Gatsby is a West Egger who by boot legging, swindling and doing favors for others has acquired "new" money. ... There is a lot of cheating going on in the relationships between the people in west and east egg, it seems as if there is no real love and the relationships are just formed because of wealth and financial status. ...
The lottery enforces an unfair distinction in class status between men and women. Women are subordinate in the social power structure of the village, as shown when Mrs. Hutchinson's family is chosen in the first round. Objecting that her daughter and son-in-law "didn't take their chance," (562) Mr. ...
Going with the flow is a big part of life. ... Though she attempts to defy these expectations by cutting off her "great big nose" and "fat legs," in her death, the woman is displayed in her casket with cosmetics painted on and a beautiful turned-up putty nose. ... When the time came for the baby to be born, did the villagers go after the real criminal; the man who raped Kingston's aunt? ...
Money makes the world go around, unfortunately, its what a lot of people chase after their whole lives. ... Students are taught that to achieve what they want in life they must go to college because that's where they get the degree, that gets the "good" job and that's gets the "big" paycheck. ... Sadly today the modern University doesn't entirely represent the dissemination of truth, but also represents a leg up on the competition facing every American wishing to join the workforce. ...
McCourt paints a picture of a school that is unruly, unorganized, and led by teachers and administrators that are only going through the motions. ... They"d march you up and down the halls with sticks and if you didn't walk properly you"d get a stick across the backs of your legs so you would." ... Go through the motions. ... After exploring a closet in the back of his classroom, he discovers hundreds of uncorrected student compositions going back to 1942. ... In one instance, a female student goes to the front of the class to assist McCourt in taking attendance on his first day. ...
The same goes for the middle class and wearing fake fur in an attempt to buy symbolic power. ... Well, maybe you should ask Andre Burgess, a 17 year old college bound African American high school student who was shot in the leg by two New York City undercover police officers on a drug stakeout who identified the candy bar Andre was holding in his hand as a pistol and labeled him a "suspected gang member" by the looks of his clothing. ...
However, Ambi does not transform her into a complete white westerner as she does not have enough money to apply Ambi on her whole body: she could only apply it to her face and her arms so that her legs and neck retained their blackness'. ... Since people adore western values and ideas, girls in the villages go to the city and work. ... The author points out that but how could she go back with empty hands?' (Ngugi, P.1448, line 41-42) to show nowhere she can go but stay in the bar. ... The author describes her as having a new power, confidence even' (Ngugi, P.1454, line 44) ...
