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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Great Gatsby: Did Money Kill the Great?

    The Great Gatsby: Did Money Kill the Great?

    The Great Gatsby: Did Money Kill the Great? Many people claim that The Great Gatsby is the quintessential American novel. This is due to the reoccurring theme of the book of the rise and fall of the American dream. The book is very significant because of its relation to the time period in which it was written and the actual events that were taking place in the world in and around the 1920’s. This period

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby is based on a man named Jay Gatsby and his idealistic infatuation to a girl named Daisy that he met while he was young. Gatsby was not of a wealthy family and therefore Daisy would not marry him. Gatsby devoted his life to getting what he needed to win Daisy. After the war Gatsby became a bootlegger to attain what he needed to win Daisy. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Great Gadsby

    The Great Gadsby

    The Great Gatsby The story begins with the book’s author, who we later learn is named Nick Carraway, recalling stories from his childhood about lessons his father taught him. He speaks of his past and characterizes himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant. He cites that it was his father who taught him not to pass his judgment onto people. Nick mentions that the hero of the story, Gatsby, was the exact opposite of

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Vika
  • Sports Is Great

    Sports Is Great

    Who could forget the Pacers-Piston brawl in which players from the Indiana Pacers went into the stands and fought with the Detroit fans? The incident took place on Novemmber 19, 2004 when Detroit Piston's player, Ben Wallace pushed Ron Artest after receiving a hard foul. Several players from both teams joined the fray. But the real escalation in violence took place when a fan threw a cup at Artest. This lead him to run into

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Jack
  • An Overview and Lessons Learned from the Great Depression

    An Overview and Lessons Learned from the Great Depression

    An Overview and Lessons Learned From the Great Depression The Great Depression was the most terrible and longest economic collapse in the history of the modern industrial world. The stock market crash in 1929 began the depression (Smith, 2002). The events associated with the Great Depression had destructive effects on the United States. During the depression, there was a decline in the production and sale of goods as well as an increase in unemployment. Many

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Mike
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Gladiator Gladiatorial events were a token of the Roman civilization. A brutal form of sacrifice adapted from the earlier civilization of Etruscans, who believed when a person dies, his spirit relies on a blood sacrifice to survive in the afterlife. The first event to take place in Rome was in 264 BC, when Decimus Brutus held a sacrifice to honor is dead father (Roman Gladiator). Soon after these events became an undeniable part of the

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Purging of Hubris in the Illiad

    The Purging of Hubris in the Illiad

    The Purging of Hubris In Homer’s epic, The Iliad, every character deals with some form of hubris, whether they are the main character or if they show up for one book. Throughout the epic Homer shows how people are blinded by hubris. Only through a loss of something dear will one purge themselves of hubris. The characters in The Iliad deal with many different forms of pride. Paris deals with a pride that makes him

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Great Gatsby and the 20’s

    Great Gatsby and the 20’s

    Erik Ferjentsik 127W Paper After a time of prosperity, the roaring 1920’s became a decade of social decay and declining moral values. The forces this erosion of ethics can be explained by a variety of theories. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a convincing portrait of waning social virtue in his novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald portrays the nefarious effects of materialism created by the wealth-driven culture of the time. This was an era where societal

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: regina
  • One Great Trip

    One Great Trip

    One Great Trip Have you ever been on a trip and you just wanted everyone to get along? If this has happened to you then keep reading. To make your trip drama free, plan your trip in advance, select your friends, and most of all, have a lot of fun. First, you need to plan your trip well and in advance. If you do not have a good spot, then your fun will be pretty

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Great Chain of Being

    The Great Chain of Being

    The Great Chain of Being Most of the concepts about the nature of living things in the early modern era were derived from the writings of Aristotle. Aristotle wrote about the concept of distinct types of organisms that could be distinguished from all the rest. Aristotle was interested in much more than the biological world, and attempted to build a theory of the world as a whole. As part of this theory, he believed that

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Bred
  • Do You Agree with Lewis's Statement That” We Depend for a Very Great Deal of Our Happiness or Misery on Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do You Agree with Lewis's Statement That” We Depend for a Very Great Deal of Our Happiness or Misery on Circumstances Outside All Human Control.

    Do you agree with Lewis’s statement that” we depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. In the United States, there are 50% of married couple divorce in recent year and 59.9% of them got divorced because unhappiness; they might just marry for money, beauty or some other reasons. So I agree with C.S. Lewis statement “that we depend for a very great deal of our

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Mikki