Rome is recognized as one of the strongest empires of its time; however‚ as history shows all great empires must eventually come to an end. The Roman Empire lasted from about 750 BC all the to 476 A.D when they are finally conquered. But if the Roman empire lasted that long‚ what caused it to come to an end? The Fall of Rome can be linked to various crisis’s ranging from poor leadership within the nation to massive inflation over the economy‚ it was their military conflict with the Germanic tribes
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Name: Vikaram Veerapandian SL 1 Class: 5.07 The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ is set in the jazz age of the roaring 20s‚ a highly patriarchal society which was also a period of drastic change‚ and explored the tension between the newly formed nouveau rich and the then already established aristocratic class‚ and in turn revealing the critique of Fitzgerald on the apparent lack of social values and morals apparent in the society then. His disapproval of the excesses that was present
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3 Word Count: 900 The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby tries to “repeat the past” with tragic results. The novels narrator Nick Carraway tries to explain to Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past‚ but Gatsby states‚ “of course you can‚ old sport” (Fitzgerald). Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby met in Louisville. Before he left to fight in World War I he fell in love with Daisy. Right before he left Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby until his return. While waiting
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Well first‚ the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves that were in the territory that was in rebellion against the government were free. And‚ of course‚ they didn’t free their slaves. But it did not apply to any of the Union’s territory. Slavery was officially abolished on December 18‚ 1865 when the 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution. As for the discrimination‚ I do still think it exists today. But the thing is‚ it is bad when
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The Great Gatsby‚ carelessness plays a major role and is displayed by people getting drunk at parties‚ and Daisy speeding a causing a car accident‚ which left one dead.] One way of displaying carelessness is driving while drunk. While talking to guests at one of his parties‚ Gatsby hears a loud noise and goes to check it out. He discovers and car flipped over with the wheel off. Gatsby realized that the guy behind the wheel was drunk. “Wha’s matter?” he inquired calmly‚ “Did we run out of {book
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the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out all right at the end." (2) Nothing
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Today I am interviewing one of David Shay’s six kids‚ Polly for some questions about his dad. He walks into the room and sit down. I took out my notebook and we started.I asked‚”How did Shays’ Rebellion end?” He responds‚”It ended with a donation.The donation was mostly from Boston merchants.The money was raised for an army to fight against my dad army.Sadly the winter was hard on his armyies.The army was soon sentenced to death when they found them‚ but they didn’t kill them.” When I finish writing
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In We Gon’ Be Alright Chang wrote a collection of six essays that go on to describe racial inequalities that are happening in our county and how these inequalities effect every culture‚ not just one specifically. Chang writes these essays that include the problematic issues of the riots in Ferguson‚ the whiteness of Hollywood‚ and even Donald Trump running for president and promoting white supremacy. Chang shows how all of these topics lead towards a racial divide of the country. While Chang’s essays
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creating a calm and relaxed environment. However this is then destroyed by the young boy and the accident. While the boy is outside working his sister calls him for “supper”. “At the word‚ the saw‚ as if to prove saws knew what supper meant‚ leaped out at the boys hand‚ or seemed to leap” again the writer is personifying the saw so that it seems almost like an animal at the zoo waiting for feeding time‚ or so that it doesn’t murder anymore trees. Caesura is also
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Why did the stalemate end in 1918? By 1918 the western front was still in the middle of a stalemate‚ but now it looked like there might be a breakthrough that would lead to the end of the war. Even though defensive weapons had ben largely developed and were extremely dangerous offensive weapons had started to be developed largely. I believe the stalemate ended in 1918 due to several reason but mainly because of the entry of the USA into the war but there were other key factors such as the British
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