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    Fiction vs Reality

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    text between pp. 216-35. Then‚ describe each courtroom participant’s role you chose. Each response must be about 30 words in length. Then‚ select examples from fictional portrayals of the courtroom found in books‚ movies‚ and television‚ for example‚ The Runaway Jury‚ A Few Good Men‚ or Law and Order to make a comparison between reality and fiction. Choose two of the five courtroom participants you described and compare their fictional portrayal to their real-life role in the courtroom. Be sure

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    The Great Gatsby Reality

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    1920 style novel is set upon characters that are so caught up in a mental dream the reality sets back in and kicks them in the face. Jay Gatsby‚ a man with a mysterious past suddenly swoops in and has intentions to win back a long lost love‚ Daisy Buchanan with the help of his lower class neighbor‚ Nick Caraway. The characters in The Great Gatsby have dreams that they believe is achievable but in the face of reality‚ Nick Carraway‚ Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ and Jay Gatsby show that it is really impossible

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    Cowboy myth and reality

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    Cowboy Myth and Reality The myth of the American cowboys has remained prevalent over the years. Today they are still idolized in the American film industry and characterized as heroes by millions of people. The truth‚ nonetheless‚ is that most people only know the myth. The reality and the myth of the cowboy greatly differ. The origin of the cowboy myth can be traced to England. S.W. Scott‚ who was an Englishmen‚ that wrote about knights in shining armor. This was between 1810 and 1820.

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    Raisin In The Sun Reality

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    “That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub‚ son‚ stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says‚ toughen up‚ this is reality we are living in.”- Lauryn Hill. This quote explains that a mother will tell her son to accept the world he lives in‚ and he cannot change who he is‚ but he can prepare for it f he faces reality. (Context) In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama Younger‚ an open-minded‚ ambitious‚ tough‚ strong hearted‚ head of the Younger family‚ in her early sixties‚ helps take

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    The second hidden‚ but powerful‚ theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is facing reality. This was something most of the characters faced throughout the entire book. Characters‚ like Jem‚ faced this a lot especially towards the end of the book. “Mr. Jem‚ I ain’t never seen an any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man.”(Lee 279). This came from Reverend Sykes‚ an African American‚ talking to Jem about the jury which shocked Jem. Jem was a very smart young man and he was also very logical

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    Duncan Harrisson Mr. Strohecker World Literature 10 15‚ May 2013 Immorality of a Faulty Reality Characters that choose to live in faulty reality create an immoral environment for those closest to them and those who experience their change. For example‚ in a novel or play‚ characters’ immoral behaviors change the perspective on the reader. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams are prime examples of this hypothesis. Shylock and Blanche

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    The Nature of Reality: What Is Versus What Seems? Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world. It is the study of ideas about knowledge‚ truth‚ the nature and meaning of life‚ etc. and it consists of several different sections‚ one being metaphysics. Metaphysics is the part of philosophy that is concerned with the basic causes and nature of things. It distinguishes between what is and what seems‚ as seen in Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave.” Metaphysics aims to answer: what‚ most fundamentally

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    Reality-Based Shows

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    REALITY –BASED SHOWS A few years ago people used to watch TV less than now. Nowadays‚ they started to watch TV more and more due to a new programme‚ Reality-Based shows.These shows are everywhere today and have some important points in people’s life.they are particularly why people watch these shows‚ why they participate in such shows and influences of reality shows on contestants and viewers. Reality shows are watched millions of people in the world for some reasons. Firstly

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    Reality vs. Dreams

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    Where the Dream becomes Reality Have you ever wondered if your entire life has been a living dream? In the short story‚ “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates uses the motif of the music and the dream-like imagery in order to convey that Connie is having a nightmare that was created by her conscience and Arnold Friend is a collection of all the bad things she has done. Connie’s conscience is tainted by the things she does and thinks as a teenager. While fighting with

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    EAD II‚ Section 15 Deborah Allen Rough 1 11/20/2012 The reality of American dream The American dream is to say everyone has the equal opportunity to achieve success. This idea is represented everywhere in US through the media and education. So that every American believes that they all have equal rights and equal chance to succeed. However‚ the fact is that class exists all the time. Diana Kendall’s essay‚ Framing Class‚ Vicarious Living‚ and Conspicuous Consumption

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