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    Nick Carraway‚ The Perfect Narrator Nick Carraway is a prime example of how an unbiased and trustworthy narrator can change a book. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told in first person point of view‚ through the eyes of Nick Carraway‚ a 30-year-old man living in West Egg‚ New York. Carraway tells the story as it is happening and lets the reader know what is to come. Nick seems to be an “invisible character” because he is involved in the story but not in the major conflict. Nick Carraway

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    In the short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the narrator commits several terrible crimes. He is writing from a prison cell before he will be hung. He is an alcoholic who loves animals but during a drunken rage he harms his cat and then when he is sober again he kills it. He gets another cat‚ and he tries to kill it but he kills his wife instead. The police find her body and he is arrested for murder. But‚ the narrator is insane and cannot control his actions due to alcohol‚ grief‚ and

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    The unnamed narrator in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is caught in an internal war fought between who culture expects him to be‚ summarized by his grandfather’s words‚ “overcome ‘em with yeses”‚ and his own budding‚ liberal beliefs. The tensions built up by the struggle raise the central questions of this bildungsroman: Who is the narrator? Why is he invisible? The tumultuous internal battle the narrator faces to find himself persists beyond geographic‚ racial‚ and gender boundaries. Initially in

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    Alternating between three culturally distinct narrators‚ Boyden grasps the complex perspectives and factors within the story‚ as presented by Christophe‚ a Jesuit missionary‚ Snow Falls‚ an Iroquois teen‚ and Bird‚ a Huron warrior. The National Post describes the narration as a "powerful and convincing depiction of both faiths”‚ referring to the Aboriginal and European narrators. Boyden tells the story of conflict between tribes that is ignited following a series of killings as well as the kidnapping

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    and Neutral Narrator In today society‚ many people like to follow the current. They want to catch the wave. Which mean‚ it does not matter if things were good or bad‚ right or wrong‚ they just follow and do them without any thinking. Therefore‚ there are not too many people would like to be a normal‚ thoughtful nor neutral person. However‚ in the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by Scott Fitzgerald‚ one of the character name is Nick Carroway‚ he was the good and neutral narrator. It was because

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    cats and wife. According to the narrator‚ we Although the narrator said his wife’s death was an accident‚ he aimed a blow at the cat‚ but this blow was arrested by the hand of his wife‚ so buried the axe in his wife’s brain. The narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder‚ due to his violent personality‚ and he has no guilt for his wife’s death. First‚ the narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder because he is violent. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator says that ever since he was a

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    COVER PAGE Filing Checklist for 2013 Tax Return Filed On Standard Forms Prepared on: 09/25/2014 07:18:46 pm Return: C:\Users\Jess\Documents\HRBlock\Lance Dean 2013 Tax Return.T13 To file your 2013 tax return‚ simply follow these instructions: Step 1. Sign and date the return Because you ’re filing a joint return‚ Lance and Wanda both need to sign the tax return. If your return is signed by a representative for you‚ you must have a power of attorney attached that specifically authorizes the representative

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    This novel takes place in America during the 1940s. Sal and Dean meet in New York City where they both live until their travels start. The city is a loud and extravagant place to live. Sal and Dean are no strangers to city life full of drinking‚ music‚ and sex. In addition to New York City‚ the two friends also travel to other cities such as Denver‚ San Francisco‚ San Antonio‚ Chicago‚ and Mexico City. Within cities‚ Sal and Dean have an appreciation for Jazz music in club after hours where they

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    Chapter 5.1 Case Brief Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds‚ Inc. Kristin Leek Monday‚ September 27‚ 2010 Case 5.1: Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds‚ Inc. Plaintiff and Defendant The plaintiff is Dean Witter Reynolds‚ Inc.‚ an investment firm. The defendant is Karen Howsam‚ a former investment client of Dean Witter Reynolds‚ Inc. who between 1986 and 1994 bought interests in four limited partnerships. Facts The gateway matter began with Howsam’s claim that the Dean Witter‚ Inc. misrepresented attributes

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    William Dean Howells’ “Editha” features a woman of the same name who reads romantic novels and parrots what she reads from newspapers. Her fiancé Gearson is a pacifist‚ but she convinces him to join the army and fight in the war. He dies in battle‚ and Editha mourns this loss; however‚ she never comprehends her role in his death. “The Yellow Wall-paper‚” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is told by journal entries of a nameless woman. The narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is isolated

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