Michael McCarter, Todd Stevenson and an unknown Pi Tau brother stepped forward, the latter holding a video camera. Stevenson spoke first, his voice pleasant and inviting. “Welcome to the final day of Hell Week, gentlemen. You are one task away from becoming members of the most elite fraternity on campus. Congratulations on making it this far.”
Suppressing a smirk, Booker glanced at Tom, but the younger officer kept his eyes focused straight ahead. A sigh of annoyance expelled from between his lips. He did not understand Hanson’s detachment; he had thought after their forthright conversation that their relationship would start to develop into something more gratifying. He had, however, found himself sadly mistaken. Tom only spoke to him when absolutely necessary, preferring to spend his nights in the college’s expansive library, rather than in their room with him. It was disheartening and exacerbating, but so far, he had managed to suppress the need to pester his friend for an explanation. Tom was a deep thinker, and if he needed time to process his feelings, then Booker was willing to give him some space… at least for the moment.
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“Thank you, Todd. Now, for the main event.”
Leaving Todd’s side, he walked leisurely past the line of pledges, eyeing each young man with his cold blue eyes. “As you can see, Hawkins is holding a camcorder. We video every final initiation and the tape is then handed over to our Keymaster, a trusted Pi Tau alumni.”
With a nervous ahem, Horshack raised a hand and asked the obvious question.
Court documents indicate that the five are fighting the chargers, but have since been expelled from Phi Gamma delta which has a policy prohibiting hazing. The defendants include Richard Eugene Markwalter II, Hunter Lee Wagner, and mark Allen Powers II who are all 20 and from Huntsville; John Patrick Buckley, 21, of Houston; and Colter K. Anderson, 22, of Dallas.
The crowded bar was noisy, smoky and in no way what Tom had in mind when he had suggested to Booker that they were in a slump and needed to set time aside for a weekly date night. When he had made the proposal, he had expected quiet nights in listening to music or dinners at fancy restaurants, but so far, they had experienced the unsavory environment of a pool hall and a night out at a Monster Truck exhibition. To say he was unimpressed would have been an understatement; his lover’s apparent lack of thoughtful and suitable suggestions for the perfect date had him feeling downright pissed off. It appeared Booker was not only adept at getting his own way; he also did not have a single romantic bone in his body.
With a sob, he collapsed against his friend’s broad chest and allowed all his pent up pain and torment to flow through his tears. Shocked by the level of Tom’s distress, a rush of clumsy platitudes tumbled from Penhall’s lips. “It 's okay,” he murmured into Tom’s sweet-smelling hair. “Whatever’s wrong, it’ll be okay. Let it out, man, just let it out.”
1. " He had one of those rare smiles,... believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself." (p.48/2) This quotation is an important one because it talks about the close-up examination of Gatsby from Nick's view of point.
Chapter 1 Lorde- Team We live in cities you'll never see on screen Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams And you know, we're on each other's team
AP Short Form Name________________________ AP English (Language and Composition) Date______________ TITLE: The Great Gatsby AUTHOR AND DATE OF PUBLICATION: F. Scott Fitzgerald/April, 1925 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE
a) In chapter IV, section IV, the author compared the words of someone who speak knowingly about buying or selling stocks to that of an oracle. Because of the overwhelmingly positive outlook of the market, brokers and investment counselors were aware of the possibilities, and people were eager to profit from a growing market, these men’s advices were treated with importance as their words “became golden”. The author uses religious metaphors to compare the confidence of the American people have for these stock buying advices to the that of a believer to an oracle; a sense of confidence that lacks sufficient justification or evidence. b) In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which was set in the 1920s, people lived in a state
My favorite part of the book was this passage right here. To me this was the only relationship that mattered. Actually it was pretty much the only relationship that wasn’t fake. Every other one was broken easily or just were false. Example being both daisy and toms affairs and how their feelings had dropped and left both affairs.
As Hannah watched him, Todd watched her, and it was an unusual experience for the man. Usually, he'd demand answers, force them out of the woman through the infliction of pain. Answers that he didn't even want to know, but simply asked for his own amusement, or for their embarassment and humiliation and an exuse to inflict even more agony. However, now here he sat with a woman, truly curious, and one whom he didn't consider an inferior species, but a potential equal, and it felt like a couple of lions dancing around each other. Wary of each, circling, neither prepared to demonstrate weakness or submit to the other.
“Nick, this is Thomas.” Daisy tone shifted and a hesitation was present in her voice before she introduced him. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Thomas.” He had a recognizable face. I pondered to myself where had I seen him before.
There was a touch of parental contempt in it, even toward people he liked and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.” ch.1 Analysis: Nick is describing Tom, since he’s the narrator. Nick describes tom through his voice but yet you can get see all his personality through it. It also gives a small detail about nick like how close he pays attention to those around him and describes them in detail descriptions. 7.
“Trainees!” He said. It was the Head Rector. “I am appalled! I warned you about these outsiders and their dangerous ideas.
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man 's needs, but not every man 's greed.” As humans, we work hard in order to have the greatest opportunity to succeed in life, which will fulfill our wants. F Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, utilizes effective language and punctuation in the text, which helps him accomplish his purpose: Illustrate what material goods does to a society. From a rhetorical standpoint, examining logos, ethos, and pathos, this novel serves as a social commentary on how the pursuit of “The American Dream” causes the people in society to transform into greedy and heartless individuals.
It is easy to look through a window and criticize those that walk by, yet even easier to forget that the window partially reflects you as well. When writers use literature to criticize the way society functions, as F. Scott Fitzgerald does in The Great Gatsby, they also reflect those very societal values because being a part of society means a purely objective perspective is unattainable. This can often come across as being hypocritical, which there is not shortage of current events. The question is to what extent can people, specifically writers, criticize society despite being a part of it? In The Great Gatsby, Tom and Myrtle’s relationship is trapped; however, Fitzgerald explores the motives behind the affair to both critique the superficiality and defend the ideals of the social institution of marriage.