American dreams. They started to rebel against social traditions‚ lose self-control‚ and party like never before. F. Scott Fitzgerald dubs the era the Jazz Age‚ as he reflects on the ambiguities of the American Dream. In Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams” and the novel The Great Gatsby‚ there are many similarities between the two main characters‚ Dexter and Gatsby. Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby epitomize the self-reliant individual; therefore‚ they are very successful financially; however‚ they
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In the historical book Black Ships before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff‚the hero that I chose was Achilles.I chose Achilles because of his immortality only in battle‚but his heel is not immortal in battle. Achilles is the Greeks strongest warrior‚he was also dipped into the river of Styx by his mother‚Thetis Of The Silver Feet.When he was dipped in the river by his mother‚she held him by his heel so it was not showered by the river.The river of Styx gives Achilles immortality in battle besides his Achilles
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Two people destined to be together‚ brought war‚ pain‚ and heartbreak to the people of their land. This book goes by the name of Black Ships Before Troy: the Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff. It came out in 1993 through Laurel-Leaf publishing‚ receiving 4/5 stars from Goodreads‚ and 3/5 stars from Barnes and Noble. I would compare this book to the Percy Jackson series because they are both about the Greek Gods and demigods. I chose this book because I have always had an interest in Greek
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with in my own life. Contemporary literature‚ like Speak is a lot easier to for high school students to understand and apply. This is one of the many reasons why I am so interested in reading more books by this writer. I recently checked out the book Winter Girls by the same author and I’m sad to say I do not love it as much as Speak. The summaries and reviews I read online made it sound amazing!
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series using Holt-Winters Forecasting Procedure Summary The Holt-Winters forecasting procedure is a simple widely used projection method which can cope with trend and seasonal variation. We can apply this method to lots of fields such as banking data analysis‚ investment forecasting‚ inventory controlling and so on. This paper shows us a practical banking credit card example using Holt-Winter method in Java programming for data forecasting. The reason we use Holt-Winter is that this method
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In the Poem “Those Winter Sundays” the Author Robert‚ Hayden gives the readers the tragic realization that we don’t always appreciate the ones that mean the most to us. He clearly demonstrates the pain that neglecting to appreciate our loved ones can cause. Although the speaker didn’t realize at a younger age everything his father did to care for the family‚ and that his father was left unappreciated. By the end of the poem once lonely and left with time to reflect on the true value of his father’s
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reading every morning. I haven’t wanted to lately. In fact‚ I haven’t cared to touch my cards AT ALL. I keep chalking it up to the fact that work is stressful and beating the life out of me. But I don’t know. Maybe it’s the blahs. Or Almost-Winter-Doldrums. Could also be that I’m so freaking exhausted that I keep hitting snooze until it’s practically time to be out the door. It’s difficult to reach a meditative state in the morning when you’re shooting out the door like a rocket. Might also
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In John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Winter of Our Discontent‚ one can find many general truths and principles‚ also known as aphorisms. Ethan Allen Hawley‚ the main character‚ seems to gift the reader with another aphorism at the turn of every page‚ but some of these sayings may be considered more remarkable than others. One of the more noteworthy aphorisms is a statement made by Ethan at the end of chapter 6: "To be alive at all is to have scars". While this may not be the theme that Steinbeck
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The document I’m analyzing is Tecumseh’s speech to the Osages that was written in the winter of 1811-1812. I chose this speech by Tecumseh‚ a Shawnee leader‚ because he made an effort to do everything he can to not let the white people infiltrate the grounds on which he built his life on. He brings up the issue that the reason why the others tribes didn’t survive or was forced off their land was because they didn’t help each other out. The same thing will happen to the Shawnee tribe and the Osages
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It’s typical for a winter morning. The clouds hang heavily in the sombre skies. Shadows of the barren trees fall upon the blanket of crisp‚ drifting‚ white snow that covers every inch of the frozen ground. icicles cling to the eves‚ sparkling in the silver rays of light that shine through the clouds. Everything is shrouded in mist and silence. There’s no sound‚ save for the occasional bird’s chirp or trill. I feel the wind gnawing at my cheeks and tug the fraying end of my chunky knit scarf. Snowflakes
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