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    lost generation”. This proclamation is followed by a passage from the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes: “One generation passeth away‚ and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever”. The former quote’s message clearly conveys that Jake Barns‚ Robert Cohn‚ Brett Ashley and Mike Campbell are deprived of moral‚ emotional‚ spiritual and physical values. Even one of the main characters‚ Barns‚ doesn’t deny that he and his friends are «lost». He states‚ “It was in reality a calamity

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    lost people (Shmoop). The main character of the story is a man named Jake who was

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    it depended more upon luck than bravery. Thus questioning what in reality means to be a man. With regards to‚ the war renders his phallus useless because of an injury. With the feelings that Jake has for Brett makes him feel less of a man‚ because he feel that he can’t satisfy her. Then with Jake Barnes confession to Brett‚ Lady Ashley in chapter seven‚ "Couldn’t we live together‚ Brett? Couldn’t we just live together?" Then Brett response‚ "I don’t think so I’m just a tromper you with everybody

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    The Dangers of Teenage Driving Underage driving is very dangerous for the youth of today. Deaths among teenage drivers are at an all-time high. Every day‚ teenage car crashes end more lives than cancer‚ homicide‚ and suicide combined. We had a police officer come to our school two years ago and give a seminar on teenage driving and drunk driving. The demonstration included a PowerPoint‚ some videos‚ and a crash car simulator. This officer also shared many facts‚ on which I took notes‚ about driving

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    of excessive alcoholism and moving away from our ancestral connections. Jake ‘the muss’ Heke is a compelling protagonist. After being laid off from his job‚ he uses his redundancy money to bring home seafood for his family. We are initially positioned to see him as a loving and caring family man‚ that is until his wife Beth discovers he has been laid off and sees her dreams of buying their own home go out the window. Jake is a man of excuses who sees the dole as being “only 15 bucks a week less

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    does not think that having an intimate relationship with someone means that you have to have a serious relationship. Brett does not let her sex life undermine her value as a woman‚ and this can be seen when she states ““Oh‚ well. What if I do?” when Jake confronts her about her multiple love interests. Brett’s unfeminine approach to love and relationships allows for her to feel as if they are invaluable‚ and allows for her to act casually when it comes to her love life. This way of acting promiscuously

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    carefully compiled propaganda and language have been used on us. From what we hear‚ we form identities. In the film‚ Avatar‚ Colonel Quartich‚ head of the Avatar programme‚ tells Jake Sully “ Every living thing that crawls‚ flies or squats in the mud‚ wants to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes.” The colonel informs Jake about the dangers on the planet Pandora‚ accurately portraying his negative feelings about the planet. He creates an identity for the Na’vi‚ the natives of Pandora‚ that they are

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    When it comes to Canada‚ we have to mention its multiculturalism. In the fifteenth century‚ European explorers discovered in North America‚ but until the seventeenth century‚ some people began emigrated to Canada gradually. Due to the historical reasons‚ it lead to the composition of a pluralism nation of Canada‚ in here‚ we can find almost every major nation in the world‚ and these immigrants to Canada who brings different culture‚ and forming a multicultural environment‚ like Toronto‚ which is

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    with the Na’vi by artificial yet organic avatars‚ modeled on Na’vi DNA but controlled with a human mind and conscience. Jake Sully‚ a young crippled Marine‚ is given the task of infiltrating the Na’vi and talking them into leaving their homes. He was injured and is now wheelchair bound. In order to have the required surgeries to re-gain the use of his legs‚ Jake must take this offer

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    Gulfport has just changed presidents. President Sheila Dawes comes from a large university that used ARA to administer dining-room operations. Cindy’s supervisor‚ Jake Platt‚ has told her that she must help him assure the new college president that CFS should remain self-operated. Cindy has been working at CFS for only two weeks‚ and Jake has just assigned her to manage

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