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    Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes that the misconception of wealth being profoundly good often leads to an unsatisfactory life in his book The Great Gatsby. Tom and Daisy Buchanan serve as examples of how fleeting prioritizing wealth is. When presented a choice between marrying Gatsby for love and marrying Tom for money‚ Daisy chooses the immediate gratification that Tom’s wealth promises. Tom’s marital devotion proves to be only paper deep‚ and Daisy is forced to raise

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    Fitzgerald depicts the theme of The “American Dream” is corrupted by the desire of wealth using the literary devices and/or techniques of symbolism‚ imagery‚ and juxtaposition. In each chapter‚ James Gatz (Gatsby)‚ Tom and Daisy Buchanan exploits their desires; however‚ the desire of money can disrupt their dreams. In the beginning‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of The “American Dream” is corrupted by the desire of wealth using the literary device of symbolism. At the end of chapter one‚ Gatsby looks

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    Virtue: The Acquiring of Wealth Towards the beginning of the Meno dialogue‚ Meno discusses one definition of virtue as “the acquisition of gold and silver.” In simpler terms‚ Meno claims that the acquisition of wealth is known as virtue because it is a good thing. Socrates brings up the argument that acquisition of wealth cannot be virtue‚ even though It provides good things‚ if it isn’t accompanied by justice‚ moderation or piety in some form or another. This statement made by Socrates appeals

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    "The Cruible” written by Arthur Miller portrays how power can destroy people’s life‚ if it falls into the wrong hands. In the town of Salem‚ power is never seen in a single person’s hand consistently at any time. it shifts from one person to another. Starting from Reverend parris‚ for being the one chosen by god to serve people with Christianity‚ he thinks he is higher in power then all the others who live in Salem. Salem is a small place with a small population. people believe in witchcraft and

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    Health is wealth short speech You can add these points on your speech: Undoubtedly‚ health is better than wealth. But nowadays‚ many of us live sedentary lives. We come to school and remain seated most of the time for our lesson. When we go home‚ we spend a lot of time watching television or doing our revision. After a long time‚ we will suffer health problems. If you want to live a longer life‚ health care should be your own responsibility. Firstly‚ we should get a balanced diet every day. A balanced

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    post some comments. Best regards‚ Health is more important than wealth. Let consider‚ health is the necessary condition while wealth is the sufficient condition. We need both of them ‚ in order to live happily . Bus as you can see‚ the necessary condition is always more important. A certain fact is that we can’t buy health with money. Today‚ there are still some deseases which have no cure . wealth doesn’t always make life more healthy and happily . If you are a billionair‚ you

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    Wealth is what everyone seeks to achieve the happiness that he hoped for with the luxurious lifestyle. To the extent of blindly repeating words of forgiveness in the name of God to simply earn that wealth became the Pardoner’s daily routine. Much like a devil hidden behind the mask of a savior‚ the Pardoner preaches the very idea of forgiveness that he does not believe in or even takes any interest in. As he is blinded by the avarice for money‚ the Pardoner is characterized as fraudulent yet charismatic

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    “The Gospel of Wealth” was written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889. He was one of the richest men in American during the Gilded Age. Carnegie had a strong belief that wealthy people should spend their money to benefit the society while they were still alive. He said “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”  First and foremost‚ wealthy men had more advantages in the life to enlarge their wealth as well as to share it to the society. They were talent people with a strong ability to work hard in order

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    What principles of political economy did Adam Smith set out in the ’Wealth of Nations’? Adam Smith believed solely the market operates in accordance to the wishes and decisions of free individuals. Smith put forward the theory of the ’economic man’‚ he used this notion to describe human beings as being essentially egotistical and bent on material acquisition. Smith set out in the ’Wealth of Nations’ that there is a natural ’harmony of interest’ between individuals in the market. In his famous notion

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    working class to have a rough employment and living conditions‚ but the higher‚ richer class benefitted with improved living conditions. Irregularity was happening within the social lives‚ the employment‚ and the finances of the people. Andrew Carnegie Wealth and Its Uses 1907 provides a more accurate view of industrialization and its effects because the world during the Industrial Revolution could not

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