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    Direct-Cameron Paul Good afternoon. Please state out your name and spell it out for the record. My name is Cameron Paul. P-A-U-L. What do you do for a living? I am a crime scene analyst with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Service Division‚ also known as the State Laboratory. Currently‚ I conduct all ballistics and firearms analysis‚ in addition to my duties as a chief CSA. What is your relationship with this case? On May 22nd‚ I received a call from an

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    from her‚ as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless‚ thrilling words.” (pg. 19) 7. Wan- of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed * “Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan‚ charming‚ discontented face.” (pg. 15) 8. Subdued- quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued. * “A subdued impassioned murmur was audible

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    t Lucas Wolter Mr. Deibert Adv. Comp./ Am. Lit.- 2 17 January 2012 Many books have a specific theme. A specific theme in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is the American Dream. The American Dream is having material success‚ family‚ equality‚ and that you worked hard to earn success. The theme of The American Dream is shown in the main character in the book‚ Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream

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    GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay) The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption‚ murder and life in the 1920’s. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader‚ and this writer does this to the best of his ability. In this well-crafted tale‚ Fitzgerald presents a fast moving‚ exciting story‚ and to any typical reader it can be enjoyed; however‚ if the reader takes the time to analyze his

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    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby “This is a Valley of Ashes--- a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat.” (26) Three symbols that are shown in The Great Gatsby that are reflected more than any others are Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes‚ The Valley of Ashes‚ and Time. Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes represent the higher power that oversees the upper class society as the root of ethical and moral corruption (Bates). Driving through the Valley of Ashes‚ the narrator noted: “The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue gigantic---

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    Scott Fitzgerald’s book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ specifically Tom Buchanan and Gatsby‚ view God and their world as wasted‚ faded‚ empty‚ and dead. Their opinion of God is symbolized by the Valley of Ashes being looked upon by the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg‚ and it forms the idea that the men are their own gods‚ being able to act according to their self-set morals and rules. Throughout the story Fitzgerald shows readers evidence of this through the contrast between Tom and Gatsby. He also uses comments and

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    The interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work: The Great Gatsby This Research‚ paper – which is a mixture of a book review and an analysis of a problem - will present ideas about searching the American Dream in connection with The Great Gatsby and the main characters and how succesfully they could live the American Dream according to the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Moreover‚ this research paper will be about some interesting symbols by Fitzgerald. Also‚ it will give some general information

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    literary works: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot. Modernism generally encompasses a variety of specific artistic and philosophical movements. The premodernist world is characterized by sense of order and stability‚ rooted in: morality‚ faith‚ collective

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    In the novel‚ the color green is associated with Gatsby many times whether it be related to his envy‚ his money‚ or his thoughts. Gatsby is filled with jealousy when he is unable to attain Daisy since she already belongs to another man‚ Tom. Green also represents the power and influence of money‚ which Gatsby has plenty of. Later in the novel‚ Michaelis‚ the witness of the car accident that killed Myrtle‚ “wasn’t even sure of [the death car’s] color – [but] he told the first policeman that it was

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    The Great Gatsby By: Ashley Williams Setting In the first quarter of this book the setting is evenly split between two different places‚ West Egg‚ NY and New York City. The author described his new town on page 10. “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs‚ identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay‚ jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere‚ the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.” This gives readers a beautiful image of where

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