the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches‚ and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly‚ the green light represents far more than just a dock light. It represents the distinctive differences between the West and East Egg‚ the obsessive love Gatsby has for Daisy‚ and how Gatsby
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not always attainable through hard work and misery. Wealth and dreams do not become real life just because one summons to work from dusk until dawn or because one is willing to break his/her back doing filthy work‚ this does not equal success‚ nor riches‚ and certainly not happiness. T.C Boyle makes it unclear as to what his book The Tortilla Curtain‚ stands on‚ on illegal immigration. It is not obvious what opinion it accords with. T.C. Boyle lets the reader decide what argument wins in his tragic
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My Fair Lady and Pygmalion: Connections and Contrasts Through the years‚ countless film directors have adapted and recreated various novels and plays to make them ideal for the big-screen. In many cases‚ directors strive to keep their screenplay adaptations true to the original literature; however‚ viewers often find contrasts in certain areas of the film. George Bernard Shaw‚ author of the play Pygmalion‚ who had passed away prior to the production of My Fair Lady in 1964‚ therefore‚ he
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The Iron Heel- Jack London The book I read titled The Iron Heel by Jack London was written as a dystopian novel. A dystopian has the opposite of what one would expect in a Utopian society. This as I see it means that what could have been a society of happiness and leisure was turned into a horrible and oppressive government. The middle class were used and bankrupted. People such as farmers were turned in serfs. This was a portrait of what might be to come from an oligarchy type of government
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work and determination. The expression was first used in the beginning of the twentieth century when America was in an economic peak. Millions of immigrants from around the world came to America during this time to have their part in the classic rags to riches story. While this prosperity is achieved by some‚ for the vast majority of immigrants who come to this country‚ the American Dream will never become a reality. In T.C. Boyle’s provocative novel‚ Tortilla Curtain‚ the notion of the American Dream
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Webster the American Dream is the ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success. Andrew Carnegie is the epitome of the American Dream because he is a classic example of rags to riches success story. He seemed to be touched by an angel. No matter what was wrong with the world‚ Andrew Carnegie was to consistently capitalize on success. Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland‚ in 1835. "Protected by proud and self-sacrificing
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Oprah Winfrey: Catalyst for Change American television host‚ actress‚ producer‚ and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey‚ has made an impact on the way women think‚ eat‚ study‚ shop‚ exercise‚ and lead. Oprah has used her power and wealth to change the lives of people around the world. Winfrey has helped children in South Africa and in the U.S. have a better education and home. Through her talk show‚ Oprah has also helped people open up about their past and share their opinions on personal and serious
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he epitomized the dauntless entrepreneurial spirit ’dare to dream and learn to excel’. He dared to dream on a scale unimaginable before in Indian industry. The life journey of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneur is reminiscent of the rags to riches story. He is remembered as the one who rewrote Indian corporate history and built a truly global corporate group. His life and achievements prove that backed by confidence‚ courage and conviction‚ man can achieve the impossible. Dhirubhai Ambani
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! Caterpillar to Butterfly The play Pygmalion starts with Bernard Shaw showing a common “poor girl” (1‚12) Eliza in poverty selling flowers on the streets in England. Eliza is shown standing up to a man who is taking detailed notes on her vocabulary. This is significant as you see her fierce personality right at the beginning of the play. Throughout the play‚ you watch Eliza Doolittle the flower girl learning how to speak and transform into a lady according to the standards of Professor Higgins
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John Steinbeck wrote in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath: "And then the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas‚ families‚ tribes‚ dusted out‚ tractored out. Carloads‚ caravans‚ homeless and hungry; twenty thousand and fifty thousand and a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand. They streamed over the mountains‚ hungry and restless restless as ants‚ scurrying to find work to do to lift‚ to push‚ to pull‚ to pick‚ to cut anything
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