The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus‚ The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence‚ idealism‚ resistance to change‚ social upheaval‚ and excess‚ creating a
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(1) Why has Disney been successful so long? The Disney Company has been successful and they are a great example of a company that has been able to sustain superior performance. Disney has been able to ward off the competition and sustain a profitable business over the long haul‚ due to the inability to be imitated – they are protected by various barriers. Private Information - Disney has created characters and a brand that is unable to be duplicated. Walt Disney learned from his very first
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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE PAPER 3 EXEMPLAR MARKS: 100 TIME: 2 ½ hours This question paper consists of 7 pages. INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections. Answer ONE question from EACH section: SECTION A: Creative Writing (50 marks) SECTION B: Longer Transactional Texts (30 marks) SECTION C: Shorter Transactional Texts (20 marks) 2. 3. 4. Start EACH section on a NEW page. Number the answers according to the numbering
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Chaitén and Etna comparison essay Chaitén is a 2.5km wide and 4km long volcano that is located in the south east of Chile and erupted for the first time in around 9‚400 years on Friday 2nd May. The volcano is a caldera which is situated above a subduction zone where the Pacific Ocean plate is consumed beneath the South American continental crust. The volcano is composed of viscous rhyolitic lavas and pyroclastics and is typical of the magmas rising through the young fold mountains of the Andes
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1. Books are concentrated sources of wisdom. The more books you read‚ the more wisdom you expose yourself to. What are some books you can start reading to enrich yourself? Some books I’ve read and found useful are Think and Grow Rich‚ Who Moved My Cheese‚ 7 Habits‚ The Science of Getting Rich and Living the 80/20 Way. I’ve heard positive reviews for The Tipping Point‚ Outliers and The Difference Maker‚ so I’ll be checking them out soon. 2. Learn a new language. As a Singaporean Chinese‚ my
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I’D OFTEN DREAMED ABOUT waking up with Dimitri‚ waking up in a way that was ... ordinary. Sweet. Not because we were hastily trying to catch sleep before fighting our next foe. Not because we were recovering from sex we had to hide‚ sex laden with baggage and myriad complications. I just wanted to wake up together‚ in his arms‚ and have it be a good morning. Today was that day. "How long have you been awake?’ I asked drowsily. My head was on his chest‚ and I was wrapped against him as best
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How would one most generally feel after the murder of a parent? A tidal wave of feelings could overwhelm the mind and give rise to unexplainable thoughts and emotions. Like Hamlet‚ the majority of us would probably sink into a deep depression and mourn for the loss of our childhood hero. In Hamlet’s case‚ he was visited briefly by the Ghost of his Father for one specific purpose: to seek revenge for the murder at the hands of his brother. However‚ taking on the task of avenging the killing of one’s
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BE-WARE IN REALITY!!!!!! Author: Ikani Fainga maka Chapter 1-Ordinary Kid!!!!! As u know in Fairy-tails they start with an Once in a upon a time well in this case it’s not gonna HAPPEN!!!!!!-and does not end up very well Well it all started when i was just an ordinary KID!!!!!! suddenly something hits me right from behind and u wont know or take a guess who might’ve done it‚ well when i woke up i thought it was a dream!!!! well in other cases my memories
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The extent to which team or group success meets the definition of innovation: ‘Innovation is the application of creativity to give rise to a new product‚ service or process delivering something new or better to the world’ The academics argue that creativity is pre-requisite for innovation to take place. Andriopoulos and Dawson (2011) provide that organizational creativity is generation of novel and useful ideas and innovation is the process of realization of those ideas. According Bessant
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BOOK REVIEW : PARADIGM SHIFT IN TRAINING IN THE INDIAN ARMY INCLUDING JOINT TRAINING Intro 1. Trg for war is the sacred duty of all cdrs in the chain of comd. With the advent of new tech‚ nature & concept of war fighting is undergoing rapid changes. Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) & nuclearisation of the region has added new dimensions to the type of warfare we are likely to engage in the future. The current spectrum of warfare encompasses not only the conventional wars but also Mil
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