The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. ... I think that the movie "The Great Gatsby" is sucessful in capturing the work of the author on screen. I think the movie we watched in class does a nice job at capturing the mood of The Great Gatsby. ... I think the movie did a great job by showing everyone happy and cheerful, going from one group to another laughing over the roar of people. ... One thing that bothered me were the changes made to the movie "The Great Gatsby" from the book. ...

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"It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers that is important." According to this adapted quote by Logan Pearsall Smith, the underlying message that the author is trying to convey, besides the text, is significant. ... In the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, the author injects a part of himself into his writing. ... The Great Gatsby by F. ... But, when disquised within an author's writing, it can be exposed, and one can know the author's innermost thoughts and dreams....

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In The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. ... The corruption of the American dream in the 1920's era is shown in The Great Gatsby through symbolism, materialism, and romantic dreams and hopes. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses many clear symbols to help portray the corruption of the American dream. ... The author uses white to describe Daisy's superficiality. ... American author F. ...

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Authors often portray ideologies of the society of 1920's America in their novels. ... Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, one ideology critiqued is the American Dream. ... The settings are symbolic of the great divide between rich and poor. ... The authors intention may have been to create dislikeable characters to show the corruption of the 1920s society. The author presents the theme of the Dream as being corrupt. ...

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It began with a meeting at a 1955 meeting in Geneva amongst the four powers: U.S.S.R., U.S., Great Britain, and France. ... The author wants to give the reader a clear perception of what was going on during the Cold War and the events that led to the downing of the U-2 bomber. ... I think the author is showing as well that the Soviets had every right to shoot down that plane. ... The author tells us that Father, the leader of USSR, knew about the flight the first day that the Americans did it. ... The article did a great job of backing up all of his information and had some great sub-arti...

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The Great Gatsby - The American DreamThe Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... This dream has varying significances for different people but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... Life is a series of imperfections that can make living really great or very unpleasant. ... Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby, through his scintillating characters and unique style.Characters in books often mirror the author's feelings towards the world around them. ... Fitzgerald is not only a consequential author bu...

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David Wilmot was the one who brought it up to the surface, yet it is not a proven fact he was the authentic author. ... Furthermore, if the great republic was to ever be shattered into fragments it would had consequently brought upon the attempts on the part of the advocates of human slavery to extend its dominion....

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The Great Gatsby is a book about class, wealth, and social standing. ... Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a man of great wealth and social standing. ... Scott Fitzgerald uses in "The Great Gatsby". ... Throughout the book, "The Great Gatsby", F. ... The author used symbolism to convey the way that things should be, as far as morals, and to give light to the immoral acts that occur in the book "The Great Gatsby"....

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This book did change my perspective on the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. ... The author, Tom Shachtman, could have added some more information about children and what they had to go through at the time the crash affected the nation. ... The Author, Tom Shachtman, has been a documentary filmmaker for the past twelve years. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The Roaring-twenties, characterized the 1920's in American cities such a New York and Chicago, the setting for the novel, The Great Gatsby and the movie, Chicago. ... Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, was going through a rough time when he wrote this book, which reflects who the corruption can taint your soul and beliefs and how you deal with certain facts of life. In his book, Nick Carraway is the narrator but also implies that he is the author of the book. ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay throws fantastically wild, extravagant parties for the soul purpose of meeting Daisy ...

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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author tries to show you that wealth is a luxury but not enough for real happiness. ... Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. ...

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Authors began to create a general picture of present-day life. ... It influenced wonderful authors such as William Faulkner and a personal favorite of mine, Ernest Hemingway. ... On March 1, 1837 in Martin's Ferry, Ohio William Dean Howells, the most popular author of the realism period, was born. He is not know for being an exciting author but he had a great impact on the later well-known authors, Mark Twain and Henry James. ... Henry James, another great American author, was born in New York City in 1843. ...

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The American Dream and How it is portrayed in The Great Gatsby By: Emma Macklin The Great Gatsby is a novel published in 1925, written by F. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy, love and rich vs. poor. ... The author portrays the concept to the readers to show that people will go through many levels of extreme situations to ultimately achieve what is known as the American Dream at that period in time. ... Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby as this way of life that majority of people in this era were striving towards, and were doing an...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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My mission is make you see the opinion of the unknown author as well as my own. The unknown author of this article feels that common have come and gone through many decades of the American History. ... Today many con-artists show up on the internet as opposed to the great Midwest according to this author. ... The author is surprised by how many people are being defrauded. ... The purpose of my paper was to introduce you to two points, the author and my own....

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN I chose this book because the title was "prelude to greatness" meaning the author was saying that Abraham Lincoln was great when he came into power. ... In my opinion the author Don E. ... He is a history professor at Stanford University, and has done a great job explaining Lincoln's life. ... The book Prelude to Greatness wasn't that well organized, it was a little complicated to follow at times. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author develops the idea that money can control a person's actions and attitude, through imagery and the shallowness of the upper-class. ... Fitzgerald demonstrates in The Great Gatsby that money is valued over things like marriage, children, family, and love. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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One author noted that the Americans on the island ignored the submarine. ... The United States suffered great losses in men and equipment because they were completely unprepared for the attack. ... The United States suffered great losses with its equipment and men because of this surprise attack. ... One author notes the losses in ships as such: By the time the attack was over, every battleship in Pearl Harbor-The U.S.S. ... Another author said that, "The attack killed 2,335 servicemen and destroyed 19 ships"(Stanley 1). ...

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The story begins with a description of a place the white people called Glacier Peak Wilderness, To the Native Americans it was called Dakobed or the great mother. The Author has a unique perspective of the park because he is half Native American and half European. ... The author is telling this story in order to warn others of the dangers of using up all of our resources. ...

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The author says that Cross carried a photo and a bunch of letters written by the woman he admired the most, Martha. ... Ideally, the author seeks to maintain that as much as returning home was a relief, the memories of the war still haunt survivors. ... The veterans of Vietnam War show a great deal of regret upon their return. ... The Vietnam War is also one of the longest fought wars in American history and it also cost the nation a great deal of "expenses", both in finances and body count, compared to other wars. ... In Vietnam, America used a great number of fighter jets and plan...

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Leutchenburg FDR: A President to Remember Out of a Great War, into a Great Depression, and onto a great recovery. ... America, as I see it, is a country of greatness. ... His point is clear that FDR was a great president, but he was maybe just lucky by the chance that war broke out to save America's economy. ... "The FDR Years" had to much information on all the other people and politicians involved, and to much description on FDR's personal life then the author's thesis of explaining FDR's presidency and the New Deal. ... Roosevelt played a huge role in helping t...

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Evidence and Arguments Presented While the authors offer a history based on American involvement in Vietnam they also include background details on all the other parties involved in the war. ... The Vietnamese perspective is difficult to understand at first, but the authors explain that Vietnam has twenty centuries of history, and that this gives the Vietnamese a very different sense of time, history and themselves than Americans have. ... The authors do not show any side as either right or wrong, but instead just explain the culture and circumstances that led to the actions of each side. ......

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In There Will Come Soft Rains man was eliminated altogether, from the details the author gives. ... Through the descriptive details of the authors one can get a good idea what would happen if technology ever was put to the wrong use. ... With the warning of not forgetting about nature the authors have left a great question to the mankind that follows the publishing of these stories. ...

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