What I have so far is; Should Sporting Stars be better role models for the young? Well‚ do Sporting Stars ASK to be role models? Good Morning‚ Class 8-1. Today I am going to be presenting a speech on why Sporting Stars should not have the responsibility on their shoulders to be better role models for the young. Athletes and Sport Stars are just normal people. They are the same as you and me‚ I am lost for words! I’m not asking you to do my homework‚ so please don’t have a spaz that I should
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35. Within this paragraph Fitzgerald crafts the allusion of the holy grail as a major part of Gatsby’s dream. As Gatsby’s dream is compared with the journey to find the holy grail‚ Fitzgerald depicts the inherent failure of the dream. That Gatsby has “committed himself” (149 Fitzgerald) to himself to an object which is unachievable for a man of stature. By being raised up in a rather poor family in the West‚ Gatsby seeks to gain the wealth of the East. He builds this dream around Daisy‚ who is his
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was a great party and it was cool that you got Kid Cudi to perform at your party. I remember that you were always the one in the group who always had to have the newest Jordan’s and expensive clothes. I attend LaGuardia Community College and I’m currently enrolled in an intro to Philosophy class and I have to say it has changed my perspective on life. In the class I’m currently learning about great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle. I now understand the importance of the Good life
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Difference between Good Leadership and Good Management. Do you want to be led or to be managed? Being led indicate that you are willingly being led by a leader whereas being managed‚ you are being told what to do and usually not willingly. Warren G. Bennis says "Managers do thing right; leaders do the right thing" I believe this saying is correct because what a Manager does is to complete whatever it is set for he or she to be accomplished and follow the company policy closely. A manager will
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based solely on older traditions and mindsets. In “Good Country People‚” Mrs. Hopewell‚ a middle-aged mother‚ assumes and concludes that she can trust a Bible salesman who stops at her door because he appears to be from the country. “...[Hopewell and her daughter] had had a nice visitor yesterday‚ a young man selling Bibles. ‘Lord‚’ [Hopewell] said‚ ‘he bored me to death but he was so sincere and genuine I couldn’t be rude to him. He was just good country people‚ you know‚’ she said‚ ‘—just the salt
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The Great Gatsby: Narration‚ Chapters 1-4 Every novel is told from a perspective that has been created by the author to facilitate the understanding of the story. The person who expresses this novel is a special character that conveys the development of the plot even though it may not be obvious. Nick Carraway narrates the lives of the characters giving the American tale a distinctive aspect. Nick is a young man from the Midwest who is living in West Egg surrounded by wealth. He is different from
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Romulus is a Good Example of Merit and Fortune. Throughout history there have been many princes who achieved a huge success in ruling the country or making the change of the world. On top of that‚ merit and fortune are two of the necessary values that the princes should have in order to rule. Merit‚ as we know‚ is mostly determined by the education or talent ‚ on the other hand‚ It is always the internal factor that plays the roll. However‚ Fortune is usually determined by external factor‚ which
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Point of view is a critical narrative technique that F. Scott Fitzgerald frequently manipulates throughout The Great Gatsby (1925) to manipulate and shape the reader’s response to the various issues explored. Point of view (in fictional writing) is the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. Through the first person and sometimes third person limited retrospective narrative voice of Nick Carraway‚ Fitzgerald invites us to condemn or condone various aspects of “the roaring twenties”
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Daisy‚ the "nice golden girl" who is always charming and attractively desirable‚ hooks every men’s heart. So do Gatsby‚ he remarks that "her voice is full of money" (Fitzgerald‚ 128). Gatsby describes that her voice appeals him of never-ending charisma. Daisy is not just a woman to Gatsby‚ she meant his everything. Her voice is a metonymy which she is as alluring as money and may exceed the power of money in Gatsby’s soul. Daisy’s money might not be the most primary element that Gatsby honestly want
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At this point in the story‚ Gatsby is convincing Nick to invite Daisy over‚ which would allow Gatsby to reunite with his long lost love. Nick agrees to the plan‚ and‚ as a reward‚ Gatsby gives an offer to Nick and says to him‚ “You see‚ I carry on a little business on the side‚ a sort of side line‚ you understand. And I thought that if you don’t make very much –” (82). While Gatsby is not lying to Nick about the opportunity‚ Gatsby’s words hint at the involvement of illegal activities. Gatsby is
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