AP English III The Great Gatsby Assignment A Gold Plated Picket Fence What is the American dream? Is it white picket fences with beautiful green lawns and comfortably large brick houses? According to Dictionary.com the American dream is “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative”. The American dream is a theme that is often used in American literature just like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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pride in those twelve years he had served his country. He always said‚ “that one man can make a difference.” It depends on if you believe it or not. It depends on you as a person to make the decision. “Don’t look at past in despair‚ but look towards the future and prepare for it‚ because when it comes you’ll be ready‚ to take on a new challenge” he said. If you are prepared to join the military; then expect to make a difference‚ if you are stuck behind a desk or in the field you will be making a
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Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost is one of the greatest poets of our time‚ and “Nothing gold can stay” is one of the many great poems I love by him. “Nothing gold can stay” holds a special place in my heart due to it being my very last show in the Laker Marching band. Of my three years of being in Color-guard I learned to embody music‚ books‚ and poems. Spending hundreds of hours on a show based off of this poem‚ it brought the meaning of it to me to new heights. At the end of the year I did not
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In Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚” the speaker proclaims that fame and the things we value last only “an hour” (4). Having lost his wife and children which for him were like gold‚ Frost comes to the sobering recognition that “Nothing gold can stay” (8). Frost feels plagued by solitude but struggles with distancing himself. Frost’s two poems “Mending Wall” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both represent Frost’s desire for human connection because of its value. Though it appears that
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The theme of the poem‚ “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚” is transience‚ which is things of life change very quickly. The first stanza clearly introduces this theme‚ “Nature’s first green is gold‚ / Her hardest hue to hold” (1-2). The first sentence‚ “Nature’s first green is gold”‚ refers to the first scene of spring‚ which symbolizes the new starting‚ the new life‚ and the new cycle. Because they are new and seraphic‚ the poet describes them as the color of “gold”. Furthermore‚ the second line‚ “Her hardest
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Many people can’t really associate dieting with gaining weight. The question “Can dieting make you fat”? The answer that many have a hard time believing or do not clearly understand is YES dieting can in fact cause a person to gain weight. If an individual is on a mission to lose weight there are instructions that one must take in order to be produce successful results. Exercising‚ medical health check up‚ taking vitamins‚ consistency‚ discipline‚ and understanding how the human body
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Since prehistoric time‚ human are using the gold in trading and value keeping asset. Even current financial activities are always surrounding by the gold issue. The ancient treated the gold as the true form of wealth. Gold has been using early in 4000 B.C as a fashion decorative object in where today Eastern Europe is centred. In 1500 B.C the gigantic gold-bearing regions of Nubia made Egypt a wealthy nation (National Mining Association). By the time the gold has widely recognize as the standard form
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wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay in 1923‚ five years after WWII. His original poem contained more ideas about the world wars. He felt the need to change it because the first version contained a lot about the world ending and it scared people. I feel like the poem would be considered a narrative poem because it kind of tells a story. The title’s meaning is pretty obvious to me.The title is a reference to the fact that people grow and change. When a person is young they are considered gold. It could also
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck coordinates back to “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost‚ as Kino discovers the pearl of the world and comes to understand that innocence may not always remain through his experiences of a given opportunity‚ life continuing to move on‚ and the theme that change is inevitable. With a line of blood on his blade‚ Kino wakes up the next morning to the sight of the pearl and the great promises it held. The glisten of the alluring pearl brought “its music of promise and delight
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between the “Strong-Family Theory” and the “Weak-Family Theory.” How have these theories influenced the manner in which African American families are viewed? Which of the theories would you support as valid interpretations of the African American family today? According to the discussion that was held in class on 3/28/2013‚ the “Strong Family Theory” is a family that has 2 parents‚ extremely wealthy‚ loyal‚ and have great communication amongst each other. The class also said that a strong family honors
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