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The Great Gatsby American Dream
Jay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The American dream offers faith in the possibility of a better life. Its attendant illusion is the belief that material wealth alone can bring that dream to fruition. Through Gatsby, Fitzgerald brings together both these ideas. Jay Gatsby thinks money is the answer to anything he encounters. He has the best of everything. The fanciest car, the largest house,
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American Federalism
American Federalism American federalism was created as a response to the unsatisfying effects of the Articles of Confederation. Delegates were sent to the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, and decided at this union that in order to create a satisfactory establishment, they must protect the safety of the citizen’s, keep civil disruption at a minimum, provide for every citizen’s well-being as well as protect their rights and freedom. A federal system checks the growth of tyranny,
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution The American Revolution consists of many causes. Following these causes, there followed many aftermaths. The people of the American revolution consisted of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, and Benedict Arnold. In the years following the American Revolution, the causes were quite sensible. Post revolution included the Treaty of Paris, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. One cause of the revolution was the acts put in place to restrict
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An American Requiem by James Carroll
In An American Requiem, by James Carroll, Carroll describes his struggle for knowledge, individuality and separation from his father’s beliefs. The relationship between them slowly degenerates with age, and as James becomes more aware of the life happening outside of his family. Throughout the novel, Carroll focuses on many of the prominent world issues of the time, giving light to both extreme sides through his father and himself, as his father eventually comes to represent
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Manifest Destiny -- the Intangible of American History
American history was built on a chronological record of significant events, each event having a cause and subsequent effect on another event. Historical events are presented in history as being tangible, being tied to a date, or an exact happening. Manifest Destiny on the other hand, is a phenomenon. It can not be tied to a date, event or even a specific period of time. Manifest Destiny existed and still exists as the philosophy that
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The Transcontinental Railroad: Blood, Sweat, Tears and an American Dream
The late 19th Century was a revolutionizing period in American History evident by the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. However, it was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which profoundly changed the United States. The discovery of gold, the acquisition of Mexican territories and the continued settlement of the West increased the need for a primary railway system connecting the East and the West Coasts. The Transcontinental Continental Railroad aided the settling of
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The Love for American Football
Someone who is from another country like yourself, may believe that life in the United States is very diverse from life anywhere else. Countless people from other countries have a completely distorted image of how we may live here in America and the mentalities that we all possess. Not all of us are spoiled, overweight, or are obsessed with football. All of us are completely different for the most part, and are actually concerned about
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Eminem: An American Icon, Is He? or Is He Not?
WRITTEN BY BRADIS MCGRIFF!!!DO NOT COPY MY PAPER JUST USE IT 4 RESEARCH!!!! April 3, 2007 History 196m Prof Gus Lease Eminem: an American Icon, is he? Or is he not? Eminem is one of the most if not the most talented rap artist to ever step up to the microphone. Although he may be one of the most talented rappers to ever perform, he is also one of the most controversial. Teenagers and young
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What Is an American Citizen?
"What is an American Citizen?" By definition, an American Citizen is a person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization the protection of the United States. American Citizens are entitled to vote and enjoy many rights and privileges of the United States (1-p.263). When I think of what it means to be an American Citizen, I think of freedom. America is known as the land of opportunity for its freedom. Freedom is
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The Controversy on Eugenics in the American Culture
Heredity improvement by genetic control. Why would people want to control heredity? What exactly is genetic control? These are some things that people have been questioning for decades. Eugenics can not be ignored because it is suddenly coming up everywhere. People are experimenting and taking huge risks not to their knowledge. At one point in time it was said that eugenics could change the world for the better. That is how some people could look
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Character Letter to Author Dimmesdale; Scarlet Letter
My Dearest Reverend Author Dimmesdale, I have recently read the story of your life and I believe that some of the ways you handled yourself where rather horrendous. The initial thing that you did in the wrong was that you committed the sin of adultery. Did you have no respect for Hester’s future in the colony? More importantly did you have no respect for God, the one who you serve? Being a Reverend your nature
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American History X
July 11, 2008 Movie Review –American History X United States, 1998 Running Length: 1:57 Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D’Angelo, Avery Brooks, Stacy Keach, Fariuza Balk, Jennifer Lien, Elliot Gould, Guy Torry, Ethan Suplee and William Russ Director: Tony Kaye Rated: R (Profanity, violence, sex) American History X directed by Tony Kaye is a well known phenomenon and considered to be a movie that everyone is bound to see. The most important feature when
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American Revoultuion
The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and their mother country. America was a revolution force from the day of its discovery. The American Revolution was not the same thing as the American War of Independence. The war itself lasted only
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Symbolism in Scarlet Letter
Contents: • Introduction……………………………………………………………………………3 • Symbolism……………………………………………………………………………….4 • Symbols from the Bible……………………………………………………….5 • The symbolism of names………………………………………………………5 • The scarlet letter…………………………………………………………………6 • The rose, the prison and the cemetery……………………………7 • The symbol of the Forest and the Meteor……………………..8 • Symbols of color and light…………………………………………………..8 • Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………..10 • Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………….11 Introduction “In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter, which made his fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel. In this novel were
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Cover Letter
For the past two cycles I have been interning at Olivia Miller Inc. Olivia Miller is a casual footwear brand that specializes in designing shoes for women and children. I worked under the direction of Deanna Rastvorov as a showroom assistant. My daily duties ran the gamut. Although there were days that I would come in and make copies for an hour, I experienced a lot of different things. I was taught how to use
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American Imperialism
American Imperialism American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste
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Native Americans
LONG BEFORE the white man set foot on American soil, the American Indians, or rather the Native Americans, had been living on this land. When the Europeans came here, there were probably 10 million Indians north of present-day Mexico and they had been living here for quite some time. It is believed by many anthropologists and archaeologists that the first people arrived during the last ice-age, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 years ago, crossing the land-bridge
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Duke and the American Tobacco Company
Duke and the American Tobacco Company 1. What were the most significant strategic steps of a Company? There are several significant strategic steps of the American Tobacco Company. These steps consist of the company’s mission, external and internal environmental analysis, goal and strategy formulation, implementation, Continuous feedback and overall control of all the processes. The case study of James Buchanan Duke identifies each and every process and implemented them with a lot of hard work.
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Treatment of African Americans: 1865-1895
During the span of thirty years from 1865 to 1895 blacks that lived within this time frame went through arguably the most profound series of events to occur in African American history. Southern blacks were faced with prejudice, bondage, slavery, and ultimately survival. Shortly after the thirteenth amendment was ratified, stating that: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
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The Russian Americans
The Russian-Americans As of the last released comprehensive United States Census listing all nationalities, in 1990, there were over two million people claiming Russian ancestry living in America. Not included in this number was over one million people who were born in Russia. Sixty-six thousand entered the U.S. between 1980 and 1990 over 120,000 entered before 1980, slightly over 123,000 were naturalized citizens, and over 71,000 were not considered citizens of the United States. When
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American Literature
All of the authors we have conversed about in class and studied about at home are connected in at least one way, if not many more. For example, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Michael Wigglesworth and John Winthrop all write about God and the way we should all act and the simple fact that we all need to be Christians and so must the Indians who occupy their lives. Where as these authors are writers
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A Comparison Piece of Mark Twain's the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave can be said to be comparison pieces. Despite that Huck Finn is a fictional character and Douglass was a physical being, certain characteristics and developmental processes are very similar. Firstly, in the initial stages of their lives, both Huck and Douglass faced repression, though in different forms. While Huck is a character whose spirit longs
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Blackberry Sales Letter
12920 SE 38th Street Bellevue, WA 98006 1-800-318-9270 November 20, 2005 Mr. John Smith 1234 Duck Street Stillwater, OK 740 Dear Mr. Smith: Are you tired of having to carry a cell phone, laptop and a PDA? The new T-Mobile BlackBerry 7100t™ is your solution. The BlackBerry 7100t™ is the first mobile device of its kind. With an ultra-large, high-resolution color screen, you will have the ability to surf the web the way it
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The Scarlet Letter Work Journal
Whatever the people of Boston take pleasure in seems to interpret as sin. If heaven is supposed to be a placed of paradise, isn’t it pointless to say that all that brings pleasure and happiness is sin? It’s almost like they’re making whatever part of heaven given to them in life into a living hell I think the people of Boston hypocrites because they are trying to build a place of the bible and a
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Scarlet Letter
“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. . . . It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!” “Nor ever will, my child, I hope,” said Hester. “And why not, mother?” asked Pearl, stopping short. . . . “Will it not come of its own accord, when I am a woman
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