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    in his way to make it to the top‚ Jay-Z came from an area a low-income area with not much to his name. He used the tools he had to make his dream come true‚ eventually dominating music charts. Jay-Z had predominantly made an impact in black culture‚ he has stood up for blacks the recent issues of police brutality. As a rap and hip-hop artist Jay-Z uses his outlet to be a figure that will stand up for the black community and voice his opinions. Like the bad man‚ Jay-Z is “amoral‚ tough‚ unafraid of

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    Jay McCarroll‚ baby-faced and hoodie-clad‚ works in the sort of space you’d expect from a fellow who dreams in fabric. It’s outfitted with four sewing machines and oceans of material arranged in brilliant spectral sequence; his spring 2007 collection hangs on a rack in the corner‚ anchored by a quilt skirt so audaciously outsize it could easily double as a bedspread. But bedding itself is missing from this studio‚ as is a kitchen and a shower‚ which matters more in this case than it ordinarily would:

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    performance put on by one man himself‚ Jay Bird. The play is about Jay Bird’s struggles growing up as a gay person and all of the issues he encountered. The performance went back and forth between scenes from his childhood. The argument of the production is that coming out of the closet can be a challenge‚ but once it happens‚ the rewards are worth the risk. There were some positive aspects of the performance and some negative aspects too. The costumes were quite unique to Jay Bird and really helped to establish

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    Jay Gatsby is the type of man that falls hopelessly in love with a women. Gatsby cannot help but be a hopeless romantic‚ he fell head over heels in love with Daisy Buchanan the girl of his dreams. In both the movie and the book he expected things to return to what they were. Gatsby wished he and Daisy could live how he had planned‚ a long life of love without Tom. He had wished to return to the time when he could love Daisy out in public when he was the only man for her. Jay Gatsby shows his romanticism

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    Carol Li October 1‚ 2014 Period 3 Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10‚ 1941 the son of Leonard and Eleanor Gould. His father was a court reporter and part-time‚ unpaid naturalist. Leonard Gould was a self-taught man who took his son to the American Museum of Natural History when the boy was five years old. It was there where Gould decided to devote his life to studying geologic periods. Gould was reading about evolution by age eleven. In high school he encountered the

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    and he also must be of noble stature and have some sort of greatness. Typically‚ a hero accomplishes extraordinary things that usually are not common in most people. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the hero and protagonist proves to be Jay Gatsby‚ a single-minded‚ successful‚ yet imperfect man. His early life was one of poverty and he rose over this to obtain astonishing wealth in his later life‚ which revolved around his former love interest that he would never let go. Gatsby overcame

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    Jay R. Vargas was born in Winslow‚ Arizona he is 78 years today Jay R. Vargas was born July 29‚ 1938 his sign is a leo. He is a Military veteran who was awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor in 1970 for his bravery during the Vietnam War. His Father was Hispanic and his Mother was Italian. Vargas has 3 older brothers that also fought in the war. Vargas had several awards the Medal of Honor‚ Bronze Star‚ Silver Star‚ Silver Oak Leaf Cluster‚ Combat Action Ribbon ‚ Vietnam Service Medal‚ Purple Heart

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    Jay Gatsby seemed sort of like a very intriguing but very creepy because not many people even knew what he looked like. He would have crazy and wild parties that even made the papers because they was just that amazing and everybody who was somebody or even nobody was show up there‚ but he wasn’t throwing parties for the people‚ instead he was doing it for the love of his life. Based on the book most of the things like his manners and the way he talked were similar and pretty aligned with the book

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    COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF JAY GATSBY AND DICK DIVER. NOTE ESPECIALLY THEIR ATTITUDES TO LIFE‚ LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS‚ THEIR DEMISE AND THE ROLES THEY PLAY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE NOVELS. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as a writer who chronicled his times. This work has been critically acclaimed for portraying the sentiments of the American people during the 1920s and 1930s. ‘The Great Gatsby’ was written in 1924‚ whilst the Fitzgeralds were staying on the French

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    of the characters had startling similarities that at first may have gone unnoticed. This was especially true between the characters of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. While they appeared to be opposites at the beginning of the story‚ as their lives unfolded many similarities began to appear‚ and differences became more clear. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby were similar because both were captivated by another person‚ and both were outsiders in the worlds they lived in‚ however‚ they differed

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