Scott Westerfeld’s book‚ Uglies takes place in a dystopian version of earth with advanced technology. Tally‚ the main character‚ is an average ‘Ugly’‚ a name for children/teenagers under the age of 16. Once a teenager turns 16‚ they go through a procedure that makes them impossibly pretty‚ which is the new ‘average’ look. Tally wants to be a pretty‚ but her friend Shay does not‚ due to many reasons. Shay unknowingly ruins Tally’s chance to turn pretty after escaping the city‚ managing to avoid the
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Scott Campbell first developed the planners’ triangle in 1996 and it is a three way model‚ which incorporates economic‚ environmental‚ and social equity factors. The planner has a vital role in the sustainable development of urban areas and in the long term‚ the economic growth of the area. Sustainable development is defined as “development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland‚ 1987); in an ideal world‚ the
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Стилистический анализ текста: F. Scott Fitzgerald ”The Diamond as Big as Ritz” The text under stylistic analysis is taken from the book “The diamond as Big As Ritz” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It deals with feelings and emotions of author and written in the style of fiction. This story is told by author. This part of a story is about a well-known problem - leaving home for studying. The text consists of three parts. First is exposition. Here we see the describing of patriarchal American
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In the vocabulary of comics‚ Scott McCloud discusses an idea which he dubs‚ “Amplification through simplification”(2). By logical analysis‚ it is true that by removing some features and taking the piece of art at face value‚ we are‚ in essence‚ looking at a more simplistic image. However‚ this simplification is obscured by the amplification effect. That is to say‚ as one strips away the details and substance in their piece of art‚ the more significant the remaining features become. With less visual
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Lana Phan Case: Dred Scott v. Sandford Facts: This lawsuit involves Dred Scott‚ an African American slave and his owner due to the passing of his previous owner Dr. Emerson‚ John F. A. Sanford. John F.A Sanford is the brother to the wife of Dr. Emerson. Dred Scott sued for his freedom in the Missouri Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis on April 6‚ 1846 . Dred Scott’s legal suit is for assault and false imprisonment: “A slave could be punished and kept as property‚ but a free person could not
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Character is not developed being sedentary. The extraordinary novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ tells the story of Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy young man. Known for his mysterious past and inconceivable amount of money‚ Gatsby is able to host several extravagant parties in his gothic mansion. Many characters in the novel represent each aspect of the Roaring Twenties. Introducing many characters who all seem to cause conflict with each other‚ the main character Fitzgerald sets the
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F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s Inspiration In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the social and economic positions of Gertrude Ederle‚ Mary Dillion‚ and Zelda Fitzgerald in the creation of Jordan Baker‚ Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan. These famous women of the 1920s helped Fitzgerald create the best novel he has ever written in his lifetime. It still is famous today‚ eighty-eight years later. Gertrude Ederle was F. Scott ’s first inspiration for characters in The Great Gatsby
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The Incredible Career of Dr. Scott Rocklage of 5 AM Ventures Dr. Scott Rocklage is the Co-manager of 5 AM Ventures. He joined this company in the year 2003 and became a co-manager one year later. Rocklage has a profound experience of more than three decades in the health care management system. Dr. Scott Rocklage strategic leadership was after the approval of some drug application in the United States. These drug applications incorporate Omniscan‚ Cubicin as well as Teslascan. He has served in various
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Dred Scott v Sanford Dred Scott was born a slave approximately around 1795 in Virgina and was owned by the Blow family. The Blow’s are a family of farmers that moved to Missouri from Virginia. This is where Scott was sold to a Dr. John Emerson which was the United States Army Surgeon. Shortly after being sold to the Emerson family‚ is when all these lawsuit conflicts arose. However‚ Dred Scott was able to marry Harriet Robinson and have his first daughter with her‚ Eliza Scott‚ in 1838 in a free
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Although everyone has a different dream‚ it is the hope and illusion that they can achieve that dream with hard work but this dream also inevitably leads to many cases of tragedy‚ if not properly planned and worked on. In The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the tragedies of various characters in the pursuit of the American dream. One of these characters is Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the novel. Fitzgerald seemingly establishes an ingenuous and reliable narrator in Nick to contrast
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