Was Alexander the Great “great”? The evidence suggests that Alexander the Great was legitimately great because he conquered many countries and he was inspirational. Alexander was great because he conquered a country in the years 333BC‚ 332BC‚ 331BC‚ 331BC‚ 330BC‚ 327BC‚ 324BC and 323BC. This demonstrates that he was great because he used tactics that would defeat enemies. An example of a tactic he used is phalanx. Phalanx means “a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with
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The film The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann and produced in 2013 was a commendable representation of the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald that it was based off of. The roles of the main characters Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio)‚ Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan)‚ Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton)‚ and Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) were played on point. The movie mostly kept the same feeling as the book or helped the viewer understand it more. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan’s roles in the book were recreated
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The Great Gatsby is a classic tale that has been interpreted very differently throughout time. One prominent source of constant debate lies in the main character‚ Jay Gatsby. In the novel’s title‚ Gatsby is misleadingly referred to as being “great”. However‚ the events that transpire within the novel paint a very different picture of this man. Despite the title of his story‚ Jay Gatsby is dishonorable‚ immoral‚ a phony‚ and is‚ in fact‚ very far from greatness. To elaborate‚ when Gatsby meets Daisy
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The Destruction Caused by Isolation According to Biblical accounts‚ God created the world and humankind. One of the central elements of this creation was the establishment of community and relationships within humanity. Genesis tells of relationships between humanity and God‚ between man and woman‚ and between humanity and nature. When Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit‚ they were isolated from God‚ in conflict with one another‚ and repelled from the Garden of Eden. This isolation was
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The Great Depression and the Great New Deal On October 29th‚ 1929‚ America’s stock market‚ which had been roaring constantly for almost a decade‚ crashed‚ leading the country into severe economic disasters. This led to what became known as the Great Depression or “Black Tuesday”‚ other factors such as‚ overproduction‚ failed monetary policy‚ and political decisions could have also contributed. The current president at the time‚ Herbert Hoover‚ urged patience and self-reliance. He believed that
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The film starts in the winter of 1929‚ as Midwesterner Nick Carraway is admitted to a sanatorium for alcoholism. Carraway talks about the single most hopeful person he has met - Gatsby. Unable to articulate his memories‚ his doctor advises him to write them down. In a flashback to the spring of 1922‚ Carraway has just moved to New York in search of the American Dream. As he settles into a cottage neighboring millionaire Jay Gatsby’s mansion on Long Island‚ Carraway grows increasingly captivated by
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Gatsby was a man who had wounded love‚ but only loved one woman. The novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ draws a tragic life of him. Gatsby failed on his first love with Daisy‚ whom later married a rich man named Tom. Gatsby resents himself without money. Naturally‚ he obsesses earning money and authority. Afterward‚ he hosts a colossal party every night. He achieves the aspiration waiting to meet Daisy again. However‚ Daisy betrays Gatsby putting the guilt of car accident on Gatsby made by her. One surprising
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itself caused redrawing of boundaries and change of political powers. Also had not only been a war in Europe but now included many other countries. Some events that had caused world war 2 would be the U.S. stock market crash‚ Japan invading Manchuria‚ Treaty of Versailles‚ Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany‚ German invasion of Poland‚ Pearl Harbor Attack‚ and German occupation of the Rhineland. The U.S. stock market crash had led the industrial world and America to fall into the Great Depression
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Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt both served as President during the Great Depression. Hoover was a Republican and Roosevelt was a Democrat‚ which means they both had different ideas and plans to deal with the Great Depression. Both these Presidents had a similar approach with economic policies‚ by using the federal government to help recover the country. Roosevelt was more involved than Hoover to fight through the depression and Roosevelt was more supportive to the people and inform them that
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To what extend is the character Nick a reliable narrator in the book ’The Great Gatbsy’? Nick is a person with a number of contrasting allegiances within the book. For example he finds connections between himself and Gatsby‚ both serving in the War and that the both come from the ‘Mid-West’. However‚ Nick is also connected to the Buchannan’s: he is Daisy’s cousin‚ he comes from a wealthy background and he went to the same college as Tom Buchannan. Also‚ Nick says that his father told him to remember
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