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    Amanda Harlow English 45 Professor Moore Journal Entry 9 To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel set in the 1930s in Alabama about a small town white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is assigned to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ accused of rape. Both are fathers with different economic backgrounds who live in the same town‚ but live in very different positions in society. Atticus Finch is an attorney by profession who is a highly respected citizen. He lives in the wealthier part of town and is the

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    Daisy is depicted as superficial and rather selfish through the way she behaves as both a mother and an individual. Daisy is fully aware that she is charming and flirtatious as she is always giggly no matter who she is with‚ including Gatsby whom she knows is in love with her. As Daisy observed Gatsby in this passage‚ she laughed “her sweet‚ exciting laugh” which makes her sound as if her voice is very endearing towards men as her voice is full of happiness‚ and what Gatsby identifies with luxury

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    In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ the audience comes to the realization that Gatsby isn’t who he says he is. The way he is portrayed‚ is that he lives a perfect life in his huge mansion‚ Gatsby has rounded up a fortune so that he can win over Daisy Buchanan‚ but his cloudy past is a road block in the way. Gatsby throws amazing get togethers all the time‚ but nobody seems to know too much about him or who he is. Nick Carraway meets Gatsby at a party‚ but doesn’t know who he

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    problem. The solution to the problem is called Toms‚ and all you have to do is buy a pair of shoes to help out. For every pair of shoes that you buy there is another pair of shoes delivered all over the world and even in some specific areas. Toms is an emerging organization that has helped out people with their health‚ education‚ and mental self. The Toms organization all got started with Blake Mycoskie. He is the founder of the Toms shoe and also created the idea of the One for One

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    flappers‚ prohibition and affairs. Such is the life in The Great Gatsby‚ The Great Gatsby is a classic novel in which money is the center of many characters’ lives; however‚ that money could not buy happiness. Gatsby being one of thoes main characters tries to use his money and status to gain back his love that he once lost. Although the nightlife was all glitter and glamor at West Egg‚ when the lights went out‚ money could not buy Jay Gatsby happiness. "She only married you because I was poor and

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    The book “The Great Gatsby” was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is recognized as one of the greatest representations of the Roaring Twenties in literary fiction despite its sales when first published. There are many reasons for why it is held at such a high standard. Reasons such as how the American Dream is represented in the story or the way each character develops throughout the story. The Roaring Twenties was an era full of money‚ crime‚ greed‚ ambition‚ rebellion‚ and excess

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    The Buchanans have been stereotypically introduced by Fitzgerald as the typical representation of the “Lost Generation” (Gertrude Stein). Tom and Daisy Buchanan inhabit qualities of America during the era after WW1 – people were intolerant‚ materialistic and lacked spiritualism. They live in the East Egg and are the representations of the love for a Romantic lifestyle and the desperation to seek new ideas (generally from Europe) and accept them. The Buchanans have spent a year in France in pursuit

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    Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a story that revolves a great deal on the exercise of power held by people within society. Tom Buchanan‚ one of the main antagonists in the novel‚ is the man who marries Daisy‚ Nick Carraway’s cousin. Having inherited money from his family‚ or “old money” Tom Buchanan resides with Daisy in East Egg‚ where all the other people with inherited wealth live. The narrator already knew him from before as they’d attended Yale together‚ but his immediate

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    heart after their chosen mate dies. These animalistic characteristics seem to be portrayed throughout Gatsby’s character. He acts in manner as if Daisy were to not love him‚ he would die. In the book The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character Jay Gatsby becomes obsessed with the Daisy Buchanan and her love. He changes his entire persona to make himself a man that would fit best with her. Although Gatsby thought that Daisy’s love was the ultimate prize‚ his desperation is what lead to

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    Tom Buchanan was my character of choice because of his interesting role as both a bystander in Jay Gatsby’s relentless pursuit for Daisy and his side story arc with Myrtle. His attitude towards minority groups in the 1920’s reflects the sense of superstition wealthy whites of the time could relate to due to the strong anti-African-American sentiment that they held. The openness of his flings with other women leaves much to be desired‚ which makes him an extravagant man to play: rich‚ frisky‚ and

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