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    Violence in Music

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    most appeal and influence to younger generations. Music videos provide its viewers with images and sounds simultaneously to convey a message and a meaning. Some of the most famous musicians that have the most popular videos are people like 50 cent‚ Jay Z and P Diddy. All three of

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was full of deception and lies‚ mainly from the female lead‚ Daisy. Daisy repeatedly lied and deceived both her husband and her lover. Daisy begins her path of destruction with her husband‚ who wasn’t all the innocent. Although Daisy married him‚ it wasn’t long until she fell out of that love and was craving more. Daisy was stuck in a loveless marriage with a daughter she couldn’t leave. To try and make things better‚ she lied. She lied to everyone; her husband

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    Foskuhl 1 Baxter J. Foskuhl Mrs. Murdock AP Language & Composition November 11‚ 2012 Our Dream The American Dream is a principle. Our American Dream is not written down‚ not created by our founding fathers. The American Dream is a set of beliefs that dictate much more societal change than the Government and even the Constitution. Since it is not written down or legalized‚ it can change‚ grow‚ and flourish however the people of this country decide it to. The American Dream

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    AP Lang per. D Mr. Butterly Summer Reading Assignment Gatsby The lavish extravagant persona of Jay Gatsby was fabricated over many years. As a boy born from poverty‚ James Gatz always saw himself as more than a farmer‚ but as the son of God. When a wealthy man Dan Cody is under the influence and in trouble at sea‚ James Gatz sees his chance to remake himself into the millionaire Jay Gatsby. The name Gatsby becomes a superpower and legendary figure to Long Island and New York inhabitants

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    The Great Gatsby Failure

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    time of flourishing culture and endless opportunity. The American Dream surged through the veins of many people‚ giving them hope that they could succeed in life. With his novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Jay Gatsby‚ a man that resonates with many readers. Jay grows up poor‚ and after being exposed to places of wealth and love‚ he devotes his life to the conquest of these goals. He invests his time and effort into achieving his dreams‚ but unfortunately‚ he succumbs to ultimate failure

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    a person’s past can be the ideal driving force and motivation needed in order to move up the ladder of success as displayed in F Scott Fitzgerald’s short novel‚ The Great Gatsby A man’s past‚ filled with poverty and desperation‚ very analogous to Jay Gatsby’s‚ can only drive him to become successful in everything he does or attempts. Gatsby distant relationship with Daisy as motivation to attain superfluous wealth and fame in attempt to win his soul mates heart back. Everything he owned was subliminally

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    tone through the use of specific and individual words‚ it is evident that Nick had a clear stance and view of Gatsby‚ both before and after his death. This paper will analyze words that Nick uses during his narration that express his attitude towards Jay Gatsby. At first‚ Nick states‚ "I didn’t want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train." (Page 181) This statement refers to a taxi driver who told numerous stories pertaining to Gatsby. This quotation implies that Nick is tired of hearing

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    Fitzgerald Essay “And one fine morning...” With this phrase‚ appearing on the last page of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby‚ narrator Nick Carraway effectively sums up the motivating force that drives the novel’s titular character‚ Jay Gatsby. It is the achievement of the American Dream that hangs – unreached – at the end of Carraway’s sentence. In this way‚ the story leaves us with a similar lasting taste of longing‚ the bittersweet realization that powerful as the Dream may be‚

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    and Fall of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby revolves around the idea of achieving the American dream‚ and money plays a big role in this concept. During the 1920’s‚ money was acting as the key to happiness. Fitzgerald portrays the main character‚ Jay Gatsby as a very wealthy man that believed he could achieve happiness with money in hopes of luring Daisy to fall in love with him. who as a well known man who was very wealthy and had lavish parties and kept many secrets to fulfill his American dream

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    readers is Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby as a vehicle to explore the idea of The American Dream‚ which was a key element in shaping American society and it’s citizens. Fitzgerald does not sugar-coat his definition of the American Dream‚ but lets his protagonist voice these elements and its decline‚ challenging the reader to explore the true nature of America in the 1920s. Jay Gatsby‚ like many average Americans‚ has a dream of becoming successful and noble. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby

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