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    Great Gatsby Materialism

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    The Great Gatsby exemplifies the 1920’s as the age of deteriorated ethical beliefs‚ demonstrated through cynicism‚ self-indulgence‚ and a meaningless hunt for satisfaction. Careless glory in which followed to corrupt celebrations and crazy jazz music epitomized in The Great Gatsby. All resulting in the exploitation of the American dream‚ as the uncontrolled aspiration for money and desire exceeded additional self-sacrificing goals. Scott Fitzgerald presents the unique characteristics of the American

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    Psychology is defined as the study of mind‚ emotion and behavior. One major perspective within psychology is known as cognitive psychology‚ which is primarily concerned with the explanation of thought processes through the development of theoretical mental systems. Cognitivism is somewhat broad in its approaches to psychology and only linked in its goal to create hypothetical mental structures to explain behavior (“HSoP”). The exact origins of Cognitivism are difficult to pinpoint. Ideas

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    The Great Gatsby

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    Chapter 1: 1. Levity- lightness of mind‚ character‚ or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. * “Most of the confidences were unsought- frequently I have feigned sleep‚ preoccupation or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon-…” (pg.5) 2. Supercilious- displaying arrogant pride‚ scorn‚ or indifference * “Now he was a sturdy‚ straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy Buchanan is possibly the most mysterious and perhaps disappointing character. She captures the hearts of both Tom Buchanan‚ her unfaithful‚ though providing husband and Jay Gatsby‚ her lover from five years prior. Many disastrous incidents occurred in all aspects of the novel. It would be easy to blame all of them on Tom‚ because she was cheating on Daisy‚ or even Gatsby‚ because he lured Daisy in with his elaborate house and fancy shirts. But‚ all of the unfortunate

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    The Great Gatsby Past

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    of the nineteen twenties‚ ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ the plot is taken primarily in past tense of Nick Carraway’s perspective. While conversing with Jay Gatsby‚ Nick states “you cannot repeat the past” (9‚ 106‚ VI). Five years prior to the novel taking place‚ Gatsby is completely and utterly in love with a young woman‚ Daisy‚ but when he goes off to war‚ Daisy can wait no longer for him and marries a rich fellow of the name Tom Buchanan. This marriage is what triggers Gatsby to go back to the past and bring

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    Introduction “The Great Gatsby” is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925‚ it is set on Long Island’s North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed prosperity during the “roaring” as the economy soared. At the same

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    Color In The Great Gatsby

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    Colors and Descriptions for Emotion Colors within the novel are also used to stir the emotion of the reader. Fitzgerald changes the color of the car used by Gatsby at first it is cream colored‚ but it later changes to yellow the color of corruption and greed after Daisy and Gatsby strike and kill Myrtle. When Fitzgerald writes‚ “With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky‚ admired the gardens‚ the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor

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    completed them. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses success as being wealthy because it would help the main character‚ Gatsby‚ get the girl of his dreams‚ Daisy. He threw huge parties to show off his wealth‚ lied about his past and disowned his family‚ and died chasing after his dream girl. Instead he should’ve been telling the truth about his past‚ creating bonds to make friendships last‚ and pursuing the true happiness of living a rich lifestyle. In the beginning‚ Gatsby threw parties for

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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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    Harry Nguyen 2-20-13 Anthem Essay Prometheus‚ of Greek mythology‚ was a Titan‚ the forerunners of the Greek gods‚ who stole fire from Zeus and gave the fire to mortals. Prometheus was horribly punished for this crime against Zeus and against order. He was also the god of forethought and the molder of humankind from clay. It was his desire to better the existence of humans that led to his conflicts with Zeus. And Prometheus was a man punished in the underworld by being shackled to a rock and

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