Magwitch Magwitch a fearsome criminal just recently escaped from prison and terrorizes Pip at the beginning of Great Expectations. Chapter 1 “You fail‚ or you go from my words in any partickler‚ no matter how small it is‚ and your heart and your liver shall be tore out‚ roasted and ate. Now‚ I ain’t alone‚ as you may think I am. There’s a young man hid with me‚ in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I speak. That young man has
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The Great Debaters is a drama film based on the story of Melvin B. Tolson; Union Activist‚ Communication and English professor of Wiley College. Tolson had a mediocre vision of transitioning four amateur African Americans into master debaters which would allow them to defeat all other African American debate teams. In 1930‚ Mr. Tolson held tryouts for the debate team. He warned all contestants that only four will be left standing‚ however‚ he reminds them that debate is all about the hotspot in which
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2011 The Great Depression The Great Depression took place in the1930s‚ and was known as the stock market crash. America’s economy dropped‚ and many people lost their jobs. Many people had little or no money. The stock market did not cause the Great Depression. The Great Depression started in 1929. Purchasing and construction dropped. Farmers were already in an economic depression before the Great Depression swept the nation. There were millions
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby paints the picture of the way life was in the twenties. This society has the characteristics of an egotist and one who pays no attention the character of themselves. Fitzgerald’s style influences the reader to portray this era as a carefree "do what feels good" society. However‚ Fitzgerald introduces the countless number of tragedies that take place. Through diction‚ imagery‚ and details Fitzgerald creates a morose tone. The writer evokes the reader’s feelings
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In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ a selfish and careless woman‚ is the person with whom Jay Gatsby‚ the protagonist‚ is infatuated. When Gatsby first met her‚ she was a rich girl and he was just any other guy. To him‚ she was a goddess‚ and amazing woman he felt was above his standing. He was willing to do anything for her. Daisy is not capable of measuring up to Gatsby’s expectations. Contrary to Gatsby’s idealized view‚ Daisy is a self-centered girl. When Gatsby was called off
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Social status plays a big role in every society. Everybody wants to achieve some form of social status. In the movie The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby sole purpose in life was to achieve a very high social status and not live as his parents did. With Jay’s vision of himself‚ along with the love he poured into Daisy and his insistence on reliving the past his Gatsby’s ultimate down fall. Jay’s own vision of himself started out at an early age‚ he even denied his own parents since they were not of the
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Tom rarely sees her and is always wondering off into the city where he has his apartment which he keeps for the affair he has with Myrtle Wilson. Tom feels no guilt for cheating on Daisy with Myrtle he tries keeping them in what he believes is there place. For example once at a party Myrtle was speaking of Tom’s wife Daisy and he had told her to stop but she replied “I’ll say her name whenever I want to Daisy! Dai- Then making a short deft movement‚ Tom Buchanan broke her
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| Alexander the Great | | | Craig Wilson | 11/12/2012 | | Alexander was the son of Philip II of Macedonia. He was born in Pella‚ Macedonia’s capital city in 356 BC. Alexander was tutored by Aristotle‚ one of the greatest philosophers and smartest men of the time‚ from when he was 13 until he was 16. He was also leader of the Companions‚ which was a group Philip II made to protect him from would be assailants (Alexander the Great Biography) (historyofmacedonia.org). In 340 BC
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imaginations -- he was head and shoulders above them." Alexander the Great studied with and learned from his mentor Aristotle‚ and had great interest in the writings of Homer. Aristotle taught Alexander creative thinking and martial theory‚ which would come in handy at later points in his life. Alexander wanted to punish the Persians and gain control of all of the land stretching from Greece all the way to India. Phillip the II was a great leader‚ who was succeeded by his son‚ Alexander. Carrying on his
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The Great Depression There are many defining moments in the great depression. There were many things that triggered the events that happened and caused the great depression. These events were the dust bowl‚ the stock market crashing‚ and bank failures. The new deal is one defining moment in the great depression because of the fact that it got the United States out of the depression. These four defining moments changed the United States for ever. When the dust bowl happened back in the great
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