The Great Gatsby “What techniques does Fitzgerald use to convey the central ideas of The Great Gatsby?” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is primarily a social commentary on the state of American society during the post-war period of unprecedented affluence and prosperity. Fitzgerald depicts 1920’s America as an age of decline in traditional social and moral values; primarily evidenced by the cynicism‚ greed and the relentless yet empty pursuit of prosperity and pleasure that various characters
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The Dustbowl of America in the 1930’s The Dust Bowl of North America was a disaster in the early 1930’s when huge parts of the Midwestern and Western farmlands of America became wastelands. This happened due to a series of dry years‚ which agreed‚ with the extension of agriculture in unsuitable lands. Droughts and dust storms caused by poor labor practice troubled farms and ranches of the Great Plains; causing a great migration of its people to other‚ more fertile‚ lands. The problem had become
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John Steinbeck in the first chapter of "Of Mice and Men" attempts to make the setting appear as paradise or as the Garden of Eden. Yet‚ later in this play the paradise changes into the opposite of what it was and many of the descriptions are foreshadowing‚ for example‚ the dead mouse in Lennies pocket represents the fate of people who are in the dark or are weak. In these ways‚ he attempts to use the paradise setting to catalyze the storyline into the final chapter where most of the descriptions
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Through out historical manipulation many governments have tried to control citizens through many different ways. Furthermore‚ none of those civilizations have came close to the amount of control that the government had over its’ people in George Orwell’s 1984 . The technique that the government used were psychological manipulation over people .The government or the Big Brother bombards the citizens of Oceana with rules and regulations that cause the people to be anti-individualistic.The people are
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Reefer Madness All I can say about this movie is‚ wow. It seriously made me laugh because the way they portrayed “potheads.” I realize that the 1930’s were very different from now and even my teenage years‚ but that movie was utterly ridiculous. I honestly am not sure what those people were smoking‚ but I cannot believe it was marijuana. I realize that it does make people laugh but not hysterically like that. It also‚ does make some people want to be more sexual and even some paranoid. I will
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There are multiple reasons why the British Government engaged in appeasement as the German government expanded physically and politically in the 1930’s. First‚ Britain felt that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh. Second‚ Britain did not want war. Third‚ Britain had a weakness of armed forces. Lastly‚ Britain had a fear of communism. The Treaty of Versailles was put into place to hold Germany accountable for the loss and damages that occurred to the allied powers and associated government because
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4 10\7\13 Did George need to kill Lennie? The Explanation There are some bad things in the world that we have to take action with; like dangerous dogs or bad people. Those things can be taken care of easily by either killing it or holding it in a secluded place. Now back when the story is being told‚ there weren’t many places to put people in‚ so they were sometimes executed. George had to do this with Lennie in chapter 6. Yet did he do this on purpose? So George killed Lennie because of him getting
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In the novella “The Pearl”‚ Steinbeck shows how greed can change the minds of the victims who fall into it. Greed changes Kino from a peaceful man to a violent one. When Kino gets the pearl‚ he constantly greedily thinks of all the things he can get with it and starts constantly picturing what he could get for it. Some of his visions go far beyond realistic but they just kept going. Afterwards‚ he got really protective over the pearl and violently began defending it and stabbing people for it. Prior
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How does Shakespeare use conflict in Hamlet as a way of exploring ideas? An individual’s response to conditions of internal and external conflict is explored throughout literature. In his play‚ Hamlet‚ Shakespeare delves into the themes of appearance versus reality‚ lies versus deceit‚ rejection versus self doubt and tragedy‚ and in doing so attacks the frivolous state of humanity in contemporary society. In order to explore these themes‚ however‚ he uses several forms of conflict to project his
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Although‚ Lennie and George were not related by blood‚ they shared a cherished brotherly bond. Stuck together like siamese twins‚ the companions travel the lands looking for work until Lennie’s unfortunate luck forces them to flee. Steinbeck divulges information about their relationship through key conversations and narrates their characteristics. In addition‚ Steinbeck describes the character’s relationship in multitudinous ways‚ some of which include through the detailed descriptions of their
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