The paper birch has both male and female flowers called catkins. ... Benjamin Franklin had suggested that the national symbol be the Wild Turkey, because the Bald Eagle was "a bird of bad moral character", but he was outvoted. ... The Bald Eagle generally lives forty-five to fifty years in captivity and twenty-five years in the wild. ...
(Sutton 3) Most critics and reviews of the novel agree that the work shows corruption of some sort, whether it be social, moral or ethical. ... The title comes from his neighbor, Jay Gatsby who owns the mansion across the street in which wild parties are thrown every weekend. ... Nick is used as a dynamic character in the story as he goes from being a "thoughtful and moral human being" to being a witness to what money, greed and power can do to a person. ... Early in the novel the reader is made aware that Nick is the moral center of the story as compared to the out-of-control corruptness...
Franklin Roosevelt once said Theodore Roosevelt was a "moral leader, each in his own way and his own time who used the presidency as a pulpit." Theodore also called the presidency " a bully pulpit" by which he meant that it gave him an opportunity to win public support for change. ... He took direct actions to preserve trees and wild life. ...
