Nelson, Floyd G. “Harlem ‘Negro Capital of the Nation’.” Plaindealer, 3 Feb. 1935. In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, there are few instances where the influence of African American culture is truly appreciated. Written during the Jazz Age, TheRead more…
Secondary Source Analysis- The Great Gatsby
Elmore, A. E. “Color and Cosmos in The Great Gatsby.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 78, no. 3, 1970, pp. 427–43, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27541823. Throughout Elmore’s “Color and Cosmos in The Great Gatsby”, the author makes the distinction that setting and imageryRead more…
Queer Criticism of The Great Gatsby
Queer Criticism of The Great Gatsby Often readers only focus on the overtly heterosexual themes when analysizing The Great Gatsby; however, upon deeper investigation readers can discover that Fitzgerald uses homosexual themes to underscore the reliability of Nick Carroway asRead more…
Analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find
Flannery O’Connor,“A Good Man is Hard to Find” In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” O’Connor brings into question the nature of morality. She challenges the notion that by being Christian, one is automatically a “moral” person. Throughout theRead more…
Analysis of H.D.’s Helen
H.D., “Helen” In H.D.’s poem “Helen,” the author writes through the point of view of Greece to critique Helen’s beauty and character. Helen was a part of the ancient Greek aristocracy who left her husband in Greece for another manRead more…