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    Daisy Buchanan is Nicks cousin and is introduced to the story when Nick goes to her house for a visit. The house is a huge Georgian Colonial mansion situated in East Egg‚ overlooking the bay. She lives there with her husband‚ Tom‚ and her 3 month old daughter. It is clear from everything about them that they extremly rich and well off‚ but their money has made them arrogant. They feel that they‚ espically Tom‚ are better and more suprior than eveyone else and look down on and condesend to anyone

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    The following essay is based on the theme of “Expectations” in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. The novel set during the 1930’s depression in Maycomb south Alabama is based upon the ignorance and prejudice present in society. The theme of ‘expectations’ is an imperative motif which affects the events that occur throughout the novel. Social expectations were rigidly upheld in Southern Alabama in the 1930’s. These expectations determined what behaviours were acceptable for men and women‚ Caucasians

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    thinks of Shakespeare’s great works‚ Romeo and Juliet probably comes to mind. The characters of Romeo and Juliet‚ however‚ are one-dimensional. They have no real depth to their characters and do not actually carry the plot. I believe that the two characters who are really essential to the plotline are Tybalt and Mercutio‚ two conflicting characters whose argument sets the play and its characters to another level of urgency. Though Mercutio and Tybalt share certain character traits‚ they are mostly

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    because his world is a prison of expectation. People‚ such as his father‚ expect much from Hamlet; however‚ Hamlet expects much from himself. This two sided demand for duty from his father and himself gives Hamlet no chance for escape‚ confining him and giving him much anxiety‚ especially since his own expectations both are in favor of and against his father’s. The duty Hamlet must complete confines him in the way of a prison‚ because his own expectations and character force him to overcome a difficult

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    with help from his students at the University of Manchester‚ Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden‚ developed his gold foil experiment after his disapproval of the “plum pudding model”. If Thompson’s experiment was correct‚ then all of the alpha particles would travel right through the foil. What Rutherford did was shoot a positively charged helium particle towards a very thin layer of gold foil. He expected the positive particles to move a small distance from their path as they passed through the sea of

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    Caddy Compson: A Foil for Three Brothers In William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury one character unifies the story‚ Caddy Compson. She is central to the story and Faulkner himself said that Caddy was what he “wrote the book about” (“Class Conference” 236). However many of the criticism’s of the novel find Caddy less interesting than Faulkner’s other characters: Quentin‚ Jason‚ and Benjy‚ and there are less critical analyses that deal primarily with Caddy because as Eric Sundquist

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    “Discuss the critical factors relating to Customer Expectations and the ways in which organisations can ensure that these expectations are consistently met or exceeded The UK is in a recession and business are getting hit hard‚ people are no longer spending as much money as they once did on luxuries (fool‚ 2012) like going out or away for a short break. Companies need to adapt to this market so that they can continue to be in this market‚ the way that companies can adapt is by offering the best

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    to gain leadership skills‚ people skills‚ and the ability to empathize with those that are less fortunate than I am. While I was in middle school‚ I volunteered at my community’s local non-profit organization called Raising Expectations. Volunteering at Raising Expectations was quite an experience. My job was to sometimes teach and assist the elementary school students

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    Senior Year Expectations Going into my senior year‚ I have a lot of expectations. Expectations for my grades‚ my classes‚ after school activities‚ and of course‚ the benefits of being a senior. I’m going into this year knowing it will be challenging‚ critical‚ but most all‚ knowing it will be the best year in high school. I hope to be a part of a great senior class‚ and make great personal and academic achievements. One thing I’m excited about‚ is my first year taking an A.P. course. A.P. Government

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    In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he created some unique characters whose differing personalities moved the story along. One such character is Tom Buchanan. Tom is mostly a flat character in the story‚ but serves as part of a problem later in the story. What makes him interesting is that he’s married to one character‚ but another character want Tom’s wife. Tom is a chauvinist because he is disloyal‚ rude‚ and selfish in the story and reflects one going against moral values of the middle

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