is used as a symbol to signify the difference between the world as it seems‚ to the world as it really is. The literal reference to the term cat’s cradle comes from a game played with string. When Newt sees this he thinks there’s “nothing but a bunch of X’s between somebody’s hand”(166). But his father told him
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in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place…” (p.15). “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar-room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.” “But not us! An’ why? Because… because I got you to look after me‚ and you got me to look after you‚ and that’s why.” (p.15 – 16). Nearing the
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sort of password file. Now‚ defaultly the passwd file is in the WWWBOARD directory. Most people who run the WWBOARD think to themselves "Hmm... What are the odds of some guy coming along and wanting to hack my WWWBOARD?" Well‚ the odds are pretty damn good. Now‚ when I say hack I mean both just to explore and just to do fun stuff like deleting files. I am not saying deleting files is GOOD‚ but sometimes it is fun. Anyway‚ the passwd file is almost always in the WWWBOARD directory‚ so lets take
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greater. Nick Carraway realizes that although Gatsby is involved in underhanded business dealings and is fixated on money‚ he is a good man at heart. The last time Nick sees Gatsby alive‚ he tells him‚ “They’re a rotten crowd.... You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 162). Gatsby’s romantic view of life may partly be to blame for his inability to achieve his dream. Although he has made his fortune through racketeering and conducting suspicious business deals‚ his heart seems untouched
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A dream is defined as: a fanciful vision of the conscious mind; a fond hope or aspiration; anything so lovely‚ transitory‚ etc. as to seem dreamlike. In the beginning pages of Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby"‚ Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the story gives the audience a glimpse into Gatsby’s idealistic dream which is later disintegrated. "No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest
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According to Nick the advice from his father has caused him “to reserve all judgments”(1) but really‚ throughout the whole novel Nick is judging almost everyone who is a part of new money‚ except of course for Gatsby. Nick says that “Only Gatsby‚ the man who gives his name to this book‚ was exempt from my reaction”(2) this quote alone shows how Nick favors Gatsby throughout the novel. Nick also tells Gatsby that he’s “worth the whole damn bunch put together” (118) referring to the rest of the new money and old
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Every morning‚ India wakes up to brand new stories of scams‚ corruption‚ rape ‚ child deaths and suicide by students or farmers. Over the years‚ we’ve grown so used to this kind of news that we’ve stopped caring‚ if not demur at the crunch in some kind- especially the youth. What Young India Wants plunges into some of the main issues in India with a "youth’s eye-view"(which is the reason why Chetan Bhagat appeals to the youngsters..!) and examine the glitches and dishes out some antidotes to
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After learning about an author and their life‚ a reader of their work can identify whether the piece embodies the author or their life experiences. The second view of the psychoanalytical theory can be applied to The Great Gatsby‚ in which it states that the text and author are related. The Great Gatsby is one of these works‚ since much of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and experiences can be seen through the plot and the nature of specific characters. Through the narrator of the story‚ Nick‚ F. Scott
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don’t know how useful what I know is going to be in a place like this. I am Everdeen St George. My Grandmother who raised me called me Eva Dee. St. George was a famous dragon Slayer. A bunch of stuff about plants‚ animals‚ decay...not a mortician...maybe an...owner of a Curiousities shop....I could put this whole place in my shop I’d make a bundle. I don’t know I’m like an Alchemy‚ or metallurgy student...or I’ve studied it...hmm. Not much else I can recall." She lightly banged the back of her head
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an endless cycle of birth and death‚ creation and destruction. It’s a pattern woven through the vast fabric of space that binds each of these galaxies. Now‚ 1023 m = 10 million km. From this immemorial distance‚ all the galaxies look small‚ a bunch of a
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