As Bruce Springsteen once said‚ "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." Is there a difference between the two? Is the American dream really just what it says in the title- a dream? To define what this ’dream’ is: The American Dream is the term for people who believe that in the United States anyone can become rich if they work hard and try their very best. Once the foundation of all American beliefs‚ the goal of achieving complete success has become
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After the party‚ Nick and Jordan meet again and he grows to be curious with her. Eventually he comes to realize all of the events in which Jordan Baker has been overly dishonest and careless. He states‚ “When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick‚ she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down‚ and then lied about it” (Fitzgerald ). Jordan was careless when borrowing a car and after damaging it she proved herself to be dishonest and careless by lying about leaving the top down
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The foundation of the Ponzi scheme can not be singularly tracked‚ but the man who made it famous and forced it towards the national discussion was Charles Ponzi. The purpose of the Ponzi scheme is to defraud investors in order to get rich quick. The idea of the scheme is for a singular owner to receive investments from the general population. The owner will receive an initial investment of a sum of money from different investors. The owner will then have a great supply of money‚ and they will start
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The Pursuit of Happiness The American Dream is acquired through hard work and sacrifice and allows normal people in society to believe that material prosperity is what defines success. The aspiration to achieve the American Dream is the catalyst to believing that material possessions are more important than spiritual values. Hard work and vigor is essential in being prosperous in life‚ and excellence must be preserved in oneself. The spirit‚ the will to excel‚ and the will to win is what one must
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Transformations can take place anywhere and at anytime. At times these transformations can be very drastic or not significant at all. These transformations can take place over a short period of time or even a long period of time. Not only can these transformations take place with the environment‚ but they can also take place with people. In the novel‚ Something wicked‚ transformations take place within many of the characters involved in the book. They take place within Megan’s and Horatio’s relationship
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Everyone seems to be doing their own thing. Whether its with a job‚ a romance‚ or any other sort of goal or inconvenience‚ everyone has sometime unique going on in there life. Nick’s epigram suggests that although there are billions of people‚ with an unfathomable number of lifestyles‚ they all fall into 4 categories. When discussing the predicament of Daisy and Nick‚ he says‚ “There are only the pursued‚ the pursuing‚ the busy‚ and the tired.” Everyone we have met thus far in the Great Gatsby falls
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What is affection? Is it when somebody is fixated on somebody to the point of doing anything for them or venerating all that they are to a state of extremes? Gatsby loves Daisy as this flawless being as opposed to a women that Gatsby really adores. He is fixed to her in her past without any of the limitations of the social world as though he loves her back when they initially met. Gatsby is not willing to admit or see that Daisy has proceeded onward with her life and he doesn’t even appear to acknowledge
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The Oxford Dictionary defines the seven deadly sins as “the sins of pride‚ covetousness‚ lust‚ anger‚ gluttony‚ envy‚ and sloth.” Each of these sins are represented in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Masque of the Red Death. The seven deadly sins are related to The Masque of the Red Death through the seven rooms‚ and Prince Prospero’s character The seven rooms in the Prince’s abbey symbolize the seven deadly sins. For instance‚ each room represents a sin. It can be inferred that the sins are being
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The Differences Between Patrick And Petruchio What are the differences between Patrick and Petruchio? Throughout the two stories Petruchio and Patrick are completely different taking opposite approaches on Kate. Even though they have the same intentions‚ which is to have a relationship with her‚ and reasons in the beginning they have opposite outcomes. In 10 things I Hate About You Patrick eventually falls in love with Kate and in TOTS Petruchio never actually falls in love with Kate only with her
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“In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald explores the way that the past haunts the present.” Discuss this viewpoint. In the course of your writing‚ make connections to James Baldwin’s Going To Meet The Man Throughout the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald explores the notion that the past in some way haunts the present. This can be taken in a very broad sense‚ from characters fixation on the past‚ to the importance of heritage in American society. He also explores how America’s founding principles are flawed‚ mainly
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