Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic
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The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is often referred to as the great American novel. The book’s immense symbolism and its many messages make The Great Gatsby a novel that has the ability to appeal to all who read it. Religion plays a key role in the book. For instance‚ religious beliefs in the 1920s influenced the main characters of the story in a significant way. The Valley of Ashes that is described in chapter two may also help to represent the moral dilapidation that the rich undergo
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Charles Dickens‚ author of “Great Expectations” possesses an amazing ability to develop the characters in his stories using imagery‚ parallelism and first person point of view. In the excerpt from “Great Expectations”‚ the author develops the personality of a convict the narrator of the story has encountered. Through the use of the rhetorical devices‚ the author allows for the reader to fully examine the convict as he is meant to be perceived. It is evident‚ given the details‚ that the convict
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The Great Debaters was directed by Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey. Throughout their exceptional careers‚ Denzel and Oprah have starred in a number of roles that has inspired people and raised awareness to the important events that was witnessed in the past. Looking back on this‚ it can be inferred that they created this film in order to showcase the many problems that was occurring in our country at the time and to help inspire people by showing them that you can achieve anything
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recovery according to the same labor statistics. To build off that‚ I will analyze equity markets and how those fluctuate during economic recessions as well as looking at how this may affect the average American. The stock market is often seen as a great predictor of future economic activity. Stock prices reflect the aggregated feelings of each investor who are generally forward-looking. It is even considered a leading indicator by The Conference Board Leading Economic
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The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age‚ the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay‚ as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations‚ the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy‚ is the main force driving the plot of the novel‚ The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving
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For the extra credit‚ I watched an episode of Nova about the building of the great cathedrals. In the video‚ it talks about how in the gothic period they managed to build great cathedrals that reached the greatest height and maybe somehow added religious aspect into the building of the cathedral. They also experimented how a cathedral could collapse and how to prevent Amiens cathedral from collapsing like a previous cathedral. Also‚ a town in France trying to build a cathedral using the old method
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According to my three day diet analysis it seems like my eating habits are poor. Not necessarily that I am consuming too many bad foods but I am not getting the all around nutrients that I need on a daily basis. Sometimes not eating enough. Or ot finding time to eat at all is a big issue in this. Due to my job and the lack of time I have at home it is hard for me to get the nutrients I need on a daily basis. With the target that is shown of six oz. of grains two and a half cups of vegetables
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Good to Great Jim Collins’s Good to Great seems to derive findings from market instances of which he and his team were able to minimize or even eliminate any market-specific factors in order to compare the chosen companies by level of similarities that brought them through the process to ’great’ success. As the chosen companies that achieved ’greatness’ were compared to a similar comparison company that did not make the correct choices towards creating a ’great’ company‚ Collins and his team
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After reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl‚ a personal diary of a girl named Anne who lived in hiding during World War II‚ I believe Anne’s wise words: that no matter what the situation‚ every person is still good at heart‚ whether you can see it or not. My opinion on this topic was greatly influenced by reading this extremely personal memoir of Anne’s life in hiding and the people in the world around her. No matter how bad a person might seem‚ I‚ like Anne‚ believe that deep down inside‚ they
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