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    love. The art work is about two African American couple that is in love and has a little child. I have chosen this work because it shows a lot of love between two of them and it reminds me of my human experience and what my life is going to be and look like in July when our son is born. 1. The human experience that I have chosen and the work relates to is love 2. The human experience is meaningful to my life because it is a very strong picture of two couple that is truly in love with each

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    soldiers from the front of World War I. Thesis statement: Fitzgerald accurately represents the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s through The Great Gatsby by using the characters Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. They display the attainment of wealth. “Did Fitzgerald accurately represent the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s?” Body Paragraphs: What was the “American Dream” in the 1920s? The ‘American Dream’ originated in earlier days

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    The American Dream is described as the perfect lifestyle. No one wants challenges or problems; they want the ‘perfect life’. This idea is stabilized by the different desires‚ wants‚ and needs for each person trying to obtain it; every individual has a different dream but it still can be obtained‚ as we see from Gatsby and Nick. The people in this country all have different backgrounds‚ they have come from different situations. The dreams of each of these people are different and the journey to achieve

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    these are life‚ Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." This sentiment can be considered the foundation of the American Dream‚ the dream that everyone has the ability to become what he or she desires to be. While many people work to attain their American dream‚ others believe that the dream is seemingly impossible to reach‚ like F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby examines the "Jazz-Age" generation’s search for the elusive American Dream of wealth and happiness and scrutinizes the consequences

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    Beauty and Evil are never far apart in Keats’s poetry” how far do you agree with this view? “She seem’d‚ at once‚ some penanced lady elf‚ Some demon’s mistress‚ or the demon’s self.” Beauty and evil cannot come much closer than when being in the same quote‚ and much of Keats’s work is pockmarked with references to these two seemingly unrelated conditions‚ and I feel is notable‚ if not key‚ to much of Keats’s work. In a way it could be said to symbolise Keats’s “bitter-sweet melancholy”; the idea

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    ironic due to the fact that Gatsby made his wealth through bootleg businesses and never was approved by the traditional upper class. As a result‚ he never truly achieve his ultimate dream because of social corruption. First of all‚ Tom who represent the “old money” never approved Gatsby’s wealth by saying “who is this Gatsby anyhow?” and his accusation of Gatsby did not made his money through a legitimate way.(Fitzgerald 107) Other upper class elite also did not approve Gatsby because they don’t truly

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    some kind of religion‚ and all faiths answer the question "What is the meaning of life?" Humanity’s search for an answer to this question is one of the main reasons that people are drawn to religion. The answers‚ although different from religion to religion‚ give people’s lives purpose‚ meaning‚ and hope. Religion is found in all ages and all cultures. Its principles and values have given motivation and guidance to every human society. The function of religion in a society is often to explain to

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    HUMAN VALUES Questions that are not so burning these days are those of the societal structure and the evolution of human not only as a living creature‚ but also as a civilized societal animal. The complacency about his/her omnipotence finds a reflection in the human values that are so well galvanized to the human nature since times ancient. So does narrow-minded selfishness ooze to subdue what the religious gurus had been preaching since past as essential human values. Put simply‚ the centrifugal

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    Everyone responds to conflict according to their values People react to conflict due to their values. In the novel ‘Every Man In This Village Is a Liar’ Megan Stack has allies who make an oath to protect her at all cost. A person’s values may also include‚ they would never physically hurt another person and they are against it then in times of conflict due to their values despite whether it is a physical conflict or something else they wouldn’t resort to physical harm. Another major conflict issue

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    Ann Barton said “Lovelorn Orsino is not a figure of fun. The verse he speaks at the beginning of the play is seductively beautiful: intense‚ metaphoric and imaginative” To what extent do you agree with this view of the presentation of the character of Orsino? The presentation of Duke Orsino emphasises the dominant theme of love in Twelfth Night. He can be interpreted in different ways. There is debate as to whether Orsino represents the beauty and truth of love as a heroic lover‚ or as a stock

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