MLA Help WIth Papers

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

The above link will help you with any formating questions with your paper.

http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/

The above link will help check your paper for plagiarism.

Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great.

Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says, "Gatsby turned out all right at the end." (2) Nothing was known about Gatsby at the time and Nick is already saying Gatsby was okay. There's a air of mysteriousness surrounding Gatsby. Everyone knows of him, but no one knows who he really is or where he comes from. Even at our first glance of Gatsby, he's reaching out for something only he can see.

Plug this above passage in to the dustball link to see how it works.

Assembly Line 100th Anniversary Article

Assembly Line 100th Anniversary Article

http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/ford-assembly-line-turns-100-changed-society-article-1.1478331

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2013/10/07/todays-ford-plant-starkly-different.html

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/fords-assembly-line-turns-100-how-it-really-put-the-world-on-wheels-feature

This article discusses how the industrial revolution changed the average American's way of life:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/work/articles/030224/24lede.htm

More Ragtime

Assembly Line:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt13as.html

Industrial Revolution:

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=development+of+unions+during+the+industrial+revolution&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

Ragtime and Houdini

NYTimes review of Ragtime:

http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/08/books/doctorow-ragtime.html?_r=0

More Articles:
http://observer.com/1998/03/hey-grandpa-was-rightdoctorow-stole-ragtime/


Bio of author:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-Co-Lh/Doctorow-E-L.html

Interview with author;
http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20B%20Vol.%2011-16.1/Vol.%2011.1/11.1Wutz.htm

This is a program from a version of the musical that offers a good amount of background info:
http://www.pcs.org/assets/uploads/resource-guides/ResourceGuide-Ragtime.pdf







Harry Houdini info:

http://www.biography.com/people/harry-houdini-40056







Ellis Island:

http://ellisisland.org/

http://www.ellisisland.org/photoalbums/ellis_island_photo_album.asp

Essay 1

ENG 215             Essay 1                                                                               Due Monday Oct 21

LATE PAPERS DO NOT GET REVISION AND LOSE POINTS

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: english215fall13.blogspot.com/

ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES!

Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

3-4 pages

USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.

1. Illusion vs. reality is something that comes up in a lot of literature. We saw some in The Great Gatsby. Pick one aspect of a character’s life, whether it be from the past or the present, and explain how he/she uses illusions to distort their reality. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

2.      Pick one or two of the many symbols from the novel and describe what it is important. What does this symbol mean in to this particular text? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3.      How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? In what ways do the themes of dreams, wealth, and time relate to each other in the novel’s exploration of the idea of America?

4.      Is Nick a reliable narrator? We do not have much choice but to believe what he says throughout the novel so decide if he is and prove your point. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5.      Compare and contrast Gatsby and Tom OR compare Gatsby to Charlie from Babylon Revisited.” How are they alike? How are they different? Given the extremely negative light in which Tom is portrayed throughout the novel, why might Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby?

6.      Explain the relationship between Jinx in “Live For Today” and the victims that come into the morgue. Why does she seem to relate so well to them? What about her past makes her so sympathetic towards these people? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources (links about identity on blog) to support your thesis.

7.      There are a number of links on the blog that discuss the issues Newark faces as a city; use two of them as outside sources and make connections to the situations we see in “New Day Newark.” Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

"Live For Today" and "New Day Newark"

Below is the graffiti that inspired the title of "Live For Today." I believe it has since been erased and is no longer visible but you used to be able to see on the PATH train between Newark and Journal Square.


This link below has a wide variety of articles on how we construct identity. 

www.psychologytoday.com/basics/identity

Here are some links that discuss crime in Newark:

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/01/23/dangerous-cities/6.html

http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/statements/2013/aug/25/steve-lonegan/cory-booker-has-overseen-five-years-row-increases-/

http://www.areavibes.com/newark-nj/crime/

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/gang_violence_on_par_with_viol.html

http://www.policymic.com/articles/22686/america-s-10-deadliest-cities-2012

This article discusses Cory Booker who is not directly mentioned in "New Day Newark" but he is eluded to:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/cory-booker-newark-crime_n_3870508.html