The Great Gatsby: How it Applies to Modern Society The people in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby are very alike the people in our generation today. They’re alike in the way they depict racism‚ irresponsibility‚ and corruption. The two generations however; also share people who display integrity and honesty. The two generations show irresponsibility and corruption through many characters like Myrtle‚ Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the dog she had taken no care after
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pre-historic times. With time‚ these groups have evolved to become organized and civilized societies and have adopted different norms‚ cultures and trends that distinguish them from the other societies. But the process of evolution did not stop and continues till date‚ leading to the formation of the modern society by putting the traditional society behind the scene. The question of preferring the modern society over traditional one or vice-versa is a highly debatable issue and cannot be adequately
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"So the British invasion was more important as an event‚ as a mood: than as music" (Bangs‚ 171). This was the British invasion. I wasn’t just about the music‚ it was more then that; this is what makes it so unique. It didn’t just happen to effect America by chance‚ it lifted the spirits and moods of its youth. It isn’t just coincidence that Kennedy was assassinated right before the Beatles famous Ed Sullivan Show performance. The whole country was in a deep depressive doldrum after the assassination
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William Safran in his essay Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return (1991) identifies six characteristics that feature the categorizing of diasporic communities. The first feature‚ as he mentions‚ is the ‘dispersal from center to periphery’‚ a creation of a collective memory‚ non-belonging to or indeed non-acceptance by the host country‚ a strong wish to return to the ideal homeland‚ a belief that the homeland will be peaceful‚ secure and prosperous and lastly a continuous relationship
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presentable. Thanks to technology‚ most of these issues have been touched upon and improved. With inventions such as the steam engine‚ the water frame‚ the cotton gin‚ and the spinning jenny‚ our modern day might not have been so fortunate or plentiful. With the help of these inventions in the industrial revolution‚ post-revolutionary inventors and entrepreneurs were given the inspiration for their creations that led to the efficient lifestyles we live today. Although these new technologies made life a bit
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Neal Stephenson‚ Stephenson examines how expanding technology affects a society. He introduces us to a world where a computer virus is altering people’s minds‚ and where they have no control over themselves. He vividly describes how Hiro‚ the protagonist‚ must fight the virus to save the future of the world. Technology is expanding everyday. Our society has grown and expanded and has become extremely powerful because of new technologies. People are learning how to use computers in place
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Music is found in every known culture‚ past and present‚ varying wildly between times and places. Since all people of the world‚ including the most isolated tribal groups‚ have a form of music‚ it may be concluded that music is likely to have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently music may have been in existence for at least 50‚000 years and the first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental
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Music is an important and extremely useful tool in the way we learn and to deny its power is a waste of a truly wonderful resource” (Kristian David Olson). Though some would look at music as a small footnote in the progression of humanity‚ it is in fact a much greater force; for some‚ it defines their very existence. The fact is‚ music is a driving force in society; it has been present since the dawn of man. The average person spends several hours a day listening to music‚ whether they see it as
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Technology has become a very important part of our lives nowadays. During the past few years‚ technology has evolved in many ways and is probably without a doubt better than ever before. People are always trying to find something new that will improve our lives dramatically. Some of the creations that have really changed our lives are the computer‚ telephone‚ internet and electronic mail‚ television‚ cell phone and voice mail. Everything has a positive and a negative effect on our lives and so does
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Macbeth‚ a play written by William Shakespeare‚ it is one of his more dark and sinister pieces. Even so‚ the multiple themes that Shakespeare incorporated into his play can be found in modern day society. Superstition‚ one of his many themes‚ is present even in the twenty-first century. Many people now believe in UFO’s (unidentified flying objects) coming to overrun our planet‚ the illuminati a group of influential and powerful people trying to take over the United Nations and unesco‚ along with
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