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    American Dream         The American Dream was something a lot of people in the 1920s could connect with. This is probably why F. Scott Fitzgerald’s made it one of his themes in the Great Gatsby. The reasons why so many people could connect with it was because so many people were experiencing it. During the roaring 20s people were doing anything to be prosperous. Even the privileged looked to join in on the vision. They would sell things that are alcohol which was illegal at the time to make them

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    attitude of this time was sensual and the intimacy between couples began to increase. Dancing was done chest to chest‚ and couples were very close to each other during this time. Since this was a post-war period‚ the young people of the twenties had a reason to be happy. After the war‚ America became infatuated with money and business. For this reason‚ the Jazz Age gave a taste of the American Dream to the people who lived in this time period (Hamilton 4-7). The American Dream is a dream in which an

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    decades people have had American Dreams they dedicate their lives‚ giving it their all for the goals that they have set up for themselves. However‚ while seeming to be a good motivating factor for Americans‚ most of the time these dreams are unsuccessful or unattainable for the people that work so hard toward them. Since there is more often failure in achieving an American Dream‚ many people have negative opinions toward the concept itself. The best description of this ideology is reflected by F. Scott

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    Television (TV) is an inescapable part of modern culture. We depend on TV for information‚ knowledge‚ news and entertainment. It can be argued that TV has become an inseparable part of humans’ daily routine. With the recent explosion in satellite and digital specialty channels‚ it makes it even harder for TV to be separated from our lives as we now have access to a plethora of TV programmes which will enhance our lives in terms of entertaining us‚ informing us about up-to-date news and even learning

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    American Dream. That’s the greatness of this country.” The American Dream was and still is a goal of many people today. It was originally created in 1931 by James Truslow Adams‚ who said that the dream was to live in a place where life was more fulfilling for not only yourself‚ but everyone else. Though many people follow this dream‚ others describe and create it to make it their own dream. The dream is now defined by who you are as a person‚ what you have been through‚ and ultimately what you want to

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    Fitzgerald’s theme in The Great Gatsby is the corruption and decline of the ‘American Dream’. By analyzing the upper class during the 1920s through the eyes of the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ Fitzgerald shows that the American Dream has transformed from noble thoughts to more materialistic and money based ideas. Fitzgerald also highlights the original aspects as well as the new aspects of the American Dream in his tragic novel to illustrate that a once impervious dream is now lost forever to the American

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    Professor Blitshteyn February 27‚ 2013 This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz Nilda Junot Díaz expresses his feelings through his literary work‚ This is How You Lose Her. The reactions through the female characters he has describe in his life (fragment finish your thought. The reactions of who? In his life what?). Nilda is a promiscuous girl who was the main character’s brother’s girlfriend who represents a part of the main character’s life. Nilda represents how both men and women can be on the

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    Describe how the body responds to stress (6 marks) Acute stress causes the arousal of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS comprises of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) which prepares the individual for ‘fight or flight’ and the parasympathetic branch‚ which returns the individual to their original state of relaxation. Part of the SNS response is the sympathetic adrenal system (SAM)‚ this system along with the SNS is collectively called the sympathomedullary pathway. The SNS is activated

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    1. You are looking at a Euglena using the x10 objective lens. You rotate the nosepiece around to x40 but the specimen is not visible. Describe what you should do next? Start by using the fine adjustment to attempt to focus on the Euglena. However‚ if it is still not visible‚ return to the x10 objective lens and use the fine adjustment to ensure the Euglena is as sharply focused as possible. Then‚ use the stage control to re-position the slide so the Euglena is directly in the centre of the lens.

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    economic classes in society and achieve this American Dream. However‚ throughout the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald supports the belief that the American Dream is an idealistic concept. As the main character of Gatsby develops‚ the reader soon realizes that he pertains to a dream of success in wealth and love. Gatsby comes from a low income family that is unable to marry into higher social class and is hard for him to gain wealth. Soon before Gatsby leaves for war‚ he falls in love with

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