There is a shortage of non-materialistic people in the world today because we have grown up with the idea that the more we possess the higher up in society we rank. ... This mindset was started in the Roaring Twenties right after World War I, with people buying on margin and going further into debt just to obtain the latest technologies. ... In the end his pursuit causes him to fall in love with money because of its overwhelming presence within his dream. ... He strives to move in higher circles because Daisy is there- (54). It is because Gatsby desires Daisy so much that he brings himself up ...

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She is obviously important to Hawthorne also, since he closes the book with the narrator's revelation that he was in love with Priscilla. ... The book begins and ends with Priscilla. ... Although the relationship of Priscilla to Coverdale is important because it is through his eyes that we, the readers, see the story, their relationship is not as important as the two to be discussed below, because, as Coverdale says, "Priscilla's heart was deep, but of small compass; it had room but for a very few dearest ones, among whom she never reckoned me- (133). Before ever actually meet...

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Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. ... The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. ... In every phrase with "etcetera," except for the last three lines ("dreaming, etcetera-) 4, describes the typical feelings associated with the traditional perceptions of war. Because he switches around this wo...

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Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only because Rosaline, whose name he reads on the list, will be there. ... He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. ... When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. ... Among his friends, especially while bantering with Mercutio, Romeo ...

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• Grade Level: High School