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    The American Dream

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    The American dream is sought after and imagined by everyone who comes to America. It is the main reason that people come to America; they come for freedom as well as to one day attain the idea of a perfect American dream. It theoretically symbolizes what you have accomplished in life and what you wish to one day have. In my personal opinion if any person wants come to America to live a life of happiness‚ be released of religious persecution and the freedom to say what you feel‚ then it can be accomplished

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    because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of the Great Gatsby details the rich and American values. The second chapter is where the valley of ashes is introduced. Fitzgerald portrays this landscape in such specific words that helps the reader capture the ambience of the plot. The valley of ashes influences the reader to

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    The American Dream To people all around the world‚ America is known as the land of endless opportunity. However‚ what society does not know about America is that it enables a greedy‚ corrupt and overachieving way of life. Both F.Scott Fitzgerald and Arthur Miller saw this side of America when writing The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman‚ respectively. Both men expose an underhanded America that is driven by the pursuit of power‚ happiness and wealth‚ as well as disloyalty‚ and misrepresentation

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    immoral behavior of the upper class‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ in the beginning of the story seems to be going for the shock value. The books repeats and focuses on how much the rich don’t care for societal norms‚ and shows the reader just what happens when a normal person tries to become like them. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby as an attractive personality that doesn’t bother following the rules if it means achieving his dream. However‚ that isn’t all there is to it; Fitzgerald is also saying

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    ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM • DISCUSS VARIOUS ART AND LITERATURE PIECES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS A FICTION NOVEL WRITTEN IN 1925 BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. ( SCOTT‚ 1925) THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THEMES OF EXPLOITATION‚ FANTASY‚ CONFLICT‚ SOCIAL TURMOIL‚ AND EXCESS. TOGETHER‚ THESE CREATE A PICTURE OF THE ROARING 20’S THAT HAS BEEN LABELED AS AN ADVISORY TALE REGARDING THE AMERICA DREAM. ANY FISH

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    MYTHS AND HEROES DEFINITION : The word myth can make us think of an ancient story about Gods‚ heroes and magic‚ an unfounded notion theme or character embodying an idea. However‚ in our analysis we are dealing more with a popular belief embodying the ideals and institutions of a society. Through two documents‚ a song

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    The American Dream What defines The American Dream? What makes it uniquely “American”? Who can pursue and fulfill this dream? People usually discuss these things when talking about The American Dream since everyone has a different opinion of what it is. Even though people might have varying definitions of what this Dream is‚ there are sure to be some commonalities between them. It does not matter who you are‚ or where you live‚ everyone has the right to pursue this Dream. The American Dream

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    0The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India The Great Gatsby: A Rich Man in India Reasoning for title – story is similar to Great Gatsby. He’s trying to interview the richest man in India‚ but his reputation is very contradicting – fraud or the truth? Tells his story about childhood and how his dad was considered a fraud‚ then he built up the school after his father stepped down. Originally he wanted to do things with cigars‚ then it went South and now he has a real cigar business

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    The Great Gatsby: a linguopoetic analysis of extract 1‚ chapter 1. While reading the given extract for the first time‚ we may think that it is just the description of landscape. Nick Carraway is describing the area where he lives‚ calling it “one of the strangest communities in North America”. To support this idea of strangeness he uses a number of lexical means and synonyms. Thus‚ he defines the island as “slender” and “riotous”‚ attributes that are normally used in connection with some animate

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    Two Symbols from The Great Gatsby and Explain Their Relevance/Significance In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the use of symbols throughout the book is very evident‚ and plays a large role in the book to help convey different underlying meanings. Two of the most apparent symbols in The Great Gatsby are colors‚ including the green light‚ and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes on the billboard in the Valley of the Ashes. Colors symbolize a great deal in The Great Gatsby‚ and different colors

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