The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was written and set in the 1920’s‚ a decade known as the "Jazz Age." Fitzgerald described it as a time when "the parties were bigger‚ the pace was faster‚ the buildings were higher‚ the morals were looser." 1 It was just after the 1st World War and the young generation began to rebel. The young women (known as the flappers) would have their hair styled into short bobs‚ would wear clothes that were much shorter than before and smoke of
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The Great trek The Voortrekkers comprised two groups from the eastern frontier region of the Cape Colony‚ semi-nomadic pastoralists known as Trekboers‚ and established farmers and artisans known as Grensboere‚ or Border Farmers. Together these groups were later called Voortrekkers Pioneers. While most settlers who lived in the western Cape later known as the Cape Dutch did not trek eastward‚ a small number did. The first colonists‚ who arrived in 1652 to set up a "depot for the provosion of ships"under
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person to be truly at our side‚ we should move his/ her true heart by spending a lot of time and show who you are and know how he/she is. Otherwise he/she will just pretend to be your side. From this point of view‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ is a fascinating piece of fiction because it represents that money cannot do everything someone wants. In the world‚ there are a lot of things that we can live easier with money. The following is the example of comfortable life due to money
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The Great Depression In America the 1920’s were a decade of prosperity some every claimed that we had entered into the age of permanent prosperity. Much of the world was still struggling to get over the affects of World War I but the United States was thriving. The U.S. sentiment can be depicted from the lyrics of the song “…Blue skies‚ nothing but blue skies from now on…” that was composed in 1926 by Irving Berlin. However this sentiment would not last and American was soon to find that there
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What evidence was presented in class to support the interpretation that Lincoln was more the “reluctant” and not the “great emancipator” as claimed in history? Support answer with 3 scholarly interpretations. Although many people even today still consider President Lincoln the great emancipator‚ many scholars feel as if Radical Republicans were the main reason for the decisions Lincoln made about slavery during his presidency. In fact‚ two of the most important acts of Lincoln’s presidency were
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Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides Great Tragedians Humanities 250 May 30‚ 2012 The three great tragedy play writes Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides were ahead of their time. The ideals they portrayed in their plays are very relevant in this day and age. Love‚ loss‚ religion‚ politics suffering‚ being victims of fate; these are all things we hear about each time we turn on the news. The messages that were written into each play by each play write would be related to‚ understood and very
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The Great Dictator’s Speech I know most of you might expect me to talk about a speech by Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill!‚ but today I thought I would talk to you about a speech that really inspired me! a speech by Charlie Chaplin. In his first speaking role‚ Charlie Chaplin makes one of the most moving and thought-provoking speeches in history. The Great Dictator‚ a movie written‚ produced‚ directed‚ and starring Charlie Chaplin‚ premiered on October 15‚ 1940‚ while the United States
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Give your opinion on whether or not the safeguards put in place to prevent another Great Depression‚ starting with the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s‚ can be effective today. The Great Depression caused many Americans to lose their jobs‚ their homes‚ their dreams‚ and aspirations. Roosevelt created the “New Deal” in order to rebuild the economy and prevent this from happening again. The “New Deal” consisted of three goals: relief‚ recovery‚ and reform. One safeguard put in place that
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period. It was a time of great prosperity‚ as well as poverty. Many were excited and happy that the First World War had ended‚ but those that came back from the war were disillusioned with society and all the prosperity that was occurring‚ the horrors of war still fresh in their minds. Fitzgerald utilized these contrasting views of society‚ that of the Lost Generation’s disillusionment and poverty with the wealth and prosperity‚ and included them in his novel‚ “The Great Gatsby.” In the novel‚
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Rick Fei Mr. Ireland English III 1/10/2013 Take home test 1. Gatsby is a great guy‚ Gatsby is deeply fall in love with Daisy‚ compare to Tom’s love his love is selfless that he can put away everything he has for Daisy. Tom has a mistress outside and never care Daisy’s feeling‚ Gatsby is rich man who can get everything he want but he still deeply love Daisy. “There is always a halt there of at least a minute‚ and it was because of this that I
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