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    The Tender Truth

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    Lor‚ Harvey D. | 2014-53481 Ms. Louise Jashil Sonido | Eng 10 WFW5 Critique Paper: War Is A Tender Thing (1st Draft) 17 September 2014 The Tender Truth Filmmaker Adjani Arumpac‚ a University of the Philippines Diliman BA Film graduate‚ simultaneously narrates the story of her broken family and the continuous war in Southern Mindanao in her 70-minute documentary film War Is A Tender Thing. The film mainly revolves on the issue of the conflict between Muslims and Christians and how the seemingly

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    their own manufactures even where they excel what come from abroad: This is the true state of Ireland in a very few words." His support for Irish causes has made him a renowned figure in modern Ireland. It is sad to those who walk through this great Town‚ or travel in the Country‚ when they see the Streets‚ the Roads‚ and Cabin-Doors‚ crowded with Beggars of the female Sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six Children‚ all in Rags‚ and begging for money from every passerby. These Mothers instead of

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    obtains‚ as the amount of happiness a person enjoys‚ and as the amount of power a person controls over others. Many start to live in an illusion‚ that their life is tranquilized and perfect to hide the reality of all their dirty secrets. In The Great Gatsby‚ by Scott F. Fitzgerald‚ he describes a unique story of character development to display the difference of between classes of the social system in the 1920’s in America. Throughout the novel‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates how money and materialism deceives

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    written task have written for part 4‚ will be based on The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. For this creative assignment I have rewritten a section of the novel from Gatsby’s point of view‚ instead of Nick’s. The section I have chosen comes from chapter 5. Gatsby and Daisy have not seen each other in years‚ and Gatsby has arranged to meet Daisy at Nick’s house. I have chosen to rewrite this scene because I believe that the way Gatsby is portrayed by Nick is very different from the way he actually

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    Anthony David 10/5/17 Throughout the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald‚ we get to know the characters so well that we can anticipate their next move because they always do the same thing and the characters are very predictable. For starters‚ Daisy only cares about herself and her image. In the early 1900’s‚ Daisy and Jay were in a relationship. After Jay went to war‚ she didn’t stick around for him to come back. She went out the next day and found a wealthy guy to take her in. Although

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    people‚ could never fully understand the world‚ themselves‚ or others. In The Great Gatsby‚ the characters are all very troubled. They cheat on their spouses‚ commit murder‚ do dirty business‚ yet the characters never see these issues in themselves and only partially recognise the issues with others. Gatsby never comes to understand himself and though Nick understand Gatsby‚ he is blind to himself. Nick and Gatsby’s

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    Alexis Tripp Mrs. McManus C.P Senior Seminar 21 May‚ 2013 Allegory in Orwell’s Animal Farm l. Introduction A. Creative Opening. When critic Laurence Brander states‚ “Essentially‚ Animal Farm is an anatomy of the development of the totalitarian state” (Brander 6). He is initially saying that Animal Farm is a basis of the Russian Revolution and the build up of the totalitarian ways that were formed during this time period. B. Thesis Statement Which is why‚ in Animal

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    are causally talking and laughing. Men and women from all around are having the “time of their life.” However‚ the lifestyle of the city‚ money‚ and connections don’t always create fulfilled‚ happy lives. For Daisy Buchanan‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Jay Gatsby‚ they are never alone but always isolated. Daisy Buchanan uses her need for attention and people to adore her most likely to cover up her fear of isolation. From the beginning Daisy has virtually been alone. Her husband Tom was not even there for

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    group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby‚ who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick is unlike the other inhabitants of West Egg—he was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg‚ a fashionable area of Long Island home to the established upper class. Nick drives

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    American’s had the right to the pursuit of happiness instead of automatic happiness? Did he believe happiness was unachievable? In the book ‚ The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby is in the pursuit of happiness trying by all means necessary to achieve this goal‚ the goal that all human kind shares‚ happiness. For his entire life‚ Jay Gatsby has been striving to find happiness. From when he was a young boy keeping a journal on how to better himself‚ until his adulthood where he worked

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