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    to its bare skin and bones‚ is all about prosperity and the relentless pursuit of happiness through material possessions. However‚ what does the dream evolve into once the ideals and goals have been fulfilled? The protagonist of Fitzgerald’s novel‚ Jay Gatsby‚ receives a first hand lesson that the fulfillment of those ideologies rarely leads to inner happiness. A strive for fulfillment may parallel directly to a never ending cycle‚ in which greed overtakes happiness‚ and one where an individual reaches

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    A Long Way Gone Themes

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    First-world children spend summer days playing with friends or vacationing with their families. But only an ocean away‚ children as young as ten are forced to kill each other as brainwashed soldiers in morally reprehensible political conflicts. “A Long Way Gone” is Ishmael Beah’s account of his life as a child soldier in the ongoing Somali Civil War. In it‚ he uses simple language and graphic details to provoke strong emotions in the reader‚ and hopefully move them to action. His story is one fraught with

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    may not really be as they seem. When a man such as Jay Gatsby seems like he has his whole life figured out‚ he is really at the starting line trying to fulfill his American dream. However‚ when things are not looking so bright in Willy Loman’s business and family situations‚ Willy is looking for all the negatives instead of focusing on the positives. Willy Loman from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a more successful character compared to Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

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    Bran Stefan Decode Jay Z

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    young market‚ the main group of internet users‚ all around the world. 2. The promotion methods used in Bing are Mass Selling‚ targeting a large market in different cities worldwide. Advertising was the main form of selling in this case‚ Droga5 placed Jay Z’s book pages from billboards to unique collectable items with the Bing logo. Sales promotion‚ by creating an integrated online game that included the use of Bing searching maps to assemble “Decoded” book digitally. The marketing company’s publicity

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    Donovan Persaud American Dollars Doesn’t Grow On Trees Do American Dollars really grow on trees? If they do‚ how does it grow? If not‚ why? American dollars does not grow on trees‚ we earn them. American Dollars draw attention of consumers because of financial‚ market‚ and language. To begin with‚ financial products draw attention of consumers. In Joseph Turow’s article‚ Targeting a New World‚ he states that in order to aim at package of individuals or groups of people that would make them useful

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    Heroes are ordinary people who choose to do the extraordinary. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional novel set in the 1920’s The Great Gatsby the protagonist Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero. Jay Gatsby has three noticeable characteristics: a tragic flaw‚ is responsible for his own downfall‚ and is from noble birth. Therefore‚ in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920 book The Great Gatsby the protagonist is a tragic hero. As a result of Gatsby having a tragic flaw he is a tragic hero. Gatsby is incapable of letting

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    Long Way Gone Identity

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    “An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experiences” - (James Baldwin). One’s identity can be shaped by many things including people and experiences. In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ Ishmael’s identity was also shaped by the people around him and his experiences. Ishmael lost his family and was forced to become a ruthless killer at a young age. He was also forced to leave the country he loved because he was too afraid to rejoin the fight. In

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    cultural or social factors‚ and are therefore the products of socialization or to what extent gender differences are due to biological and physiological differences. Therefore this essay will talk about the controversial gender roles of the characters of Gone with the wind based on their femininity‚ masculinity behaviors. Femininity and masculinity are a set of behaviors‚ and roles associated with gender. According to Aaron Devor in his article Gender Role Behaviors and attitudes‚ the characteristics of

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    Life after Gatsby "Alternative Ending" What would life have been like for the people who had an emotional connection to Gatsby? After his death‚ only a few people were affected. Nick would have benefited from Gatsby’s company as a friend and as a colleague‚ considering the emotional ties they had between themselves. Gatsby’s life would have turned out how the reader and Gatsby pictured; Daisy wouldn’t have any complaints‚ she would have had exactly the guy she had dreamed of. Even though

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    INTRODUCTION R edemption is the focus of the passages‚ and both authors have different views. Lossky portrays a biblical‚ orthodox and concise description of the suffering and death of Jesus‚ who defeats the law of sin and death‚ so reconciliation between man and God is possible. The focus merely on suffering and death portrays the passage as mainly pessimistic. The Gilkey passage is subjective and explanatory. Gilkey asserts the Hellenic method of salvation by living a ‘perfect’ life as impossible

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