story of how I got everything I ever wanted. Well not everything I ever wanted‚ just got away from some goddam people that were insane and got myself a man. Did you know you have a fairy godmother? I had no idea I had one either and she changed my whole damn life around. So let me start from the beginning‚ not the very beginning though because I have got other goddam things to do in my day besides tell a story. Once upon a time‚ there once was a girl named Cinderella and at least that’s what they called
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Mudbound Ain’t We? Post-World War Two‚ the United States of America really developed “The American Dream”. But‚ unfortunately this was a false perception (much like it is today). The reality was that some citizens choose not to live the life style of a suburban house‚ the perfect family‚ and a new car‚ while the rest did not have the means to live this dream. The book “Mudbound” by Hillary Jordan is a great example of how for most‚ this “American Dream” was unachievable. It demonstrates the hardships
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Katha Pollitt’s Argument About Media Being Biased Against Liberals and Allan Levite’s Argument That Media Is Biased Against Conservatives In the nation Katha Pollitt argues in her article "Kissing & Telling" that the media is against liberals‚ and or her views. Allan Levite in his article for the National review‚ "Bias Basics‚" Levite argues that the medial is biased against conservatives. Both authors present arguments with deficiencies. They both have motives to be biased. One of them
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Tom‚ he’d lost most of his so called friends who used to party at his house‚ and he really didn’t have any real friends‚ except for maybe Nick. Nick saw the greatness in Gatsby. He even said to Gatsby‚ "They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together." (154) That would be the last time he spoke to Gatsby. It was sad after
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I am a part of the growing population of people of mixed descent‚ and am both privileged and punished by relating to my Mexican heritage but not resembling the stereotypical Hispanic. Most people aren’t aware‚ even in these times‚ that you can be Hispanic whether you are as white as paper or as dark as its ashes. I have grown up privy to all the privileges of a comfortable lifestyle‚ typically among Caucasians‚ both in my neighborhood and honors classes in my rural town. Yet I am reminded of my heritage
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The role of narrating and editing in The Great Gatsby Nick Caraway. The Narrator. The Editor. Throughout the novel‚ Nick is used in two different ways to tell the story of The Great Gatsby. He is used as the narrator; to over look and to tell the reader what happened in that summer. He is also used as a character in his own story to link all the parts together. As the writer‚ Nick is able to manipulate the reader into thinking and believing that everything he is saying is genuine. He is able to
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Of Mice and Men. Monologue. Curley’s wife. Who do they think they are? Pack of bindle bums! Think they are all so damn good. They don’t know me. They don’t know who i am‚ what i’m about. Who do they think they are treatin me like a kid? Bunch of bindle stiffs! They ain’t no better‚ they ain’t gonna amount to nothin’. Yeah‚ they gotta stupid plan‚ but they ain’t gonna make it. Ha! A stupid dum dum‚ can’t string two words together and make it make sense‚ he’s so stupid! Lousy ol’ sheep. Why
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tell ya I could of went with shows. Not jus’ one‚ neither. An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers…" She was breathless with indignation. "—Sat’iday night. Ever’body out doin’ som’pin’. Ever’body! An’ what am I doin’? Standin’ here talkin’ to a bunch of bindle stiffs—a nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep—an’ likin’ it because they ain’t nobody else." (88-89)This quote from Curley’s wife reveals; it also demonstrates how her dreams did not
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Since the beginning of the world‚ man has been captivated and consumed with one thing: money. And it is not money only‚ it is the accumulation of money‚ and acquiring wealth. This journey brings more than wealth‚ it brings people‚ happiness‚ and freedom. This journey is known today as the American Dream‚ and there is no bigger factor than that of wealth. (Insert thesis statement here) Jay Gatsby wanted to achieve the American Dream‚ much like all people of his day. To accumulate piles and piles and
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In this novel the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out all right at the
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