The idea of the 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
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to compare the situation the Colonists faced to the situations an animal would face; an animal that did not run away from someone attempting to capture it represented how the British would take control of the Americans if they remained inactive. Patrick Henry degraded the Americans‚ as he represented them as animals when they did not make any efforts toward freedom.The people at the convention had the same
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the people of Virgina had gathered to together agree on a way how to stop the British from taking over there country. Every speaker used arguments that the best thing was to speak with the British about there disagreement‚ until Patrick Henry started his speech. Patrick Henry’s most effective persuasive technique was to scare his audience to convince them that the British was bad and that the people should fight with him. Henry’s speech was important for the colonists because it resulted in a turning
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In his speech at the Virginia Convention‚ Patrick Henry establishes the idea that the country is in danger of being under control by the British by referencing to the past events that have failed‚ and by using hypothetical situations to show what can happen if they don’t take action. Henry initially reminds and informs the congregation of how past events to gain independence has failed. In the early part of his speech Henry uses the allusion “betrayed with a kiss.” This is fitting because
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Patrick Kavanagh’s poetry is fascinating‚ universal and enthralling. I think the imagery is powerful and cinematic also. In my opinion there are four poems written by Kavangh which would be essential in a short anthology of his work. They are ‘Inishkeen Road: July Evening’‚ ‘On Raglan Road’‚ ‘Advent’ and ‘The Hospital’. These poems show Kavanagh’s development throughout his life and his amazing power of manipulation over the English language. In these four poems Kavanagh deals with themes such as
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In the novel “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a man who has it all. He was an all star footballer in high school‚ he is wealthy‚ and is married to a beautiful woman‚ Daisy. Although Tom has all of these nice things‚ he also has some downfalls. Tom was selfish with his women‚ he gets what he wants when he wants it‚ and he is a hypocrite. Tom Buchanan displays a significant amount of arrogance in this novel. First‚ Tom Buchanan loves Daisy‚ that is why he married her‚ but he is also in love with
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Mrs. J having all the sign and symptom with the history of having hypertension‚ chronic heart failure‚ sleep apnea‚ and smoke two pack of cigarettes a day‚ is not a thing to play with because she has expose herself to many things such as stroke‚ and brain death because the sleep apnea and the heart attach‚ will deprives the brain of oxygen since the cardiac muscle are not strong enough to be able to pump blood to her brain. Heart failure occurs when the cardiovascular system is unable to meet the
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Michael Patrick MacDonald was born and raised in Southie‚ what he calls “the greatest place to live.” While he may have been able to look towards the bright side and find the good in Southie‚ this is not something that many people can do. Southie is the area with the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the United States‚ with eighty five percent of its residents living in extreme poverty. With sky-high crime rates and the fact that there is nowhere that will be completely safe‚ Southie
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In the novel The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and George Wilson both have many similarities and differences in the way they treat women. Whether it is how they treat their wives or the way that Tom treats Myrtle‚ the woman he is cheating on Daisy with. Tom Buchanan believes that since he comes from old money and he did not have to work for his wealth that he is entitled to anything that he wants without having to face the consequences. In the novel it says “she’s not leaving me! Certainly not for a
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how much we are against it‚ war is necessary. This was the case in America in 1775. Virginian leaders met to discuss the direction our country was headed in. What were we going to do about the conflict with the British? Who was treating us poorly? Some leaders continued peaceful means to resolve conflict. Patrick Henry thought differently. He wrote the famous “Speech of the Virginia Convention” to push for war. Because of how Patrick Henry used appeals and rhetorical devices‚ he was able to convince
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