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American Dream in the Great Gatsby
th of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby The American Dream embodies the belief that each person can succeed in life on the basis of his own skills and effort. This idea awakes and develops during the 18th and 19th centuries - a period of fast development in the United States. The issues of growth, progress and money become a major theme in American society, which is why Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was written and set in the 1920’s, a decade known as the “Jazz Age.” Fitzgerald described it as a time when “the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser.” 1 It was just after the 1st World War and the young generation began to rebel. The young women (known as the flappers) would have their hair styled into
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All Quiet on the Western Front: War and Authority Corruption
“All Quiet On The Western Front: War and Authority Corruption” It is always easier to say how you would respond to war while looking upon it as an outsider who has seen little outside of movies and pictures. We tell ourselves “I could never imagine doing that“, or “How could any human be so corrupt?” That is what we say, but I wonder what those same men said just prior to their war time experience.
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Inter-War Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone’s Fontamara
Inter-war Italy: The Fascist Appeal and Socially Detrimental Effects in Ignazio Silone's Fontamara There are people in the world who base their knowledge of the past on what they read in novels. As media influences peoples' perception of history, we must analyze how authors depict landmark events to understand why some people have perverted interpretations of the past. While some texts distort history, Ignazio Silone's Fontamara is a fictional tale of a village in southern
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Star Wars and Its Buzz Marketing Campaign
I. Introduction Word-of-mouth advertising is often referred to as one of the most important sources of information for a consumer because it allows them to connect on a personal level instead of feeling pressured from a distant and calculated marketing pitch by an advertiser. Ironically, this form of "advertising" is not paid for, whereas advertisers usually pay for their advertisements. Word-of-mouth and buzz marketing can often be related in many ways because they are both
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How Multiple Incidents Develop the Plot Line in the Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly wrote many novels as well as short stories. One of his best known works is The Great Gatsby. In the novel, the main character Jay Gatsby tries to obtain his lifetime dreams: wealth and Daisy Buchanan. Throughout the story, he works at achieving his goals while overcoming many obstacles. Fitzgerald’s plot line relies heavily on accidents, carelessness, and misconceptions, which ultimately reveal the basic themes in the story. During the book,
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Alexander the Great
"It is a lovely thing to live with great courage and die leaving an everlasting fame." Alexander The Great Long before the birth of Christ, the land directly above what we know as Greece today, was called Macedonia. Macedonia still exists, but it is now Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and modern Greece. Macedonia was considered to be part of ancient Greece, but the people of these two countries couldn't be more different. No people in history ever
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World War 2
World War 2 World War 2 was a conflict between the Allied Powers that consisted of United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, Republic of China, Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Norway, Greece, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Philippines, Brazil, and more. While the Axis Power which consisted of Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland, Croatia, Slovakia, Thailand and others. There were many causes like the German taking over of
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What Makes a Hero? a Comparison Between the Great Gatsby and American Beauty, with Reference to Author’s Context and the Corruption of the American Dream.
How does one define a hero? is he someone who rescues single mothers from burning buildings? Is he someone who chases his dream no matter the consequences? Is he someone who reaches ultimate fulfillment with his life? Is he merely the main character in a piece of literature? F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" both explore these questions in a variety of different ways and it becomes clear how their
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The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. Ending in 1815 with the Treaty of Ghent, the war did not accomplish any of the issues it was being fought over. For the US, the War of 1812 seemed to just be one failure after another. Although the military suffered great failure during the war, these were the direct consequence of the failure of the citizens to unite for the causes of
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Slavery as a Cause of the Civil War
Document Based Question Slavery as a cause of the Civil War Every epic battle and war story is like a fairy tale. It has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is always a point in the story where a climax is reached, and it is the events that lead up to the eventful climax that matters. The American civil war began in 1861, and it continued on until 1865. The gory details and
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Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War on Gi’s
It is believed by the majority, that one of the chief downfalls of the American occupation in Vietnam was the underestimation of the resilience of the Communist Vietcong in the north. It was believed by most analysts, at the time, that the North Vietnamese could easily be brought to negotiate. President Johnson, along with most of his advisors, believed that once the North Vietnamese saw the enormous power of the U.S. military that they would
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Star Wars: Clone Wars
In the star wars universe the clone war was amongst one of the deepest impacting upon the galaxy. With most of the jedi eradicated from their own troopers the galaxy was left in turmoil as a supposedly new empire began to rule with tyranny and oppression. The soldiers the jedi had so recklessly took command of eventually betrayed them as a sith lord by the name of Palpatine or as most know Darth Sidious had
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Iraqi Prisoners of War
Recent photographs of Iraqi Prisoners Of War (POWs) being humiliated and abused by United States armed forces have caused uproar and disgust throughout the world. The sole purpose of any war is to win; either through destroying the enemy, or the achieving a specific goal. Why then should coalition forces be held to a higher standard in regard to treatment of POWs than the rest of the world? To fully explore this question we must
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The Impact of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan on the Cold War
I believe to partial extent that the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan caused the Cold War. Both documents made interference in Europe and other countries. The US wanted to support them financially and economically. They also believed in giving them choices, even though they may not have been the best. The real blame should have been partially on the Soviet Union. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan had very little impact on the
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A Thesis Paper on the War in Iraq
Composition II Should we pull out? A Thesis Paper on The War in Iraq   TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 America’s Thoughts 1 Progression in Iraq 5 Final Thoughts 6 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 9   SHOULD WE PULL OUT? Pick up any newspaper or point your web browser to any major or minor news publication and questions like these will be all over them. A lot of Americans feel that the War on Terror and
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War by Merriam-Webster
War is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as, “a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations.” War is literally as old as life, although it did not always involve nations or man-made weapons of violence. As far back as the time that the first creatures were walking the earth, they were fighting over territory for survival. Along the evolutionary road, humans joined in the never-ending struggle that is war
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Vietnam War
Summary Like any other war the Vietnam War had a lot of devastating effects after the war ended. It also had many causes that changed many things after this war. “The Vietnam War was fought between 1964 and 19 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos, and in bombing runs over North Vietnam.”1.There were two opposing sides. On one side it “was a coalition of forces including the United
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Causes of 2003 Us Iraq War
Liberalism and Hegemonic Stability Theory As Causes for the 2003 US-Iraq War Many factors went into the decision of United States leaders to enter into war with Iraq in 2003. These reasons can be related to various classical and modern theories on the causes of war between states. Though there are several stances and viewpoints on the righteousness or legality of the war on Iraq, an objective eye will notice that the real factors for
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The Great Gatsby
How Great is Gatsby? Most self respecting people have ethics and morals they try to abide by. They create standards that they live life by and construct their own philosophy with. In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, morals and ethics are a scarce practice. Jay Gatsby lives his life by the over bearing morals and values of devotion, corruption, and his will to control. Gatsby has an uncanny devotion for
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Oil - the Motivation for Us to Go to War with Iraq
Oil--the motivation for US to go to war with Iraq The Bush administration has justified its war against Iraq on three grounds: Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction, his links to so-called terrorists including the notorious terrorist network al-Qaeda, which carried out attacks on American interests and soil, and liberating Iraqis from oppression and tyranny and bring it in the fold of democracy. Advocates of war in the US administration claimed that
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Comparative Essay - the Great Gatsby
Behind every great man lies a great women. In some cases the women herself may not always be good or ideal according to society. Nevertheless it seems to add character to the man,and also influences his actions and maybe even his morals. In Shakespearean literature,Shakespeare tends to use people to develop certain characters throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is the person with the most influence on Romeo. This influence allows him to
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The Great Depression
12/19/05 Cont-World The Great Depression The Great Depression began in October 1929, and is the worst and longest period of unemployment and low business activity in modern times. The Great depression not only affected the United States, but almost every nation worldwide. Although the depression brought about many changes not all of them were positive. There are many things that contributed to the start of the Great Depression. One major cause of the Great Depression
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Battle of Kharkov - War and Propaganda
Battle of Kharkov War and Propaganda The Battle of Kharkov was a propaganda film put out by Adolf Hitler’s propagandist, Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels was having trouble getting people into theaters to watch his propaganda films. He had the intelligent idea of manipulating newsreel. Newsreels were real life footage of soldiers (not staged scenes), so he thought the German public would watch for information on the war. He hoped that those films would urge people to
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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia, (1762-1796) History 120, Section 4 Russell Smith Dr. Homer December 2, 1999 One of the most interesting, hard-working and powerful people to grace the pages of history during the eighteenth century was Catherine II, Empress of Russia. Historians have not always been so kind to her memory, and all too often one reads accounts of her private life, ignoring her many achievements. The stories of her love affairs have
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