“Deconstructing America” Summary In the introduction‚ Patrick J. Buchanan notes that Queen Elizabeth II went to the settlement of Jamestown in 2007‚ the town’s 400th anniversary. The Queen had been there before‚ when Jamestown was founded and again in 1957. Buchanan uses the Queens visit to Jamestown as a firsthand experience of how much has changed in Jamestown since its founding. He quotes the Queen‚ “Since I visited Jamestown in 1957‚ my country has become a much more diverse society just as
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The Great Gatsby – Tom Richardson Fitzgerald makes me feel about Tom Buchanan in a negative light through what Tom does‚ says and what others say about him. The first time Nick Carroway meets Tom Buchanan in person in Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” we are shown a very clear impression of him. Nick described Tom as a “violent body”; already this shows Tom is a man of action who lets his actions speak for him. Nick continues to describe Tom by saying he is “always leaning aggressively
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Jay Gatsby‚ Tom Buchanan and NIck Carraway are three people with very different personalities. Jay is a modern and showy person‚ Tom is classy‚ and simple‚ while Nick is a humble person‚ and the houses of each of the characters mentioned show it. The houses of Gatsby‚ Tom and Nick represent their lifestyle and social position‚ but do not accurately represent their personality. Throughout the book‚ Jay Gatsby throws a lot of parties in his huge mansion. This shows that he is very wealthy‚ and tries
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and money to raise their position in society. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ different socials statuses are explored through three main families/characters; the Buchanan family‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Jay Gatsby. The first house we will explore is the Buchanan household. There are three people in this household; Tom Buchanan‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and a baby girl whose name is unclear. Tom is an ex-football player who has “reached an acute level of excellence‚ everything afterward is an anticlimax” (FitzGerald
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How does Fitzgerald make Tom Buchanan an unpleasant character? Support your answer by close reference to Fitzgerald’s writing. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald creates a most unpleasant character in the form of Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald achieves this primarily by consistently showing Buchanan’s unpleasant characteristics to the reader in every situation where we meet him. Buchanan is displayed as a selfish‚ controlling and physically dominant bully who disregards care for anyone‚ including his
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1 TMA04 Word count 1472. Compare and contrast Buchanan and Monderman`s approaches to the production of social order in public spaces?. This essay will look at the ordering of motor vehicles and pedestrians ‚in order to compare and contrast Colin Buchanan’s Traffic in towns 1963 government commissioned report‚ with Hans Monderman’s thesis 1982.It will also look briefly at further accounts of social order that of philosopher Micheal Foucault’s macro dimensions of social life and sociologists
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House with the First Lady‚ who is his wife‚ and any children they possibly have. The president runs the country with his wife as his second hand and confidante‚ as seen in most presidencies in history. However‚ in the presidency of 1857-1961‚ James Buchanan had Harriet Lane as his confidante‚ but not as his wife (“Harriet Lane”). Harriet and James were not marital partners‚ but that did not stop either of them from being partners in politics. Granted that Harriet was not James’s wife‚ she did not fail
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By comparing and contrasting George Wilson and Tom Buchanan we discover several new insights due the juxtaposition. From the initial entrance of George Wilson in the book we can see that he is a weak man in the way his character is depicted. He is described as‚ "spiritless and anaemic...who mingled with the cement walls" (30). His presence is so insignificant in the beginning that he does not even stand out against the background of his own home. Tom‚ on the other hand‚ seems more aggressive the
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development of all the characters‚ in particular Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Three major symbols assist in those characters’ development: the car symbolizes wealth‚ power of the upper class‚ and chasing dreams; the consumption of alcohol symbolizes revealing the truth; and New York City represents freedom to do what one pleases‚ not bound by the views of East or West Egg. The development of the characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan is shaped by these symbols throughout the novel. Cars - the symbol
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Compare and contrast Buchanan and Monderman’s approaches to the production of social order in public spaces. Public spaces are places which we have to share with others and where apply shared sets of values or expectations about how people should behave. Social order is very important in social life. Order is part of the way people practice their social existence. It is about how individuals fit together with others and with things around them. Ordering is all the time practised by people and
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