Course Date Why Gatsby is great One of the outstanding pieces of classic American literature that many admire to read‚ especially in high school‚ is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The whole story detailed in this book took place during summer in a small town in Long Island. Fitzgerald details on issues of romance‚ wealth‚ adventure‚ American dream in order to attract the reader’s attention and take them back to the Jazz Age of the twenties. The most interesting concern arising from this book
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World War I had brought not only negative outcomes. The positive results of war were seen in the resistance against authoritarianism and colonialism‚ the extension of rights to some women and men in different
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Malcom X was a civil rights leader for the nation of Islam. The assassination of Malcom x was justified because members of the nation of Islam saw Malcom as a threat after his departure and many thought Malcom X’s way of protest was dangerous and put many lives in danger. However Malcom was a man who fought for blacks to be the superior race “at any means necessary.” After Malcom was released from jail he went to the nation of Islam to work with their leader Muhammed. Malcom later became a minister
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Great Britain 1860 - 1910 Military During the time period of 1860-1910 Great Britain were involved in numerous wars for example The Boer war‚ The Battle of Atbara‚ The Battle of Omdurman‚ and The Zulu war. The Boer war‚ 1899-1902 was a battle which took place in Africa. By the 1890’s British imperialists felt the two states obstructed complete British control of South Africa and threatened the security of the route to the East. The British commander-in-chief‚ Buller‚ countered by
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During the 1800s‚ Great Britain was facing a crisis as there was a war with France looming over them. Along with this crisis‚ Great Britain was facing conflicts with the United States. Great Britain was in a difficult situation as war broke out against France. At the same time‚ the United States was looking for a "Second Independence" as they were trying to finally prove their independence from The British Empire. Great Britain faced more serious matters with France as they were trying to stay free
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American colonists were patriots because they wanted to gain their independence from Britain; American citizens would see them as patriots because they formed this country. The American colonists thoroughly disapproved with being ruled and taxed. The colonists felt unfairly taxed‚ watched over‚ and ignored in their attempts to address grievances. Religious issues rose‚ and economics were the essence of many issues. The colonist didn’t pay near as much taxed as the people that lived-in Britain‚ colonists
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extent‚ advances in industrialization had an impact on Great Britain in the 19th century. The industrial revolution was the transition to a new manufacturing process from about 1760 to somewhere in between 1820 and 1840. It included going from hand production to machine production‚ improved water power efficiency and improved steam power efficiency. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain‚ and some of the most important technological advances were British. The Industrial Revolution shaped the world
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Explain why Great Britain followed a policy of appeasement toward Germany in the 1930s? The appeasement policy‚ which can be defined as a diplomatic policy that hopes of preventing war by making concessions to an aggressor‚ was displayed by Great Britain towards Germany in the preface to World War II. However‚ it proved to be a spectacular failure‚ because leaders of the countries that were being appeased were taking advantages of these policies and were building up their own power since other
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Literature During the Victorian Age of Great Britain Victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901 - the Victorian era‚ her reign‚ the longest in English history). It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century. The 19th century saw the novel become the leading form of literature in English. The works by pre-Victorian writers such as Jane Austen and Walter Scott had
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There was an industrial revolution in Britain because of many factors. An industrial revolution means the change of the whole industry in a country. This change affected all that was in the country and was mostly improvements that were made. Usually‚ production rate of many things increase due to maybe the demands of people are getting higher‚ or the population is increasing dramatically. The Industrial in Britain was caused by the increase of population‚ the increase of production (food/farming)
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