The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is said to be one of the greatest American novels of the last century‚ not only for it’s tale of hope and disillusion‚ but also for the way it portrayed the spirit of the 1920s. The information from the presentations made me realize that the characters in the story weren’t just any upperclass; they were the social and cultural upperclass of the world. The presentations also made me develop my understanding of the background of their
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Abstract The Great Gatsby is written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in “the roaring twenties”. The characters in the novel have dreams and goals and not one dream ends well. That is why my thesis statement is: The Great Gatsby is really about unattainable dreams. The dreams I am discussing is Gatsby´s American dream‚ Daisy’s dream and Nick’s dream. The dreams are based on the love story between Daisy and Gatsby. The final piece in Gatsby’s American dream would
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Thesis Statement: Even with immense wealth‚ Gatsby’s life is haunted by a lack of meaningful relationships along with a distorted view of Daisy and the rest of the world; these weaknesses make him a fragmented character‚ acting as an example of the disillusionment of many people aiming for the American Dream Quote 1: “...the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city
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Reflective Statement Deconstructing Montage & Virtual Reality With this assignment we explored two different styles of manipulating photography‚ Deconstructing Montage and Virtual Reality‚ as they seem very different styles they share on common thing the artists “IDEA.” In the Deconstructing Montage we explore the symbolism and meaning of what the artist is trying to communicate to us. The great example of communicating messages through symbolism is in the work of Peter Kennard‚ very political
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Reflective statement on “Antigone” “Antigone” being an art of the Greek culture‚ our first interactive oral which was held gave us a further insight about the Greek drama‚ theatre‚ plays and overall about the culture. As Siddharth and Nihar spoke about the origin of drama and how it was used as a mean of education in the early days. It made me think in a TOK perspective about how the Greek drama became a way of learning in the olden days. Greek culture at the same time is very similar to the
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Reflective Statement Introduction In recent decades‚ accounting education has been criticised for failing to provide graduates with necessary skills applied in the workforce. Such skills are demonstrated not only specialist knowledge‚ but also generic and professional skills for employment. As the increasing number of accounting graduates leads to an intensely competitive environment‚ broader range of generic and professional skills are required by employers. Since I have begun to study accounting
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Into the Wild Reflective Statement #2 Word Count: 319 Chapter six of Into the Wild was really all about McCandless and the impact he had on Franz‚ and frankly‚ everyone he met. The point was brought up that McCandless was selfish for making such a huge impression on people’s lives and then just leaving‚ as if they meant nothing to him. I think it’s important to understand‚ although‚ that McCandless had tunnel vision. There was only one thing that mattered to him in life‚ his Alaskan Odyssey. It
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Reflective Statement for The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea: There are a lot of possibilities about the authors purose in this book. Many things happen in this book‚ and at the same time it felt as if I could be reading chapters of a friends life when they were younger. The author‚ ______ writes in a way so that you feel the emotion of the three characters he focus’s on throughout the book. As a malleable person‚ I could feel Noboru‚ Fusako‚ and Ryuji’s struggles and happy times. When
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REFLECTIVE STATEMENT For this module‚ we are required to do an assignment with regards of SME company. The purpose of writing the report is to analyze the key internal issues the management is likely to face when strategizing their marketing formula. Besides‚ we are also required to provide a practical recommendation for the company. For this project‚ the class was divided into 3 groups and each group consists of 3 members. My group members are Miss Tai Geok Yeong and Miss Sharanya. Discussions
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Naomi H. Period: 5 Reflective statement: From Sleep Unbound How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In other words‚ what did you learn that didn’t know before? In the novel From Sleep Unbound by Andree Chedid‚ there is a major cultural difference from American culture. Through the interactive oral and reading the novel‚ I learned that one of the main differences is the role of women. In the novel‚ which is set
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