The Great Jeremiad The jeremiad’s name comes from the prophet Jeremiah from the Old Testament. He never had anything nice to say and only had biblical lamentations. The speaker laments society and its morals while prophesying society’s downfall. Jeremiads are seen in The Scarlet Letter, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?”, and The Great Gatsby. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter is one novel demonstrating a jeremiad. The Puritans believed
The Great Gatsby is an iconic book and an unforgettable piece of American literature. It has not only stood the test of time, but the numerous bad movie adaptations that followed in the wake of its success. Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 version of the novel, was no different to this. I do admit to the fact, that yes; it did have some interesting features and was definitely worth the watch. But it still stands that my inner book-worm can’t help but refuse to look past the simple and inevitable fact that you
States. Fellowship and the relationship between oneself and one’s neighbor is a prominent theme in American literature as well. Two notable twentieth century authors examine such roles in their signature literary works. F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby and John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath write about the problems that occur when people strive for the dream but do not reach it. While both authors effectively and consistently use motifs to develop the role of family and fellowship, John Steinbeck
highlight the experiences of a woman living in an overwhelmingly patriarchal society. Her most famous story, The Yellow Wallpaper records her ‘narrow escape’ from ‘complete mental ruin’ , and, along with her other stories expounds truths about feminine injustice. Wharton looks at the relationships one man has with two women; one