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    The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s obsessive attachment for his dream to come true is his downfall and ultimately leads to his death. The Great Gatsby is book that explores a man who wants to make his unrealistic dream a reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses drama and imagination to draw the readers in. Gatsby’s dream is very unrealistic because it depends on other peoples actions‚ daisy’s love for tom‚ and because his dream would only work in a perfect world.             Gatsby’s dream is unrealistic because

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    becoming successful with a great job‚ home‚ and a family. This dream embodies The Great Gatsby who is trying to pursue the American Dream through his life. Gatsby’s dream however was corrupted because of his pursuit of wealth and the negative power of money. In Fact Gatsby is blind to know that his money cannot buy him his happiness or his love for Daisy. Most importantly it would only bring him hardship in the end. The corruption of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby is how Gatsby made his

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    Great Expectations

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    It’s Just Cutting Bread Charles Dickens‚ in his novel Great Expectations‚ conveys the trenchant behavior of Pip’s sister‚ Ms. Joe. Dickens purpose is to understand life from Pip’s point of view through his fear. Dickens expresses an aggressive tone in order to thoroughly identify the forceful behavior while Mrs. Joe is cutting the bread. Dickens intensifies the paragraph by using great detail in explaining how mean and cruel Mrs. Joe actually is. Charles features professional diction in order

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    | Course Syllabus College of Humanities HIS/114 Western Civilization: From the French Revolution to the Present Thursdays: January 31 – February 28‚ 2013 6 pm – 10 pm | Copyright © 2012‚ 2009‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of the principal social‚ cultural‚ political‚ economic‚ and global developments that shaped Western civilization from the French Revolution to the present. It presents a framework for

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    “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking‚ in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby Love‚ love‚ love; the only thing everybody talks about. Every movie‚ every series‚ every story talks about how two people fall in love and live happily ever after. All stories get to the conclusion that the love the couple shared was unique and that the two lovers matched perfectly together. But what happens when two lovers do not belong to the same social

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    The Great Elector

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    Katherine Stoelk Frederiksen AP European History 17 October 2016 Frederick William the Great Elector Frederick William was born in 16 February 1620 to George William the Elector and Elizabeth Charlotte of Palatinate. He was their oldest son and the great-grandson of WIlliam the Silent. During his childhood years‚ he lived in Küstrin where he was educated in Calvinism. When he was fourteen‚ he moved to Holland and studied there until he was eighteen. He studied at the university of Leiden

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    The Great Debators

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    The Great Debaters The Great Debater is an entertaining educational‚ thought-provoking and inspiring story of self-actualization‚ self-reliance and triumph‚ of the underdogs beating all odds to win the national championship despite the obstacles they face. This movie is a Dramatic Fiction‚ reflecting the challenges of racism. It certainly speaks to an audience of not just adults but teenagers too. I was drawn to this movie because I like Denzel Washington he plays the character Melven Tolson:

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    A&E’s The Great Gatsby film study guide (Answer on a separate sheet in complete sentences) Pre-Viewing 1. How was the 1920’s a reaction to WWI? 2. Some people think that having money leads to happiness. Do you agree? Why or why not? What are the advantages or disadvantages of being wealthy. 3. What is the "American Dream"? Where did it originate‚ and how has it changed over the centuries? 4. Describe a situation when you wanted to relive a moment from your past‚ to redo it? How

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    The Great Depression

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    The Great Depression was a time of massive economic decline. It started in 1929 and lasted until the mid- 1940s. The Great Depression had ruinous effects on both rich and poor countries. It affected South America‚ Netherlands‚ U.K. Germany and many more (Great). It originated in the U.S with a major collapse of stock market prices in New York Stock Exchange on October 1929‚ known as Black Tuesday. Though there were many causes which led to this depression and also many effects. Historians say the

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    In the late 1929 the United States of America faced a severe economic depression also known as the great depression‚ it was one the worse economic depression that the United States ever faced and it lasted for almost 10 years. The great depression was caused by a series of factors and mainly the stock market crash in 1929. The effects of the depression were felt everywhere in the world and had devastating outcomes leaving millions of man and women without a steady job and resulting in a drop in profits

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