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    happiness of living a rich lifestyle. In the beginning‚ Gatsby threw parties for a reputation of being pecunious and showed off his wealth‚ instead he should’ve made meaningful relationships. At his parties he would have his “Rolls-Royce” as an omnibus (39). He would also have “orchestra” and “gypsies” (40-41). When he had parties at his house people would show up that didn’t even know him and the people would say rumors like “killed a man” or he’s “just a man” (48-49). The fact that Gatsby showed

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    Wealth also can provide nice homes and cars. Similar‚ Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as one of the newly rich man who spends all of his money on extravagant items such as a mansion on East Egg. Additionally‚ “On the weekends his Roll-Royce became an omnibus bearing parties to and from (39).” Most of the wealthy people are happy with their success. But‚ on the other hand education brought them their success.

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    “British shirts” and claiming to have attended Oxford in an attempt to justify his position in society. Gatsby is influenced by the eastern society and thrives to obtain their status by throwing lavish parties in which he uses his “Rolls-Royce as an omnibus” to attract individuals from all over Long Island; the “newly rich” but also those of antediluvian wealth. His display of his excessive amount of money is an attempt to pave a bridge to be accepted by those who have an aristocratic pedigree and in

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    Prologue Fairy Tail begins when the celestial wizard Lucy joins the magical guild of Magnolia. She has experienced so many adventures with her new friends‚ but what about the time she spent as a runaway? When Lucy Heartfilia was on her own did she have adventures previous to life at Fairy Tail? Chapter One: Lucky Lucy Heartfilia Lucy sat alone in her spacious room. The roof expanded well over the head of the young blond girl‚ and yet still kept going higher. Flipping the pages of Sorcerer’s Weekly

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    Why it waited so long has been the subject of much debate. In 1616 the church issued a decree suspending On the Revolutions of celestial spheres until it could be corrected and prohibiting any work that defended the movement of Earth. A correction appeared in 1620‚ and in 1633 Galileo Galilei was convicted of grave suspicion of heresy for following copernicus’s position. Scholars

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    3. Discuss how and why allegory is used in ‘Everyman’ and ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ to communicate their different religious meanings. Published roughly two centuries apart‚ ‘Everyman’ and ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ are two very different‚ yet highly similar pieces of religious literature. Laying a great deal of emphasis on “salvation through good works and sacraments” (Lecture)‚ the late medieval play ‘Everyman’ is a profound piece of Catholic work with strong religious purpose. Everyman’s search

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    Hans Holbein The Ambassadors ❦Introduction The Ambassadors is one of the most complex and arguably portrait which Holbein had painted. The purpose of this report is to analyze Han Holbeinfs painting‚ gThe Ambassadorsh. The main task of this report is to uncover the meaning of this painting‚ as it still remains unclear. Firstly‚ I will give a short introduction about the painter. Then‚ I will examine the characteristics of the people and the objects in the painting. Lastly‚ I will

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    Greek Mythology The Muses Sister Goddesses‚ The Muses‚ were in charge of the world of Literature‚ Art‚ and Society. The Nine Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; they gave inspiration to artist‚ writers and other artistically gifted people. “The Nine Muses have been inspiring artists since the antiquity and there countless paintings‚ drawings‚ designs‚ poems and statues dedicated to them. All artists of the Renaissance acknowledged their importance in artistic creation‚ dedicating their works to the

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    However‚ Taoism did not exist as an organized religion until the “Way of the Celestial Masters” section was found in 142 C.E. by Zhang Daoling. The Daode Jing focuses on dao‚ meaning a "way" or "path"‚ and is considered the appropriate way to behave and to lead others‚ but the Daode Jing is believed that Tao was something that existed

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    The Right to Own Guns As American citizens‚ we have more rights and freedoms than any other group of people in the world. The founders of this country established these freedoms because they had previously lived in countries where the people did not have as many rights. One of these rights is stated in the Second Amendment to the Constitution‚ which proclaims "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." But over the years various laws and regulations have infringed

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