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    Gone in 60 Seconds

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    Good morning/afternoon my fellow crime fiction fans and we are here gathered today at the crime fiction convention. I have been given the opportunity to be here and talk to you about the crime movie Gone in 60 Seconds. The movie I will be discussing is a remake of the 1974 of the same name and was directed by Henri Halicki. The remake does not have the exact same plot‚ because in the original movie the protagonist and his crew stole the cars only for cold hard cash. In the remake‚ however‚ the

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    How Is Jay Gatsby Selfish

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    Gatsby‚ Nick Carroway stumbles his way into a situation beyond repair between three lovers and past memories in the high class society of East and West Egg near the coast of New York. Longing to be accepted into the East egg society‚ the WWI veteran Jay Gatsby‚ formerly known as James Gatz‚ moved to a house near Nick’s in an effort to reinvent himself‚ which Fitzgerald used to eventually orchestrate Gatsby’s role as the overarching mystery of the story. Since the beginning‚ Gatsby was placed as a bootlegger

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is a rich man originally from North Dakota. Before fighting in World War I‚ he meets a young girl named Daisy‚ and the two fall in love. Daisy says she will wait for him‚ but marries Tom Buchanan and moves to Long Island‚ New York. This prompts Gatsby to relocate to West Egg in Long Island to be close to Daisy. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ reveals that Gatsby acquired his wealth dishonestly and harbors an unhealthy obsession

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    Adventure Gone Wrong

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    Adventure Gone Wrong When I was a child there was nothing more I loved then creating an adventure within my own backyard and mind. I pretended to navigate through the woods as Sacajawea did when she traveled thousands of miles with the expedition of Lewis and Clark. My favorite adventures included abandon hunting shacks or forts in the woods. I would use these forts as shelter and create my own town around them. The best forts were always the oldest and most decapitated ones‚ the ones that looked

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    Jay Gatsby’s Tragic Fall In The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ he mocks the American dream and what it stands for. Fitzgerald utilized the character of Jay Gatsby to achieve his effectiveness in the novel‚ presented to us as a noble man with an outstanding persona. That throughout the book destroys himself with the strength of his own two hands. Without a doubt‚ Gatsby possesses the qualities of a modern tragic hero. In The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald he portrays Jay Gatsby as a modern

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    Gone with the Wind has been listed as the second most popular book read by Americans‚ only second to the Bible. It is possible to say that the movie from 1939‚ starring Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable‚ is easily just as popular. What sets this film apart from other historical fictions is its presentation. Gone with the Wind is unique in that it shows the Civil War‚ and the events that follow‚ from the Great Southern perspective. What may stand out more to history buffs as unique is the telling of the

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    Betrayal In Gone Girl

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    dictionary is‚ “Putting loyalty in someone‚ and them turning theirs on you. Friends stabbing you in the back. The most hurtful thing anyone can do.” We will narrow it down a bit by focusing on adult betrayal. Between personal interviews and the movie Gone Girl‚ betrayal not only affects you and the other person‚ but your body and even the time and space around you. One interview lead to expressions of betrayal by her own mother. It was expressed that the actions were terrible‚ but the idea of this

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    Does Nobel Grow on Trees?

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    DOES NOBEL GROW ON TREES? While broadcasting a speech‚ the Prime Minister addressed the nation that money does not grow on trees. It appears that this is a favourite phrase used by our Prime Minister. In fact‚ on an earlier occasion‚ he said in the same language when a delegation from Odisha approached him for more grants. Now perhaps the Prime Minister has got a unique opportunity to pose a question in a similar vein‚ “Does Nobel Grow on trees?” The centenary session of the Science Congress

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    The message behind my art project‚ Sweet Trees‚ was created to show the negative side of industrialization. Technological advancements have caused people to turn a blind eye to the natural world around them. Many people do not realize the significance of the gifts nature provides‚ because they are too busy causing destruction. It is crucial that people make alterations to their daily lives because if humans do not change their industrial ways of life‚ environmental problems will continue to intensify

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    Jееna Tijеrina Mrs. Linda Ramon AP-еnglish III Dеcеmbеr 18‚ 2014 A Psychoanalysis of Jay Gatsby A pеrsonal analysis of Jay Gatsby‘s pеrsonality shows that hе is a pathological narcissist. Thе thеmеs of pеrfеction and omnipotеncе in Gatsby‘s charactеr arе classic symptoms of narcissism‚ in which thе “еgo-idеal” has bеcomе inflatеd and dеstructivе. Gatsby‘s grandiosе liеs‚ poor sеnsе of rеality‚ sеnsе of еntitlеmеnt‚ and еxploitivе trеatmеnt of othеrs offеr furthеr еvidеncе for this thеory. In a pеrson

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