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    John Colter and Tom Murphy were very different but still they had a few of the same things. One similar thing that was between their backpacks was that they had food. Tom Murphy brought his food while either the people he was traveling with or he killed animals‚ John Colter had food. Tom Murphy had a large winter coat and mittens with him. He also had an emergency medical kit and his pack weighed 70 to 80 pounds but John Colter had a gun and some ammunition in his pack and his only weighed 30 pounds

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    reenactment of the play “Hamlet”‚ Tom Gilroy the removed the whimsical ambiance of the original play. In the original play Hamlet played a mischievous opinionated man‚ who seeks revenge for his father death. However‚ in Gilroy’s play‚ Hamlet is played by Jared Harris. According to the Daniels Robert‚ Harris acted out Hamlet in a “shapeless and curiously bland production” (paragraph 1). The entire atmosphere and the individual personalities of the characters do not compare to the dramatic play written

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    “The Devil and Tom Walker “‚ a short story by washington Irving‚ has a precarious and melancholy mood. Tom is a very greedy man who lives in a run down house with his wife in a swamp. They both don’t care much about others that is why it is easy for the devil to make his deals with them. Only caring for herself gets the wife killed‚ when she thinks she can talk to the devil in a rude tone. Tom on the other hand got off with a deal that made him the devils loan shark for his town. The setting is painted

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    Great Gatsby represents the American Dream gone bad. the characters of Gatsby and Buchanan‚ both‚ in different ways‚ represent the falseness of the American Dream. Some scholars claim that the novel conveys the idea that life is meaningless and holds no hopeful promise‚ that the dream of a brighter future‚ while it may be motivating‚ will ultimately prove an illusion. Other scholars disagree and claim the novel conveys the idea that there is meaning in life and the possibility

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    Transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts? When studying transformations it is important to account for the historical‚ social and religious contexts of the times in which the two writers‚ William Shakespeare and Tom Stoppard‚ lived. Both men‚ as contemporary writers‚ were reflections of their society’s values. By comparing the contrasting and similar aspects presented to the reader in these texts‚ it raises many questions which can change your perspective on the

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character demonstrates the difference between the traditional rich and the newly rich. West and East Egg of New York‚ East Egg‚ which is Beverly Hills of Long Island Symbolizes the grandeur and gulf of the American Dream and West Egg is the more unfortunate side. East and West Egg embody social standing and class. West Egg are the people who don’t have any real standing or moments The Novel also journeys to the 1900’s in the war and arrival in

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    right next to a gigantic mansion owned by a man named Jay Gatsby. One day‚ Nick drives over to East Egg to have lunch at the Buchanans; Daisy Buchanan is his cousin and Nick formally knew her husband‚ Tom from Yale. Nick

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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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    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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    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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