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    you a clear focus on things‚ it also helps you to organize your plans by allowing you to give yourself time limits and boundaries. Expectations are a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future. I have set certain goals I would like to achieve in my lifetime. Some of these goals are personal while others are professional. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip has a goal of becoming a gentleman. Everyone in the novel wanted something and each hoped that he would obtain

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    Forced Reality In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how one’s imagination can often be more desirable than the harsh truth of reality. Gatsby is so enraptured with his own imagination‚ which has developed over five years‚ that all he can see is the hope behind the bright green light rather than how the light might be fading. This green light‚ which represents Daisy‚ was how Gatsby continued to have the presence of his love in his life. He had these idealistic expectations for Daisy

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    the hope of a bright and successful future by studying and learning. This valued tool is not free‚ considering the increasing tuition fees and rising debts of students‚ hence the need for college to be as productive as possible. College Expectation versus Reality College gives a lot of advantages but not all students are prepared for college.

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    There were several themes associated with the novel "Great Expectations". One of the most fascinating themes dealt with "infatuation and how it compares to and relates to love" ("Infatuation"). Infatuation is basically an obsession‚ or extravagant affection towards a person (Webster‚ 667). There is really no definite reason behind their passion‚ therefore this feeling is often short in duration and indicative of faulty judgement (Webster‚ 667). The person doesn’t know what these feelings mean‚ this

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    Reality of Akbar the Great (?) EXPOSED! [Part-1] Very chosen few legends in Indian history had the privilege of being honored with the suffix ‘the Great’ or ‘Mahaan’ after their name. I recall only three – Alexander‚ Ashoka and Akbar. This great title does not come easily. One has to indeed display exemplary greatness to be called ‘great’. This great land has produced one legend after another – Vikramaditya‚ Prithviraj‚ Rana Pratap‚ Shivaji – to name a few. But none qualified to be called ‘the

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald builds up‚ and takes down Gatsby’s illusions and enchantments. It becomes apparent‚ through an Fitzgerald’s writing that Gatsby has built up an incredible illusion of Daisy from his younger years. This deterioration of reality is best expressed using a combination of symbolism‚ similes‚ pathos‚ and metaphors. Gatsby’s first reality check came soon after he finally reunited with Daisy. As they stood in Gatsby’s garden‚ Gatsby realizes that the magical green

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    An Evaluation of Pip‚ and His Great Expectations In the year 1860‚ author Charles Dicken’s began his thirteenth novel‚ Great Expectations. The work is a coming-of-age novel‚ which tells the life story of an orphan boy named Pip‚ who much like Dickens’ in his earlier years is unhappy with his current life. A number of Charles Dickens’ personal life events are mirrored in the novel‚ leaving Great Expectations to be one of his most autobiographical works. Young Pip‚ the protagonist

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    the writer’s concern with issues of social injustice and misguided values. Two strong examples of social criticism through literature are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both novels the writers project their social criticisms to the reader through the use of characterization and setting. Great Expectations was written and set in mid-Victorian England‚ having been first published as a serial in "All The Year Round" a weekly English periodical.

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    Balwinder Sandhu William B Smith English Two 6 November 2015 Illusion Vs. Reality Things are not always what they seem to be. We can be fooled by the mask `people wear everyday. As we get older we develop habits ad an opened mind to understand the difference between an illusion and reality. The use of illusion in the novel The Great Gatsby is used very effectively to show the nature of people. Through out the novel there are many examples where the appearance of the character is deferent than what’s

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    Great Education Many describe Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations as a Bildungsroman – a novel tracing the education and spiritual growth of a young hero‚ in this case Philip Pirrip‚ better known as Pip. Pip’s thoughts on education change throughout the course of the story‚ beginning with idealistic views of becoming a gentleman and ending with a deeper‚ more intellectual perspective of being a gentleman. After meeting the wealthy and once elegant Miss Havisham‚ Pip becomes ashamed of his life

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