- Stairs built on pride -
How Humility must be sacrificed in order to achieve a dream
Humility
Not understanding the importance of one as well as the importance of others
I love you but I love me more. . .
Just days after the accident, she stood on her porch “gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor" ( Fitzgerald 103) . Exactly where she wanted to be. The fact that Gatsby could fall into grave trouble never crossed her mind.
More money for ME.
- but that's not how it worked. In the documentary "Inside Job" the crimes of wealthy politicians and business men are brought to the surface of picture.
Their dream was to get rich, no matter the cost. As long as they got their private jets and a beach house, nothing else mattered, nobody else mattered. Their humility was flushed down the drain because they lost sight of the value of another human being.
Sitting on a throne of LIES
" I wish to see you all, but I expect I never shall see you all-never no more. "
Wrote a mother to her husband, children and family whom she fears she will never see again.
Dear Husband-
I remain your Dear and affectionate Wife,
Sargry Brown
Point of view
Who decides worthiness?
In the photo, the camp guards held their arms high, their pride fueled their actions, as they forcefully beat the prisoner.
Work Cited Page
Brown, Sargry, Mrs. Letter to Husband. 27 Oct. 1840. MS. Richmond, Virginia.