All books have themes and lessons in them that teach us something important after reading them. Sometimes these lessons are learned from the characters of the books. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby teaches us lessons about success‚ hope‚ and ethics or morals. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby are used to construct different themes and teach us moral lessons. Gatsby has been in love with daisy for many years. Gatsby uses illegal and unethical ways to acquire wealth that he thinks he needs
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Commander in Chief‚ George Washington‚ knew something needed to be done. The British had handed the Americans a number of defeats. They lost New York to the British at the Battle of Long Island in the summer‚ so the American morale was low and many deserted the army. Some even wondered if the bounty for enlisting in the army was worth it. They were hungry‚ cold‚ weak‚ and many were sick. They were finding it hard to continue the battle. ‘We are in desperate need of supplies!” ordered George
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Jeffrey is hastily swimming away from something. I try to spot what it is. Is that a shark fin…? I’m running around until Long John Silvers stops me. Long John Silvers is Jeffrey’s uncle who used to be a sailor or “sea dog” as he likes to refer to himself. He seems to have a permanent scowl on his face. He doesn’t talk very much. “Help. Jeffrey. Water...SHARK” I wheeze out. Long John Silvers nods. He seems to understand my nonsense.
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Chopin illustrates this idea in "The Story of an Hour." The story is set in the nineteenth century. Chopin uses the death of Mr. Mallard to show the reader Mrs. Mallard’s deep feelings. In the story‚ Josephine and Mrs. Mallard are sisters. Although the women come from the same background‚ live in the same city‚ and outwardly appear to be satisfied with their lives‚ their attitudes are very different. Chopin uses these two women as foil characters in the story. The differences in the women are seen
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Imagine having a brother that is disabled and cant do everyfay things like most kids.In the story the little brother couldn’t help that he couldn’t walk and he was embarrassed to have doodle as a brother but he taught him to walk and do everyday things. Don’t judge a person by the way they look or how they do something because they may not be able to control it or help it. Doodles brother was embarrassed to have him as a brother because he couldn’t do anything or everyday things. He tried to teach
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factors that can make such a difference to how many driving lessons are required to pass a test and hence the total cost of the driving lessons. A few points to check before booking driving lessons are: 1. What percentage of a typical lesson is spent sitting in a stationary car learning theory? If 20 minutes out of each hour is spent in stationary learning‚ then this obviously
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A Story With A Moral… Hard Work Bring’s Success. There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy and fun loving son. The businessman wanted his son to be hard-working and responsible. He wanted him to realize the value of labour. One day he summoned his son and said: “Today‚ I want you to go out and earn something‚ failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.” The boy was callous and not used to any kind of work. This demand by his father scared him and he went crying straight to his mother
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Martin Luther King once said‚ “ The arc of the moral universe is long‚ but it bends toward justice.” This quote portrays that morality is something that even the naked eye can’t see. Morality must be expressed through feelings in order for people to be able to appreciate and understand it. Morality will always be a superior to nullify immorality and injustice. No matter how difficult to understand morality‚ it will always lead to the truth and justice to people. The idea of morality will always
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Lessons Learned From Long Term Capital Management LTCM was selling liquidity as their fund structure was more similar to an investment bank than a typical hedge fund. When investors or issuers need to change their positions or risk exposure‚ they would go to an investment bank or dealer to buy or sell securities. In turn‚ the dealer would utilize the capital markets to offload the exposure. LTCM was often on the other side of these transactions‚ in some sense‚ wholesaling risk to the investment
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for each other‚ with no regrets. Also‚ they do not obsess over superficial things like appearances. Therefore‚ the moral of the story is that it is not the material things that matter‚ it is the love you have for another person‚ and the sacrifices you are willing to make for them. This moral will become evident after examining the following three events that took place in the story: after Della cut her hair‚ James’s love for her was not even minutely affected‚ both James and Della gave up their most
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