Showing posts with label American Dream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Dream. Show all posts

Monday 14 June 2021

Great Gatsby

 The Great Gatsby - by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, third novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Set in Jazz Age New York, the novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. Unsuccessful upon publication, the book is now considered a classic of American fiction and has often been called the Great American Novel. (Click here to read more)




Additional Reading Resources (Click to open)


Online Test



Video Resources

Introduction and Analysis of the novel 'The Great Gatsby':



Summary and Analysis of the novel 'The Great Gatsby'


Character Study - Nick Carraway, the Narrator



Understanding Jay Gatsby's character



Psychoanalytical Study of Jay Gatsby - Shame & Guilt



The study of the novel and the film adaptation - The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann


Wednesday 13 September 2017

Best of George Carlin

Best of George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and social critic.
Carlin was noted for his black comedy and thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects (Wikipedia).
The Kennedy Center posthumously awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to George Carlin.

George Carlin on American Dream

"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it."
Watch this amazing comedy with social satire on American education and dream:

George Carlin on Religion: