Herp Derp Ms. Jones ENG3U0 December‚ 17‚ 2012 The Lack of Justice and Karma in the Conclusion of The Great Gatsby and Society Good people are not always rewarded‚ and people who commit felonies and do wrong are not always punished. Imagine a man who tries to be nice‚ honest‚ and friendly. One night police end up at your door and you are suddenly the suspect for your friends’ murder. This is sadly the case for James Driskell (Howe). In September of 1990 his friend‚ Perry Harder‚ was shot in
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Graphic Design As graphic design surrounds and bombards our visual experience via internet‚ television‚ billboards‚ mailers‚ posters‚ and newspapers‚ it’s hard too imaging that as an art form‚ it is relatively a new practice. Our encounters with graphic design are common experiences in our daily life‚ as we interact with this art form on a consistent basis. Our engagement with graphic design is usually casual and unintended‚ as we do not seek out graphic design in the same way look for other art
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Games are like a system of rules that create a sub world within communities‚ and give those who participate in the game a sense of control. At face value‚ a game can be seen as just that‚ a game. A form of play that can be competitively conducted according to rules and decided by skill‚ strength‚ or just pure luck. With further analyzation‚ we can see throughout history and literature that games have strong interconnections to other aspects of life for those who participate in one way or another
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Since the beginning of this country’s brief narrative‚ citizens of this nation have endured considerable societal transformation. At the beginning of the twentieth century and throughout the start of the First World War when the events in “Ragtime” transpired‚ the United States endured one of these great shifts. In the novel‚ “Ragtime” by E.L. Doctorow‚ the author constructed and personified characters like Father‚ Tateh‚ and Coalhouse Walker in order to explore both the negative and positive effects
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As I viewed the different types of art in the Musem the piece by Andre Derain‚ French‚ 1880-1954 “The Turning Road‚ L’Estaque‚ made me wonder what type of story he was trying to tell. This is an oil on canvas painting. He used several types of broken brush strokes. It is intended to express the feeling of the artist. It has curving roads and vibrant colors. I think this piece of artwork can be used to teach students‚ that sometimes art is used to relate the feelings of others. I think Derain’s artwork
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1. New Jersey v. T.L.O. Podcast A teacher found two girls smoking in the bathroom in a school located in New Jersey. Upon arrival to the principal’s office for disciplinary actions‚ one of the girls admitted to smoking‚ while the other (whose initials are T.L.O.) denied any wrongdoing. The principal ended up searching the girl’s purse which contained evidence to prove she was smoking in the bathroom along with marijuana paraphernalia. She eventually admitted to using this paraphernalia for selling
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The opening scene of the 1962 film‚ L’eclisse‚ is quite strange from an editing standpoint. While I can not exactly understand what the actors are saying to do lingual differences‚ I notice the pace and cuts feel unnatural and highly forced. After analyzing the clip‚ I believe this was all intentional by the director‚ Michelangelo Antonioni. The scene begins in the apartment of what appears to be a couple. The couple seems to be in a rather big argument. However‚ there are no clues or evidence that
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Nationalist: Toussaint L’Ouverture took many Nationalist beliefs to heart and implemented them in the Haitian constitution. Nationalism is the belief that your country is superior to all other nations‚ but also that your country deserved your full sacrifice. So in Europe‚ Nationalist views often coincided with the view that war was necessary to achieve anything‚ and that peace would destroy their country’s identity. This phenomenon is seen in Prussia‚ where the people feared Napoleon would destroy
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Text Analysis Ragtime I am going to tell you about an extract from E.L. Doctorow’s novel “Ragtime”. In the 1920’s Ragtime was a form of music‚ song and dance of black US origin. We can distinctly see the structure of the text: its exposition‚ the story‚ climax and denouement. In the exposition a Negro man who was looking for a young woman named Sarah is described. He was driving along the street in a new car which was shining and gleaming trying to find the needed address. He was dressed
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What does the individual constitute for nature‚ and how does society reflect him? Articulation and human sociability is a constructive force‚ a replicating force‚ but above all it is a destructive force‚ one of separation. Rather than destroy the human reality or society‚ this destruction is necessary for Montaigne‚ it is the surest way to cultivate through discipline and yet it can still become redundant‚ futile‚ useless. However‚ Emerson sees a danger in institutions and their distraction of a
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