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    Fitzgerald and the “American Dream” To some the American Dream is freedom‚ to others the American Dream is wealth and popularity. According to F. Scott Fitzgerald the American Dream was unattainable. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the twenties through the eyes of Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the novel. The American Dream has become a superficial environment in which people do not understand what is reality and what is fiction. The

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    Radio: From the beginning to the evolution of today ’s technology Broadcast media has been around for many‚ many years and the grandfather of them all is the radio. The radio has been around for so long and has become such a prominent fixture in our society that we take it for granted. Every day many of us are exposed to some form of radio without realizing it. From the beginning of its technology‚ other forms of media have evolved also; television‚ wireless internet‚ and cellular phones‚ which

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    lead to evolution of great sciences” Inventions and discoveries have emanated from creative minds that have been constantly working and imaging the outcome in the mind.  With imaging and constant effort‚ all the forces of the universe work for that inspired mind‚ thereby leading to inventions or discoveries.  I am delighted to address and interact with the Students present here. Friends‚ when I would like to share a few thoughts on “Creative minds lead to evolution of great science

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    years exploring the world. Darwin traveled to many places mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. As he traveled from place to place‚ Darwin was surprised‚ by the similarities between the species. He wrote in his journal of the Galapagos Islands‚ "...there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship with those of America‚ though separated from that continent by an open space of ocean‚ between 500 and 600 miles in width." At this early stage of his

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    What does the American Dream mean? Is it this perfect life? Who is able to obtain this dream? The American Dream was debauched back in the 1920’s and it really made this concept of the American dream very elusive and a bit illogical. It was viewed as too perfect in a sense. In The Great Gatsby we can see how there is a major flaw in this once grand idea of the perfect or closest thing to a perfect life. Once the idolization of your own way of life comes into floriation you end up wanting more and

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    Theory of Evolution One of the greatest questions of all time is: "Where did we all come from?" One of the most popular answers to this question is creationism‚ the idea that everything was created by a higher being. Another popular idea is evolution‚ the idea that all living organisms descended from a less complex organism. Evolution possesses a new way of thinking that is being greatly accepted by the scientific community‚ but not by pious groups of people. Creation and evolution are diametrically

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    INTRODUCTION In American history‚ one of the earliest major events was the first Great awakening. Many different preachers aided in spreading the Great Awakening throughout the colonies. Jonathan Edwards did his part to help carry on the North Hampton Revival started by his grandfather‚ Solomon Stoddard in North Hampton Church (1733-1735). Englishman‚ George Whitefield (1740-1770) was the best-known and most widely traveled evangelist of the time and received much publicity in the newspapers of

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    Evolution of Polar Bears The observed fossil transitions that inform our knowledge of Polar Bear speciation are very well documented. Bear fossils change through time: generally‚ when examining the fossil record‚ successively deeper levels of sediments or sedimentary rocks yield successively older fossils. For some transitions from one species to another‚ one can find a well-characterized series of transitional specimens leading the observer across the species "boundaries" (Kurten‚ 1976). Sometime

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    Max Sweebe American History George Washington George Washington was born in Febuary 2nd 1732 into a Virginia family of planters where he was taught the manners morals‚ and knowledge required for a 18th century man. He pursued to main interests military arts and western expansion. At 16 Washington helped survey the Shenandoah Lands for Lord FairFax who was a English Baron who owned vast amounts of farmland in Virginia‚ working for Lord FairFax helped him learn many valuable things about surveying

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    The Awakening Essay Kate Chopin wrote this book “The Awakening” using a lot of symbolism such as The Sea‚ The Houses‚ and The Birds that she refers to many times in the book‚ to translate the meaning of the book. The meaning of the book is that a women can change from someone very obedient‚ traditional to someone self-realized‚ sexually liberated and independent women. The sea was an excellent representation of the meaning because what the sea meant and the main reason the representation is in

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