At dawn‚ Nick goes to Gatsby‚ who says that he waited for Daisy until four o’clock‚ but that nothing happened. Nick tells him he should leave before they trace the car‚ but Gatsby doesn’t want to because he doesn’t want to leave Daisy. He tells Nick about how much he loved her when they first met. She was the first girl he wanted to seem worthy to even though he was a penniless young man. Eventually‚ he loved her so much that he started to feel as though they were married. She promised she would
Premium F. Scott Fitzgerald Time The Great Gatsby
(Page 359) Many people died for their country. War often killed many people‚ and left the survivors traumatized by the experience. “The killing started very fast‚ and on a large scale. In August 1914‚ a volunteer for the British army had to be 5 feet 8 inches to enlist. By October‚ the requirement was lowered to 5 feet 5 inches. That month there were thirty thousand casualties‚ and then one could be 5 feet 3. In the first three months of war‚ almost the entire original British army was wiped out.”
Premium World War I World War II United Kingdom
In the 1890’s‚ imperialism became a universally known word. Business understood imperialism as a chance to expand their commerce and extend free trade‚ however‚ laborers understood imperialism as a distraction from the true issues of their needs‚ and the government saw imperialism as a chance to expand on America’s interest. Imperialism meant taking Cuba for the millions of dollars that its trade and land offered. Cuba still lies under the Americans imperialistic rule . While there are effects of
Free Philippines United States Economy of the United States
IB History October 2‚ 2011 Chapter 6 “The Intimately Oppressed” Overview While reading the sixth chapter of Howard Zinn‚ I could not help but notice that the central focus was on women who rebelled against the inequalities women were given post-declaration. My AP History teacher last year‚ Mr. Hall‚ used to commonly use the saying “Now ladies… Sorry to say this but until about seventy years ago‚ you didn’t count for much.” This is a prime example of how the women in the 17th and 18th century
Premium Gender Sociology Woman
Outline of “Drawing the Color Line”‚ chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States p. 23 “. . . that special racial feeling . . . that combination of inferior status and derogatory thought we call racism.” Zinn says we need to understand how racism started in order to see how it might end. Factors that led to U.S. slavery 24 a—“The Virginians needed labor”—to grow food & tobacco 25 b—“They couldn’t force Indians to work for them” c—“White servants
Free Slavery Racism Black people
Study Guide Questions At the betrothal feast‚ Dantes is arrested for being a Bonapartist and a traitor on the basis that a letter he delivered was treasonous. Villefort is the deputy public prosecutor. He is also the son of Nortier‚ a well-known traitor to the king. At first‚ Villefort likes Dantes and likes how honest he is‚ but when Dantes reveals the name of the man the letter was sent to‚ Nortier‚ Villefort cannot let the fact escape and he sentences Dantes to prison. Mercedes wants to find
Premium The Count of Monte Cristo
During his first six years in prison‚ Dantes initially turns to God. He keeps his self together with prayer‚ eventually he got depressed. He is so sick with grief and hopelessness that he finally decides to kill himself by not eating. Just when he’s about to die‚ he hears a scratching sound coming from the other side of his cell. When the jailer comes to give him his dinner‚ Dantes places his dish in a spot where the jailer will be sure to step on it. The dish breaks and the jailer left the entire
Premium Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Virgil
Annie Haunton Dr. Brandon – G Block 305 American Studies 4 September 2015 History as One’s Interpretation In the opening chapter of A People’s History of the United States‚ the author‚ Howard Zinn‚ admits that he abandons neutrality and presents bias in order to tell the history of the United States from the victim’s perspective. Howard Zinn is a well-known historian and author‚ who has authored dozens of historical books and articles including You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train and A People’s
Premium United States History Race
Zinn Chapter 1- Study questions 1. Howard Zinn explains that his purpose as a historian and his purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States‚ is to tell history from the view points of the forgotten members of history‚ such as the Cubans during the Spanish-American War. 2. Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11 talks about how history only tells itself from the viewpoint of the rulers and victors. Zinn’s goal is to tell about history from the viewpoint of the victims‚ such as the fate of the
Premium Slavery Atlantic slave trade
Chapter 8: Reporting and interpreting cost of sales and inventory 8.1 Estimate the amount of inventories that your company purchased and produced during the current year. (Hint: use the cost of sales equation.) For the amount of inventories that Loblaw purchased and produced during the current year‚ we need to find the purchases of the period by using the equation of the cost of sales (BI + P – EI = COS). In the report‚ we can find the cost of sales (24 185 million) that we add to the ending
Premium Inventory Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles