Pivotal Text: The Great Gatsby

In 1925, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby. I was first exposed to the book in high school. We were told that it represented the “Roaring Twenties,” in all of its glory and excess. Indeed, the book is about an upper-class protagonist — Jay Gatsby — who…

Folk Tradition: Quarterly Business Meetings

For the last year, a select group of friends — myself included — meet once every three months for breakfast. These are referred to as “Quarterly Business Meetings.” The name itself is an attempt to set these apart from the typical, more informal, happy…

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Pumpkin Carving

After picking pumpkins, it is tradition to go home and personalize them by carving a design into the pumpkin. Typically, designs…

Pumpkin Picking

One popular way of celebrating Halloween includes picking pumpkins to display outside of your home. Since most people do not have…

Thanksgiving Day Football

Across the country on Thanksgiving Day, communities come together to wage battle on the gridiron. In my own…