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    their own manufactures even where they excel what come from abroad: This is the true state of Ireland in a very few words." His support for Irish causes has made him a renowned figure in modern Ireland. It is sad to those who walk through this great Town‚ or travel in the Country‚ when they see the Streets‚ the Roads‚ and Cabin-Doors‚ crowded with Beggars of the female Sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six Children‚ all in Rags‚ and begging for money from every passerby. These Mothers instead of

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    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: Computer technology has been widely used in different fields‚ nowadays; computer is the main system that is being used from large and wide scale manufacturing up to small scale industries. The defining feature of modern computers which distinguishes them from all other machines is that they can be programmed. That is to say that some type of instructions (the program) can be given to the computer and it will process them. While some computers may have strange concepts

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    exam notes on chapter 1-3

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    Exam Notes: Chapter 1: Gerontology: study of aging form maturity through old age Agism: a form of discrimination against older adults based on their age Life-span perspective: Divides human development into two stages- Early phase: (childhood and adolescence) rapid age-related increases in peoples size and abilities Later phase: (young adulthood‚ middle age‚ and old age) change are slow‚ but abilities to continue to develop as people continue adapting to the environment. 4 key features:

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    In contrast to the two Canto’s preceding the third Canto‚ the majority of symbolism in Canto 3 draws parallels between two separate plots occurring in the tale. The two plots described in Canto 3 are Sir B. hunting in the woods‚ and Sir Gawain’s encounters with Lady B. back at the castle. These separate plots arise from the deal that Sir B. and Gawain make; that anything one man gains during Gawain’s stay at the castle‚ would be given to the other man. Henry L Savage recognizes the connections between

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    Gatsby’s” American Dream" in The Great Gatsby The disillusionment of the American Dream is a frequent but important written theme in the American literature. Fitzgerald’s famous book The Great Gatsby is one of the most important representative works that reflects this theme. F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novels and short stories which chronicle the excesses of America’s Jazz Age during the 1920s. His classic twentieth-century story of Jay Gatsby examines and critiques Gatsby’s particular

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    Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Date of original publication: 1925 Genre: fiction‚ novel‚ drama Historical information about the period of original publication: The novel was published during a time known as the “Roaring Twenties”. There was economic prosperity and America became a consumer society. There were many cultural and social reformations. Jazz music became popular‚ and flapper women emerged. Flapper women were women who wore makeup‚ short skirts‚ and kept their hair

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    The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald is a critique of American prosperity‚ and the endless drive for wealth brought on by the economic growth against the background of Long Island‚ New York City. The Great Gatsby critiques materialism and the new American Dream‚ no longer defined by prosperity for equality‚ but by prosperity for the goal of excess wealth. Nick Carraway‚ the protagonist‚ views Jay Gatsby’s disillusionment about Daisy Buchanan‚ the object of his affection. The tale is not a story about

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    Scott Fitzgerald addresses these changes negatively in his classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The party scenes found in chapters two and three are especially good examples of Fitzgerald’s antipathy on the modern world. Fitzgerald uses the characters and scenes found in these chapters of The Great Gatsby to portray the negative effects certain 1920’s changes had on the modern world. The first party‚ found in chapter two‚

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    the story in chapter2 of The Great Gatsby? Chapter 2 is the chapter in which Tom takes Nick to meet his lover Myrtle; they meet in the Valley of Ashes which is home to Myrtle and George. The Chapter then changes scene to New York where Nick attends a party; during this party Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose by punching her. The Chapter is used to portray the true colours of Tom Buchanan and to emphasis the mystery surrounding Gatsby. The narrative voice in the chapter is Nick; Fitzgerald has presented

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    Psychology is defined as the study of mind‚ emotion and behavior. One major perspective within psychology is known as cognitive psychology‚ which is primarily concerned with the explanation of thought processes through the development of theoretical mental systems. Cognitivism is somewhat broad in its approaches to psychology and only linked in its goal to create hypothetical mental structures to explain behavior (“HSoP”). The exact origins of Cognitivism are difficult to pinpoint. Ideas

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