represented within the characters Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway. Jordan Baker is a symbol of dishonesty and vice versa so is Nick Carraway but rather for honesty. Nick’s truthfulness is evident‚ as it has been instilled within him since early childhood. Jordan’s untruthful actions appear to be instilled within her from early childhood but as a method to protect herself. In short‚ Carraway and Baker’s perspective on honesty
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Sam A. Baker State Park A special place that I would like to share with a friend is Sam A. Baker State Park. Deep in the heart of Missouri‚ after an hour of driving off from the highway‚ there’s a small road that meanders into the woods. Around this time‚ the children in the back of the car‚ who had been drifting off in the summer heat‚ perk up and grow rambunctious. Shortly after turning onto the road‚ which takes metaphorical ages for the children‚ the car passes an old wooden welcome sign that
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What is defined as the “plot” of a novel can be explained and broken-down in very specific steps‚ although the actual content of the plot within novel has infinite variations and possibilities. Plot regards the organization of the principle events of a work of fiction(Wikipedia). Plot is different from the storyline in that plot worries with how events are related‚ structured‚ and how they depict change in the major characters. The majority of plots will follow some process of change in which
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Louis Isabella 15 November 2011 POSC-276 Dr. Dunham Of the people‚ By the People‚ For the People: Direct Democracy in America Since the first governments were created citizens have been trying to gain more influence on the laws and the politicians who make them. In representative democracies like the United States‚ sometimes relying on politicians to legislate in the interest of the people just isn’t enough. This is when the voters step in and use processes like initiative‚ referendum‚ and
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used bicycles‚ cars‚ or people in order to deliver the IEDs to their targets more efficiently. In order to counteract these IEDs‚ the American soldiers would either have to get lucky or be able to spot signs like freshly dug dirt or a trash pile in a weird place. If they find an IED on patrol‚ the unit calls in a bomb squad to diffuse it. The majority of these missions were successful and the casualties from IEDs were nowhere near as bad as what the media would have people believe. Later in the
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!"##$%&%’&(%)’)$)*$%+$‚)-./*0012&%2%10034%305600578"039: The Case Against Homework: A Fact Sheet WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS c c c According to a 2001 review of more than 120 studies of homework and its effects by Professor Harris Cooper of Duke University‚ the country’s leading homework researcher‚ and his updated 2006 review of an additional sixty studies‚ there is very little correlation between the amount of homework and achievement in elementary school and only a moderate correlation
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Tragic Character and Plot in Things Fall Apart Despite being written in 1959 and set in Nigeria‚ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe reads much like a Greek tragedy. AmidstPrinciples from Aristotle’s theory of tragedy in the Poetics are evident throughout the novel‚ and contribute to the development of the protagonist and the incidents of the plot. Amid the images of slaves‚ missionaries‚ and western colonialism‚ Achebe uses these principles to create a tragic character and plot that carrypropel his
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In The Middle Hannah Baker‚ recorded on seven different tapes her thirteen reasons as to why she committed suicide. Throughout her story she tells of the hardships she went through when she came to her new school and the rumors that began to spread once she started fitting in with the students. The song “Bruised and Scarred” by Mayday Parade relates to a specific scene in this book. The song describes a couple who had a first kiss and it seemed as if things were supposed to be so good
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the atmosphere and setting affects the plot with the witches‚ Glamis castle‚ and the Dunsinane banquet. The play starts with the Witches‚ which is at a desolate place with thunder and lightning. "When shall we three meet again in thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?" The witches are the main source of the evil and supernatural in the play. "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair" They also give an impression of fear‚ horror and mystery. Glamis castle also affects the plot of Macbeth because it is where Macbeth
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The main character in the story is Eddie Carbone‚ an Italian American longshoreman‚ who lives with his wife‚ Beatrice and his orphaned niece‚ Catherine. They live in an insular‚ self-ruled neighborhood known as a polis. As the play begins‚ Eddie is protective and kind toward Catherine‚ although his feelings grow into something more than avuncular as the play develops. His attachment to her is brought into perspective by the arrival from Italy of Beatrice’s two cousins‚ Marco and Rodolpho. They have
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