Anthony Jimenez 9/4/2013 The Great Gatsby - Writing Prompt 1 The 1920’s were a time of dramatic changes that affected the economy‚ society‚ politics and popular culture. The nation’s total wealth doubled between the years of 1920 and 1929. As modern cities began to develop new buildings and advanced technology‚ many Americans began to move into the city and started to abandon the rural farm life. This brought a wave of new technologies that could make the modern consumers life easier
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Dear rebels fighting for your freedom‚ They say war is not the answer‚ but sometimes it is necessary to battle in order to keep the peace. You all fight for what you believe in‚ a better future for you‚ your brothers and your families. You fight because you want to survive‚ because you want your kids to not grow up knowing the fear that strikes you when moving from a camp to another. Whether I approve what you do‚ doesn’t matter‚ what matters is that I respect you and that I admire what you stand
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having this ring almost got him killed by Gollum’s rage. This adds suspense and excitement to the story and is a major conflict in The Hobbit. Bilbo vs. Thorin: In chapter seventeen‚ Bilbo tells Thorin that he took the Arkenstone‚ Thorin’s most prized possession‚ to help Bard get his rightful portion of the wealth in the Mountain and avoid war. Thorin
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Miss Strangeworth’s lovely roses are her prized possession and to her‚ represent the way she wants her town to be- untouchable‚ perfect‚ orderly‚ and free of evil. This is why she is so protective over her roses. “It bothered Miss Strangeworth to think of people wanting to carry them away‚ to take them
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and Charlotte Perkins-Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. This idea of gender inequality can be readily observed through the aforementioned texts and in fact‚ many others‚ regardless of the era in which they were first written. Women being treated as possessions‚
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short story‚ that belongs to the belletristic. The substyle is emotive prose. 1.3. The genre is epic. The subgenre is a novel. 1.4. The theme: The two main characters in "Gift of the Magi" are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. 1.5.Idea: The idea of this text is the self-sacrifice and poorness 1.6. Character sketch: Della is the character the story follows‚ and she’s a woman with a mission: finding her beloved
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Telecaster. Also‚ Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin has been credited with increasing the popularity of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. Musicians tend to identify with their instrument on an individual level. Their instruments are one of their most prized possessions‚ as important as their jewelry‚ cars‚ clothing etc. Musicians become highly emotionally involved with their instruments and take pride in showing them off and speaking about them with other musicians. This ad plays up on this individual connection
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changes to properly fit in to her motherly duties and attempts to fulfill her child’s dying wish (to retrieve Federigo’s falcon). She had to do something she wouldn’t even dream to do; Visit‚ her admirer‚ Federigo‚ and retrieve from him his prized possession. She contemplates how could she "be so insensitive as to wish to take away from this nobleman the only pleasure which is left to him?"(6364). But‚ she does it‚ despite her morals‚ in order to better to fit in to her position as the child’s mother
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will define the traits important to me. These are the traits I feel help define a good mother; unconditional love‚ trust‚ support‚ and patience. A good mother has an endless supply of unconditional love. “A child could destroy a mother’s most prized possession‚ but she will still have a smile on her face because her child is safe.” Unconditional love is known as affection without any limits. There is nothing a child could do to lose a good mothers love. As the child grows so does the mothers amount
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he was slow. Not just because Earth told him (Danuser 1). Earth knows he needs to be more kind to Mars. It’s just that Mars needs water and Earth has it all. Mars eventually became very jealous of Earth’s speed‚ so he planned to steal Earth’s prized possession‚ water
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