Ancient Rome: The Roman Colosseum

Gatsby lives alone, yet he has a huge house. There is not much in his house apart from expensive, useless things. Gatsby’s house is beautiful on the outside, but empty on the inside, which is an example of how his house is gilded. The only time this luxurious mansion is filled is when Gatsby throws his famous parties. Even then, those

Not only did he go to these tenements to write about them, he also took pictures of what was happening inside those tenements. In the tenements, lived very poor people, so even 5 dollars would be too much for them. While the rent was too high for these people, the wages were too low for the factory workers. “Their rent was eight dollars and a half for a single room on the top-story, so small that I was unable to get a photograph of it even by placing the camera outside the open door. Three short steps across either way would have measured its full extent.”

Their design was similar to that of modern day hotels, however, the use and conditions within them were completely different. In Lodging-houses differing ages and sexes were not separated, rather they were crammed together in tiny rooms, often with five or six beds scattered along the floor of each room. Tenement houses were similar to lodging-houses but were meant for longer stays. It should be noted however that the line between lodging-houses and tenement houses oftentimes became blurred as people used them interchangeably. Although some tenements were built during the Victorian era, most were found within existing and oftentimes old houses that used to be a

The seated was based on class. Eighty percent of the crowd was made up of wealthy individuals, while the other twenty percent was made up of the urban, poor, and women. Despite popular belief, the colosseum was “more like and opera than a football game” . The Colosseum m reflected mostly how Roman society was set up. The Circus, on the other hand was five times as large as the

Dark Paradise On a smoky hill a huge mansion a man lived, he was isolated and alone. He was unlike any other man he was a creation of a Zany scientist. He had emotions as any other human and had the same body structure one thing was missing though, he had no hands. The scientist died before he could finish his invention.

One night after a party, the mansion reveals a feeling of emptiness, a stark contrast to the chaotic, energetic mood of the parties. “A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host who stood on the porch” (Fitzgerald, 55). Just as the mansion feels empty despite being full of lavish decoration and copious servants, the people of the upper class feel empty even though their lives are filled with material wealth and many acquaintances. The mansion symbolizes the theme of the chronic, emotional emptiness of the upper class. The rich exhibit no depth in any of the relationships they make.

In the story of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows how horrible loneliness is, especially through the black stable hand Crooks. Crooks doesn't have anyone to look after him. He is lonely cause he has no friends or family. On page 72 it states "Crooks said gently, maybe you can see now.

“Even for that part of the country the kitchen was a poor-looking place”(151). The kitchens in the New England part of the country where not extravagant or beautiful in any way so saying that the Fromes kitchen was even worse is saying a lot about their lives and the way they live. “The furniture was of the roughest kind”(151), the furniture was plain, old, and unappealing representing the carelessness of the way that the Fromes kitchen appeared and the ruin of the home, farm and mill making them not be able to afford lavish things. “Three coarse china plates and a broken-nosed milk-jug had been set on a greasy table scored with knife-cuts, and a couple of straw-bottomed chairs and a kitchen dresser of unpainted pine stood meagrely against the plaster walls” (151). The description of the materials in the Fromes home are rough and broken.

Furthermore, Crooks is lonely and does not have anyone to talk to. When Crooks is

Many people in the ghettos died of starvation or illness. There was a very small amount of food in the ghettos and they were very unsanitary. There were usually no showers or sources of water, so nobody could clean themselves or wash their hands. This lead to illness which spread very quickly in these tight, unsanitary places. The Warsaw ghetto was the largest ghetto during the Holocaust.

Looking at the composition of the both chambers of Congress they are not young. The profile from the 113th Congress (2013-2104) showed that the average age in Senate was sixty-two and House was fifty-seven (Turner, 315). However, in the United States, the population is roughly thirty-seven (Hutchinson, 10). Due to Congress member’s, they had more time to accumulate wealth than the average person, which would explain why they are wealthy. Furthermore, a congressperson former employment is typically a high-income profession; “most members of Congress are lawyers, public servants/politicians, and business professions.

Since there is no bathroom, the individuals have to do their business in a bowl or walk to the nearest toilet. This increases the possibility of disease entering the household and affecting these individuals who practically live on top of each

‘Playing Beatie Bow’ published in 1980 encompasses the contrast in the social and cultural context between the 1870’s and 1970’s in the Rocks Sydney. In this book the scenario is a teenage girl who is part of a prophecy and is transported to the 1870’s to the Rocks, Sydney to the Bow and Tallisker hold. ‘The stranger’ (teenage girl) must make the gift strong again so it is enabled to allow the Bow and Tallisker to continue on through the family. The gift has the ability to provide a sense of seeing the future and teleporting to the past and present, and enables to heal the wounded.