Essay #1 Essay #1: Digital Identity (Due 10.2.2014) For essay #1‚ you are going to write a personal narrative (using argument) about your digital life. What digital devices do you use? What can’t you live without? What do you do on-line? How do you understand your digital identity? In your essay‚ you will need to make a very clear argument about your digital identity and your relationship to the changing digital world. Your completed essay should be a minimum of 750 words. It should
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The assessment I have chosen for this quarter is creating a movie poster. The characters in The Great Gatsby will be used as comparisons to the celebrities. The main character in this novel is Gatsby. Gatsby is a 30 year old good looking man who easily attracts the ladies. Also‚ he happens to be extremely wealthy. Jay strives to achieve whatever goal he sets himself. In this novel‚ his goal is to make a fortune so he could live happily with the love of his love. Gatsby is a very open-minded‚ outgoing
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image is subjective to the relation to the ruler. If conquered‚ perhaps the ruler is a villain‚ but if bravely conquering for one’s own nation‚ then a hero they surely are. Surely one of‚ if not the most successful rulers in history is Alexander the Great of Macedonia. King Alexander’s military genius led to his conquering of most of the known world to ancient Greeks‚ as well as the production of a near universal Hellenistic Culture during his time. Born 356 B.C.E. in Macedonia‚ Alexander was the
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During the 1930’s or as the others know as the dirty thirties came the great depression. The great depression is the longest economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. This happened in North America‚ Europe‚ Canada and many more places around the world. People went through a lot during the great depression and lost many people. It also made the employment rate drop in increasingly numbers. The great depression had many causes from different places of the world‚ in North
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I wanted to write you this letter because now the Great War is over and there are some topics that I wanted to address‚ and‚ since we haven’t talked since the war started‚ I wanted to make sure that you know that I am okay. As you most likely know‚ I’m still living and working in Washington County‚ Virginia. I haven’t had much involvement in the war efforts myself‚ however‚ I am waiting for my husband’s return from fighting in Europe‚ or a letter saying that he has passed away. Since he is gone‚
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speech is and what their goals are. Many speakers‚ private or public‚ are given the chance to elaborate on issues that they feel that their opinion is of great value. Charlie Chaplin’s speech in the movie‚ The Great Dictator‚ is a prime example of somebody taking what it is that they believe and emotionally stating it to a group of people. The Great Dictator‚ also the name of the speech‚ is about how the human race wants more than to be controlled and wish to be closer and unite together. It expresses
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells a story of a young boy named Pip who grew up in a lower class but slowly finds himself transforming into society’s view of a ’gentleman’ in order to gain the approval of Estella. Throughout the Novel many characters‚ such as Joe‚ Estella‚ and Magwitch provide Pip with a very important lesson; Your true friends will love and care for you no matter what happens or how much wrong you do to them. This life lesson Pip learns is one of the most important themes
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The Great Depression challenged many families in major ways‚ placing great economic‚ social‚ and emotional strains and demands upon members of the family. In the face of the difficulties caused by the Great Depression‚ the cooperation of the family continued to be a source of strength. However‚ the hard times of the economy did affect the lifestyle of all‚ since the income decreased‚ similarly to the prices of many goods decreasing. My groups’ scenario of being a middle-class family‚ we were fortunate
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Cerami. Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville‚ Illinois: Sourcebooks‚ Inc‚ 2003. The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte‚ two of the greatest leaders of their time‚ now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine the futures of their countries. Jefferson’s Great Gamble is the dramatic
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is largely recognized as the greatest of all the impressionist writers‚ with his most widely known book being The Great Gatsby‚ in which he uses a great deal of impressionistic technique to create and shape his view of America’s economic boom in the 1920s. Fitzgerald addresses the great disparity between the rich and poor‚ highlighting the excessive and destructive tendencies of the upper class elite. This sentiment is reflected through his portrayal of Daisy‚ who is depicted
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