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    With this attitude and the economy on the decline‚ the fight for women’s rights faded into the backdrop. Societal Roles of Women in

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    aware of what society had become by the 1920s. He believed that the American Dream "the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement‚" (Adams) was poisoned by the delusional and heedless pursuit of wealth and pleasure; condemning it even as he took part in it. Fitzgerald’s vision of America‚ that once inspired wonder and enchantment‚ juxtaposed with the lives and the story of The Great Gatsby‚

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    Mother always told me that laughter is the panacea to all illnesses‚ and a day without laughter was a day wasted. But what did she did know? I loved her dearly‚ but she had suffered from illnesses all her life‚ and laughter did not seem to cure her. I attribute all my success to my mother‚ for she was the one who introduced me to my first love- acting. The moment I stepped onto the stage‚ a star was born and the rest is history. …. I had just finished filming in New York‚ when I was approached by

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    A life full of happiness is another component of the American Dream. As a whole‚ the goals of obtaining love‚ wealth‚ or a career create joy in a person; the person works for what will please them. Everyone has a different way of finding happiness‚ and the success of finding it will bring success of the American Dream. A life of difficulties makes the search for happiness not an easy task‚ but people come anyways to America with hopes of obtaining their happiness. America promises freedom‚ a relief

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    wrong it’s also the best part of my life. There are plenty of up’s and downs as well as gains that comes with parenting. This is my take on parenting while everyone has there on take and views on parenting‚ These are just a few of my own. The media expectation on parenting‚ and some of my own reality of being a parent to total different worlds. The potty training stage‚ Research studies shows that potty training is the first major milestone for parents and children. Not my favorite at all‚ But determination

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    Gatsby Essay In the 1920s the time when “The Great Gatsby” story is told‚ in that time there was prohibition for alcoholic beverages. It was a nationwide ban on the sale‚ production‚ import‚ and transport of alcohol. The effects of that ban‚ were that people would still buy alcohol just in secret places where they brought illegal alcohol or places‚ that for example in the novel we have the explanation how Gatsby got his fortune. He worked with Wolfsheim‚ an illegal alcohol seller. In fact‚ alcohol

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    Chanya Likitkunawong ’The real tragedy of Jay G was not that Daisy betrayed him‚ but that he could not let go of the past. To what extent do you agree?’ Whilst Daisy was the spark that led to Gatsby’s many tragedies‚ it was Gatsby himself that added fuel to it until it got out of control‚ ultimately ending in the ’real tragedy’‚ his death. The series of unfortunate events that led to his ’real tragedy’ was due to his past with Daisy that hurt him both mentally and physically‚ causing him to become

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    Extreme and Moderate Characters in Tartuffe In Moliére’s Tartuffe (Moiré 1664)‚ the reader is able to see a great contrast of Extreme and Moderate characters. Extreme characters being those who are seen as over the top‚ or very passionate people‚ and the moderate characters having a more calm and subtle approach to ideas. The extreme characters in this case would be Madam Pernelle‚ Orgon‚ Tartuffe‚ and Dorine. The moderate characters are seen as Cleante and Elmire. One of the characters that

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    Beautiful Fools and Army Men F. Scott Fitzgerald is not that good of a writer. The Great Gatsby is suppose to be this great book‚ but that is not so. His ideas were not even original. He just took his life and his wife’s life‚ exaggerated it and added affairs‚ then published it. Anyone can do that. Daisy Buchanan life is basically Zelda’s life‚ but amped up. “Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men…” Daisy‚ like Zelda

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    more of it one has‚ the more one wants.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. Happiness can come from several different aspects in life‚ and many say that happiness is given through the way you live life and how one receives it. The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald written in 1925‚ portrays what seems to be a love story between two individuals displaying the American dream of wealth and happiness while it actually displays the fading traditional values of the people and distrust. In the novel‚ a character Tom

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