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Jay Gatsby American Dream
482 words
The characters in The Great Gatsby illustrate
that, by the 1920 s, the American Dream is
deteriorating. Through symbolism, F. Scott
Fitzgerald shows that the lost generation brought
with it the deterioration of the American Dream.
Immigrants from all over the world, at the
beginning of the twentieth century, came to
America with the hopes of establishing new lives
different from the way they lived in Europe and
other parts of the world. America was that land
where anything was possible. People w...
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Year Old Girl Reader Feels
1,053 words
Writers use diction and tone to express their work
in the form of which they wish their reader to
understand it. Tone is the author s attitude
toward the reader or the people, places or events
in a work as exposed by the author s style.
Diction is a writer s choice of words, phrases,
sentence structures, and figurative language,
which combined with tone help to create meaning.
In Audre Lorde s Hanging Fire, Lorde used informal
diction with a serious tone to illustrate the
frustrations of a fourt...
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Joseph Conrad Women Are Treated
1,516 words
Part I In the novel, Second Class Citizen, the
main character, Adah, is a strong, Nigerian women
who faces sexism from within her own culture since
she was born. She explains, ? She was a girl who
had arrived when everyone was expecting and
predicting a boy She was so insignificant?
(Emecheta 7). In the Ibo culture that Adah grew up
in, being a girl was looked down upon. Giving
birth to a boy was a major accomplishment, whereas
giving birth to a girl was an equally major
disappointment. Girls we...
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End Of The Book Part Of The Book
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The Life and Childhood of Huckleberry Finn In the
book Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck does not
have a childhood because he is forced to grow up
without any moral guidance and forced to fend for
himself in the world. In this essay I will cover
Huck s growth from the start of the book, Huck s
life on the river, and the ending of the book when
he meets back with Tom Sawyer and realizes that he
has outgrown his childhood buddy and is ready to
move on. At the beginning of the book Huckleberry
F...
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Day After Day Human Nature
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Human Nature in Maxine Kumin s Woodchucks Maxine s
Kumin s Woodchucks is a literal description a sort
of woodchuck hunt in her garden. Through further
examination of her words, one can sense her
suggestions about human nature. With her use of
tone, the reader can observe a change in her
demeanor from stanza to stanza. In the poem, the
author is pestered by woodchucks that are eating
and destroying her garden. At first, she attempts
to kill them by purchasing cyanide gas. This
attempt fails and t...
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Oscar Chopin Kate Chopin
676 words
Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, in
Missouri. Her father had two sons from his first
marriage, and three daughters in his second.
Chopin's sisters died in infancy, and her older
brothers died in their twenties. Her father died
in a train accident when she was very young.
Chopin lived with her mother, grandmother, and
great- grandmother before attending a Catholic
boarding school. She grew up surrounded by
unconventional, independent women, and performed
well in school with the blessing ...
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Reality Quot Rose Garden
1,177 words
In I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN we see how
one mans reality is not necessarily that of
another mans reality. We as humans do not think
exactly the same we all think in a different way,
these distinctions will be proven. By seeing into
the mind of the main character and comparing her
thoughts to the people around her, the thesis will
be proven. We are all guilty of retreating into
some sort of lunacy, we all are guilty of talking
to our selves; this sort of deportment will send
some mixed m...
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Type Of Message Important Role
846 words
Essay # 1 Gesture has played a very crucial role
in the development of modern art. The gestures
alone can tell us which time period a painting is
from. In such paintings like, The Night Cafe and
The Scream, gesture shows us what kind of message
we should be getting when observing the paintings.
The gesture shows us how we are supposed to be
feeling, agitated and having a sense of isolation
and fear. In many other works of art gesture has
played a very important role. It tells us what the
artist ...
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Stage Directions Eddie Rodolpho
650 words
It is evident from the beginning of this extract
that the character of Rodolpho plays a key part in
how the story unfurls and how the characters
relationships progress. The two brothers are
newcomers to the well-established community and
have to tread carefully and politely with their
hosts. Rodolpho is more outgoing, forward and
jovial and is quick to strike up a conversation.
He always shows deference towards his older
brother in how he looks for a nod of permission
before doing anything, or h...
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Notices A Small Deliverance And Tommy Doll
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A thirty-year-old detective-novelist living in
southern California named Tommy Phan is on top if
the world. He had just purchased a brand new
Corvette and is living his fantasy of living the
American dream. On his way home he calls his
mother to inform her of his new toy. After feeling
guilty about the conversation, because he is
living his dream and not living with his family
and working at the family business. On his way
home he stops at a diner to get something to eat
he meets a young blond. ...
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Lady Macbeth Macbeth Character
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Acts I and II Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo are
all tempted with the witches? prophecies. Horrid
images immediately begin to invade the minds of
these three characters. However, it is their
responses to this and the choices they make that
distinguish them from one another and ultimately
change lives forever. Macbeth and Banquo respond
to the witches? predictions in different ways.
Banquo is very skeptical. Although he begs for
their prophecy of his future, he is not so taken
with their revela...
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Physical Activity Daily Routine
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to their being a couch potato. On the other hand,
people who incorporate physical activity into
their daily lives can be considered an exerciser.
With today? s technology it is very easy for a
person to become a couch potato. Many occupations,
including going to school, involve hours of
sitting. People drive everywhere, ride elevators,
and hire others to do physical work around the
home. It seems that everything is automated and
requires little energy from a person body. For
example, a remote co...
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Violence On Television Violent Crimes
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VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION, MOVIES, AND VIDEO GAMES:
The wrong explanation Television, movies, and
video games have a great influence on the minds of
today? s youth. But, what exactly are the effects
of such an influence? Certain people have
exaggerated the effects that these media have on
today? s youth. Many people, including government
officials, have singled out these three media
sources as the cause of some types of violence
simply because it is an easy target for laying the
blame. The truth is...
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Elizabeth Bennet Quick Witted One
356 words
Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen
Type of Work: Study of manners Setting: Rural
England; early nineteenth century Select four
major characters and explain why each is important
in the work you read (at least one full paragraph
for each character). Elizabeth Bennet The novels
protagonist. The second daughter of a landed
gentleman in the village of Longbourn, she is the
most intelligent and sensible of the Bennet
sisters. She is well-read and quick-witted, and
has a tongue that is som...
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Live A Life Monks
224 words
Buddha Quick Look- Quick Look- Buddha taught that
in order to live a life that is free from pain and
suffering people must eliminate any attachments to
worldly goods. Only then will they gain a kind of
peace and happiness. They must rid themselves of
greed, hatred, and ignorance. They strive to
cultivate four attitudes, loving-kindness,
compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. The
basic moral code prohibits killing, stealing,
harmful language, sexual misbehavior, and the use
of intoxicants. ...
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Curleys Wife Turning Point
1,697 words
George is described as small and quick, dark of
face, with restless eyes and sharp strong
features, which immediately draws contrast with
Lennie, demonstrating that where Lennie is simple
and slow, George is more mentally able and has a
dominant position in their relationship. Because
of his r? le of Lennie's carer, and hence that
much of Georges conversation is about Lennie, we
learn little about him through his actual
conversations with people. His only extended
meaningful conversations are wi...
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Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Stephen Cranes
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Cranes Use of Ironic Symbolism in The Bride Comes
to Yellow Sky Stephen Cranes The Bride Comes to
Yellow Sky, as well as his other Western stories,
owe much to Mark Twain's approach to the West.
According to Eric Solomon, both authors used humor
to comment on the flaws of traditional fictional
processes (237). While employing parody of the
Western literary tradition, Crane also uses
realism to depict the influence of the East on the
West. In The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, Stephen
Crane uses symb...
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Gender Stratification Traditionally Male
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Male dominance has been prevalent since the
earliest records of man, because of this; women in
most societies have been at a disadvantage in most
aspects in life. Since the industrial revolution
the importance of the traditional' farm household
activities of women, like agriculture and
textiles, have long been taken over by factories.
Since most men now work away from home, the basic
lower-status housework has been solely put upon
the women. This division of labor caused even more
dominance over...
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Sonny Blues Heroin Addict
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? Sonny? s Blues Sounds INTRODUCTION? Sonny? s
Blues? starts off by not informing the reader much
about the characters which will be presented in
the story. However, the author does have an
interesting way of beginning the story, for after
reading the first two opening lines: ? I read it
in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I
read it, and I couldn? t believe it, and I read it
again? , it enables readers to continue on with
the story, so to help them understand the
significance of thos...
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Mood Swings Taking Steroids
527 words
Steroids: The Easy Way To Destruction Athletes use
of steroids is very popular these days, but even
though steroids do produce quick gains in muscle
size, they also have some very serious side
effects. After long-term use, steroids can cause a
change in behavior, a decrease in the bodys
natural hormone production, and most seriously of
all, addiction. One very noticeable characteristic
of steroids use is a great chance in the behavior
of the user. The major behavioral change is an
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