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    Chapter 6 7. Why does Gatsby admire Dan Cody so much? Dan Cody is rich. He has millions of dollars. Dan Cody gets all of his money by traveling the continent looking for gold‚ copper‚ silver‚ anything he can sell and make money off of basically. He did all of this on his little yacht. Gatsby wanted all of this. Gatsby wants to be a millionaire‚ with women all over him‚ who can get money fast and easy. Gatsby wants to be just like Cody. What better way to do this then to work side by side with

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    Review questions-The Great Gatsby 1) Nick Carraway is from Minnesota‚ graduated from Yale and fought in World War 1. He moves to New York to learn about the bond business. He is a curious person as shown through his curiosity for Gatsby. He is also hypocritical because he claims to be non judgmental but he makes judgments about others throughout the entire book. His thoughts and judgments are made to himself making him a more reserved person. He lives in the West Egg (new money) district of Long

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    Discovery – Creative Writing Write an original narrative which deals with the idea that the best discoveries are unintended. You must include a birthday party. The lingering light was immersed by the rapidly falling night. The once salmon‚ purple sky transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the whole town. Yet at the corner of the street‚ the house remained unchanged. Supported only by stilts‚ its shabby character inconsistent to the grace and elegance of its neighbours. Its door

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    Gatsby The very first time Gatsby is introduced in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is by calling him “something gorgeous.”(Fitzgerald 6) The character Gatsby is introduced three different ways throughout the novel. The first time is by calling him gorgeous‚ the second is by daisy‚ and the third is by Nick. Fitzgerald created the character Gatsby to have a mysterious presence throughout the novel. The novel starts out with Nick Carraway‚ a young man from Minnesota‚ as

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    THE GREAT GATSBY In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald the theme that is exhibited the utmost is “money does not buy happiness” Characters that will best exhibit the prosperity shown in story are Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Nick. Examples from the book help show how these people demonstrate how wealth will not make you happy as a main theme throughout the story. In The Great GatsbyGatsby demonstrates “money does not buy happiness” manytimes throughout the story. For instance‚ Gatsby throws vast

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    Antibiotics Antibiotics transformed medicine. The discovery of antibiotics began by accident. On the morning of September 3rd‚ 1928‚ Professor Alexander Fleming was having a clear up of his cluttered laboratory. Fleming was sorting through a number of glass plates which had previously been coated with staphyloccus bacteria as part of research Fleming was doing. One of the plates had mould on it. The mould was in the shape of a ring and the area around the ring seemed to be free of the bacteria staphyloccus

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    things just did not seem to matter as much as they do now. This may not seem as hard as it sounds. The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ paints a picture of what the time period was like. It was a time known as the "Jazz Age"‚ where the economy was on an upswing and money was easy to be had. Prohibition was in affect‚ and bootlegging was a highly lucrative but shady business venture. Jay Gatsby most likely took part in bootlegging‚ which is how he accumulated his vast amount of money. Tom Buchanan

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    Jesica Jaramillo English III The Great Gatsby Essay 3/20/14 In The Great Gatsby novel Jordan and Nick are a couple and they stay in a relationship together until nearly the end of the summer. In the new movie Jordan and Nick are not considered a couple‚ at one of Gatsby’s parties Jordan is whisked away by a male companion. In the movie it shows Myrtles sister Catharine giving Nick a pill she said she got from a doctor in Queens and that does not come up anywhere in the novel. In the movie

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    The Discovery of the Fibonacci Sequence A man named Leonardo Pisano‚ who was known by his nickname‚ "Fibonacci"‚ and named the series after himself‚ first discovered the Fibonacci sequence around 1200 A.D. The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each term is the sum of the 2 numbers preceding it. The first 10 Fibonacci numbers are: (1‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8‚ 13‚ 21‚ 34‚ 55‚ 89). These numbers are obviously recursive. Fibonacci was born around 1170 in Italy‚ and he died around 1240 in Italy

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    The discovery of the light bulb Finally the bell rings everybody running toward homeroom I take my time and pack my books away. We just watched a video about Virginia part of the 13 colonies back then in history class. Since I was the last one to leave my teacher Mrs.Trovato said “did you enjoy watching the video?”I quietly respond yes and start wondering about how people survived back then. When I came back from school I changed my skinny jeans and blouse in to my sweats and tank top. Quickly

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