American dream has been around for decades. This intangible notion that America is the land of opportunity and everyone‚ regardless of their social class‚ can achieve success involves sacrifice‚ hard work and risk-taking. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The 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
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Almost seventy years after the worst economic crisis struck the world in the 1930s‚ history repeats itself again. The Great Depression that occurred in 1929 and today’s great recession have many similarities. Both had disastrous effects on the global economy. Like today‚ many years of economic deregulation paved the way for these turmoils and social troubles. Banks were giving away cheap credits without running any background information on their customers. People took advantage of this and started
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actually were quite different. The Roman army‚ for one‚ was a more experienced and privileged group of men who held higher ranks in the class system. These men‚ along with the senate also played a vital role in the picking of an emperor and maintained a great deal of loyalty to him. The senate was typically the center of power for the Roman Empire‚ anyway. In the Han dynasty‚ however‚ the ruler was hereditary and he had to appeal‚ persuade‚ and even threaten to achieve agreement with him. The military was
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Enlightenment and The Great Awakening are two movements in colonial history that had a greater impact on the lives of the new world people. The Enlightenment period took place in the 18th century and it shaped the mind of colonists‚ and The Great Awakening took place in mid 18th century and can be describe as progress of colonist’s hearts. Enlightenment is a period during the eighteenth century; it was an intellectual movement that was influenced by the European enlightenment. The Enlightenment
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Both the great depression of 1929 and the great recession of 2009 presented hard times for the economy. The great depression had many people lose their jobs‚ homes‚ and money for a decade until the economy stabilized after 1939. The great recession in 2009 originally started in 2007 with the mortgage crisis‚ and it lasted for three years which left the economy broken with the loss of many jobs and homes. The great depression happened because of the stock market crash while the great recession happened
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Both China and Russia began the 20th century as a pawn of foreign powers. While the leaders of Russia’s revolution focused on ending Western domination by armed rebellion‚ China instead initially concentrated on adopting ‘foreign ways’. Both movements emphasized industrialization greatly. By the middle of the 20th century‚ both Russia and China experienced political success‚ but differed in their degree of economic independence. One difference between the two was who the revolution focused on
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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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Fredrick the Great Frederick the Great was one of the most influential and powerful Kings of Prussia. One of his main achievements was several military victories‚ which lead to the expansion of the Prussia. Nevertheless‚ Fredrick was one of the advocators of enlightened absolutism‚ which was a form of absolute monarchy that supported enlightenment. During that time‚ people perceived other monarchs as demigods‚ but they saw Fredrick the Great as an open atheist‚ someone who gave unexpected high
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War. __________ Russia was pathetic. They had a HUGE army‚ but they didn’t know how to fight. They had this thing called "mystical piety" which meant that they could commune with god if their heads were uncovered...so that meant that the soldier didnt have helmets...which meant that they died sooo easily. Not to mention the fact that often they didnt even have weapons. So‚ it is no wonder that the Japanese won and it is no wonder that when Stalin said "I will make Russia a superpower" that
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attempt to protect the liberties of the people of their kingdoms. Rulers would incorporate ideas like religious toleration and the freedoms of speech and press as they ruled. One of the rulers that fulfilled the idea of enlightened absolutism was Frederick the Great. He ruled from 1740 to 1786‚ and fulfilled the idea of enlightened absolutism because he governed using the ideas of enlightenment philosophers. He did this by attempting to abolish serfdom‚ which is the condition of a tenant farmer who
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