“‘Can’t repeat the past?’ [Gatsby] cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’“ In so much as two lines the novel was born with one of its main themes – the vast obsession with the past and the failure to accept that it is‚ contrary to what Gatsby says‚ impossible to recreate. As the novel concludes‚ Nick reflects‚ “So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past.” In some instances‚ “beating against the current” is considered a positive quality; an optimistic life-force
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to the test. Although‚ the nature of American Puritans was to never see nor do evil‚ the real test was to conquer evil‚ to either tame or vanquish it. In the letters and stories from J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ interests sparked among European immigrants‚ yet they did not fully realize the severity and depth of the their decision to come to a New World. Nevertheless‚ this necessity creates a sense of self-preservation; an American looking to preserve his own life from
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QUESTION 1: Why did many textile jobs apparently migrate out of the United States in the years after the establishment of NAFTA? ANSWER 1: Between 1994 and 2004‚ despite strong and growing demand by American consumers‚ U.S. apparel production fell by 40 percent and textile production fell by 20 percent. The cuts in production led to significant job losses‚ with employment in textile mills falling from 478‚000 to 239‚000‚ and apparel employment dropping from 858‚000 to just 296‚000. Most students
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miracle’s of the world. Many readings help you to be smarter. As proverb goes “Reading makes a full man‚ meditation a profoundmMan‚ discourse a clear man”. Reading is not just only information it is also relaxing. As Ricarde Steele said:”Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”. Is it really so?I think it is and in the following paragraphs I will give my points of views. I used to read books from my childhood‚ and it was habit for me at that time.At that time there was not an internet‚computers
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The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. The American Civil War is interpreted differently by many historians but most see the catalyst as
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What is affected by closing schools? Misty Clark AIU Online Abstract The consequences of closing schools effects families‚ teachers‚ and communities. Misty will explain the effects of schools closing. The effects can be hard on some families and communities. What is affected by closing schools? Closing schools affect families in many ways in one case a charter school closed with only 10 weeks of school left. This school was the
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How does Google’s mission drive strategy at the company? Google’s mission statement is very short and to the point. While sometimes less is more‚ with only twelve words in the whole statement‚ how can all the questions that a mission statement is suppose to answer be included in this short sentence? The strategy of Google was simple to start with. “To organize information and to make it useful.” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012) The ideas behind the words in the statement are extremely insightful‚ though.
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North American Civilization Paper Early North American cultures were drastically different than today’s cultures. The earliest North Americans migrated from Asia in about 35‚000 B.C.‚ this was during the prehistoric glacial period. They continued to migrate even after 8‚000. Over a span of 25‚000 years settlement of early North Americans spread down to the Alaskan coast. After that spread deep into the North America‚ then they migrated down to Central and South America. The early North Americans
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were tightly packed and overcrowded from the huge groups of people being brought overseas. Conditions were often insufferable‚ with the masses being shoved together in spaces that were too small to hold them. Some populations‚ such as the ones in North America‚ had self-reproducing slave populations and thus did not need to import as many slaves. Others‚ such as in the Caribbean‚ had to continually import new slaves as the death rate always exceeded the birth rate. Culture: There was not a sense
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1. In the 1980s Japan was viewed as one of the world’s most dynamic economies‚ today it is viewed as one of the most stagnant. According to Hill‚ The Japanese economy has stagnated because in quick succession their stock market collapsed and property prices rapidly followed. Japanese banks found their balance sheets loaded with bad debt and they reduced lending. As the stock market plunged and property prices imploded‚ individuals saw their net worth shrink. Japanese consumers responded by sharply
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