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    Ifeanyi Onwuazo August 30‚ 2013 Mrs. Ballard P.6 Letter from Anne Bradstreet Dear mom I am contacting you to inform you about how I have had a misstep in the road. One summer night while I was sleeping I was wakened by a thunderous boom. I ran downstairs to check what was going on when all of a sudden I feel an immediate rise in temperature and light that almost blinded me. Before I could even turn on my house lights on I saw my living room on fire. I next saw the roof beginning to cave

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    It is in human nature to define ones own role in society‚ as time goes on that role shifts and shatters and reforms anew. Both Coupland and Fitzgerald‚ in their novels “jPod” and “The Great Gatsby”‚ explore this theme of identity through; creation of a persona for personal gain‚ the impacts to that persona and internal turmoil that can be caused by external influences‚ and the potential harsh realization of reality that stems from filling a persona. The characters in both novels‚ much like many

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    Robert Adriano Period 3A AP Language An Inconvenient Truth In the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”‚ Al Gore effectively argues‚ through using ethos‚ pathos and logos. Al Gore wanted the people to know about global warming and how we each have

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    Women in the Great Gatsby

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    says “Dishonesty in a woman is never a thing you can blame deeply” In light of this comment‚ discuss how Fitzgerald presents the female characters in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy Buchanan‚ Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson in his novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ to portray his view on the changing morals and nature of women in 1920’s America. At a time surrounding the height of decadence and hedonism after the First World War‚ it is inevitable that the females in the novel

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    The Great Gatsby Seminar

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    The Great Gatsby by Cooper‚ Niamh‚ Alex‚ Will and Jakob Daisy’s Voice • ‘a deathless song’ - her seemingly eternal youth • goal of an eternal‚ perfect life relates back to the common idea of the American dream • Daisy’s voice is ‘full of money’ - reflects the kind of life she lives. • ‘high in a white palace the Kings daughter‚ the golden girl’. • symbolise the hollowness and materialistic nature of the upper class. The Green Light • represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future • Gatsby

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    Truth In The Great Gatsby

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    long-lost lover‚ a dream only achieved by a lucky few. To forget the past and rekindle affection long forgotten‚ the romantic hopes of a passionate imaginary‚ too far removed from reality to face the truth. Yet Jay Gatsby (of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby) longed for more. Gatsby‚ born James Gatz‚ not only wish to reconnect with a lover of his past‚ Daisy‚ not only wished to have her fall in love with him again‚ but wished to erase five years of lapsed time between them‚ convincing her

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    The novel 《The Great Gatsby》written by Scott Fitzgerald is often classified as a masterpiece about American dream,and it is believed to be written in 1925. It is a time that the entire  America was under the strong influence of the Roaring twenties,and as we know, Scott Fitzgerald is a distinguished representative of the Lost generation in America. As a result‚ this novel is influenced by the thoughts of the lost generation.The essential thought of the lost generation is loneliness and disillusion

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    Great Gatsby Ownership

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    the fine line between self-confidence and self-deprecation. For some people the ownership of objects allows them to accentuate their personality‚ express their interests‚ and become more in touch with their emotions. When individuals represent their nature accurately through these means they gradually start to gain self-confidence. These objects

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    Great Gatsby Moral

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    The Great Gatsby is a modern classic of the early twentieth century‚ a novel which truly captured the luxurious atmosphere of the “Jazz Age.” It is a moniker given to the 1920’s which is suitable‚ as the spread of wealth led to a decade of glamor and decadence. Among the variations of the novel’s themes‚ the one moral that is evident and shadows over the rest of the “American Dream‚” is the ideal that a person of any racial or financial background could start a new life in America and live in riches

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    her. At the outset Gatsby is rejected by Daisy because of his class. He thus thinks that outbidding Tom will enable him to own Daisy. Protagonist and antagonist have the same economic and moral characteristics – they are hollow‚ greedy men pursuing women financially ‘at a cost’ to those women‚ others‚ and themselves. These capitalists have sacrificed their anima for money‚ and ironically‚ seek the idealised female ‘grail’ – the Other - financially. Deception in The Great Gatsby There are

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