Erik Ferjentsik 127W Paper After a time of prosperity‚ the roaring 1920’s became a decade of social decay and declining moral values. The forces this erosion of ethics can be explained by a variety of theories. However‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a convincing portrait of waning social virtue in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald portrays the nefarious effects of materialism created by the wealth-driven culture of the time. This was an era where societal values made wealth
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In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings
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telling the story‚ Nick realizes that he is responsible for Gatsby’s death. Nick blames himself for facilitating the events that led to the end result of Gatsby getting shot‚ and ultimately assumes responsibility for Gatsby’s death.. By reintroducing Daisy and Gatsby‚ Nick realizes that he sparked the fire that leads to Gatsby’s death. When Gatsby is over at Nick’s house‚ Nick says‚ “‘I talked with Miss Baker‚’ I said after a moment. ‘I’m going to call up Daisy to-morrow and invite her over here to
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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ Mercutio dies. The Capulets and the Montagues are both responsible for his death because of the longstanding family feud‚ Mercutio being in the wrong place at the wrong time‚ and the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. {{Good job!}} The longstanding family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues caused a lot of fighting between the two families for years. Mercutio was not a Capulet or Montague‚ but a friend of Romeo who was a Montague
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Cassandra W. Romeo and Juliet Some people are reckless in decision making therefore causing their actions to do harm to others. Friar Laurence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly married the two without their parent consent‚ this is one of the reasons however there are more. Friar Laurence is a good hearted guy; he just wants to help out others by doing what he thinks are good for them. Friar Laurence because of his kindness and foolishness weds Romeo
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Set in the 1920’s‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ tells the story of social classes and a wealthy man who lost the love of his life. This man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is born poor‚ but he works his way into becoming rich‚ and thus being the symbol of new money. Daisy Buchanan‚ Gatsby’s lover‚ is born as old money and lives in East Egg with her husband Tom Buchanan‚ and is a glamorous person. Gatsby always loves Daisy‚ but was unable to marry her because he was poor and Daisy loves rich men‚ so
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that Daisy is one of the causes that lead to the disillusion of Gatsby’s dream. They think Daisy is an as⁃ set class miss‚ who has no thought‚ no sentiment‚ flimsiness and bored person. Unlike many critics‚ I don’t think Daisy is a fickle‚ shallow‚ and sardonic woman. I believe she is also a victim of that era. Zhou Jiaqiu has pointed out in the Half is an Angle; the Half is the Devil that“if we only regards Daisy as a material girl‚ we not on⁃ ly humiliate the sacred love of Gatsby‚ but also
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Essay Written By: Michelle Yang Topic: Who is ultimately responsible for Romeo & Juliet’s deaths and why? Death is and always will be a hard topic to talk about‚ especially when someone is to blame. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ many characters could take responsibility for the deaths of the young lovers‚ but who is ultimately to blame? In my opinion‚ Romeo is the main cause of their deaths. He rushed into marriage without thinking ahead as to what they
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3 Reasons Why War Might Be Wanted Why war might be wanted? There are a few reasons to answer this question. People fight wars to control resources‚ colonize land‚ get what they want‚ revenge and fight for religion reasons. Firstly‚ war might be wanted because they can control or even take resources. These resources include coal‚ oil‚ water and gas. The developing countries which were looking for resources could take some resources from developed countries if they had won the victory. In Europe
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