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    Richard Wright introduces Bigger Thomas‚ a liar and a thief. Wright evokes sympathy for this man despite the fact that he commits two murders. Through the reactions of others to his actions and through his own reactions to what he has done‚ the author creates compassion in the reader towards Bigger to help convey the desperate state of Black Americans in the 1930’s. The simplest method Wright uses to produce sympathy is the portrayal of the hatred and intolerance shown toward Thomas as a black

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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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    Henrick Ibsen was a phenomenal playwright that wrote of two very unique women. Not only are they great characters‚ they are women characters set in a 19th century time period. These two ladies are Nora Helmer from A Doll ’s House‚ and Mrs. Alving from "Ghosts." Ibsen ’s goals were to make the public aware of the discrimination against women and to question the morality of the middle class. Both of these protagonists have similarities as leading roles‚ but there are also quite a bit of differences

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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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    Sympathy is everywhere. Whether it’s in movies or seeing someone go through something‚ you feel it. For example‚ in The Lion King when Simba’s dad dies‚ the audience feels sympathy. Even books with made-up characters makes the reader feel sympathy. In Of Mice and Men‚ a lot of characters have their own struggles‚ and some deserve more sympathy than others. Although Curley’s wife and George deserve the reader’s sympathy‚ Lennie is the most sympathetic character in the novel because he has a mental

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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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    Nora Helmer Exposed: Her Wrong Decision to Leave A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen was first performed in 1879 when European society strictly enforced male supremacy over women. The play consists of a middle class couple‚ Torvald and Nora Helmer‚ who seem to have the perfect marriage‚ three children‚ and a pending respectable income with the husband’s recent promotion to bank manager. Torvald treats Nora like a doll‚ manicuring and manipulating her looks and actions. Although his controlling demeanor

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    character to feel sympathy for or to be despised? In the play “Death of a Salesman” written by Arthur Miller‚ Miller shows Happy as a young‚ handsome‚ successful man who is working in some company as an assistant manager when in reality he is just an assistant of an assistant manager‚ Happy himself is trying to make himself appeal more than he is. Throughout the whole play we can see that Happy as a flat character but sometimes we can see that Miller actually makes feel sympathy for him. One of

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    The romantic writer Mary Shelley published Frankenstein‚ in 1818. Her novel encompasses sympathy between a tragic science creation of a monster and his creator‚ Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is written in two parts‚ first from the narration of Frankenstein himself‚ then from the view of the monster‚ which allows in depth analysis of the characters feelings. Shelly uses sympathy and beauty to illustrate the dynamic relationship between Frankenstein and his creation. Shelley uses pathetic fallacy

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    THE GREAT GATSBY THE STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM by M M Green‚ Rand Afrikaans University The final belief is to believe in a fiction‚ which you know to be a fiction‚ there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and believe in it willingly. - Wallace Stevens The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas -in the mind at the same time and still retain the abi1ity to function. – F Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Crack Up Miles Donald

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