My sophomore year of high school‚ I had to read the Great Gatsby. It was the last of my required reading assignments in Ms. Walter’s class. Until that point‚ I had not enjoyed reading any of the books‚ so my expectations were not very high. It was even more important for me to read and understand the Great Gatsby because I had to write my final paper about it. I had gotten by the whole semester by using spark notes and skimming through each chapter because I couldn’t bear to read the other books
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Nick Carraway is an important character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Throughout the book‚ Nick struggles to understand the world around him and the people in it. Why are some people so careless while other people are so cautious? Why do people wait around for things to happen instead of going out and making them happen? And most of all‚ with all the people in the world‚ how can one still feel so lonely? It’s not hard to pick up on Nick’s detachment‚ “I felt a haunting loneliness
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Scotts Miracle-Gro September 7 BUAD 6600 SCMers Meagan Frances Ayers James Franks Emelie Hall Jean-Hubert Trahan Instructor: Sachin Modi Objective/Scope The purpose of this article is to determine whether staying at the Temecula plant or outsourcing to China is the best option for Scotts Miracle-Gro. A cost analysis will be used to determine which option will give Scotts Miracle-Gro the best opportunity for long-term growth and profit. Recommendations It has been determined
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The Joan Scott reading. Deconstructing Equality-Versus Difference: or‚ the uses of Poststructuralist theory for Feminism‚ starts out talking about the thought behind theory and the need for a theory behind the woman’s feminism movement. “We need theory that can analyze the workings of patriarchy in all its manifestations- ideological‚ institutional‚ organizational‚ subjective- accounting not only for continuous but also for change over time.” (pg 33). She basically is stating that we need theory
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McKenna Scott Mrs. Aguilar English 1302-6th 18 February 2015 Social Media and the Effect on Youth Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ YouTube‚ and Pinterest. People can watch funny videos‚ post about their days‚ like or comment‚ and share photos about events we have attended or things we have done. The internet has provided infinite ways we can connect with others and share what is on our minds. How often‚ though‚ do we stop and think of the consequences that our actions online could bring? Many people
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The speaker of the seminar was Scott Rouse‚ who is a body language expert. He spoke of how his knowledge not only helped with analyzing criminals‚ but it also helped with analyzing any type of targets related to the business world (S. Rouse‚ personal communication‚ October 17‚ 2015). There are many interesting facts that were discussed in the seminar. Three key facts presented were behavior of the hands‚ the type of lies‚ and the importance of listening. People’s hands can give up much more information
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Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella
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Steadman Mrs.Shaw Jr/Sr Honors English 8 May 2009 The Mind and life of Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby: A Psychoanalytical Criticism Like many writers today F. Scott Fitzgerald either consciously or unconsciously wrote about himself in the book known as The Great Gatsby. Many of the books characters such as Daisy‚ Nick and even Gatsby himself show characteristics similar to people in Fitzgerald’s life and also Fitzgerald himself. Nick and Gatsby show lifestyles and desires of Fitzgerald’s‚
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All around the world‚ people use music to express themselves‚ have fun‚ tell stories and tell of historical events. Likewise‚ the song The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald‚ was written by Gordon Lightfoot to not only tell the historical story of the night it sank‚ but also to show commemoration to those who lost their lives. According to Lightfoot‚ out of all his songs‚ this is the one he is most proud of‚ and for a good reason. (McCall‚ 2000) Through a unique combination of song characteristics such
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Dream was something most Americans shared in common with each other‚ although each person’s dream varied slightly from one another. Some saw wealth and fame‚ while some wanted to live a good life‚ Fitzgerald saw the American Dream very corrupted and broken. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses different symbols throughout the novel to express his feelings concerning his view on the corrupted American Dream. The first examples are West Egg and East Egg. East Egg is the rich side of
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