<u>At the flat Tom rented for Myrtle, their neighbor Mr. McKee discussed </u><u>aspects of his photography business and techniques</u>. <em>(...) They arrive at Tom and Myrtle’s city apartment, and Nick proceeds to get drunk. Myrtle calls up her cute sister, Catherine, and their neighbors, the McKees, and invites them over. Mrs. McKee tells Myrtle that her dress looks wonderful on her. Mrs. McKee tells her husband, who’s a professional photographer, that he should take pictures of Myrtle (...).</em>
The novel (The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald) recounts the chaos of the First World War. American society lives an unprecedented level of prosperity. At the same time, the prohibition on the production/consumption of alcoholic beverages made a large number of millionaires outside the commodity sale circuit and provoked an increase in organized crime. The 1925 story takes place in New York and in the city of Long Island during the summer of 1922.
I gazed out into the icy world, the ocean of ice I knew I needed to cross. I could see the last flickering light of civilization, the fires burning bright in the homes. I shivered, I needed to get there soon, or else I might just freeze to death. I still remember when the first snow came. me and my family, in California, thought it was a miracle, little did we know it was a curse. when the snow didn't let up, my father got out the generator. he huddled me and my mother in blankets, taking only one for himself. about a week later, I awoke to my father's cold hand on mine. his blood had frozen inside him. me and my mother cried ourselves to sleep that night. soon we were out of food. we needed to leave. we started to walk, taking all of our belongings with us. we joined a small group of people heading for the last of civilization. one by one, they all died, either frozen or picked off by the animals. eventually, I was the last one. on some days, I thought it would be better to just kneel over and die. but I made it. I'm alive, and soon I will be home.
Sports where there aren't usually teams; think Golf, or ping-pong. Only one person per 'team'.
