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    depression. F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck give the readers a colorful snapshot into the lives of citizens in these two decades. The American Dream is a common phrase which describes the underlying drive of American society. The ubiquitous "rags to riches" legend became the foundation of American society; anyone could succeed and achieve wealth if they worked hard. In ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the American Dream. F Scott Fitzgerald personifies the American Dream into his

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    Babylon Revisited Literary Analysis In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story Babylon Revisited the narrator‚ Charlie Wales‚ arrives in Paris at his old stomping ground in hopes to regain custody of his daughter Honoria. As a former “party boy” he sets out to prove to Marion‚ his sister-in-law‚ that he has become a new man; however‚ he keeps bumping into his past demons. Before custody is agreed to be turned over to Charlie‚ Lincoln Peters‚ Charlie’s brother-in-law‚ states‚” I think the main point for

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    The analysis of the text “May Day” by F.S. Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24‚ 1896- December 21‚ 1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. In his own age‚ Fitzgerald was the self-styled spokesman of the "Lost Generation"‚ or the Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels‚ left a fifth unfinished‚ and wrote dozens of

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    Why The Great Gatsby Is Not so Great In the book The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ why does the main character‚ Jay Gatz‚ claim the title of being great? The Great Gatsby is set in the early 1920’s in New York City in two areas known as East Egg and West Egg. Jay Gatz‚ widely recognized by the name Gatsby‚ lives in West Egg in a mansion where he hosts parties hoping that one day his true love‚ Daisy Buchanan would attend. However‚ Gatsby becomes untrustworthy as he lies to his party

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    got abounded at a very young age. I have also watched a outstanding movie called The Great Gatsby. Which is takes place twenty miles east of New York. The movie and the book are very similar with the period of time‚ their relationships‚ and their dreams and or goals. Joe Rantz‚ it all started when his mother had died when he was three years old. After that his father Harry remarried‚ her name was Thula. She and Joe did not

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    however‚ all the suffering that Gatsby endures is brought on by none other than himself. Gatsby willingly makes poor decisions to fulfill his romantic ideology. ○ Gatsby buys his mansion in West Egg so that “Daisy would be just across the bay" (Fitzgerald‚ 78). ○ He continuously throws massive parties in the hopes that one day Daisy may attend. ○ Gatsby exploits Nick and Jordan’s relationships with Daisy‚ befriending them and offering Nick job opportunities in the hopes of creating a bridge between

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    Identity Reside? : Tommy Vladek Personal identity theory is a theory that questions our existence philosophically: it asks who we are and how do we know? In the essay “Will Tommy Vladek Survive?” John Perry described a controversial topic on identity by analyzing an essay called The Meeting by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Konibluth. In the essay there were two boys -Tommy Vladek a destructive boy‚ who was mentally challenged but healthy-bodied and Sam a normal boy‚ who had an accident that damaged his body

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ whose fame rests largely upon his novels‚ especially The Great Gatsby (1925)‚ also wrote dozens upon dozens of short stories that literally provided him with his livelihood‚ many of which made their initial appearances in The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. In total‚ one hundred eighty-one short stories by Fitzgerald‚ both published and unpublished‚ are listed below. Of these‚ one is shared in authorship with Zelda Fitzgerald (her other ten stories are noted also)‚ and another

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    Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella

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    Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to prove an understanding of my perception of reflection and how reflective practice impacts on the clinical environment and the learning process. The essay is based on my practice and training in the cardiac ward during my Foundation degree in Health and Social Care. I have selected 5 extracts from my Reflective Journal concerning a patient experiencing shortness of breath which led to a cardiac arrest. In order to be able to use this situation for my

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