Nathan Vickers 6B Complex Characters Cambridge and The Great Gatsby are two novels which have been dubbed as successes by critics. “An American classic” raves critic John Greene about Gatsby “I think this is the best of Caryl Phillips’ novels‚ a brilliant story of the ambivalences and contradictions and hypocrisies in a slave-owning colonial society.” says Garrett Wilkes. These are just a few of the positive receptions
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against a common enemy. Hate and love are part of the same coin‚ and this is evident throughout many classical literature pieces. Hate is one of the most prevalent themes in classical literature as exemplified in Animal farm‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Great Expectations. Within many classical literature pieces’ hate is the precursor to love‚ and is what most of the story builds off of. In Animal farm all of the animal’s animosity and hatred towards the farmer bring them together to overthrow him. Clearly
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Brother Grimm’s print version of Rapunzel‚ and Disney’s film version of Tangled both send the same message of not giving up‚ but the film version is more effective in sending the main idea. In the print version of Rapunzel‚ the love interest of Rapunzel is the prince‚ who is too naïve and listens to what Rapunzel says‚ without questioning her decisions. He is curious at first about Rapunzel‚ and then when he meets her‚ he falls in love instantly. This leads to the loss of his sense of sight‚ taken
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turned into a film‚ many immediately jump to comparing the two. Many of us are reluctant to recognize the film’s success as a work of art on its own. The 2013 version of The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann is a key example of this common issue‚ as the film is an adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel. The film attempts to depict the events of the 1920’s while demonstrating the deconstruction of morals and ethics as many focused on economic and social gain instead. The film takes place in
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teacher says or do has a great impact on students’ lives as students depend on the teacher for guidance‚ for determining acceptable and social behaviour in the classroom and more importantly their learning and academic success. In addition‚ the role played by the teacher in fostering students learning causes them to exhibit certain attitudes which could have a long lasting negative or positive influence on students. Based on research it was surmised that high teacher expectation mean that the teacher
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Ever read a book‚ and then see the movie of the story? The novel and movie‚ The Outsiders‚ had many similarities and many differences. The Outsiders is an excellent tale by S. E. Hinton‚ and the movie was high-quality as well. There was a huge variation between the two. There were also tiny details that were precisely the same. The novel and movie had many similarities and differences. The similarities are a huge part of what makes the movie great. The movie and the novel both had the complete
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The movie that I have chosen to resemble Erickson’s stage; Intimacy vs. Isolation is Endless Love. In this movie you have a young‚ beautiful‚ shy girl‚ who comes from a wealthy family‚ but throughout her four years of attending Atlanta high school‚ she has not made any friends. Jade‚ has engaged herself in trying to do well in school and wanting to be successful in memory of her brother‚ who passed away because of cancer. David Elliot‚ Jade’s classmate has had a crush on her throughout high school
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Post-war Soldier and Civilian expectations of the British government British soldiers and civilians had high expectations of their government following World War 1‚ most of which did not eventuate. The soldiers needed understanding of their suffering and emotional pains of the war‚ while the British civilians felt that Germany’s reparations were highly important in the short-term. Employment was a significant issue to both groups‚ with the soldiers arriving home to no jobs whilst the civilians wanted
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often deals with the human drive for wealth and material success. The love of money often exercises a harmful power over individuals‚ causing a conflict both within themselves and with others. Although the characters in A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations assess the value of people only in terms of their financial contributions to society‚ they learn that self respect and dignity can be derived from means other than the possession of money and prestige. Through Scrooge and Pip‚ Dickens shows
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examples of what a thesis statement should look like: The three major differences between the book The Outsiders and the movie version of The Outsiders were the courtroom scene‚ Ponyboy’s sickness after the rumble‚ and Dally’s death. Three of the major similarities between the book and movie version of The Outsiders were the death of Bob‚ Johnny‚ and Dally. The similarities between the book Holes and the movie Holes are the camp Stanley goes to‚ the way he is treated at the camp‚ and the
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