The Great Gatsby begins when our narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ explaining his morals and why he is where he is. He goes about explaining how he met a man named Gatsby when he was living in West Egg near New York. Nick’s moral objections to Gatsby do not intervene in his relationship with him as his interest in Gatsby grows. Though Gatsby is in the underground business of bootlegging alcohol and hopes Nick’s married cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ will leave her husband‚ Tom‚ and life with him in his huge mansion
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Transcontinental Railroad Jeff Neukirch History 101 American History to 1877 Dr. Kimberly Weathers 26 June 2012 The Impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad On May 10‚ 1869 as the “Last Spike” struck by Leland Stanford now connected the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads across the United States at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory. The transcontinental railroads now complete and America is now destined to move to the forefront of the world’s stage. This new railroad system encouraged
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century‚ it was a man’s world. The career field was dominated by powerful and famous men‚ until one woman stepped into the scene. Amelia Mary Earhart was a female aviator that forever changed the world’s view on women in the working world. Born on July 24‚ 1897 in Atcheson‚ Kansas‚ Amelia grew up with a supportive family and a lifelong desire of adventure. Her family moved to Chicago‚ and she graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1915. And from then on‚ began her road to fame. Earhart was one of the
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Milton Hershey once said “Give them quality. That’s the best kind of advertising in the world” (“Milton Hershey Biography 1”). He was determined to have his chocolate made with the best quality‚ so that one day his products would be all over the world. As a child‚ Milton Hershey faced many obstacles. By the age of ten‚ his father was barely involved in his life. Without his father‚ Milton helped out his mom by taking a confectioner apprentice job and fell in love with the idea of making candy. He
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life was a time of excess wealth and materialism. The 1920’s‚ for some‚ was a decade filled with the best of everything money could afford and the Stock Market Crash of 1929 drastically altered many Americans view on life. Writers of the 1920s like Fitzgerald became disillusioned and rejected the ideas of social class and materialism. Because of his fall from prosperity‚ the characters in his stories usually resemble his own life. As a child and as a young adult Fitzgerald
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previously worn. This was partially because of the increasing number of women in the workforce due to the large numbers of men who were sent to fight in WWI. Women also become more active consumers as city life boomed. From dresses to make up‚ women were buying much more in both local stores and big department brands. Unfortunately‚ the campaign for women’s rights dwindled as the depression rose. After gaining the right to vote‚ many women felt the need for women’s movements was gone. With this attitude
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The Great Awakening was a time period between the 1730s and the 1750s in which colonists once again became wildly interested in religion. The newfound interest in faith became the driving force behind many of their plans‚ such as some of the universities that were created during that time. The Great Awakening united the colonists under the same idea and eventually led to a desire for independence from England. It encouraged the spread of religion‚ inspired the beginnings of an American Identity‚
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appliances and loose morals that reincarnated the ‘American Dream’ to comprise much more than its original pledge for ‘life‚ liberty and the pursuit of land’. Fitzgerald’s infamous stance on the American Dream thematically appears throughout ‘The Great Gatsby’ where a tactful succession of language and characterisation critiques America’s supposed illusory nature of wealth. Ironically‚ as cousin to the author of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’‚ Fitzgerald’s views followed a far less patriotic route‚ on
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More Money‚ More Problems: An Analysis of The Great Gatsby (Draft) Can money buy happiness? This age old question is a recurring theme in the novel The Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel we see that wealth creates loneliness‚ isolation and corruption in people. Through the examination of the main character’s behaviours present in The Great Gatsby‚ it is clear that wealth negatively impacts people. First of all‚ Gatsby’s amount of wealth causes him to be isolated from others. Nick observes this
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this patching up were: Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and William Faulkner. Each of the authors provided an original insight to the problem that was shocked the world‚ and in each of their respected works‚ they helped identify the problem in which they saw the death of the ideology and the different
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