already have attained. The American author F. Scott Fitzgerald has had an unprecedented impact on America. His novels contain recurring themes that establish the facets of modern American society with which he avidly disagrees. His characters Jay Gatsby and Armory Blaine both portray men in American society who have through various ways acquired wealth‚ but their wealth has not brought them happiness‚ which is what they had truly longed for. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels‚ The Great Gatsby‚ and This
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"Babylon Revisited" Context ’’Babylon Revisited’’ is widely considered to be the apex of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories‚ of which there are more than a hundred. Like many of his works‚ ’’Babylon Revisited’’ was loosely based on Fitzgerald’s own life. Fitzgerald was born on September 24‚ 1896 in Saint Paul Minnesota. He was named Francis Scott Key‚ after a distant relative‚ and the writer of the American national anthem. Fitzgerald spent his childhood years in the United States—Buffalo
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Name ________________________ Fitzgerald Notes 1. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24‚ _______‚ in St. __________‚ Minnesota. 2. Fitzgerald developed “a two-cylinder inferiority _______________________” that made him aware of his modest beginnings. 3. Fitzgerald’s father made a living by selling __________________. 4. When Fitzgerald was in school‚ he gained a reputation as a __________- ____. He never lost this need for
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1a. Explain briefly how globalization has affected it. Under the influence of globalization‚ language is affected. Societies are shaped to be more multi-lingual due to the advancement in transportation technology and communication technology that increase cross-boundary interactions. With increasing international trade‚new markets are opened up‚ some languages‚ like Chinese‚ become more popular. According to the World Trade Ogranization (2013)‚ both the imports and exports of China to the world
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F. Scott Fitzgerald. The swimmers. F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise‚ The Beautiful and Damned‚ The Great Gatsby—his most famous—and Tender Is the Night. His style is very interesting. All his short stories has a construction of novels. “The swimmers”
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Marriage Under Eighteen Recent surveys have shown that marriage under the age of eighteen has decreased over the years. This issue has been affected by culture and new ways of thinking in our modern life. Should we influence again our youth to take this important decision while they are still young‚ or let them develop at their own way? In modern life‚ marriage under eighteen should not be considered for various reasons. First‚ the economy isn’t going well these days. The couple can’t rely
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Blood Brothers The play “Blood Brothers” was written by a music enthusiast Liverpudlian called Willy Russell. It is set in central Liverpool between the 1950’s and the 1980’s. Around this time is when Margret Thatcher was elected to be the first and only woman Prime Minister of England. Many people did not agree with the way she ran things as she believed that there was no such thing as society and equality therefore everyone was an individual. The play is about a set of twins who were separated
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The general argument made by Scott Dannemiller in “Busy Is a Sickness‚” is that being busy is not well for a person’s mental health. To be more specific‚ he argues that most of the time‚ we create the stress that comes with being busy ourselves. He writes “In America‚ we are defined by what we do” (Dannemiller 2)‚ and “The implication is that if I am not busy doing something‚ I am somehow less than. Not worthy” (Dannemiller 2). Dannemiller is explaining how many people try to find something to do
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Dred Scott v Sanford (March 6th 1857) Dred Scott was born a slave in Virginia‚ but had lived a lot of his life in Alabama‚ where he worked as a slave. In 1830‚ Scott’s master‚ Peter Blow moved to Illinois‚ a free state‚ sold Scott to a new master‚ John Emerson‚ and lived there for a few years. Scott’s services were leased out under Emerson‚ who was essentially bringing slavery into the Free State. Scott also had a daughter born in free territory‚ which made his daughter a free person under federal
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"Babylon Revisited" by F Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as the spokesman of the "Lost Generation" of Americans in the 1920s. The phrase‚ "Lost Generation‚" was coined by Gertrude Stein "to describe the young men who had served in World War I and were forced to grow up to find all Gods dead‚ all wars fought‚ all faiths in man shaken" (Charters 489). Fitzgerald exemplified the generation that Stein defined. His family‚ with help from an aunt‚ put him through preparatory school and
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