Schulman English Honors 11 November 3‚ 2012 The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby from the 1920’s novel The Great Gatsby was many things. He was smart‚ brave‚ and of course great. However‚ in the story when he is murdered no one attends his funeral‚ but his father and only friend Nick. The reason no one shows up is because Jay was great for his accomplishments‚ not his character. Although he was called the “great” gatsby‚ he didn’t fit the full description. He wasn’t great for saving children from a burning building
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THE GREAT DEBATERS The Great Debaters (2007) - IMDb chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington)‚ a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team. Summery Plot: Marshall‚ Texas‚ described by James Farmer‚ Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War‚" is home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ inspired by the
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Morals and American Idealism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of morals and American idealism‚ this being a major theme of the book‚ which is corrupted by using materials as its means. Nick‚ the narrator as well as one of the main characters of The Great Gatsby‚ has moved to the East coast from the West to learn the bond business. He rents a mid-sized bungalow on West Egg‚ where most of the other residents
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When the Great Depression hit the United States‚ the two presidents that were in office‚ Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt had very different approaches on how to fix it. To be liberal means to agree on limits on people’s behavior by granting government certain limited powers‚ but only if the government acts for the common good of people and protects their private rights. On the contrary‚ conservatives are doubtful of change. Conservatives respect authority‚ customs and traditions. The current
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Introduction The Great Dictator is a 1940 American comedy-drama film starring‚ written‚ produced‚ scored‚ and directed by Charlie Chaplin‚ following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films‚ this was Chaplin’s first true talking picture as well as his most commercially successful film. At the time of its first release‚ the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. Chaplin’s
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new puppy from my older brother. He ended up telling me she was a Great Dane. The first thing that ran through my head is oh man she is going to be huge‚ but in reality I didn’t have one clue about this amazing breed of dog. Growing Breed • Great Danes or the also known as the friendly giant is a growing breed of dog‚ by my examples you can tell that just in a couple months they start to get big. Giant Dog Breed • The Great Dane is one of the giant breed of dogs. They are tall and well-muscled
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Constantine The Great Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ also known as Constantine the Great‚ was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity. He was educated in the imperial court of Rome and pursued to succeed his father. In 305 A.D.‚ his father became the emperor of the Western Empire. But‚ when he died in 306 A.D.‚ British troops declared that Constantine should replace his father. The Eastern emperor Galerius refused this claim and gave Constantine a lesser rank. The Emperor Constantine
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The movie the Great Debaters can teach us many things about the value of rhetoric. The dictionary definition of rhetoric is‚ the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion. So a movie that deals with a group of young black college students fighting for rights can teach us a great deal of things. First off these students‚ instead of fighting with riots and their fists used words. They began against the top Negro college in the state of Texas and eventually worked their
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the many challenges was the “great depression” of the 1930’s that brought Americans to their knees. This harsh event swept over the nation with such a devastating and dark cloud that struck great fear and hopelessness into millions of citizen’s hearts‚ an event that will be remembered for many generations. The exact cause that began the entirety of the event is still argued even today‚ but it’s easy to see traces of many events leading and contributing to the great downfall. Among many of the events
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CHAPTER 33 The Great Depression and the New Deal‚ 1933-1939 EXPANDING THE “VARYING VIEWPOINTS” Arthur M. Schlesinger‚ Jr.‚ The Age of Roosevelt: The Coming of the New Deal (1959). A view of the New Deal as a radical transformation: “By bringing to Washington a government determined to govern‚ Roosevelt unlocked new energies in a people who had lost faith‚ not just in government’s ability to meet the economic crisis‚ but almost in the ability of anyone to do anything. The feeling of
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