Zelda Fitzgerald

“She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn’t boring.” (The Collected Writings of Zelda Fitzgerald). Nicknamed “the first American Flapper”, Zelda Fitzgerald was a social icon that helped kickstart the change in how women participated in the new American society. After the war, there was a big time of change for women and how they could live life more freely. They were given the right to vote provided by the 19th Amendment, the idea of “the new woman” was common, and there was a shift in the medical community. As America’s society changed after World War One, the lives of women improved in the United States in the 1920’s with the country giving them more public freedom and rights. The 1920’s was an important time for women’s suffrage,…

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). I am renown around the world for this quote and it is very applicable to my life, because I am a writer. Although lots of my stories were not successful, I had a few hits that made me as famous as I am today. In these few minutes, I will tell you about my early life and where I came from, secondly my life and work in Europe, and lastly, my work in film and end of my time. To…

Comprehensiveness- To support information about the Chupacabra through critical thinking, the evidence about the creature must be comprehensive. order to reasonably analyze evidence of the Chupacabra or an attack from one, you must recognise the possibilities of it not being a Chupacabra. To consider any slightly odd killing of a farm animal to be a Chupacabra attack would be unreasonable and senseless. Many different animals are capable of killing goats, sheep, or chickens. To recognise a…

of the many important themes used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel “The Beautiful And Damned.” Fitzgerald uses these themes to convey a message to his readers. This message is that no matter how high up in society someone is that doesn’t mean they will be satisfied in the end. Things such as money and status can all change in an instant, they are not permanent, instead materialistic. The materialist can prove to ruin one's relationship with the ones they love the most. Money, social status…

Examining the Legend of Bloody Mary and the Relationship to Young Girls Nikyra Capson Bloody Mary has become a hoax associated with the coming of age for pre-teen girls and has multiple versions and different roots depending on the context on which it is given. A hoax is a legend used by the teller to alter certain behaviors of the listeners, usually by fear. In the case of this particular legend, the teller is trying to get others to attempt to summon Bloody Mary’s ghost. This legend is a…

The Legend of Zelda and its entirety have a firm grasp on the consumer. Spanning from the 90’s to present time, The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s best game in the gaming industry, second to the famed Mario series that popularized and even saved the gaming industry. Though many have varying opinions on which Zelda game is the best, Ocarina of Time (OoT) holds a high regard in my part and revolutionized the definition of gaming. In 1998, Ocarina of Time was released on the Nintendo 64 and…

The Legend of Zelda is an incredibly unique and diverse game series created by the Japanese and published by Nintendo. This game series has greatly evolved and became popular over the past three decades. Originating as a “medieval tale of sword and sorcery”, Shigeru Miyamoto intended the game to be one that relieved stress, giving thrill to the player, and most importantly, enabling the player to brutally defeat evil characters Poe, Stalfos, and Keese that crosses one’s path . As popular a…

Expanding Video Game Horizons Kicking it back in my room, what I call my cave for gaming. I was playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is the highest rated game in history. Simply thinking to myself, and wondering how this series could make so many Zelda games and become so successful. I quickly knew that this could become my topic for my I-Search paper for composition class. Slashing, cutting, and jabbing, Link, the main character in this world famous “The Legend of Zelda” series…

The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker begins by saying, “This is but one of the legends of which the people speak…” then going into detail on how one timeless, sword-wielding, green-tunic wearing warrior saved Hyrule in its darkest hour and was just starting a new adventure once again. Link is one of the most widely recognized characters in the video game industry and it is hard to put into words just how much of an impact Link has had on people. The Legend of Zelda series is the work of…

The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most popular, loved and influential video game series on this planet. So many kids of the 80's, 90's and the 2000's have grown up with these games and the adventures that Link and Zelda get themselves into. This series means an immense amount to a lot of people and honestly, I feel that The Legend of Zelda series means more to me than it does to anybody else on this Earth. When I was in my mothers womb she would lay on the couch and watch my father play…