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The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby's Great Morals And Lack Of Glamour
Words: 703 - Pages: 3.... successful, and to win Daisy's love. Some may believe he changes his lifestyle to suit himself but it could be assumed that he was doing this for another reason, which may be the need for love. On top of all this, he wants to escape his background and past. Gatsby's life changed from being in the low or middle class to the high class. It is a big mystery of how he receives all this money but it is not from Cody. It is believed that he is a bootlegger. No one was ever sure.
In this story, one can relate Jay's character to the author, Fitzgerald. Both want to achieve the American Dream but are unable to do it. All the money in the .....
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Homeland: A Book Review
Words: 213 - Pages: 1.... however, this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown. A young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty and political upheaval only to face problems of equal magnitude in America.
Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing Paul arrives at Ellis Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes his weary way to the opulent home of his Uncle, Joe Crown, a well-established brewer in Chicago. Jakes uses the Chicago setting as a backdrop for his “class struggle” motive, which is central to the plot of his story.
Paul’s uncle, Joe, and his cousin, Joe Jr., are foils in this “class struggle” th .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Ishmael And Hatsue
Words: 1004 - Pages: 4.... of relationships. His love was simplistic, yet real. He had concrete reasons for his love. He enjoyed being with her. He looked forward to meeting her in the hollow cedar tree. He went out of his way to see her, even if she did not see him. He thought of her no matter what he was doing. In the simplest sense of the word, he loved Hatsue.
Hatsue was the second to think she fell in love. She reacted to Ishmael. When they kissed on the boat, she did not think as much of it as Ishmael. She did not realize he loved her until he told her. She then realized she liked being with him, and returned his love partially in spirit, but completely in wor .....
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
Words: 505 - Pages: 2.... Duddy had
gone about acquiring his land. Yvette told Simcha, and Simcha did not approve.
He was, in fact, extremely disappointed with Duddy. His disappointment is shown
when he tells Duddy,
I can see what you have planned for me, Duddel. You'll be good to me.
You'd give me everything I wanted. and that would settle your conscience when
you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312)
The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and
Virgil's friendships also punishes Duddy. They are the only two people in the
world who ever loved him for himself, and didn't want anything but his love in
return. In .....
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The Mists Of Avalon
Words: 1395 - Pages: 6.... deathbed, and once to visit Viviane’s grave. Avalon was her true home, it was the place that had adopted her, and the place that helped her grow and change.
Morgaine as a child lived with her mother and her mother’s husband Uther, until Viviane took her into the service of the Goddess. She was a quiet girl that kept her thoughts and feelings to herself. She was satisfied with her life, and did not long for anything else. Morgaine respected those around her, but with the exception of her brother Arthur, she did not love them. When Viviane brought Morgaine to Avalon for the first time, she was even more a child then she was .....
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Zaabalawi: The Wise And Loving Image Of Zaabalawi
Words: 822 - Pages: 3.... medicine, until these means had exhausted themselves when he, "became afflicted with that illness for which no one possesses a remedy." (799). Only then, in a "death bed repentance" was the question asked if this man really did exist, and was he really a saint that could work miracles and remove the worries and troubles.
During this trek for truth the narrator came into contact with several individuals ranging in social status from town commons to the Sheikh of the district, educated men such as lawyers, artists, and musicians, and many local shop tenders. Many of these individuals were in touch with the faith that was beginning to gro .....
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Satires In Huckleberry Finn
Words: 862 - Pages: 4.... mentality, Mark Twain uses his ardent style of writing and satirizes the three traits throughout the novel.
Many words the book contains are full of vivid abhorrence towards black slaves. Every single line talks about how white people despise and refuse to accept the black race. Answering Aunt Sally's question about whether or not anyone is hurt Huck answers, "no mum, just killed a nigger."(Twain 213) This is the one and only acceptable way to talk about black people in the "white" society. In addition to this, not only is the black people treated differently from the white, they are also considered to be one's property. "He is the only pro .....
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George Orwell's 1984
Words: 777 - Pages: 3.... people, outside buildings, parks, walls, anywhere they
could be put and are always turned on. The Telescreens are constantly giving you
information of the wars won and also telling you what to do and always watching
every movement you do, no expressions are admitted in Oceania other than hatred
or the one “Big Brother” tells you to. The second branch is called “The Ministry
of Love” where people were punished, tortured and were taught to hate each other.
The third branch is called “The Ministry of Plenty” where economic affairs were
handled, they decided who got how much of something almost always being too
little of a ration. Th .....
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Animal Farm By George Orwell
Words: 1495 - Pages: 6.... Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. (Zwerdling, 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. The working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard animals in Animal Farm, were a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia thought there would be no oppression in a new society because the working class people (or .....
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Blood And Belonging
Words: 1782 - Pages: 7.... and
Northern Ireland. According to Ignatieff, in Croatia and
Serbia there is a desire for a separate identity between the
two nations. The fear of losing one's national identity has
caused ethnic hatred. A terror so strong and historically
persistent, it has driven people to a desperate state to do
anything. This is a large contributor to the reasons for the
extreme violence present there today. The author states, "A
Croat, thus, is someone who is not a Serb. A Serb is
someone who is not a Croat." This quotation profoundly
expresses the short-sighted mentality present in their conflict.
In his travels in Germany, the author points out an .....
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