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    Compare And Contrast Essay Deandre Presswood When you mention The Great Gatsby or Moby Dick there are always Two characters that come to mind. One of them is Ishmael and the other is Nick Carraway. Both of these characters have a lot similarities and dissimilarities‚ and even though they’re both reliable narrators. there are certain things that set them apart. The first dissimilarities between these Two is how they both end up in their situation. Ishmael chooses his path. He wanted a change of

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    Tom In The Great Gatsby

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    antagonist or a villain in the novel‚ it is Tom. He is racist and he generally mistreats everyone he comes into contact with. Tom loves Daisy but he treats her more like a possession than a partner. He is having an affair with Myrtle. During an apartment party with Nick and Myrtle’s friends‚ Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose for having mentioned Daisy’s name. Tom is also condescending to George‚ Myrtle’s husband. Tom also seizes the opportunity to implicate Gatsby in Myrtle’s death‚ thereby indirectly leading

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    Today I will talk about how Jay Gatsby and Hamlet are alike? I will also show you how they are different from each other. Both of them are tragic heroes in a way‚ but their tragic flaws are different. Jay Gatsby’s tragic flaw is that he is trying to make his dream turn into reality. Hamlets tragic flaw is that he has an inability to balance reason and passion. Hamlet said “O‚ what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here‚ But in a fiction‚ in a dream of passion‚

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    In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings

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    The Devil Both Tom walker and daniel webster had devil type figures in there stories Guarded the treasure of the pirate named kid and the other one was a devil named scratched Jabez stone was just the same as tom walker they both sold there soul to the devil also known as scratch they both hated there life so they decided to change it for the better King philip and governor dale were sorta the same they were both chiefs governor dale was chief at a naval station and king philip was wampanoag chief

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    Amanda Harlow English 45 Professor Moore Journal Entry 9 To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel set in the 1930s in Alabama about a small town white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is assigned to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ accused of rape. Both are fathers with different economic backgrounds who live in the same town‚ but live in very different positions in society. Atticus Finch is an attorney by profession who is a highly respected citizen. He lives in the wealthier part of town and is the

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    Living Careless Can Kill You The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the poem “anyone live in a pretty how town by E. E. Cummings are about careless people and reveal that those who choose to be careless are generally unhappy and unable to achieve their true dreams. Both selections are about careless and reveal through the use of tone‚ diction‚ imagery symbolism and motifs‚ how people live their lives not caring about others and about the consequences‚ and therefore they generally

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    How Is Nora Alike

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    money‚ and the only way she could get money is if he gives her some. She is totally dependent on him‚ which in turn gives him control over her. She also depends on him to do anything that is not associated with being a mother since she does not know how to do it or he does not allow her to try since he is the man of the

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    Pipstella "That was a memorable day to me‚ for it made great changes in me. But‚ it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it‚ and think how different its course would have been" (Dickens 75). This is an excerpt from Charles Dickens’ acclaimed novel‚ Great Expectations‚ throughout the story‚ readers follow Pip’s narration‚ a once coarse and common boy whose change in fortune allows him to become a gentleman. As Pip visits Satis House‚ Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter

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    Prompt: Compare and contrast these two works—The Great Gatsby and “Strawberry Wine”. Do you notice similar imagery (colors‚ objects‚ words‚ etc.) between the two pieces? Are there similar themes? Do you think the woman has an unhealthy attitude toward her first experience at love? What about Gatsby? Support your position‚ providing reasons and examples from the two works. Your paper must have a clear thesis statement. The body paragraphs must be at least seven sentences‚ and remember to use

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