... - his Rolls-Royce, swimming pool, beach, crates of lemon and oranges, feast of buffet in a green garden and the live orchestra playing under the blue skies. Abounding among his guest with the amazement of the luxuriant living of Gatsby, were also rumors about the origins of his wealth. One of the guests commented that she had heard that Gatsby was a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm, the ruler of Germany during World War I. Other guests commented that they ... hope for his cousin to get out of an otherwise unhappy marriage and the superficiality of her life, Gatsby's sheer optimism to win Daisy's...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of small pieces of colored canvas or wood or, as in The Garden (1958), of various found objects glued to a background canvas in orderly rows. By 1964 she had dispensed with the enclosing rectangle so that the meshing of horizontal and vertical lines, some of them extending out to the edges of the canvas or sheet of drawing paper, became the dominant motif. The critic Lawrence Alloway included several of Agnes Martin's compositions in the ... to horizontal lines as being related to "the horizon lines and atmosphere of the American desert." Years earlier, after Miss Martin's first sojourn ...

• Word Count: 3087
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... older Americans to move in and out of retirement (Breaux, J. November 1999). The size and distinct characters of the baby boomers will not only create a sense of urgency to current issues, but also create a whole new set of aging issues. Among the many cultural contributions of the baby boomers along with the free love, the drug scenes and Grateful Dead ties, was the concept of generation gap (Veith G.). In every ... now see more cable network stations that cater to travel, such as the Travel Network, educational programs like the one's shown in the Discovery Channel, technology and infor...

• Word Count: 3320
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... on a great form. Most of Hamlet's thoughts, like that of many scholars, are about that of the world and those things contained within them. "Characteristic of Shakespeare's conception of Hamlet's universalizing mind that he should make Hamlet think first . . . entirely." (Mack. 39) Hamlet has come to terms with the fact that the world, even including his mother, is nothing but an un-weeded garden filled with evil. Hamlet's one ... person. Hamlet was on the right track for kingship. But the true show of his transcendence was his not repenting. Hamlet justified his actions. He believed th...

• Word Count: 2932
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School