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    deceits carry the The Great Gatsby. Forbidden love‚ lust‚seduction‚duplicity and evil consume the lives of the men and women in the book. The whole book seems to be based upon lies and deceit. First Gatsby is very mysterious and has lies about his life and how he came into his money. Second everybody is cheating on their spouses and they all kinda have a idea that its going on. This could play a role or let us in on a side of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s life‚ Did he have an affair? or was he cheated on?.

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    first English settlement in America England was their mother country which is a country you are originally from. This was in the Spring of 1607 according to the (Background essay). When they came to this land they were full of hopes. They were all hopeful because they believed the land to be full of riches. They also expected a hidden trade route to China. They wanted to teach Christianity to the native population. Nearly 80% of the colonists who arrived in Jamestown are dead. What they wanted to

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    Cashless settlement Nowadays‚ a lot of settlements are being made without using any coins or paper money. With the increasing progress of technology‚ goods and services can be paid with cash cards or over the internet. There are several options the costumer can use to pay for a purchase. Credit cards A credit card is a card issued by a financial company giving the holder the opportunity to borrow money or buy products or services on credit. The credit card provider sets a credit limit after approving

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    The Great Depression marked a tumultuous period in American history. Burdened by an extreme economic collapse the country struggled to regain its financial footing. Americans were forced to rely on the government for answered on how to reshape social‚ economic‚ and political practices that led the country down a road to ruin. Over the next several years following the depression the government established a number of experimental programs aimed at creating jobs and providing support to those who were

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    crowned himself emperor of France in 1804. No one in his family was ever royal‚ so therefore‚ he had to learn everything on his own. For someone who had no experience with the throne‚ he was a pretty great leader. There are many debates on whether Napoleon should be called the “great” or not. This is exactly what is going to be talked about in this paper. The reason why people want him to be called the “great” is because of all of the great things he did for France. Other

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    Woodberry‚ Hijiri Ms. Bralock American Literature February 13‚ 2015 Cornel West Cornel West‚ Ph.D.‚ is an American philosopher that was born on July 2‚ 1953. He is involved politically with the Democratic Socialists‚ and teaches in the Department of Religion and African American Studies. Cornel West is sometimes referred as a “non-Marxist socialist” and is one of the most famous and popular African American intellectuals in the United States. He wrote the bestseller book Race Matters

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    The goal of the Crusade was to win Jerusalem back from the Muslims. The Crusaders knew it would be impossible to control and take over the city surrounded by the Muslims who thought the city was sacred to them and belonged to them. “To conquer and have the power over Jerusalem‚ the Crusaders had to attack and control the surrounding territories in Syria‚ Lebanon‚ and Palestine‚ including the important cities‚ Edessa‚ Antioch and Acre”. At first‚ the crusaders were successful. They captured land around

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    American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their

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    George Washington was a great person. He was the only person who could have held the army together and keep them from quitting. George Washington kept his military from quitting and he led the country to victory in the Revolutionary War. He was appointed the first president of the United States of America. His generals originally wanted to call him king but he refused because he thought that if he was named king then they would have accomplished nothing so he made them call him President. George

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    Felicie von Trebra Lindenau                                                                                     04/12/2015  The Great Gatsby ​                                                                                                    E Block  Mr.Carter    English III : American Literature        An unbroken series of succesful gestures :           The Great Gatsby has some really interesting facts about women in the days of the 20’s. The  most significant and  relevant women in this book are Daisy Buchanan

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