individuals attend with no regard for anything or anyone. They live their lives in accordance with materials and have no care for anything except money. And "money makes the money." Tom Buchanan is a rich‚ east egger‚ who possesses the same moral corruption and carelessness that all other east eggers possess. Tom Buchanan is a morally corrupted individual from the start of the novel. "Tom’s got some woman in New York‚" who is his mistress. Since Tom is cheating on his wife‚ Daisy‚ he can be described as
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Money has an effect on everyone in both good and bad ways. People who possess a great wealth and live in upper class society tend to exhibit decadence due to their high status. F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s The Great Gatsby contrasts differing moral aspects of wealthy lifestyles. In the artificial world of the East Coast‚ Nick Carraway distinguishes himself as a model of morality. Although the glory of power and money in the East Coast overwhelms Nick‚ he still clings to the values he learned while growing
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The descriptions of individual characters and settings convey ethical and moral judgments of a society. In the Great Gatsby‚ the descriptions of the Eggs‚ the “valley of ashes”‚ Gatsby‚ and the Buchanans all convey the judgment that the upper class of the society are shallow‚ empty and hollow and therefore‚ lacking morals and ethics and because of this‚ that the American dream has failed as citizens have become obsessed with the material aspect of the American dream rather than the spiritual aspect
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life easier and more enjoyable. There are many studies that prove income greatly increases happiness and life satisfaction for people (Lucas‚ Clark‚ Georgellis‚ & Diener‚ 2004). Also‚ happiness is directly related to real household income (Graham‚ Eggers & Sukhtankar‚ online journal). Even amongst a society that deems material possessions to be equivalent to money‚ there was a high correlation between happiness and material belongings. No
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Great Gatsby‚ life moves fast and there’s no time for people to care about each other’s problems. Now‚ this is not simply because people have become selfish. Instead‚ it’s the fact that pretentiousness has consumed the moral compass of East and West Eggers alike. Fitzgerald shows this ugly truth by using various symbols like cars and colors to represent different things. One motif or symbol that is evident throughout this novel is weather--which helps to set the mood of the current situation‚ foreshadow
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The Great Gatsby: A True Portray of the Roaring Twenties The Great Gatsby a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays American society during the roaring twenties. Fitzgerald writes a remarkable novel that tells a tale of a man who claws his way from rags to riches; only to find that wealth cannot give privileges enjoyed by those born into the upper class. In The Great Gatsby settings differ: East Egg‚ West Egg‚ and Valley of Ashes. Society born into upper class lived in East Egg
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East Egg is the fashionable group of social elite‚ also known as “old money” or people who have always had money. Tom and Daisy represent the “old establishment”‚ having lived the wealthy upper class for most of their lives. West Egg: West Eggers are the newly rich. The people who have worked hard and earned their money in a short period of time‚ sometimes by bootlegging (Gatsby). 3. Describe Tom Buchanan. How old is he? What was he famous for at college? How do you know that he is a
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DEFINING DIVERSITY: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY by Camille Kapoor 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS DIVERSITY? The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical ability‚ religious beliefs‚ political beliefs‚ or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences
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Journal Of Criminal Justice‚ 2-16. Logan ‚ T.‚ Williams‚ K.‚ Leukefeld‚ C.‚ & Minton‚ L. (2000). A Drug Court Process Evaluation: Methodology and Findings. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology‚ 369-394. Mitchell‚ O.‚ Eggers‚ A.‚ Wilson‚ D.‚ & Mackenzie‚ D. (2012). Assessing the effectiveness of drug courts on recidivism: A meta-analytic review of traditional and non-traditional drug courts. 60-71. Neal‚ R. (2010). The state of the drug court: A systematic and critical
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mainly by the upper classes due to their cost. On being told she was a careless driver Jordan‚ a wealthy girl from old money‚ remarks; _"Well other people are…They ’ll keep out of my way…It takes two to make an accident"_‚ metaphorical of the West Eggers ’ attitude to life. The irresponsibility of Tom and Daisy who were born into the Dream ’s fulfilment and _"smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness‚ or whatever it was that kept them together
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