While this metaphor represents Gatsby's tale, it's meaning extends more broadly to American society of that time. According to the American Dream of the 1920s, anything is possible with hard work and perseverance. ... " his insistence to relive the past is an extreme version of American self-determination. ... To Daisy and Tom, love is bounded by wealth and materialism. ... Perhaps our inability to see even the possibility of divorce is reflective of this 'American Dream attitude'. ...

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Cummings isn't the only activist who protested against conflict and American hierarchy, and pushed to "make love and not war." He sounds like the typical perception of an American hippie - big deal. ... Cummings was among the first to question modern America, and at the same time, create a unique writing style that would later distinguish him among the greatest writers in history. Through his poetry, Cummings rebels against the common perceptions of traditional American ideology in hopes to bring spiritual freedom to the rigidity of America. ... When Cummings uses "more blond than y...

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Abstract Benjamin Franklin stated "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."1 If death is certain, why do so many fear it? Is it our uncertainty of what lies beyond the grave? Is death to be feared as an extinction of life or is there a place of torment that drives th...

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