Type of Work . The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy. In ancient Greek literature‚ a tragedy involved the downfall of a noble character with a tragic flaw (called hamartia). The Great Gatsby records the downfall of two characters with at least some noble characteristics: Gatsby and American society. Their tragic flaws are naive idealism and corrupt behavior. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald’s third novel. Previously‚ he had published This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and the Damned
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The band Parachute is from Charlottesville‚ Virginia. The band’s original name was‚ Sparky’s Flaw. In 2008‚ they changed their name to Parachute. The members include: Will Anderson (vocals‚ guitar‚ and keyboard)‚ Johnny Stubblefield (drums)‚ Alex Hargrave (bass guitar)‚ Kit French (saxophone‚ keyboard‚ and vocals)‚ and Nate McFarland (guitar‚ and vocals). The members from the band have been touring and promoting their music since they graduated in May 2008. They have toured with many artists such
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Writing Flaws No offense‚ but ELA has never been my favorite subject. It requires creativity‚ a characteristic I lack. In fact‚ it took me a week to conquer up this anecdote’s topic. I haven’t always been this way‚ but as you will read‚ numerous habits have restricted my ability to be imaginative‚ and taken a toll on my writing. In grammar school‚ writing was just another subject. The way you wrote didn’t matter‚ just whether or not you could. ELA was learning how to write sentences and use correct
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relationships. Therefore‚ both sides should be analyzed closely to find the flaws within the relationships. Most men think that their girlfriends or wives are the main problem makers‚ and strongly oppose the fact that they are the problem too. Similarly‚ women find their own reasons to blame their men for the failures of their relationships. However‚ everything comes to a point where each person should take a look at their own flaws
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Flaws within the Criminal Justice System: Economic Considerations Introduction Everyday 2‚220‚300 inmates live their lives in prisons throughout the United States. That’s 0.91% of the adult population‚ or 1 in 110 (Glaze 2013). What if you were next? The thought would scare anyone and the flaws in the system pose a threat to low income individuals and minorities. The sole purpose of the Justice System is to deliver justice for all‚ by only convicting and sentencing the guilty‚ while preventing
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Traveling around the world is repeatedly viewed as expensive and luxurious. Therefore‚ only those who are rich can experience it. Of course traveling has become a social norm as millennials discover the benefits of it. In Amanda Machado’s “How Millennials Are Changing Travel” article‚ she conveys that Millennials are expanding their vacations and escaping their comfort zone. Furthermore‚ in Derrick Fung’s “How Millennials Are Changing Travel”‚ article he asserts that Millennials thrive for experiences
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Ashley Walden Professor Amanda Walzer English 100 10 February 2014 Falling Through the Cracks in American Public Schools American novelist and university professor John Gardner once wrote‚ “All too often‚ on the long road up‚ young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.” In my experience with the American public school system‚ I have seen too often that students have become indifferent‚ disenfranchised and stripped of the colorful aspects of their
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Tom Wingfield Tom’s double role in The Glass Menagerie—as a character whose recollections the play documents and as a character who acts within those recollections—underlines the play’s tension between objectively presented dramatic truth and memory’s distortion of truth. Unlike the other characters‚ Tom sometimes addresses the audience directly‚ seeking to provide a more detached explanation and assessment of what has been happening onstage. But at the same time‚ he demonstrates real and sometimes
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churches ever since I can remember. I no longer go and do not believe that you have to go to church or be a deeply religious person in order to believe in the supernatural theory or to have a relationship with your higher power. However‚ there can be flaws found in the supernatural theory. For instance‚ if you believe that God has spoken to
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The United States of America recently had a presidential election. If you’re reading this statistically you are not happy about the results because the candidate you voted for did not win. The candidate that won the majority of popular votes lost the election. The number of Americans that voted for Hillary Clinton is larger than the number of Americans that voted for Donald Trump. Trump won the most number of electoral college votes‚ but lost the popular vote. He did not win because the majority
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