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    losing his true love and discovering that she has been married to another man‚ he uses his riches and “high society” lifestyle to win her back over. He strives for money and fortune‚ but finds no true happiness in his successes. One article had a wonderful explanation of the American dream presented in this novel: “Through the character of Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald eventually shows that‚ while the rags-to-riches American Dream seems fantastic and wonderful‚ it is in reality shallow‚ as well as devoid of

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    violent images. She retreats more toward the pain and neglect. The poem is not based off the Disney version of Cinderella‚ but rather original dark version by Brothers Grimm. Sexton uses a very sarcastic and ironic tone and mocks the unrealistic "rags to riches" stories. The use of irony and sarcasm makes the genre of the poem satirical poetry. The poem is a modern‚ free verse poem that contains nine stanzas. Sexton leads in with four short stories that use repetition as a literary device to verify her

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    as it paints a social barrier between him and the East eggers and highlights his ambition to climb the hierarchy of societal status to try to obtain Daisy. The societies of East and West Egg are deeply divided by the difference between the “nouveau riche” and the older moneyed families. Gatsby is aware of the existence of a class structure in America‚ because a true meritocracy would put him in touch with some of the finest people‚ but‚ as things stand‚ he is held at arm’s length. For the "old money"

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    study that was conducted revealed that listening to Rap and Hip Hop may actually be able to relieve individuals suffering from depression. In the article the author Cashmore states “It posits the theory that a great deal of rap music‚ with its rags-to-riches narrative trajectories‚ displays “positive visual imagery”‚ a psychotherapeutic technique common among sports stars‚ in which one envisages the place where one would like to be‚ so as to facilitate one’s progression to a better mental place”(Cashmore)

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    me to a diversity of class and ethnic experiences‚ which have contributed to my awareness of how difficult self-sufficiency‚ let alone class mobility is for most people in my human network today. Consequently‚ I am much more cynical about the “rags to riches” story of America than the majority of others in my upper-middle class bracket. According to

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    Karsanbhai Patel

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    Entrepreneur Profile-Mr.Karsanbhai Patel NIRMA- From Rags to Riches -Gitika Kolli(1225112321) -MBA-C-GIM Gitam institute of management(2012-2014) Introduction: Nirma is one of the few names – which is instantly recognized as a true Indian brand‚ which took on mighty multinationals and rewrote the marketing rules to win the heart of princess‚ i.e. the consumer. Nirma‚ the proverbial ‘Rags to Riches’ saga of Dr. Karsanbhai Patel‚ is a classic example

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    Anne Sexton Cinderella

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    Anne Sexton’s poem Cinderella is an analysis of the falsehood of fairytales and their inapplicable meanings to real‚ everyday life. Sexton’s poem‚ as a whole‚ mocks the classic tale of Cinderella by retelling the story with an analysis intertwined. This big message of fairytales being fake is reiterated throughout the poem through repetition‚ similes through imagery‚ and diction. Sexton’s use of repetition is easily spotted in the last stanza of the poem. Sexton’s negative view is shown through

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    work‚ perseverance‚ and there are no unfair limitations. It also shows individual advancement‚ free from social restraints‚ not connected income‚ but to the concept of mobility. In film‚ these aspects of the American Dream are sometimes showed by rags-to-riches stories. These stories follow a character from a low class that work very hard to achieve success. There are many films over the years that show this concept. In 1987‚ Herbert Ross directed the film Secret of my Success starring Michael J. Fox

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    Lucas Wick Professor Michael Miller Argument and Persuasion in Humanities 12 March 2015 Working Girl’s Negative Outlook of Marxist Theory Working Girl‚ directed by Mike Nichol‚ recalls a rags-to-riches story in a modern society where the class divisions are precisely sharp. Set in the 1980s‚ the film provides a historical situation of inequitable distribution: this inequity sways all the characters’ behavior. Though Tess McGill and Jack Trainer spark up a romance‚ it is Tess’ acquisitiveness

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    Andrew L. Tan Story

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    MANILA‚(STAR) By Wilson Lee Flores - One of the most inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as

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