ipl-logo

The Great Gatsby Research Paper

415 Words2 Pages

Chongqing is one of the four municipalities under direct administration by the central government (the other three being Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin). It is possibly the world's largest municipality with a population of 31.4 million and an area of 82,300 km². For tourists, Chongqing is more than just a springboard to kill your time before climbing aboard boats for Yangtze River Cruise. Visitors are attracted by its cliffside buildings overlooking the mighty Yangtze River and the spicy food.

Day 1 Arrival at Chongqing and aboard the ship
Pick up from Chongqing Train Station, or Chongqing airport in the morning. First, have Chinese lunch, start your half day tour in Chongqing with the visit to Ciqikou Ancient Town. The old town is located in Shapingba district of Chongqing and on the west bank of Jialing River, taking up an area of 1.18 square …show more content…

Joseph W. Stilwell (1883 - 1946) was born in Palatka, Florida, USA. He was graduated from West Point in 1904. Stillwell Museum is situated in the Yuzhong District in Chongqing city to commemorate General Joseph W. Stilwell who contributed greatly to the liberation of China during the World War II.
After dinner, you are transferred to the Dock for your Yangtze River trip.

Day 2 Cruising on the Three Gorges

Cruising on the Yangtze River. Today you will be arranged to have the shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City. Fengdu is the only ghost city in China. First, take a cable car up to the hill and visit the temples all over the mountain with many statues. Then, return to the ship and pass towards the fantastic Three Gorges. Day 3 Cruising on the Three Gorges
Today enter Qutang Gorge. Cruise ship carefully pilots its way through the narrow course. At Wushan, disembark the ship and board smaller vessels in order to explore either the Daning River (or Shennong Stream). Reboard the ship and sail through the Wu Gorge.

Day 4 Arrival at Yichang and

Show More
Related

  • Zheng He Analysis

    842 Words  | 4 Pages

    For a brief time in world history, China dominated maritime exploration. Even though quite unintentionally, a previous century’s invention of the magnetic compass played a pivotal and facilitating role and provided Chinese sailors a two-hundred-year head start over their European counterparts. However, it was not until blending those navigational advancements of the day, together with nautical technologies of shipbuilding architecture and propulsion found China readily thrust to the forefront. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty desired to leverage those technologies to construct an immense armada attesting to the court’s military prowess. Supported by a backdrop of politically favorable winds and a generous endowment, the Emperor commissioned the undertaking of explorations to an experienced Admiral named Zheng He.

    Read More

  • Zheng He Research Paper

    639 Words  | 3 Pages

    Zhu Di became emperor and rewarded Zheng He with a massive armada of ships. He sailed for years, furthering China’s reach and trading everywhere he went. He traveled 2000 miles into the Atlantic. From China to East Africa, India, Southeast Asia. 2) Describe the ships in Zheng He’s fleet.

    Read More

  • Quechee: Vermont's Little Grand Canyon

    482 Words  | 2 Pages

    Another popular place for visitors is the Quechee Gorge Visitor Center. It was built in 2005 and Chamber of Commerce and information is there. (“Quechee

    Read More

  • Sui Yangdi Research Paper

    520 Words  | 3 Pages

    While the construction of the canal began in his father’s lifetime, Yangdi completed it. This canal was used to “facilitated trade between northern and southern China” (Bentley, et al. 758; ed. 2) and to communicate. In addition to this “he strengthened China’s northern border by rebuilding, at great expense, the Great Wall separating China from Inner Asia” (Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, britannica.com) thus strengthening its defenses.

    Read More

  • Sui Yangdi Corrupt

    190 Words  | 1 Pages

    Sui Yangdi (569-618) was the second emperor of the shortly lived Sui Dynasty and was believed to have succeeded the throne in the year 604 after assassinating his father Wendi, the founder of the Sui Dynasty. Yangdi was an oppressive ruler, using forced labor and levying high taxes. He wasted the empire’s resources on many luxuries including constructing lavishly decorated palaces and planting his gardens with mature trees from distant forests. Between the years 612 and 614, Sui Yangdi’s armies embarked on three unsuccessful expeditions to Korea, which led to revolt among the Chinese. Though Yangdi was a somewhat corrupt ruler, he was responsible for the construction of the Grand Canal, a 1,400 mile canal used to transport grain and other goods

    Read More

  • Chapter 20 Analysis Of The Great Gatsby

    603 Words  | 3 Pages

    In “Chapter 20” of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster examines the intertextuality of “Sonnet 73” from Shakespeare, “The Book of Ecclesiastes” from The Hebrew Bible, and Hotel du Lac from Anita Brookner, to explain that “for as long as anyone’s been writing anything, the seasons have stood for the same set of meanings” (Foster 186). People believe “that spring has to do with childhood and youth, summer with adulthood and romance and fulfillment and passion, autumn with decline and middle age and tiredness...,” and “winter with old age and resentment and death” (186). In the lyrical novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald applies the seasons of summer and fall to add rich, symbolic meaning to the events that unfold

    Read More

  • The Influence Of Xuanzang's Journey

    791 Words  | 4 Pages

    Sun Shuyun, herself brought up in China, was determined to follow in his footsteps, discover more about Xuanzang and restore his fame. So she retraced his journey from China to India and back. In the 8th century, crossing 110 kingdoms, he took 18 years. He opened up the east and west of Asia to each other - and to us. A man of great faith and determination, Xuanzang won the hearts of kings and robbers with his teaching, his charm and his indomitable will.

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Research Paper

    759 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Great Gatsby Novel and Films Novels and movies are very different but work together rather well. A movie shows the story and the novel tells it. The Great Gatsby novel goes more in-depth and helps the reader see the rhetorical purpose that F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to get through. F. Scott Fitzgerald used many rhetorical strategies in The Great Gatsby to get his readers to understand the purpose of this novel, He used Imagery, metaphors, similes, personification, and more. The 1974 film The Great Gatsby did not really capture as much as the novel, it was rather strange and had many random things, and it was more out of order compared to the novel.

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Research Paper

    478 Words  | 2 Pages

    Do you know why Jay Gatsby had a downfall? The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book set in the twenties and is about Jay Gatsby and his way of life, this book is in the view of Nick Carraway and we see how corrupt everyone is in this book. Jay Gatsby's flaws corruption, love for Daisy, and dishonesty as the tragic hero in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby are the primary catalysts DO NOT FORGET TO SCORE YOUR RUBRIC for all things tragic in the book.

    Read More

  • Summary Of When China Ruled The Seas: The Dragon Throne

    1407 Words  | 6 Pages

    This was unprecedented and China had never before been assembled a force like this and soon every province was absorbed. Levathes said, “In the brief period from 1405 to 1433, the treasure fleet, under the command of the eunuch admiral Zheng He, made seven epic voyages throughout the China Seas and Indian Ocean,”(20). This was significant because the Emperor and society put so much emphasis on following the teachings of Confucius, as Levathes said, “Confucius thought foreign travel interfered with important familial obligations and believed that trade was inherently mean and debasing,”(33). At this point in time it is evident that China was starting to become relatively progressive and forward-moving, because they initially went great measures in order to keep the traditional ways. Levathes further supplements this claim on page 33 saying, “from the second Century B.C., with the rise if the Han Dynasty, Confucianism became the moral code for the upper classes of Chinese society and the foundation of the emerging feudal bureaucracy.”

    Read More

  • The Loh-Hi's Magic Square

    1236 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Lo Shu square has a myth that refers to the great Emperor Yu and the Lo river. It says that once

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Outline Essay

    871 Words  | 4 Pages

    I. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the American Dream is depicted as a mirage due to its ultimate lack of fulfillment, outsider’s inability to obtain it, and the corruption it causes. A. Those who have achieved their idea of the American Dream are ultimately unfulfilled emotionally even though they possess tremendous wealth. B. The American Dream is a mirage, and thus unattainable as it limits success of an individual by their class and ethnic origin. C. Not only is the American Dream exclusive and unfulfilling, but it also causes corruption as those who strive for the American Dream corrupt themselves in doing so and the old rich hide behind their wealth in order to conceal their immoralities.

    Read More

  • Zheng He's Treasure Voyage Analysis

    791 Words  | 4 Pages

    He to lead it. The Yongle Emperor had two primary goals for the trip; to return “barbarian” envoys who had attended an archery contest for the Midsummer Festival of 1413 to their countries, and to return with the riches of the Persian Gulf. The fleet, composed of 63 vessels and 28,560 men, left Nanjing in the autumn of 1413, sailing along much the same route as the previous three

    Read More

  • Sedentary Neolithic Societies

    1164 Words  | 5 Pages

    This paper also describes the dam clusters of Ganggongling and Liyushan, with a detailed description of each individual dam and their stratum. As this is a report of the information of the dams gathered at this point, this paper only gives a preliminary understanding of what these “pieces” of archaeological evidence tell us. To date the dams, the excavations of the sites have led to “solid stratigraphic evidences and a rich assemblage of cultural remains” (116). Samples of localities were also sent in for carbon dating, the results of which place the dams within the time period of Liangzhu Culture. The technology

    Read More

  • Analytical Essay On The Great Gatsby

    755 Words  | 4 Pages

    Jacobo Delara Mr. Horner English II CP September 15 2014 The Great Gatsby The classic American Novel Nick Carraway is man from a wealthy family in Minnesota moving to west egg to learn about the Bond business. Then he gets involved with Mr. Gatsby which then sparks the beginning of the novel.

    Read More

More about The Great Gatsby Research Paper

Open Document