Arghya Jana Literature Guide

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The American Dream is dead. This is the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby . In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power and further, how the world of high society lacks any sense of morals or consequence. In order to support this message, Fitzgerald presents the original aspects of the American Dream along with its modern face to show that the once impervious dream is now lost forever to the American people. The main qualities of the American Dream presented in The Great Gatsby are perseverance and hope. Another famous characteristic of the American dream is the ...

Introduction : Diaspora (Greek, “dispersion”), is a term used for large scale migration of people from the country of their origin to other countries, either voluntarily or due to economic or political compulsions. When we speak of the Indian Diaspora we mean Indians settled in England, America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Similarly one can discuss the Caribbean Diaspora to England, Canada and France. Diaspora studies also became an academic discipline. In literature too the text composed of such displacement constitutes the Diaspora Literature. Characteristic Features of Diaspora Literature:       Displacement : “Over all the world  Men move undoing, and eternally Concerned: a swarm of bees who have lost their queen.”---- Christopher Fry  (1907 - ) British playwright. Venus Observed.   Displacement, whether forced or self-imposed, is in many ways a calamity. Yet, a pec...

1. She -------------------- the railway station before the train came. a) had reached b) has reached c) reached d) was reached 2. His uncle does not --------------------- here. a) live b) lives c) living d) lived 3. Peter ------------------------- editing this magazine for twenty five years by next January. a) will be b) will have been c) is d) would be 4. Peter --------------------- two wickets before rain interrupted play. a) took b) has taken c) had taken d) had took 5. I ----------------------- him twice before he left for New York. a) saw b) have seen c) had seen d) seen 6. Edison ---------------------------- newspapers before he became a famous inventor. a) sold b) had sold c) was selling d) had been selling 7. In my youth I ------------------------- exercise every day. a) had taken b) took c) was taking d) had been taking 8. She --------------------- for Delhi this evening. ...

1. We ----------------------------- waiting here for two hours. a) have been b) has been c) are d) were 2. We ------------------------- them yesterday. a) visited b) have visited c) had visited d) was visiting 3. He ----------------------- from London last week. a) has returned b) have returned c) had returned d) returned 4. See that you ----------------------- for the meeting in time. a) will come b) come c) would come d) came 5. They will come if we ------------------------ them. a) invite b) will invite c) invited d) would invite 6. I --------------------- to Tokyo recently. a) had been b) went c) have been d) was 7. The doctor concluded that the man ------------------------ killed ten hours ago. a) had been b) was c) has been d) is 8. I ----------------------- waiting for his reply for two weeks now. a) have been b) has been c) had been d) was 9. The train ------------------------- by...