The Great Gatsby Study Questions American Literature Name _____________________________________ The Great Gatsby Pre-reading Questions: Respond thoroughly to the following questions. 1. How might people who are born into wealth compare or contrast to those who acquired their wealth overnight? 2. Would you date or marry someone just for their money? What are possible advantages and disadvantages of doing this? 3. What defines a person’s “social
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Analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Story of an Hour” The similarities and differences are quite bold. There are also some similarities that are very minute and you really have to be paying attention to grasp the relationship between the two stories. There are also several differences between the stories. Poe uses murder‚ revenge‚ and horror in his story where as Chopin uses calming images to show death. Both stories have a theme of death and deceptions. Poe’s story features revenge
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Every story‚ every book‚ and every piece of literature that was and ever will be written is unique in its own way. This is in large part due to the indisputable fact that every person is unique. Amongst the billions of unique people that have walked this earth came unique authors and from these authors unique works of literature were created. That is the the power of individuality. However‚ while individuality is indeed powerful there is one thing that is more powerful than individuality. Unity.
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relationship for his family not to be separated. David Auburn‚ the author of the play Proof‚ created a situation that Catherine drops out of school‚ stays at home for several years taking care of his father alone while her sister is working in another city for the family. The decisions Luke and Kate make cause a huge impact on their lives. Both Luke and Catherine sacrifice for their families. But they also differ in their different responses toward their self-sacrifices. Family is the place where
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Comparative Essay There are many similarities and parallel ideas between the movie Dead Poets Society and the novel A Separate Peace. It could easily be assumed that the movie was loosely based on the book because they are so similar. There are a couple of differences and additions to the movie‚ but as a whole it is very analogous to A Separate Peace with regards to characters‚ conflicts‚ and themes. The characters in Dead Poets Society are easily compared with those of A Separate Peace. Both
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Mervens Victor Mr. Pyne English IV Honors 11/16/14 Comparative Analysis Perception of death and remembrance in Christina Rossetti’s “Remember” with Henry Longfellow’s “the Cross of Snow” have different yet similar deductions. On one side there is Rossetti’s iron clad belief that to forget a dead man offers blessing to an individual. With the other there lies Longfellow’s assertion that remembering a passed loved one provides the soul comfort. Which concept takes the cake? Neither‚ for both Rossetti
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An Ember in the Ashes is a novel by Sabaa Tahir that is set in another world where a tyrannical Empire has taken over most of the continent. It is assumed that the world is completely different from Earth‚ as no geographical markers seem to allude to Earth. The technology is medieval‚ with the militant Martials of the Empire holding higher technology over the second class Scholars that used to have universities. The story switches between a Scholar named Laia and a Martial named Elias. The novel
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Essay An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing. This act can be seen through both the novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink and the film Atonement directed by Joe Wright. Guilt is a prevailing theme in both Atonement and The Reader. In The Reader‚ guilt is persistently explored as a reoccurring theme. ‘and when I feel guilty‚ the feelings of guilt return; if I yearn for something today‚ or feel homesick‚ I feel the yearnings and
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Similarities and differences in ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and ‘The Eve of St. Agnes.’ ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’ by John Keats has various similarities and differences. They are both tales of love‚ highlighting Keats’ differing opinions on the ‘chase’ and the act of being in love. They also portray the challenges of life and love‚ using pathetic fallacy as a backdrop for the character’s emotions. Both poems have a man and a woman
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Comparison Paragraph – Manveer Grewal The character of Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the narrator in Edgar Allen Poe’s story The Tell Tale Heart has many key similarities. They both plan out and commit a murder of someone in their sleep but go insane after they have committed it. The first similarity is that both these character begin to go insane from the guilt of committing a murder in cold blood. Macbeth begins to hear voices after he commits the murder of King Duncan. He says “Still
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