dream is that gatsby was living the life he wanted but still chasing his dreams for daisy but didn’t come true with daisy. “ A new world‚material without being real‚where poor ghosts ‚breathing dreams like air‚drifted fortuitously about..like that ashen‚fantastic figure gliding toward though the amorphous trees.” (pg 124) “But he didn’t despise himself and it didn’t turn out as he had imagined.” (pg105) “ The american dream is a term that is often used but also misuderstood.It isnt really about becoming
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Lysandra should be justified to take revenge on Elaine because she deliberately took something special from Lysandra and it’s fair to do the same thing to her. Firstly‚ Elaine could have told Lysandra what the judges look for in poetry. Elaine didn’t put much effort on her poem but still wanted to win the contest. Elaine said‚ for example “Of course I was a shoo—in to win that contest” (129). Elaine knew what the judges desire in a poem so she took an advantage of that on her own poem. She
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flying towards me. Frantically‚ I started running back towards the street lights. I was so frightened that I did not see a man walking towards me and collided into him. “Watch‚ where you are going‚ boy!” the man started angrily. When he saw my ashen face‚ he asked me gently‚ “What’s the matter? Who is after you?” I opened my mouth but no words would come out. For a few minutes as I regained my breath and composed myself‚ I could only point desperately in the direction I was fleeing from. “You
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What do you think of the view that obsession with money and the new consumer culture of the 1920s dominates human thinking and behavior in ‘The Great Gatsby’? One of the key themes in The Great Gatsby is ‘The morality and importance of Wealth’ in high end New York social circles of the 1920s. Fitzgerald himself lived during this period of significant culture change in America and therefore I feel his own feelings and concerns on obsession with money and the new consumer culture was one reason
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iambic tetrameter: “A toad the power mower caught.” The poet uses enjambment as shown in stanza one: Chewed and clipped of a leg‚ with a hobbling hop has got To the garden verge‚ and sanctuaried him Under the cineraria leaves‚ in the shade Of the ashen heartshaped leaves‚ in a dim‚ The commas in the middle of the lines also show an example of
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It is a parents responsibility to take care of their children. But‚ if the parent doesn’t take care of them‚ the kids will grow up into a different person .The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to urban Northeast‚ Midwest‚ and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970.During that movement‚ many families moved from South to the North and West to begin a fresh start. Many families were hoping that after the movement‚ they would be
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906. It quickly became popular and soon influenced the health and immigration laws that he currently have today. Because of this book‚ organizations like the USDA‚ FDA‚ FSIS‚ and CFSAN. In The Jungle the Rudkus family moves to the United States of America from Lithuania. Jurgis quickly finds a job at a meat packing company. After some time‚ they buy a house and go into a great debt that they can’t pay. Ona’s boss Phil Connor forces Ona into having sex
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lift my heavy heart up solemnly‚ As once Electra her sepulchral urn‚ And‚ looking in thine eyes‚ I overturn The ashes at thy feet. Behold and see What a great heap of grief lay hid in me‚ And how the red wild sparkles dimly burn – Through the ashen greyness. If thy foot in scorn Could tread them out to darkness utterly‚ It might be well perhaps. But if instead Thou wait beside me for the wind to blow The grey dust up‚... those laurels on thine head‚ O My beloved‚ will not shield thee so
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In Richard Wilbur’s poem “The Death of a Toad‚” he describes the finals moments of a toad’s life and the first changes to the toad upon its death. Wilbur makes the transition of a toad’s death that is tragic because of the lack of attention and concern given to it. As he continues the poem‚ he shifts the tone from tragic to the peacefulness and respect of a hero. Wilbur exercises heavily loaded diction and vivid imagery corresponding to the tones in order to depict the toad’s death as tragic and
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attitude. A bystander told “The Black Star Times” that the Police‚ with the help of Miss Hadley‚ took care of the incident very well and no one was harmed during the event. The headmaster of Heathcroft High School‚ Mr Corsa was shocked and ashen with what had happened. He exclusively talked to “The Black Star Times” about his
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