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  • Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby What is unknown is often talked about as being mysterious, perhaps even ominous. Naturally, many people become curious and want to find out what lurks about in the dark and be able to say that they know what others do not. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby is quite enigmatic. Seclusion and isolation are well known to Gatsby, especially when it comes to

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Jay Gatsby, a major character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby contributes to many ideas expressed in the novel. His hope and dedication to his goal reinforce the positive aspects of the American Dream yet his attempt to grasp it by means of riches reflects the corruption of this once idealistic promise. His belief that the past can be recaptured also contributes to the idea of time in the novel. Gatsby is a self

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: July
  • Wooodrow Wilson

    Wooodrow Wilson

    Biography On December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia Janet Mary Woodrow gave birth to a baby boy. She and her husband, Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, named their baby boy Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Little did they know that their baby boy would one day become president of the United States. Woodrow’s grandparents had immigrated from Strabane, County Tyrone which today is Northern Ireland. As one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church PCUS, Wilson’s father

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Good to Great Review

    Good to Great Review

    Jim Collins and his research team have done a wonderful job identifying what it takes for a company to go from good to great. I found this book to be extremely interesting and would like to share several of my thoughts. I agree with Jim Collins when he states that people can develop into level 5 leaders. The main focus of a level 5 leader is not on themselves, but on the company and

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Victor
  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Great Expectation The book that I read is called Great Expectation By Charles Dickens. It is based mainly in London but also has scenes in Pip’s home town. Which is a small village in the country? Where he and his sister Mrs. Joe and her husband Joe Gargary live and Pips was raised. The setting of where Pips is is not as important as what is there with him. There are many contrasts to good

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Max
  • Analysis of Hercules’ Greatness

    Analysis of Hercules’ Greatness

    Hercules Hercules is arguably the greatest and most accomplished hero figure in Greek mythology. He was born the son of Alcides, wife to a great general; and Zeus, the most powerful Greek god. Hercules could only be overcome by a supernatural force. No mortal or anything else of this world could defeat him. However, that is not what makes Hercules so magnificent. It was Hercules' constant perseverance to overcome adversity and make the wrong right

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Extinction of Great Apes

    Extinction of Great Apes

    The great apes are humankind’s closest relatives. Great apes include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos, which are also known as pygmy chimps. At the turn of the century, there were approximately one million chimpanzees in Africa. This number has declined down to 150,000. Mountain gorillas have halved in size over the last ten years, leaving only 320 to roam the trees of their homeland. Some say these great apes will face extinction within a decade.

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    One of the most controversial parts of the book The Great Gatsby is whether Gatsby was really great after all. He really isn’t great at all but he works hard to try to me others believe he really truly is great. He live is a world of fairy tales, over romanticized details, and surrounds him self with people who puss up his over sized ego. Being a great, good honest person was not at all

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Who Was the Great Gatsby?

    Who Was the Great Gatsby?

    Nick Carraway is the narrator of “The Great Gatsby.” Nick is portrayed as a nice, honest person that listens to everyone’s problems. Nick meets the woman golfer, Jordan Baker. She is a very keen golfer. He also reunites with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom, who Nick is not very fond of. There are many hints in the first chapter, given about some problems between Daisy and Tom. We soon discover that Tom is

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Top
  • Christopher Columbus - Columbus and the Great Discovery

    Christopher Columbus - Columbus and the Great Discovery

    Columbus and The Great Discovery Columbus was very young when he became interested in travel, sailing and astronomy. He began sailing at the age of fourteen and from then on sailing and meeting different people gave him a lot of knowledge. Columbus had very little education, he had to learn how to read and write when he was much older and he learned about sailing and astronomy through people, not school. The knowledge that he

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Bred
  • Great Expectations Atmosphere and Suspense

    Great Expectations Atmosphere and Suspense

    Great expectations by Charles dickens was written in 1860-1861. The opening chapter of great expectations is extremely important as it tells of each character from Pips perspective (also telling the readers just how naпve, young and innocent Pip is amidst this gloomy dwelling), for example Pip says “…my first fancies regarding what they were like, were unreasonably derived from their tombstones“ this tells us that Pip is a blank canvas ready to be painted on

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Monika
  • Bankim: The Originary Figure of Indian Novel in English

    Bankim: The Originary Figure of Indian Novel in English

    BANKIM: THE ORIGINARY* FIGURE OF INDIAN NOVEL IN ENGLISH Y.V.R. Prasanna Kumar Research Scholar (M.Phil.), (Part-time), Department of English, S.V. University, Tirupathi. A. P.INDIA 5102 INTRODUCTION A great deal of Indian writing in English is in the form of novel. In the course of an eventful history, Indian novel in English demonstrated the capacity and resilience for innovations and attained the status of Universal Form. The post-independence India has witnessed a Sea change of Indian

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    The origin of the American dream started mostly during the later half of the nineteenth century, many of America’s physical resources were undiscovered, allowing the possibility of coming across a fortune through relatively little, but lucky investment in land or industry. Many early Americans prospectors headed west of the Rocky Mountains to buy acres of cheap land in hopes of finding gold. The American dream was a driving factor not only in the Gold rush,

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Max
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    On May 9th, 2007 my family’s happiness turned upside down. I was at the pond out in Swansboro with my brother, Drew, and my mom, Dena. My brother and I were having a great time having fun in the pond until my mom got a phone call. It was my dad. She could barely hear him because there was limited phone service. All she could hear was him crying. My mom kept on saying,

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Importance of Money in the Great Gatsby

    The Importance of Money in the Great Gatsby

    In "The Great Gatsby" money is one of the most important things in the world. In the beginning there was Daisy Buchanan who got to know a military man by the name of Jay Gatsby. These two spent a lot of time together and grew to love each other despite the fact that Gatsby was poor. However, there came a time when Gatsby had to go to war and left Daisy at home. He continued

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: David
  • The Great Depression, America 1929-1941 by Robert McElvaine - a Review

    The Great Depression, America 1929-1941 by Robert McElvaine - a Review

    Most historians agree that the Second World War is the single most important event shaping and directing subsequent developments throughout the balance of the 20th century. Indeed, no single other event so shaped the world or influenced the events leading to that war than did the great worldwide depression. In this wonderful book by historian Robert McElvaine, we are treated to a terrific account of the human ordeal of the 1930s, which, as noted historian

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of the Great Depression

    The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Great

    Great

    Big green trees Is what I see, Looking at me happily Bright green grass As thick as can be, Feels so very soft to me Birds and squirrels are playing around With some sunlight shining down, Wishing I could be there now I look once more and begin to frown. as there for you, stood by you, listened to you But still that wasn't good enough, Why? what else could I do.

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Jack
  • Oedipus Rex - a Tragic Figure

    Oedipus Rex - a Tragic Figure

    Oedipus Rex: A tragic figure The events in Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, show a relationship of man's free will existing within the fate, which the Greeks believed, guided the universe. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Both the concepts of fate and free will played a major part in Oedipus' destruction. Although he was a victim of fate, he was not controlled by it. Oedipus

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Causes of the Great Depression

    The Causes of the Great Depression

    The Causes of the Great Depression The cause of the Great Depression has been debated for many years. The actual cause of the Great Depression is a multitude of factors, there was no single cause. Several reasons for the Great Depression were supply and demand, the banking system, wages of workers, success and failure of business, government policy, excessive speculation in the stock market and the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Janna
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    Gatsby Essay 3/08/04 Eric Rivkin Reserving Judgements is a Matter of Infinite Hope” pg. 6 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby This quote is the fundamental axiom that the book revolves around. Nick’s father told this to him and he hasn’t forgotten the quote or the intrinsic moral significance that goes along with it. So much is spoken and gossiped about Jay Gatsby before he is even introduced in the novel that no one knows

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations The title of this novel is Great Expectations and was written by Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote and set this novel in near the mid-1800 in London, England. Great Expectations is about a young, common boy named Pip that blossoms into a gentleman with high expectations of himself. The main and supporting characters are Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham, Magwitch, and Jaggers. Pip is the protagonist and narrator of the novel. The novel spans the

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • Barren Wastelands in the New World

    Barren Wastelands in the New World

    Barren Wastelands In the New World. Savages, heathens just some names used to describe "Indians" when the western part of the world was discovered. Why would they describe humans that are very intelligent, hard working, and very cultured these names? Was the land a barren wasteland that people of these qualities sustain life? Well apparently to the English it was so. Cultured to the English were dirty streets, bad hygiene, and bad manners, so of

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • What Was the Exact Cause of the Great Depression?

    What Was the Exact Cause of the Great Depression?

    What Was the Exact Cause Of The Great Depression? The United States Great Depression leads many people to believe different stories about what actually caused it. The Stock Market Crash in October of 1929 is often referred to as the beginning of the Great Depression, but did it actually cause it? The answer is that it was the spark that lit the flame of the Great Depression. The Great depression was a financial decline

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • Were Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great Effective Rulers?

    Were Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great Effective Rulers?

    Collin Greenwood Mrs. Canavan CPI English January 7, 2001 Elizabeth I Were Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great effective rulers? Were their reign’s characterized as good or not so well? Disregarding the opinion of those who reigned concurrently or historians today, these two ruled their country in a time of turmoil and uncertainty! The world and the people within it were undergoing a major transition. New lands were being discovered as well as major

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Venidikt