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    The Great Gatsby

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    to fix everything just the way it was before‚ “he said‚ nodding determinedly. She‘ll see......” “He talked a lot about the past‚ and I gathered that he wanted to recover something‚ some idea of himself perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy” (Pg 110) The Great Gatsby By ‚F. Scott Fitzgerald In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald ‚ he uses this particular quote to show the symbolism that Gatsby was trying to live in the past. Nick and Gatsby were talking about Daisy‚ Nick clearly

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    My Christmas and New Year

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    My Christmas and New Year It’s the day before Christmas! I woke up full with Christmas Spirit. My family and me gather around and decorate our house with Christmas wreath‚ mistletoe‚ Christmas stockings‚ and especially the Christmas tree‚ which is decorated again with beautiful Christmas tree ornaments‚ Christmas light and the star on top. We stayed at home all day until the evening because it took us a quite long time to decorate the whole house. Then we prepare to go to the Church for the Midnight

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    The Great Gatsby

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby lives a very contradicting life style. Jay Gatsby lives a very extravagant lifestyle filled with money‚ cars‚ and houses‚ but he is missing one thing‚ his love Daisy. Daisy Buchannan is Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s only wish is impossible to achieve because what he wishes is to have the relationship with Daisy like he did 5 years ago. Even though Gatsby seemed to have it all he really didn’t. He was missing

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    Norooz: Persian New Year

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    In harmony with the rebirth of nature‚ the Iranian New Year Celebration‚ or NORUZ (norooz)‚ always begins on the first day of spring. norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil. A few weeks before the New Year‚ Iranians clean and rearrange their homes. They make new clothes‚ bake pastries and germinate seeds as sign of renewal. The ceremonial cloth is set up in each household. hagi firooz‚ is someone who disguises themselves

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    Year of Wonders: In excruciating detail! Structure YOW is a novel in 3 parts: 1. Prologue: Leaf-fall 1666 Now 2. Main: Spring 1665 Year of Wonders/Year of the Plague 3. Epilogue: Leaf-fall 1666 Now Why this structure? To hook the readers into the story straight away. Prologue p.3 Apple picking time “I used to love this season.” p.3 “…where he sits still and silent.” P.3‚ paragraph 3‚ line 1 Readers: Who’s this guy and why is he depressed? What’s happened to him? p.4 “It

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    Stalin Five Year Plan

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    the First Five-Year Plan Report Delivered on January 7‚ 1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: Works‚ Vol. 13‚ 1930 - January 1934 Long before the five-year plan appeared on the scene‚ in the period when we were finishing our struggle against the I The International Significance of the Five-Year Plan … II The Fundamental Task of the Five-year Plan and the Way to its Fulfillment We pass to the question of the essence of the five-year plan. What is

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    Chinese New Year and C

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    |1 |Read the dialogue below and answer the question that follows. | | |[pic] | | |The expression ‘pulling my leg’ means to | | |A |force the person to walk away

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    three years really blend together and do not seem important‚ but senior year is completely different. Freshman year was full of confusion‚ learning an array of new things. Sophomore year was where life started to get fun and you “belonged” in the high school. Junior year was where you see the little light at the end of the tunnel‚ but it was filled with anxiety and frustration. Senior year is where it all becomes worth it and the rest of your life is finally going to begin. Freshman year was exciting

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    Lorrie Daniell Prof. J. C. Batton AMH 1010 25 April 2013 1775: A good year for Revolution In 1775: A Good Year for Revolution‚ Phillips says that for too long historians have listed 1776 as the pivotal year in the beginning of the American Revolution. The correct date‚ he says‚ is 1775. As he writes in the book’s opening pages‚ “If 1775 hadn’t been a year of successful national building‚ 1776 might have been a year of lost opportunity‚ quiet disappointments‚ and continued colonial status.” Yes

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    Great Gatsby

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    Great Gatsby The American Dream is generally defined to achieve a better way of living. Fitzgerald shows what a person may go through to achieve his or her American dream. In the book the character Gatsby strives to make the American dream his reality made him into shell of a man‚ full of corruption rather than happiness. Gatsby is blinded by money and can’t see that you can’t buy happiness or love.  In the book Gatsby American Dream is symbolized by the green light on the docks. “Gatsby

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