suffering as they are forced to stay in their places. In Invisible Man, the Brotherhood gives IM a new name and a new ideology to live by. IM becomes a tool for whites. Brother Jack tells IM that “For all of us, the committee does the thinking. For all of us of us. And you were not hired to think” (355). Under the whites, IM is not allowed to think and act by himself. His individuality is denied as he must “say nothing unless it is passed by the committee” (355). His every action needs to be approved by the men like Brother Jack. In comparison, Todd fights to be accepted by whites. He is not content with his skills or identity. Constantly, he has to “measure himself against the mirror of other men’s appreciation” (358). To advance in white society, Todd and IM have to act white. As they are caged to the expectations and demands of white men, they cannot set standards for themselves. Like animals, they are unable to acknowledge their pasts. After his crash, “the memory sickened him” and Todd “wanted to remember no more” (356). In comparison, IM becomes furious when he sees Brother Clifton, a fellow friend, selling Sambo dolls. He’s afraid the sambo dolls will reveal the past of his ancestors. The mistakes and sufferings of Todd and IM’s ancestors are suppressed in their minds. They cannot embrace their heritage. Thus, they distance themselves from their own people. When Todd meets Jefferson, Todd is ashamed of him as Jefferson is poor and uneducated. Likewise, IM blames men like Trueblood, a black man who commits incest, for bringing down the race. Each separates himself from other blacks. They are ashamed of their race and their black society. Furthermore, they live under white oppression because whites will “never accept mistakes as your own, but hold it against your whole race” (358). They are unable to exercise personal responsibility. After IM drives Mr. Norton to Trueblood’s cabin and a bar, he gets chastised by the school’s head, Dr. Bledsoe. “Instead of uplifting the race, you’ve torn it down” (108). As representatives of their race, whites watch and observe Todd and IM to make mistakes and tear down their race. Additionally, both men are blind. They cannot see the tricks and tactics used by whites. They are unable to acknowledge the truth. When Jefferson tells an allegory about liberty and oppression, Todd “felt uneasy” and “wanted to laugh” (362). However, “his body refused, as of an independent will” (362) because Jefferson is telling the truth. Ellison states that blacks will never be given their liberties from whites. In Invisible Man, IM meets a vet doctor. When the vet doctor calls Mr. Norton “the lyncher of souls” and accuses IM for being “a walking zombie” who has ”learned to repress not only his emotions, but his humanity” (72), IM denies the allegations and calls the vet doctor insane. Both men are unable to face the truth as each is an “invisible, a walking personification of the Negative, the most perfect achievement of” (72) the white power structure. They cannot see their surroundings. Todd views his airplane and IM views his college education as paths to freedom and better lives. However, both are incorrect as Todd’s aircraft and IM’s education are made and provided by whites. Their accomplishments are attributed to their white fathers as their mistakes are attributed to their race. At the end of both stories, Todd and IM revolt against whites. In a straitjacket, Todd shouts “Don’t put your hands on me” (368) towards whites and begins to laugh hysterically. In a dream, IM bravely defends himself by stating “I’m not afraid now” (430) and laughs too. They finally enjoy true freedom through their laughter. Their laughter becomes their voices and enhances their presence. They publicly strip away their illusions and become free from oppression. Both men are willing to die with dignity, self-respect, and individualism. With “certain relief,” each becomes aware of his individuality as he opens his eyes. Through self-reliance and self-awareness, they find “salvation in an insane world of courage and humiliation” (369). The differences between the IM and Todd become obvious at the end of the novel. After his dream, IM is fully aware of his invisibility. Thus, he denies his importance in society and his power to create change. As a writer and orator, IM is aware of the power of words. He declares he’s “invisible, not blind” (435). However, IM is blind to his environment and the events that have occurred around him. During the 20 years of his hibernation, his race have made significant gains in liberties. However, IM is blind to these gains. Instead of fighting for equality, he secludes himself from the world to rest. His detachment from the world distorts his view on reality. Even though his “world has become one of infinite possibilities” (435), IM cannot imagine a positive future for his people. With blood in his mouth, IM emphasizes the importance of “social responsibility” and “social equality” (25) at the smoker. However, IM fails to live up to his own words. He uses his invisibility to excuse himself from his responsibility to serve his race, community, and country. He understands that people like him are “hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility,” yet his hibernation is “overdone” (439). He blames “being invisible and without substance, a disembodied voice” (439) for his apathy and lack of action. In sharp contrast, Todd has hope that his race will prevail. At the end of the Flying Home, Jefferson and Teddy carries away Todd. At one time, Todd was ashamed of men like Jefferson and Teddy because they are poor and black. But through his enlightenment, he embraces and appreciates men like Jefferson. Todd is “lifted out of his isolation” (369) with Jefferson’s help. The true “world of men” (369) are ruled by blacks true to their race. When Todd used to imitate whites to be accepted, he lived in a illusion. The white world offered him false hope, advancement, and liberty. When his eyes become open, Todd sees a buzzard “glide into the sun and glow like a bird of flaming gold” (369). In the story, “dark” buzzards symbolizes African-Americans and Jim Crow society. Todd understands that his people will eventually glow and shine in America. Blacks will defeat oppression in America if they join and communicate with each other. Along with men like Jefferson, Todd is ready to fight for his black liberties. He understands that horrors of oppression will never “seize him again” (369) as he holds an optimistic view of the future. Todd and IM have considerable knowledge of the world. However, Todd has a better understanding of the world as he believes every man can make a difference. Todd understands that “social responsibility” is needed to acquire “social equality” (25). Every man has the responsibility to fight for freedom. Todd knows that social equality cannot be achieved until all African-Americans can love and respect each other. In Invisible Man, IM believes the world will always belong to whites. Therefore, he concludes that his whole race is invisible. In contrast, Todd believes that each individual has worth in the world. As he sees the buzzard “glide into the sun and glow like a bird of flaming gold,” he hears the “soft humming” (369) of Teddy. A man’s voice is always audible and his actions are always visible in a chaotic world. In a world of suffering, there will always be hope. Through Flying Home and Invisible Man, Ellison declares that every man has a social responsibility. Todd and IM acknowledge this fact, but Todd has a better understanding of it. Throughout life, a man must not forget about his past and future. “Flying home” is everyone’s social responsibility. “Home” represents one’s culture and heritage. It also represents a society free of oppression. No matter how difficult it is, each man must strive to fly and reach this “home.”

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Phil Yoon Period 3 COMPANIES February 3, 2008

Companies I’ve never heard about Peoples Energy (PGL) The Company's principal activities are to purchase and distribute natural gas to retail customers. The segments of the Company include: Gas Distribution segment which purchases, stores, distributes, sells and transports natural gas; Midstream services perform wholesale activities that provide value to gas distribution utilities, marketers and pipelines. Retail energy services markets gas, electricity and provides energy management and other services to retail customers. Oil and gas production develops and produces oil and gas reserves in selected basins in North America. Other activities include district heating and cooling as a partner in Trigen-Peoples District Energy Company. Open: 47.74 High: 47.92 Low: 47.21 Last: 47.38 Change: -0.47 %Change: -0.98%

American Electric Power (AEP) AEP was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in 1906 and reorganized in 1925. It is a public utility holding company that owns, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of its public utility subsidiaries and varying percentages of other subsidiaries. The service areas of the Company's public utility subsidiaries cover portions of the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Open: 43.83 High: 33.99 Low: 43.74 Last: 44.97 Change: 1.01 %Change: 2.30%

Cardinal Health (CAH) Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation formed in 1979, is a holding Company that owns operating subsidiaries conducting business as Cardinal Health. The Company is a provider of products and services supporting the health care industry, and helping health care providers and manufacturers improve the efficiency and quality of health care. Open: 59.73 High: 60.48 Low: 59.51 Last: 60.11 Change: 0.40 %Change: 0.67%

Companies I know about Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) The Company's principal business is energy, involving exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas, manufacture of petroleum products and transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products. Open: 86.04 High: 86.29 Low: 84.85 Last: 85.75 Change: -0.20 %Change: -0.23%

Sprint Nextel Corporation (S) The Company is a global communications company offering a suite of wireless and wireline communications products and services that are designed to meet the needs of its targeted customer groups: individuals, and business and government customers Open: 10.40 High: 10.91 Low: 10.31 Last: 10.80 Change: 0.36 %Change: 3.40%

Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) The Company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries is a global Internet brand and a trafficked Internet destination worldwide. It seeks to provide Internet services that are essential and relevant to users and businesses. To users, the Company provides its owned and operated online properties and services. Open: 28.33 High: 29.50 Low: 28.33 Last: 29.50 Change: 1.12 %Change: 3.95%

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Final Draft
New Money

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a novel that depicts the lifestyle of the rich during the 1920’s. The protagonist, Gatsby, hosts a series of extravagant parties throughout the story. The men and women who attend his parties are the “new money.” They are the Americans who accumulated great wealth by taking advantage of the soaring stock market. Throughout the parties, the new money is portrayed to be vulgar, gaudy, rude, and careless. Fitzgerald criticizes these partygoers for putting too much emphasis on pleasure and appearance. The rich are unable to accept the hardships and realities of life. Thus, they attend Gatsby’s parties to escape from realty. Using rhetorical devices, Fitzgerald criticizes the upper-class by describing Gatsby‘s party. In the passage, Fitzgerald uses excessive language to create imagery. Nick mentions there is a “whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums” at Gatsby’s party. Nick is awestricken by the number of instruments at the party. Showing his excitement, he lists all the instruments he sees. He has never seen so many instruments before. Similarly, the partygoers are excited too. Fitzgerald’s use of polysyndeton adds an atmosphere of excitement to the party. In addition, the excessive use of “ands” makes the sentence longer to read. The readers is influenced to believe the orchestra will play music for a long time. The severity of the polysyndeton ensures that Fitzgerald’s readers are able to hear the loudness of Gatsby’s party. Fitzgerald criticizes the new money for living carelessly. Nick notices that Gatsby’s “halls and salons and verandas are gaudy” because they are decorated with “primary colors.” The use of polysyndeton allow the readers to imagine the enormity of Gatsby’s home. The home has more than one salon, hall, and veranda. Additionally, Fitzgerald states that his home is “gaudy with primary colors.” To an artist, primary colors are valuable because other colors are derived from them. Thus, Gatsby has decorated his home with expensive and priceless decorations. However, he is “gaudy” as the primary colors are red, green, and yellow. His home is not sophisticated because it’s like an amusement park. The rich just arrive and lounge at Gatsby’s home. Then they leave when the excitement is over. Nobody cares to show respect or thanks toward Gatsby. Furthermore, the women at the party have their “hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile.” Dream-like imagery is used to describe these women. They dress and have their hair styled strangely to get attention. The rich will try “strange new ways” to be seen, noticed, and different. These women and men want everybody to know that they live like royalty because Castile was a prosperous kingdom in Spain. Living in their fantasies, the rich are unable to accept the realities of life. Then, Fitzgerald describes the people who arrive at Gatsby’s party. There are swimmers who “come in from the beach” and cars from “New York.” By stating that the partygoers come from the beach and New York, Nick declares that people from all over come to Gatsby‘s party. These people do not arrive with elegance like the “old money.” They just arrive and begin socializing with each other. They do not care to know or greet the host. Then, Fitzgerald uses the partygoers to describe the environment of the party. Stating that the cars are parked “five deep in the drive,” the reader is able to imagine the mayhem at the party. There is a feeling that these people are urgent to be at Gatsby’s home. Even though there are too many people at the party, the partygoers do not care. Furthermore, the party is described to be “alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the stop and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.” Rhetorical, the sentence sums up the behavior and attitude of the partygoers. They are having a good time as they meet new people. The use of polysyndeton emphasizes Nick’s reaction to the party. He is overwhelmed by the of all the conversations and laughter he hears. He feels an atmosphere of mayhem as the partygoers are extremely lively. Despite the cheerfulness of the party, Fitzgerald criticizes their interactions for being hallow as their “introductions” are “forgotten on the spot.” Nick observes that these people do not care nor want to know each other. To the rich, appearance is more important than realty. In the second paragraph, Fitzgerald says the “lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.” The lurching of the earth represents how late it is. Fitzgerald uses the word lurch to describe that time has passed suddenly at the party because the partygoers have become comfortable and lively. Since light symbolizes the party, the party is becoming more festive as time passes by. This can be seen as the “orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music.” The partygoers are happy as the color yellow is bright and cheerful. However, yellow is also associated with cowardice in the English language. Fitzgerald declares that the rich are cowards as they listen to yellow cocktail music. Instead of confronting the realties of life, the rich waste their time at parties. Afterwards, Fitzgerald discusses about the influence of alcohol over the partygoers. As time passes by, the partygoers become drunk. Therefore, “laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.” Fitzgerald deliberately uses asyndeton for the reader to notice the effects of alcohol. The asyndeton makes it seem like the people are constantly laughing. These people are easily amused as they laugh with “prodigality.” They laugh too much at inappropriate times. Drunk, they are more impetuous and outgoing. The asyndeton makes the image of the drunken partygoers more memorable. However, nobody cares about their drunkenness because “groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath.” Fitzgerald uses ocean imagery to make it easier to imagine the partygoers. These people have a grace of movement as they do not go against the tide. Like an ocean, they are in a never ending cycle. People constantly arrive and leave the party at a quick pace. Like a huge ocean wave, they arrive in big numbers. Then they disappear as a wave dissolves once it reaches shore. This cycle excites the partygoers as they can interact with new people. However, most of them don’t say thank or greet the host of the party as they move “swiftly.” Fitzgerald criticizes the rich for being rude. Finally, Fitzgerald criticizes the empathy of the rich. He compares the rich to “wanderers” and “confident girls.” The partygoers are wanderers because they arrive uninvited. They do not know the host. They visit Gatsby’s home as it is a hotel. They eat, drink, and socialize. Then, they leave. Additionally, all the party goers are compared to “confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp and joyous moment the center of a group and then excited with triumph glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.” The partygoers are confident and outgoing. However, they “glide” and “weave” through people like ghosts. Fitzgerald uses ghost imagery to accuse the rich for being hallow. The rich are aware of their hollowness, but they glide with “triumph,” without care. The rich believe money can give them the power to triumph over any obstacle. Money gives them the joy and excitement they need. As the “changing light” symbolizes the party, the party is constantly changing. However, the partygoers are use to it as they are young. The party is a light that will never go dark. As it goes against nature, anything could happen. The new money of the 1920’s is a group of elites who accept appearance over realty. They are hallow as they have nothing in their lives. They refuse to admit this realty. Instead, they pretend to be people they are not. The rich flaunt their money in order to hide their emptiness. They will do anything to be noticed because they starve for attention. Their friendship and relationships are facetious. The only people they care about are themselves. They lack social grace, taste, and perception. A primary theme, Fitzgerald declares that a man decays when he becomes attached to greed and pleasure like the rich. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.48.204.56 (talk) 09:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a novel that depicts the lifestyle of the rich during the 1920’s. Taking advantage of the soaring stock market, many men and women accumulated great wealth. The protagonist, Gatsby, hosts a series of extravagant and lavish parties throughout the story. The men and women who attend his parties are the new money. During the party, the new money is portrayed to be vulgar, gaudy, rude, and careless. Fitzgerald criticizes the partygoers for putting too much emphasis on pleasure and enjoyment. The rich are unable to accept the hardships and realities of life. Thus, they attend Gatsby’s parties to escape from realty. As he describes Gatsby’s party scenes, Fitzgerald uses rhetorical devices to criticize the upper-class. In the passage, Fitzgerald uses excessive language to create imagery. Nick mentions there is a “whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums” at Gatsby’s party. Nick is awestricken by the number of instruments at the party. Showing his excitement, he lists all the instruments he sees. Similarly, the partygoers are excited too. Fitzgerald’s use of polysyndeton adds an atmosphere of excitement to the party. In addition, the excessive use of “ands” makes the sentence longer to read. The readers are influenced to believe the orchestra will play music for a long time. The severity of the polysyndeton ensures that Fitzgerald’s readers are able to hear the loudness of Gatsby’s party. Fitzgerald criticizes the new money for living carelessly. Nick notices that Gatsby’s “halls and salons and verandas are gaudy” because they are decorated with “primary colors.” The use of polysyndeton allows the readers to imagine the enormity of Gatsby’s home. The home has more than one salon, hall, and veranda. Additionally, Fitzgerald states that his home is “gaudy with primary colors.” To an artist, primary colors are valuable and needed because other colors are derived from them. Thus, Gatsby has decorated his home with expensive and priceless decorations. However, he is “gaudy” as the primary colors are red, green, and yellow. His home is not sophisticated, but it’s like an amusement park. Gatsby and the rich live every moment as if they are at an amusement park. Gatsby and the new money lack sophistication. Furthermore, the women at the party have their “hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile.” Dream-like imagery is used to describe the women. They dress and have their hair styled strangely to get attention. They will try “strange new ways” to stand out, to be different. These women and men want everybody to see that they live like kings and queens because Castile was a prosperous kingdom in Spain. Living in their fantasies, the rich are unable to accept the realities of life. Then, Fitzgerald describes the people who arrive at Gatsby’s party. There are swimmers who “come in the from the beach” and cars from “New York.” By stating that the partygoers come from the beach and New York, readers believe people allover come to Gatsby‘s party. These people do not arrive with elegance like the “old money.” They just arrive and begin socializing with each other. They do not care to know or greet the host. Then, Fitzgerald uses the partygoers to describe the environment of the party. Stating that the cars are parked “five deep in the drive,” the reader is able to imagine the mayhem at the party. There is a feeling that these people are urgent to be at Gatsby’s home. Even though there are too many people at the party, the partygoers do not care. Then, the party is described to be “alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the stop and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.” Rhetorical, the sentence sums up the behavior and attitude of the partygoers. They are having a good time as they meet new people. The use of polysyndeton, emphasizes Nick’s reaction to the party. He is overwhelmed by the of all the conversations and laughter he is able to hear. He feels a sense of mayhem as the partygoers are extremely lively. Despite the cheerfulness of the party, Fitzgerald criticizes their interactions for being hallow as their “introductions” are “forgotten on the spot.” Nick notices that these people do not care nor want to know each other. In the second paragraph, Fitzgerald says the “lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.” The lurching of the earth represents how late it is. Fitzgerald uses the word lurch to describe that time has passed suddenly at the party. Time lurches and erratically passes away once the partygoers become comfortable and lively. Since light symbolizes the party, the party is becoming more festive as time passes by. This can be seen as the “orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music” and the “opera of voices pitches a key higher.“ The hyperbole makes it seem the party becomes louder as time passes by. Comfortable, the partygoers have no intentions of leaving. Afterwards, Fitzgerald talks about the influence of alcohol over the partygoers. As time passes by, more alcohol is consumed. Thus, “laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.” Fitzgerald deliberately uses Asyndeton for the reader to notice the effects of alcohol. As the use of asyndeton speeds up the rhythm of the passage, alcohol has sped up the movements of the partygoers. These people become easily amused as they laugh with “prodigality.” They laugh too much at inappropriate times. They are more impetuous and outgoing. The asyndeton makes the idea of the drunken partygoers more memorable. However, nobody cares because the “groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath.” The use of asyndeton and the ocean imagery makes it easier to imagine the movements of the party. People constantly arrive and leave the party at a quick pace. Like an huge ocean wave, they arrive in big numbers. Then they disappear just like a the wave dissolves once it reaches shore. This excites the partygoers as they can interact with new people. However, most of them don’t say thank or greet the host of the party as they move “swiftly.” Fitzgerald criticizes the rich for being rude. Finally, Fitzgerald criticizes the empathy of the rich. He sorts them into two groups “wanderers” and “confident girls.” Wanderers are the partygoers who arrived uninvited. They do not know the host. They just wander around in the party satisfying their needs. The other group is made of “confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp and joyous moment the center of a group and then  excited with triumph glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.”  This important part of the sentence describes all the party goers. The people are confident and outgoing. However, they “glide” and “weave” like ghosts because they are hallow. They are aware of this empathy, but they glide with “triumph.” They believe money can give them the power to triumph over any obstacle. Money gives them the joy and excitement they need. And a lot of them are stouters, they are fat and corpulent spiritually as they refuse to accept the realities of life. As the “changing light” symbolizes the party, the identities and characters of the partygoers constantly change as time passes by.

Chris[...] [...] S[...]
Stop googling yourself!


 * Well, [...] stop your infantile aggression. Let me tell you something Mr. [...] I take great offense that you are using this page to not only complain publicly about Chris[...]'s personality and his choices but also I have to include your unwarranted attacks about him being cheap.  I want to know why you have such a concern about his frugalness.  It just demonstrates your lack of understanding and acceptance of others.  To complain about someone so publicly can be very damaging and is uncalled for, and it must stop now.  Perhaps your complaints can found in a deep-rooted problem in your self-esteem that only can be helped through professional help and counseling.  Or perhaps you are complaining out of pure jealousy.  You defaming and lambasting him is simply baseless and out of line.  If you continue, I will just have to continue a public scolding or your childish behavior.  You are nothing.


 * If you've read past the first 10 sentences of my Speech and Debate paper, you would know that I understand and accept Christopher's personality and "frugalness." Also, I have taken the essay off my personal wikipedia page upon Chris[...]'s request.  Furthermore, there's no such word at frugalness..

English Essay
Period 7 Heart of Darkness Imperialism

As a captain of a steamboat in the Congo, Joseph Conrad was exposed to the many atrocities and crimes committed in the land. Through his disgust and moral outrage toward imperialism, Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness. Using the protagonist, Marlow, Conrad depicts and expose the truths of imperialism. Marlow and the West both declare that “niggers,” “savages,” and “prehistoric men” inhabit the Congo. In the eyes of imperialists, the natives are nothing but animals with “black limbs” that live in “a madhouse.” Primitive, they just stamp their feet, clap their hands, and sway their bodies like dogs. These “savages” have no culture as those living in Europe. They don’t have a purpose in life as they do not record history. Heart of Darkness was written to attack the dishonesty and savagery of imperialism in the Congo. Conrad states that “civilized” men and women in Europe believe that Africans are “savages” and animals. Conrad supports this claim when Marlow says that his crew is moving “again into the silence.” In the minds of Europeans, “the silence” represents the Congo because Africans do not have a voice. In comparison with Kurtz, true power lies within a man’s voice. As the natives lack a voice, imperialists degrades Africans into animal status. They believe the natives can only communicate through “clapping,” “stamping,” and “swaying” their “black limbs” or through a “burst of yells.” In addition, Marlow states that the Congolese are like a “prehistoric man” inhabiting a “prehistoric earth.”  In prehistoric times, governments, restraints, religions, morals, ethics, and agriculture were nonexistent. Instead it was plagued with lawlessness. Prehistoric men lived to only eat and reproduce. Thus, the natives are incapable of constructing a true civilization by themselves. Throughout the passage, Conrad denounces the Western attitude towards the Congolese. He states that the natives are not savages as they have their own customs and cultures. As Marlow travels down the river he says, “the roll of drums behind the curtain of trees would run up the river and remain sustained faintly, as if hovering in the air over our heads.” The natives are capable of creating a sound that could be heard by anyone. Conrad informs his readers that the natives use these drums to indicate “war, peace, or prayer.” Using this imagery, Conrad debunks the West’s claims that the “savages” are unable to communicate with each other. Additionally, Marlow says, “The prehistoric man was cursing us, praying to us, welcoming us.” The natives are capable of showing human emotions. They are able to show anger, spirituality, and hospitality. The natives are as human as Europeans. The West are unable to see these human traits in the natives because they just “glided past” the natives “like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse” for hundreds of years. Because imperialists degrade the natives so much, they are unable to understand the Congolese. They ignore them as they believe civilization can only be found in cities such as London. Marlow says his crew have “penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.” He identifies the Congo as the heart of darkness because it is unconquered territory “of millions of trees.”  The jungle is not a home for people, but for animals. Therefore, the West believes the Congolese are uncivilized because they sleep and eat with monkeys. The West is unable to admit and acknowledge that the natives have conquered the heart of darkness and peacefully coexists with the trees. As Marlow penetrates “deeper into the heart of darkness,” Conrad wants his readers to know that the West is incapable of helping the Congolese. Primarily, the West is unfamiliar with the land and people of the Congo. Marlow said, “We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on a earth that wore aspect of an unknown planet.” Due to their ignorance, the West does not know the true hardships of the natives. Imperialists do not know how to help the natives because they are just “wanderers,” men without direction or a true purpose. Furthermore, the West has no intentions to help the Congolese. The West is raping the land for “something” they expect “to get.” According to Marlow, the West only hears the “word ivory” which “would rise in the air for a while.”  Imperialists can hear the word ivory in the air, but they are unable to hear the cries of the natives. The West, in its conquest for ivory, enters the Congo using false appearances and promises. Day by day, they are just “traveling in the night of first ages,” “leaving hardly a sign - and no memories.” The West deceives the people at home by hiding the realities of imperialism. Imperialists do not record nor remember the atrocities they commit in the Congo. Thus, Conrad wants Europeans to open their eyes and see the situation in Africa: imperialism is not helping the natives find light, but it just leaves the natives to live in darkness. Conrad asks his readers to open their eyes by accepting the realities happening in the Congo. Mr. X 19:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

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The Thirteenth Amendment “In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man.” Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882)

Above the golden fields, there was a small black cloud of smoke devouring the sky. This heart of darkness consumed the jovial birds and clouds that inhabited the heavens. It suffocated and blinded everything and anything in its path. This cloud grew bigger as decades passed by. Animals began to die, plants began to rot, and men began to panic. The proud plantations in Georgia, the beautiful beaches in Virginia, and the magnificent cities in Alabama were plagued by the scent of death. The skin of mankind attached itself to the dust and ashes from the destruction. Impossible to wash off, everybody had the same skin color. All men were now dark as night. Then, in huge numbers, these men began to die. America and her beauty were now covered by fields of rotten bodies. Millions of men had experienced this tragic death. Years later, only fifty men were still alive at this of point the apocalypse. They gathered in a small cottage and looked into each other eyes. Nobody could identify a slave, politician, or farmer. The only thing they saw in each other was a brother. Then it became clear to everybody: all men are created equal because they are brothers in suffering. The black cloud of smoke mentioned above did not originate from a fire or spark. The apocalypse originated from the hearts of men. Their hate and mistrust toward each other initiated a terrible holocaust of mankind. Their refusal to accept and understand each other as a brother and a equal ended the existence of mankind. Fortunately, Americans have avoided this apocalypse with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. By adding forty-four more words to the Constitution, slavery had become illegal. Finally, the world would begin to see African Americans as human beings. The government could no longer treat African Americans as property. White and black men finally became brothers under the American Flag. One hundred and forty-two years have passed since the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. Thousands of brave men and women had risked their lives to uphold the integrity of this amendment. Citizens are obligated to truly understand the importance of the Thirteenth Amendment. As brothers, Americans must abolish racism in their society. Americans must acknowledge each other as equals. They must love each other or die. This is the only method to preserve the Thirteenth Amendment in through the rest of American History. The Thirteenth Amendment had truly changed the course of American History. It put out the flame that was beginning to grow among the golden fields. It also influenced the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment within five years. African Americans have gained the rights and status of their counterparts through the compassion and bravery of millions. Only in the hearts of men can freedom be preserved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.48.204.42 (talk) 07:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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In “The Groundhog,” Richard Eberhart explores death and decay, the poem’s primary theme. The speaker is a man who experiences a loss of innocence by observing the metamorphosis of a dead groundhog for three years. Before he saw the dead groundhog, the speaker was afraid of his own mortality. But as time passes by, he comes to realize that death is inevitable. His encounter with the dead groundhog shapes his perceptions and emotions surrounding death and decay. The speaker first encounters a dead ground hog in June. In vigorous daylight, the speaker sees the “maggots’ might” on a dead groundhog. Soon after, he feels his mind outshoot “naked frailty” and his senses wavering “dim.”  Due to his “naked frailty,” the speaker is reminded of his own mortality. So he pokes the groundhog with “loathing” and an “angry stick.” His frailty is “naked” because he is sincerely afraid of dying and his sense becomes “dim” because he is overwhelmed by anguish and despair. He becomes indignant as nature shows no remorse for the groundhog’s death. He believes nature to be “ferocious.” This indignation is seen as he notices the “maggots’ might” on the groundhog while the sun shines with “Vigour” and “immense energy.”  He capitalizes vigour to state that nature is cruel to those who die. As he leaves the groundhog, the speaker prays on his knees to find “joy in the sight of decay.” This shows that the speaker views decay and nature as cruel and merciless. In autumn, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He notices the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” and its “bony sodden hulk” remains. However, his emotions and perceptions towards death have changed since June. As the weather in autumn is benign, he does not despise nature for being “ferocious” towards death. Everything the speaker has felt in June “had lost its meaning.” The speaker says the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” because the speaker’s anguish and despair have also “gone out.” Thus, the speaker loses his “loathing” for death as he has become “Mured up in the wall of wisdom.”  The speaker is beginning to mature emotionally. During the next summer, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He sees “only a little hair” and “bones bleaching in the sunlight.” By now he has changed completely since his first visit. He does not experience anguish, melancholy, or despair at the sight of the groundhog. Observing the groundhog’s bones as if it was “architecture” and a “geometer,” the speaker finally begins to see the beauty in nature and decay. The speaker visits the groundhog the following summer. He sees “no sign of the groundhog” in the “whirling summer.” As he is indifferent to the annihilation of the groundhog‘s existence, nature is not merciless or cruel to suffering, but it is just indifferent. Then he feels his “withered heart” and thinks of Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Michel de Montaigne, and Saint Theresa. He realizes that no amount of money, power, faith, or fame can stop one’s fate to die and decay. The speaker in “The Groundhog” is a man who experience extraordinary change. His “senses shook” and could only think about his mortality as he first saw the decaying groundhog. But as time passes by, he matures emotionally and his views on decay change dramatically. He is fully able to understand the inevitability of decay. He realizes that everything one lives for will eventually die and decay. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Canadiancofee (talk • contribs).

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In “The Groundhog,” Richard Eberhart explores death and decay, the poem’s primary theme. The speaker is a man who experiences a loss of innocence by observing the metamorphosis of a dead groundhog for three years. Before he saw the dead groundhog, the speaker was afraid of his own mortality. But as time passes by, he comes to realize that death is inevitable. His encounters with the dead groundhog shapes his perceptions and emotions surrounding death and decay. The speaker first encounters a dead ground hog in June. In vigorous daylight, the speaker sees the “maggots’ might” on a dead groundhog. Soon after, he feels his mind outshoot “naked frailty” and his senses wavering “dim.”  Due to his “naked frailty,” the speaker is reminded of his own mortality. So he pokes the groundhog with “loathing” and a “angry stick.” His frailty is “naked” because he is sincerely afraid of dying and his sense becomes “dim” because he is overwhelmed by anguish and despair. He becomes indignant as nature shows no remorse for the groundhog’s death. He believes nature to be “ferocious.“ This indignation is seen as he notices the “maggots’ might” on the groundhog while the sun shines with “Vigour“ and “immense energy.”  He capitalize vigour to state that nature is cruel to those who die. As he leaves the groundhog, the speaker prays on his knees to find “joy in the sight of decay.” This shows that the speaker views decay and nature as cruel and merciless. In Autumn, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He notices the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” and its “bony sodden hulk” remains. However, his emotions and perceptions towards death have changed since June. As the weather in Autumn is benign, he does not despise nature for being “ferocious” towards death. Everything the speaker has felt in June “had lost its meaning.” The speaker says the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” because the speaker’s anguish and despair have also “gone out.” Thus, the speaker loses his “loathing” for death as he has become “Mured up in the wall of wisdom.”  The speaker is beginning to mature emotionally. During the next summer, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He sees “only a little hair” and “bones bleaching in the sunlight.” By now he has changed completely since his first visit. He does not experience anguish, melancholy, or despair at the sight of the groundhog. Observing the groundhog’s bones as if it was “architecture” and a “geometer,” the speaker finally begins to see the beauty in nature and decay. The speaker visits the groundhog the following summer. He sees “no sign of the groundhog” in the “whirling summer.” As he is indifferent to the annihilation of the groundhog‘s existence, nature is not merciless or cruel to suffering, but it is just indifferent. Then he feels his “withered heart” and thinks of Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Michel de Montaigne, and Saint Theresa. He realizes that no amount of money, power, faith, or fame can stop one’s fate to die and decay. The speaker in “The Groundhog” is a man who experience extraordinary change. His “senses shook” and could only think about his mortality as he first saw the decaying groundhog. But as time passes by, he matures emotionally and his views on decay change dramatically. He is fully able to understand the inevitability of decay. He realizes that everything one lives for will eventually die and decay. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Canadiancofee (talk • contribs).

english essay
Phil Yoon Period 7 The Groundhog August 22, 2007

Nature and Decay

In the “The Groundhog,” Richard Eberhart explores death and decay as the poem’s primary theme. The speaker in “The Groundhog” is a man who experiences a loss of innocence by observing the metamorphosis of a dead groundhog for three years. Before he saw the dead groundhog, the speaker was afraid of his own mortality. But as time passes by, he comes to realize that death is inevitable. His encounters with the dead groundhog shapes his perceptions and emotions surrounding death and decay. The speaker first meets a dead ground hog in June. In vigorous daylight, the speaker sees the “maggots’ might” on a dead groundhog. Soon after, he feels his mind outshoot “naked frailty” and his senses wavering “dim.”  Due to his “naked frailty,” the speaker is reminded of his own mortality. So he pokes the groundhog with “loathing” and a “angry stick.” His frailty is “naked” because he is sincerely afraid of dying and his sense becomes “dim” because he is overwhelmed by anguish and despair. He becomes indignant as nature shows no remorse for the groundhog’s death. He believes nature to be “ferocious.“ This indignation is seen as he notices the “maggots’ might” on the groundhog while the sun shines with “Vigour“ and “immense energy.”  He capitalize vigour to state that the nature is cruel to those who die. As he leaves the groundhog, the speaker prays on his knees to find “joy in the sight of decay.” This shows that the speaker views decay and nature as cruel and merciless. In Autumn, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He notices the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” and its “bony sodden hulk” remains. However, his emotions and perceptions towards death have changed since June. As the weather in Autumn is benign, he does not despise nature for being “ferocious” towards death. Everything the speaker has felt in June “had lost its meaning.” The speaker says the groundhog’s sap has “gone out” because the speaker’s anguish and despair have also “gone out.” Thus, the speaker loses his “loathing” for death as he has become “Mured up in the wall of wisdom.”  The speaker is beginning to mature emotionally. During the next summer, the speaker returns to the groundhog. He sees “only a little hair” and “bones bleaching in the sunlight.” By now he has changed completely since his first visit. He does not experience anguish, melancholy, or despair at the sight of the groundhog. Watching the groundhog’s bones as if it was “architecture” or a “geometer,” the speaker finally begins to see the beauty in nature and decay. The speaker visits the groundhog the following summer. He sees “no sign of the groundhog” in the “whirling summer.” As he is indifferent to the annihilation of the groundhog‘s existence, nature is not merciless or cruel to suffering, but it is just indifferent. Then he feels his “withered heart” and think of Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Michel de Montaigne, and Saint Theresa. He realizes that no amount of money, power, faith, or fame can stop one’s fate to die and decay. The speaker in “The Groundhog” is a man who experience extraordinary change. His “senses shook” and could only think about his mortality as he first saw the decaying groundhog. But as time passes by, he matures emotionally and his views on decay changes dramatically. He is fully able to understand the inevitability of decay. He realizes that everything one lives for will eventually die and decay. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Canadiancofee (talk • contribs).

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