how successful a person really was and now became what many people strived to be‚ to be rich. Wealth became the new stable in the "American dream" that people yearned and chased after all their lives. In the novel entitled the great Gatsby‚ the ideals of the so called American dream became skewed‚ as a result of the greediness and desires of the main characters to become rich and wealthy. These character placed throughout the novel emphasize the true value money has on a persons place in society
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Lamesha Robinson 01/20/2010 My Greatest Regrets Everyone makes mistkes‚ and I am no exception. I have made may mistakes during my lifetime‚ and I regret making poor decisions.With every wrong choice I have made‚ there are lessons to be learned. What I got out of what I learned made me a stronger woman today. Although I have become stronger today than before‚ I still regret my poor decisions. My greatest regrets include not listening to my grandma as a teenager‚ moving back home with my mom
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A Person Who has had Influence on my Life There¶s always a time in one¶s life‚ when a hero comes along. Somebody who has inspiredyou‚ and helped you learn what life is about.I remember it as if it was yesterday‚ surprisingly‚ as my state of mind on that cold December night can be described only of numbness and confusion. It was around eight o¶clock p.m.when my mother received a phone call from her brother-in-law‚ who told her that her sister had just recently been admitted into the hospital after
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My greatest achievement in my life When someone asks me what the greatest achievement of my life has been‚ I look at my certificates and awards‚ searching for the one I like best. However‚ each time‚ I end up with an answer that has nothing do with these certificates‚ and everything to do with the person I am today. That moment I remember a saying "When you make a mistake‚ don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom
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It was a stormy night. The atmosphere was heavy and the environment was clouded with darkness. Rain was pouring like cats and dogs. I had been an orphan since the day I was born and now the orphanage had abandoned me. Lying in the dark‚ stormy streets I was getting wet head to toe. There was no one walking around‚ or at least that’s what I thought . My eyesight barely managed to let me detect that sevven men in black coats‚ black shoes‚ black mask and black gloves were heading my way. I was filled
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1) TODAY I BEGIN A NEW LIFE. I will form good habits and become their slave. I will be the greatest salesman the world has ever known. 2) I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH LOVE IN MY HEART. 3) I WILL PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED. 4) I AM NATURE’S GREATEST MIRACLE. 5) I WILL LIVE THIS DAY AS IF IT IS MY LAST. And‚ if is not‚ I shall fall to my knees and give thanks. 6) TODAY I WILL BE MASTER OF MY EMOTIONS. If I become overconfident I will recall my failures. If I overindulge
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Forgiveness in the bible is one of the greatest blessings that God has given us‚ and one of the greatest blessings we can give to others. If we all lived by the mantra “an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth‚” we would all be blind and toothless. Instead‚ we must forgive others who wrong us‚ just as our Father has forgiven us. But sometimes forgiveness isn’t easy. Betrayal and abuse can hurt (both emotionally and physically)‚ which can cause us to struggle with true forgiveness. In fact‚ we can
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BEEN THE GREATEST SOCCER PLAYER I remember that night; I was ten years old watching Jason Roberts score the winning goal in the state championship game‚ and right‚ then I knew I wanted to be a professional soccer player. I was in blue jeans‚ slippers‚ and a t-shirt‚ sitting on the bleachers kicking my feet back and forth in total excitement. All I heard was “ooooh’s” and “aaaah’s” from the spectators cheering there team on. I looked up at my mother and said “Mom‚ I am going to be the greatest soccer
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Love has a definition—a profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another person—but yet has so many different meanings. Thesauruscoping demonstrates the different meanings in which the word Love can deliver. The synonym of Love‚ Adoration‚ does not necessarily mean that these words have the same meaning. The definition of Adoration is the act of paying honor‚ as to a divine being or to worship. These words can be isolated from each other by meaning because they are two different descriptions.
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Canada’s Greatest Hero Since the dawn of Canadian independence nearly 150 years ago‚ there have been numerous heroic figures who have walked on Canadian soil. Some of these instrumental actors were political‚ some scientific‚ and others athletic‚ but one of these heroes who has been an outstanding source of light in times of darkness was a courageous young man named Terry Fox. In a time of immense social struggle‚ Terry Fox gave the people of the world the direction and guidance they needed in
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