Mark Anthony Urdaneta Advise Column #1 Dear Abby‚ I met this lady named Daisy Buchanan that has the aura of luxury‚ grace and charm but I lied to her about my own background. Lately I have been feeling lost‚ out of place and lonely at my home in West Egg. For the last few years I feel as if I have been missing a piece of me‚ piece that I lost long ago and have yearned forever since. Before I moved to New York I knew a woman‚ let’s call her "Daisy". She was the most beautiful woman
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Dear Abby‚ I have left my family and moved to Malaysia to work. Since I have been here my family has become very absent. In the beginning they used to email me all of the time‚ asking about my life and experiences here. Now‚ 5 years later‚ no one calls or even emails to see how I am. The truth is that I’m starting to feel like we are not close anymore. I know they love me because we are family and we will always be‚ but is it too much to expect for them to check in once in a while? Do you
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To‚ Fellow classmate Published in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby became an immediate classic and brought its young author to fame he had never seen before. The novel captured the spirit of the "Jazz Age‚" a post-World War I era in upper class America that Fitzgerald himself gave this name to. It is the view that Fitzgerald was writing about the traditional American belief‚ and the usefulness of accepted myths. The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it’s unavoidable critique of the "American
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different eras within American history‚ a common theme can be established when comparing The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both novels‚ for example‚ examine the dichotomy between reality and appearance as well as the conflict between individual and social values. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale love each other. This love holds great personal value for them. However‚ because their relationship is adulterous‚ it cannot be
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Dear Boy Letter At the surface‚ the letter Lord Chesterfield writes to his son appears to simply offer his son simple sound advice with the intention to help his son. It seems that he is trying to give his son this advice in a friendly manner as opposed to a father giving his son advice. However‚ upon closer analysis of what Chesterfield writes‚ one can see how he is actually subtly reminding his son of his obligations and duties. Using strategies such as understatements‚ diction‚ and rhetorical
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Are The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby Similar? The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel based on adultery and hypocrisy of society. In summary‚ the novel explains the story of Hester Prynne‚ a woman who is going through a long and rough period in her life because she is facing major conflicts with her society because of the adultery she has committed. Throughout the story line‚ Hester deals with conflicts with herself and her society when she is trying to keep the secret
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the special letter I received from a child who I’ve been supporting. As you see‚ this letter is just a simple drawing of a flower. Just a flower with small leaves on it. The flower is colored with red crayon and the leaves are painted untidily with green. But there’s no more than a flower. The letter is mostly filled with white blank space‚ and a sheet of paper is worn out by the dirty thumbs of a child. You may think that there’s no special thing about this letter. However‚ this letter is a very meaningful
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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Dear Justin‚ Some nights I can’t help but think about it. When I finally catch myself some silent moments. Some time away from all the chaos in my head. When I sit there and think about us. I see the storm that I just ran through with you‚ and how I can tell that its still raining. You might tell me that i’m being over dramatic and that i’m making a mountain out of a molehill‚ but for me this is no smaller than a mountain. I’m broken. I always was and when I met you I was still broken. You didn’t
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Kahlelah Thomas February 27th‚ 2014 4th block Public Education through History Within the south‚ since the civil war‚ if African Americans were kept ill-educated they would remain ‘in their place’ in society. An educated "boy" could become a danger. There was also a belief in some areas that African Americans were not intelligent enough to deserve an education. The shadow of "Jim Crow" cast itself over education in the south. The result of this was very much linked to the poverty most
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