Market Revolution and its influence to a Multicultural America. Ronald Takaki retells the American history from the bottom up‚ through the lives of many minorities. The stories of many ethnical groups who helped create America’s mighty economy and rich culture‚ in his book‚ A Different Mirror. All these indigenous people were a part of what America is today‚ a more multicultural country. These peoples were looking for a better life‚ and they helped create a concrete backbone for America’s economic
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Being highly familiar with this book and film‚ I can say that the music does work for me while watching the new version of the film. The film is set in the 1920’s in the heat of the roaring twenties. In the book‚ the parties are described as the wildest in all of New York‚ and the music is of a ‘new sophistication”. By choosing music currently popular was a way of emphasizing these erratic parties. This works for me‚ because of the costumes‚ settings‚ dialect‚ etc. setting the time period.
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The 1920’s were an interesting time in U.S. history. Women were exercising more of their rights‚ the prohibition act came into play and crime was on a rise. In The Great Gatsby you can see social break down very clearly throughout the book. The ones that stood out from the rest to me was about the breaking vowels and promises of marriage or friendship. In the book we find two lovely couples driven by the desires of others; so‚ they were torn apart from each other as they broke the binding of marriage
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In the essay‚ Disability by Nancy Mairs‚ a feminist writer who has multiple sclerosis‚ defines the terms in which she will interact with the world. She will name herself--a cripple--and not be named by others. She will choose a word that represents her reality. Nancy Mairs‚ talks about her disease "multiple sclerosis"‚ she is well aware of her disadvantage‚ although she did not choose the disease the disease chose her. Mairs still has a positive attitude about life‚ despite all her limitations
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Theme 2 Was the American Revolution largely a product of market-driven consumer forces? The American Revolution paved the way for democratic rule in nations and ignited the spreading thereof throughout the whole world. Yet events that led up the start of the revolution have been mixed in their significance by historians. Both historians‚ Carl Degler and T.H. Breen agree that the British mercantile system had benefited the colonists‚ allowing them to have comfortable lifestyles. Madaras L‚ SoRelle
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In literature‚ many texts share similar details and themes that show a deep connection between the two works of art. Many texts that have been written show a Gatsby-esque type of connection. By saying something is Gatsby-esque it means that the form of media demonstrates a connection between itself and the themes or issues present in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Of the many works that show this correlation‚ the film “The Natural‚” directed by Barry Levinson‚ depicts a strong relationship
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The book‚ The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ has some wonderful and extravagant lifestyles portrayed between the pages. The are examples of the many forms of life; the rich‚ high class: Daisy‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ and Gatsby; The middle class: Nick; and the Lower‚ blue collar‚ working class: George‚ and Myrtle. They all have their stories of what they came from and what they have become. Some have moved down; others have moved up. This movement may be large‚ it may be petite‚ but in either way they
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Ethan Moran Period 4 Harrell Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Questions- 1) How does the narrator describe Gatsby? – At first the narrator describes him like ”extraordinary gift for hope and a romantic readiness”. 2) From where did the narrator come and why? – The narrator‚ Nick‚ came from the Midwest‚ Minnesota specifically to learn the bond business. 3) Describe the narrators house. - Nick lives a in a small house between two mansions. 4) Describe the Buchanans house. – A gigantic mansion
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Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby begins with an epigraph‚ this epigraph could be interpreted as a poetic device that foreshadows the plot of the novel. “Then wear the gold hat‚ if that will move her...Lover‚ gold-hatted‚ high-bouncing lover..." The poem is a piece of advice that urges the reader to attain wealth for him to gain his love interest’s affections‚ just like Gatsby attained wealth for him to win Daisy’s love. The concept of Gatsby donning a gold hat could be seen as Gatsby putting on his Oxford
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In my opinion the most important theme of The Great Gatsby is Friendship. There are so many friendship’s in this novel and it is important to the readers that there are mysteries going on in between these friendships. Without friendship in this novel there is just wealth and that would make the novel less appealing. There are good friendships‚ such as Nick and Tom‚ and there are not so good friendships‚ such as Tom and Gatsby. Friendship is the main theme in this novel. Nick was Gatsby’s only true
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