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    Conclusion Throughout this paper different conceptions of social mobility were distinguished. The question that has to be finally answered is whether there is any social mobility either in the literature of Jane Austen or in the American dream? The American dream implements all conditions that should determine the possibility of upward social mobility. Equality and same opportunity are the most important ones. The characters in the movie impersonate these traits. Regardless of race or religion everyone

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    What are the alternatives to the western conception of the Nuclear family? The nuclear family is well known conception within the Western world. It consists of 2 adults and 2.4 children. There are many supporters of this traditional family construction‚ and there are many with contrasting arguments who disagree. An alternative to the nuclear family in the west is the extended family. It consists of the traditional nuclear family and added relations such as an aunt‚ or cousin. The been-pole

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    Egg Drop Project By There were five forces that where acting on my container there where gravity‚ inertia‚ air resistance‚ shock‚ and impact. The contraption is trying to lessen the gravity for it would be so light weight that it will glide on the wind and not hit the floor so hard. And it is trying to alter the air resistance force so like I said to try to glide on the wind. Some of the feature of the container was the square block so no matter where it hit it would have the same amount of stuffing

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    BOUNCING EGG Can you Make An Egg Bounce? 1. Question: “Can you make an egg bounce?” • Yes!!!! 2. Materials: hard-boiled eggs‚ white vinegar‚ jar or large cup‚ and water. 3. Procedure: • Soak egg in white vinegar for 24-48 hours until all of the shell is dissolved. • Take the egg from the vinegar and soak it in water overnight. • Take the egg from the vinegar and pat dry with a napkin. lightly drop the egg on a table from two or three feet. 4. Result: The egg does not break

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    giraffe got his long neck. A long time ago before giraffes had long necks they were mid –sized animals with hooved feet and strongly built bodies. People are always curious to know how giraffes got such a long neck and I know of a tale that will tell what happened. One day a giraffe named George was walking along when he smelled his favorite food the Acacia‚ only he couldn’t see it. George looked and looked until he noticed there was a fence blocking his way from finding his food. The fence

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    the Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald Jay gatsby is a dirt poor farmer who took advantage of the prohibition to sell illegal alcohol over the counter to get closer to a long lost love. In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden caulfield is a sixteen year old prep school dropout who goes through life ignoring everyone and hiding his emotions because he will never like anyone as much as his brother. Gatsby is the phonier than holden because gatsby lied about his past‚ his wealth and

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    UNDERSTAND POLITICS THROUGH FILM JOURNAL–THE FORMAT Name of student: Chris Poore                                                                                    Date: November 3‚ 2008 Film Title: The Island                                                                                                 Year: 2005   Author/Screenwriter: Caspian Tredwell-Owen; Alex Kurtzman ; Robert Orci Producer: Michael Bay; Ian Bryce; Walter F. Parkes

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    Name: Modella Studente POW # 1 Broken Eggs Problem Statement: How many eggs were broken? (And is there more than one answer?) Process: Given that she lined them up by twos and one was left over‚ by threes and one was left over‚ by fours and one was left over‚ by fives and one was left over‚ by sixes and one was left over and by sevens and it came out evenly‚ we figure the number had to be a multiple of seven and end in a one or a six. (Anything divisible by five with one left over has to

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    The West Amanda Miranda America was beginning to boom! With the war over and immigrants coming to the land of “freedom” from all over the world‚ people began to adventure to the West. There was a new‚ unsettled land presenting opportunities beyond what anyone could imagine. The west offered natural resources such as gold‚ oil‚ and lumber‚ also it gave hope to freedom and landownership all the while guarding it with dangerous obstacle such as natives‚ disease‚ and drought. The forge west brought

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    Gatsby The very first time Gatsby is introduced in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is by calling him “something gorgeous.”(Fitzgerald 6) The character Gatsby is introduced three different ways throughout the novel. The first time is by calling him gorgeous‚ the second is by daisy‚ and the third is by Nick. Fitzgerald created the character Gatsby to have a mysterious presence throughout the novel. The novel starts out with Nick Carraway‚ a young man from Minnesota‚ as

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