first thing we have to do to select the greatest economist of out time is to differentiate ‘great’ and ‘greatest economist’. What is meant by ‘great’ then? The meaning of great is of a size‚ amount‚ extent or intensity considerably above the normal or average. Then what is meant by ‘the greatest economist of our time’? He must be the one who have made profound impact on the society‚ generated the key breakthrough of economics and our way of living. However‚ besides the contributions for the key breakthrough
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The book our town by Thornton wilder has many themes. one of the main themes in our town is Nobody realizes the importance of time and life till it’s gone. At the end of the book‚ Emily realizes how much of life was ignored‚ but after Emily dies she notices how much everyone goes through life without noticing the important things in life. An example of Thornton showing the passage of time would be the lack of props in the play‚ Thornton uses this technique to show that physical things aren’t important
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Is Peace Achievable In Our Time? Peace. What is this elusive word that seems to escape us‚ no matter how hard we struggle to find it? How can it be such a momentous challenge? How can it be a friend to some yet an enemy to others? And why is everyone on earth searching for it? The Encarta dictionaries define peace as “freedom from conflict between people or groups of people” and “the absence of violence or war.” These statements‚ however‚ are furthest away from the truth when describing planet Earth
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The 1920s‚ also known as the Roaring Twenties‚ was a time period full of decadent parties and an abundance of hope and reform. The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ described this time period in New York directly following World War I. It portrays the exciting social and economic changes that came with the 1920s through a complicated love story that eventually leads to a bitter end to an American Dream. He uses his writing throughout the novel to evaluate the lifestyle of the 1920s.
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Jay’s Journal is an interesting book written by Jay. The story is about Jay and how he was led into witchcraft and the occult and using drugs by his girlfriend and others. The author tells how Jay was led into all of this‚ and it also tells how he got his two best friends into using the same stuff and into the occult also known as the O. The author describes how he learned that the human race was afraid of mind over matter techniques
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Rachel Carson’s Man and the Stream of time possesses enlightening perspectives of nature that have been marinating in her mind for ten years. Her writing reflects upon the effects that man has on nature and the role he plays in the ever changing environment. Her sole observation is that it is man’s nature to want to conquer the world‚ but nature is not one to be conquered. The writer affirms that nature is an entity that must be dignified‚ Like English poet Francis Thompson said‚ “Thou canst not
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In Our Time was published in 1925 by acclaimed author Ernest Hemingway‚ and features a collection of short stories and vignettes. The text proved hugely popular‚ and introduced a completely new style of writing that contrasted with the over embellished and extravagant style previously known to readers and common to most writers of that time. The novel instead uses short and simple sentences‚ lacking in overly descriptive or emotional language; yet Hemingway was still able to produce from this‚ powerful
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The Biggest Problem of Our Time The question what the biggest problem of our time is‚ might be considered to be a question with various answers‚ because nowadays‚ the increasing amount of the world population and the evolution of technology creates a lot of problems. If I have to identify one of those‚ the problem I choose is the one based on the human consumption of food. The continuing globalisation makes many places become cities‚ and comforts people’s life. Many people can easily
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Social status is a theme explored in great depth in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby". The author shows that someone who is born to a certain class can never be fully integrated into a different class. To be more specific‚ no matter how hard Gatsby tries‚ he cannot become a part of the upper classes‚ and although he dies a wealthy man‚ he has never truly gained acceptance‚ nor through the entire novel does his wealth protect him. Two of the novel’s main characters‚ Daisy and Tom‚ are members
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“The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a fictional‚ yet realistic story of a selfbuilt millionaire. This millionaire‚ Jay Gatsby‚ finds himself stuck in tough situations because of his persistent fight for a married woman‚ Daisy Buchanan. His infatuation and blindness for Daisy ended up in the downfall of Gatsby’s life. Who is to blame for his downfall? Of course‚ Jay Gatsby is the one to blame. Jay Gatsby had already started problems when he first met Daisy. Ever since he had set
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