Articles tagged: The Great Gatsby
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Nate Gillespie The article talks about two famous writers F. Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway and their real-life relationship. written by Nate Gillespie No one in American culture personifies boom times quite like Jay Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional scion of West Egg. When times are good, we all imagine ourselves crashing one of Gatsby's legendary parties, rubbing elbows with the rich and famous as we celebrate our ascent out of the hoi polloi and into the financial elite. written by Nate Gillespie This February, we honor Black History Month for the 84th time since Professor Carter G. Woodson began the tradition as "Negro History Week" all the way back in 1926. In 2009, though, something about our national recognition of the African-American past seems just a bit different. For the very first time, we celebrate Black History Month while a black American sits in the White House, filling the country's top job as our commander-in-chief.
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