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    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 Daisy‚ a wealthier and higher

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    The American Dream for The Great Gatsby Even though we call the american American‚ is it really american? In the book The Great Gatsby‚ many of these characters are not American‚ but they are still living the American dream. While some characters are living the American others are not and what set them apart will astonish you. Just like humanity‚ the American Dream has two sides to it. One side one where you make a boat load of money with very little work or none at all and the other side is where

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    Robert Adriano Period 3A AP Language An Inconvenient Truth In the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”‚ Al Gore effectively argues‚ through using ethos‚ pathos and logos. Al Gore wanted the people to know about global warming and how we each have

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    An Impossible Goal? “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the orgastic future that year by year recedes by us. It eluded us then‚ but that’s no matter- tomorrow we will run faster‚ stretch out our arms farther… And then one fine morning --- So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back carelessly into the past.” (Fitzgerald 180). These words conclude the final sentences of The Great Gatsby. Humans prove themselves unable to move beyond the past. Gatsby is obsessed with recreating the

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts a character that embodies great characteristics‚ Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s greatness comes from his need to experience success and his will to achieve his dreams. Moving from a poor farm in the West to New York City‚ Jay Gatsby‚ formally known as James Gatz‚ changes his name to achieve the American Dream. He is a product of the Jazz Age‚ representing wealth‚ long parties and the high social status he occupies. Gatsby’s determination‚ nonconformity and audacity

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    considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay‚ explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary. The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922 following Nick Carraway‚ a bond salesman. Nick lives in a house in West Egg‚ an area for the‚ “newly rich‚” citizens. Next door is his a man he knows little about named Gatsby. Across the bay from where Nick and Gatsby live is a location called East Egg where

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    Women’s role in The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby women play the role of instigators and have no important role within the story itself. Even Scott Fitzgerald acknowledges this dilemma himself saying‚ “…the book contains no important woman character.” (qtd. in Turnbull 197) and that‚ regarding to The Great Gatsby‚ “Women do not like it. They do not like to be emotionally passive.” (ibid. 507). Fitzgerald’s Novel portrays a new social and sexual freedom explored by women like Daisy‚ Jordan Baker

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    living in America. The Great Gatsby tells a story of a man named Nick Carraway who moves to New York in the summer of 1922. He meets his cousin Daisy Buchanan‚ her husband Tom Buchanan‚ and James Gatsby. The four of them spend most of the summer together. Gatsby attempts to win Daisy back from Tom‚ as they had a relationship together in the past. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates the corruption of the American Dream through the characters of Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and the marriage of

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    their own manufactures even where they excel what come from abroad: This is the true state of Ireland in a very few words." His support for Irish causes has made him a renowned figure in modern Ireland. It is sad to those who walk through this great Town‚ or travel in the Country‚ when they see the Streets‚ the Roads‚ and Cabin-Doors‚ crowded with Beggars of the female Sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six Children‚ all in Rags‚ and begging for money from every passerby. These Mothers instead of

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    COMPREHENSIVE DELIVERANCE MANUAL The manual is not intended to: 1. Turn your whole ministry into solely a deliverance ministry. We live in a day when many ministers claim that God has called them to preach only a specific part of the gospel. We have been called to preach the WHOLE COUNSEL of God [Acts 20:27]‚ be it Salvation or Sanctification or Baptism of the Holy Ghost‚ Prosperity‚ Faith‚ and Deliverance etc. etc. We must be balanced and be careful of not to overemphasize or

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