Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. ... The eyes look out over the valley of ashes and symbolize an almighty god watching over everything immoral and disdainful that happens in between West Egg and New York. ... Eckleberg serve as a reminder of the guilt of their actions. ... Owl Eyes tells us that most people were brought to Gatsby's parties (50). ... The rich have no concern for the poor and so they just dump their waste in the valley. ...

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Please God, let me see my friend again with both eyes intact and no gapping holes in his body" (James 12). ... There is something about having the assurance that you are safe and that a higher being (God) is watching after you. ... Even though there were so many different religions represented in that 80 percent they were all united by believing in the same God. ... Many wars were fought in biblical times, and God protected his people and gave them the victory. ... The Israelites though, were people of God and used just a small boy named David to defeat Goliath. ...

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We watch and see freedom as it becomes a hollow concept no less so in the 21st century, than it was in the 17th and 18th century as well. ... This passage really shows that at the start of society in Northampton citizens interacted with each other on the basis of their character and beliefs, not their skin color. Even black women were allowed to attend courts and plead their case. ... Good God! ... If you wore red lens over your eyes your whole life and saw nothing else, then in essence you would know of nothing else. ...

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You"ll also see the prickly pear and aloe all over but, the saguaro is what we see in most movies and television when we see the desert shown in the shows we watch. The mountains have a beauty all their own, the colors are spectacular. ... Right before your eyes is this town on the side of the mountain. ... Most of their Main Street is a series of S-type curves and the old buildings were crumbling and dusty from no use for so long. ... It's a magnificent display of god's talents when he created this for us. ...

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I have watched my dad pray on multiple occasions, but this wasn't what I had been expecting. Instead of a rug there were pews, instead of kneeling everyone was standing with hands clasped and instead of a memorized chant there was an open, dialog like speech with someone known as "God."" ... School itself was another dilemma as academics were the priority, not sociality. ... Parent's care for their children all of their lives and to say something of such discontent "something so disrespectful" is just inappropriate to me. ... I really love both my cultures and cannot imagin...

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Whether reading or watching "Death of a Salesman", the audience can relate to the tragic hero, Willy Loman. ... Rode Island, New York, New Jersey- I am known, Ben, and he"ll see it with his eyes once and for all. ... The Loman's had no money to spare because they were trying to keep up with the mortgage payments and they also had to pay repair bills for their appliances and automobile. ... He walked into the jungle when he was seventeen and when he walked out at age twenty-one, by God was he rich. ... The Loman family was a prime example of what can happen if you live in a dream, shie...

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A role model should be sincere and not out for their own good but the good of others. ... They were happy for a moment in time, but all good must come to an end, as they say. ... This was where we had our fresh start; she was going to college and working a part-time job, while my grandma watched over me during the day. ... I used to think it was just a stage someone went through when they were her age. ... Grandma was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and my fun and outgoing Grandma seemed to deteriorate before our eyes. ...

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Archeological evidence indicates that a technologically and artistically advanced, proto-Yoruba (Nok) were living somewhat north of the Niger in the first millennium B.C., and they were then already working with iron. ... (Source 1) The old Yoruba cities typically were urban centers with surrounding farmlands that extended outward as much as a dozen miles or more. ... In Haiti the Yoruba's were generally called Anagos. ... Probably as long as 2000 years ago, Yoruba agriculturists were already using iron tools. ... For instance, a family of hunters may name their baby "Ogunbunmi" (the go...

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• Grade Level: High School