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    Great Gatsby

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    Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have briefly studied at Trinity College‚ Oxford in England after the end of World War I. • Daisy Buchanan née Fay — an attractive and effervescent‚ if shallow and self-absorbed‚ young woman‚ identified as a flapper. She is Nick’s second cousin‚ once removed; and the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgerald’s own youthful romances with Ginevra King. Daisy once had a romantic relationship with Gatsby‚ before she married Tom.

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    USA 1910-29 Depth Study Paper 1 Revision Booklet Name................ Class..................... 1 Introduction This booklet will seriously help you to prepare brilliantly for the summer exams! You should complete as many practice questions as you can using the following process: Revise a unit from this booklet (make sure to do this in an ACTIVE way e.g make revision cards/ spider diagrams/test yourself) Look carefully at the guidance on how to answer the exam questions at the back of

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    Screwball Women Essay

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    Screwball women are far from the so called “traditional women” of the time‚ constantly pushing the boundaries of what was considered appropriate behavior for women‚ especially in the 1930s and 1940s‚ a period in which the feminist movement was rapidly gaining popularity in America. In The Fortunes of Feminism‚ Parrish states the emergence of the “New Women”‚ who were firm believers of the idea that “equality meant enjoying the pleasures customarily reserved for men”. These women constantly challenged

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    The great Gatsby is too concerned with conveying a picture of 1920’s American society to have relevance to modern readers. With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel and relevant contextual information on both today’s society and society in the 1920’s‚ give your response to the above view.” As a heavily contextual literary piece‚ the great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the greatest pieces of modern American literature of all time. The book as achieved

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    afford the high price of bootleg liquor rushed to speakeasies and gin joints. These establishments could be quite entrancing‚ where as before prohibition saloons had seldom welcomed women. The new versions of nightclubs invited both the bob-haired “flapper” and her “sheik” to drink cocktails‚ smoke‚ and dance to jazz. Working-class consumption of liquor migrated from saloons to their homes. “Bathtub gin”

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    Aldous Huxley grew up under difficult circumstances‚ losing his mother and eyesight at a young age made his life very challenging. After overcoming his near blindness and gaining a perspective on life not many have‚ Huxley became disillusioned with the war while studying at Oxford. Due to his blindness Huxley was a very shy man‚ which had a negative effect on his social life. This lead him to quit his position as a teacher and become an editor and ultimately a novelist. Huxley visited the United

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    The Harlem Renaissance Every racial group has an awakening. This new awakening brought music‚ dance‚ and art to New York. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening‚ of African Americans in the United States during the 1920’s. At the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance‚ there was the great migration. The great migration was a migration of African Americans from southern states to Harlem. It all began “In the early 1900s‚ a few middle-class black families from another neighborhood known

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    A REMOTE CONTROLLED CAT/DOG FEEDER AND MONITOR VIA INTERNET “THE CATDOGINATOR” A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Informatics International College Cainta‚ Rizal In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Rafael Carlo A. Carrillo Rischelle Anne B. Aberin April‚ 2013 THESIS APPROVAL SHEET This Thesis entitled A REMOTE CONTROLLED CAT/DOG FEEDER AND MONITOR VIA INTERNET “THE CATDOGINATOR” By

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    The Wanted Life

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    “The Wanted Life” English III Black 3 Mrs. Berndt 16 May 2013 The Wanted Life Thesis: In the roaring twenties‚ or better known as the Jazz age‚ Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald lived in a fast pace environment which was one of the many things that influenced him and had a great effect on his writing. I. As a child F. Scott Fitzgerald always showed interest in writing and always seemed to be good at it. A. Born 1. September 24 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota 2. Full name

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    writing assignment 2

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    Maria Bonilla Dec. 10‚ 2014 Professor Smithers History M12 Writing Assignment #2 CHAPTER 6: 1.) Who was Ida B. Wells? ANSWER: Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist from Holly Springs. Ms. Ida attended Fisk University and Rust college. Ida was an activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States. 2.) Who was Leonora Wells? ANSWER: Leonora Barry was born in the County Cork‚ Ireland. Leonora Barry was the only national officer of the Knights of Labor. She organized women workers

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