Melissa Wood Period 8 AP ENGLISH Great Gatsby Double Entry Journals “You must know Gatsby.” “Gatsby?” demanded Daisy. “What Gatsby?” Before I could reply that he was my neighbor dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine‚ Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a check to another square. Page 11 Gatsby produced a mysterious aura in the room when his name was brought up. From the beginning Nick Carraway heard of the popular man
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The Oresteia trilogy’s first two acts‚ "Agamemnon" and "Choephoroe"‚ work in conjunction to portray the true ramifications of seeking blood vengeance for past offenses. In order to convey this message‚ the plays characterized one "character" that appears in both pieces by having them learn the moral that the trilogy portrays. The Chorus learns and changes for the better during the events of The Oresteia because they no longer believe that blood atones for past offenses‚ but rather creates new tragedies
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Examining Symbolism Our lives have many walls that we must either stand there and look at or decide to walk around the walls of our lives. The foundation of every building has outer walls that construct the perimeter of the building. Dividing every floor of the building there are walls that serve a purpose to compose of obtaining smaller rooms. To have a wall is to surround‚ separate or guard but the walls often do more than this job. In the readings of Bartleby‚ the Scrivener: A Story of
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the suffering in the land and unfortunately‚ his efforts lead to his downfall because of his mistake in judgment. Oedipus‚ who is also the protagonist‚ helps bring to occurrence his own destruction without any will in his fate. Oedipus is not only destined to perform such abominable acts but his very behavior and personality (which leads him to doing these) determines his fate. He ignores the very signs‚ which could have avoided the tragedy. By not paying heed to the oracle or following up on the
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of minds . This caused aberrant behavior throughout the globe. Nevertheless there were a few vivacious individuals brave enough to find out what happened. They start their adventure by taking off in a space shuttle destined for outer space. As they reach orbit they witness the most amazing thing that any of them have ever seen. They watched the sun being sucked into nothing and something pushing it in. They change their course and follow the sun. As they get there‚ they realize that they
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The people known as the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenocha) originated from a place called Aztlan‚ somewhere in North or North west Mexico. Sometime in the 12th century they embarked on a period of wander- ing and in the 13th century settled in the valley of central Mexico. About 1345 they founded the town of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs of Tenochtitlan ruled by Montezuma II became the greatest power in Mexico. The city of Tenochtitlan formed an alliance with the neighboring
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Significant changes of a man’s character are evident in where something’s wrong with the world and the society in where he lives. In the novel‚ “1984”‚ written by George Orwell writes a book which creates an outlook of an ordinary man named Winston Smith‚ the central character of “1984”. Winston is a kind of innocent in a world has gone wrong‚ and it is through him that the reader attempts to understand and feel the mix challenges of a man’s inner struggle to follow the rules in a world in which
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Aeneas as A Leader Aeneas‚ the destined founder of Rome‚ is portrayed as a heroic character in Virgil’s Aeneid. Being born as a half-god‚ Aeneas enjoys a special protection by the Gods and possesses numerous good qualities. He is fated to escape from the downfall of Troy and set foot in Italy to build the foundation for the later development of Rome in becoming an empire. It is not easy for a person to witness the destruction of his homeland and run away from it in search of a new establishment
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Charlie Blondell Lentz Academy English 09 May 2013 A Speech and a Dream “I have a dream today… From every mountain side‚ let freedom ring.” These were the words of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. During the time period set in To Kill a Mockingbird and when MLK lived (1930-1960)‚ racial discrimination and prosecution were sewn into the culture of the south of the United States. The Civil Rights Act through the 1950’S and 60’s was meant to reverse this thinking of hatred and prejudice towards African-Americans
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Slaves from the west part of Africa were destined to revolt against the confining slave culture of South Carolina. A man named Jemmy‚ the leader of the rebellion of Stono River‚ he and his rebels conveyed south and eliminated approximately twenty three colonists‚ demolished their goods‚ increased
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