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- 521: The Not So Great Gatsby
- ... a good leader. He was very charismatic, and thought things out carefully before jumping into them. We know he could have been a good leader because of his experience in the army. If he d lived on he d have been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He d of helped build up the country (176). But when he really thought that he could get at Daisy, he ... get this girl and her money. He was in pursuit of the America dream and when he knew finally that he could never have it, he was shot and killed by Wilson. If he had lived he might have moved on and done something really great with his life. Obviously Gatsby doesn t really fall into my definition because he has not really changed anybodys life in a way that is ...
- 522: The Great Gatsby 3
- ... ideal of the American dream rather than actually living it. This pursuit contributes to his deficiency in finding success in his life, and why he fails to live out his American dream. Willy Loman has lived his life in a quest for the American dream. Harold Clurman states that, "Death of a Salesman is a challenge to the American dream." "The American dream has become distorted to the dream of business ... this dream so badly that he paid no attention to his real talent, carpentry, and very little attention to his family. His goals were all mixed up from the beginning and since he never actually lived his dream, it made his life worse. If the true essence of the "American dream" is simply freedom and opportunity for all, then why do many Americans want to get rich quick? If you ask ...
- 523: Theodore Kaczynski
- ... near Lincoln . Once there, Ted built a small one-room shack on this parcel of land surrounded by dense deciduous forest. The shack measured 10 feet by 12 feet and lacked electricity and plumbing. Kaczinski lived by farming a few vegetables in his small garden and venturing into town only when necessary. It is unknown when Kaczynski started to make his bombs for the purpose of killing but his motives, the ... process. With more than enough evidence against him, Kaczinski was sentenced to 4 consecutive life terms in prison. Kaczynski showed much social deviance in his reign as America’s most wanted serial bomber. This man lived in a 10 by 12 shack as a hermit while he experimented to find the perfect bomb. There were 23 victims in all including 3 fatalities during his attacks. Usually one would need much rage ...
- 524: Birdhouse
- ... a dark green, while the desks where in a triangular form as if it were an elementary class. Besides the schools lack of fashion Beverly had a great time getting to know everyone. If you lived close by (which she did) you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a ... gets a job as a librarian at a school in Yakima, Washington. There she would be paid one hundred and ten dollars a month. As I said before both she and Clarence got married and lived happily ever after. Now Beverly is an author of children’s stories. For example the series of "Ramona the Pest!" After it explains everything about her mother’s cousin’s house, I think that she ...
- 525: Beowulf: Heroism
- ... them. In the prologue we are introduced to a loved and heroic King by the name of Shild. " How Shild made slaves of soldiers from every land, crowds of captives he’d beaten into terror…lived to be rich and much honored. He ruled lands on all sides: wherever the sea would take them his soldiers sailed, returned with tribute and obedience." (Raffel, line 4). This section of the prologue clearly ... literature. The insight into the culture of the people and land is invaluable, and the knowledge learned, priceless. " And so Beowulf’s followers rode, mourning their beloved leader, crying that no better king had ever lived, no prince so mild, so open to his people, so deserving of praise."
- 526: Beowulf - The AngloSaxon Epic Poem
- ... is in the phrase "...the proudly setting sun." The sound made by the s and the following vowel in both words are both very similar. Another example is in the phrase "So Hrothgar's men lived happy in his hall.." The sound made by the h in this example and the following vowel is the same for the words happy and hall. The final example is "The seas, was told and ... Rhyme B. Strong Rhythm 1. 4 beats per line 2. Each line has a caesura(strong pause) C. Presence of Alliteration(repetition of constant sounds) 1. "The proudly setting sun" 2. "So Hrothgar's men lived happy in his hall" 3. "The seas, was told and swing in all." D. Presence of Kennings(metaphorical phrase or compound) 1. "Powerful monster" 2. "Shepard of evil" 3. "Guardian of crime" III. Conclusion Anglo ...
- 527: James Watt
- ... life he easily reached his eighties. When James reach eighty-one years in 1816, he was confronted with a disheartening truth. All of his friends had already died many years before him and so he lived partly lonesome life. On August 19, 1819, James Watt who was aged 83 died at his own home in Healthfield. Mrs. Watt lived much longer dying in 1832. James Watt was able to live through his life knowing that even though he only improved an existing invention, he powered much of the industrial revolution in doing so. His ...
- 528: Elie Wiesel
- The book Night opens in the town of Signet where , the author , was born . He lived his child hood in the Signet, Transylvania . He had three sisters Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. His father was an honored member of the Jewish community. He was a cultured man concerned about his community yet ... wanted to warn the Jews of Signet of what could happen to them. However, they only thought it was a vivid imagination speaking from his lips. No one wanted to believe his story and people lived life as usual. It was not until German troops would enter Hungarian territory that life would change for the Jews of Signet. At first the German soldiers did not seem like a threat. During the ...
- 529: William Lloyd Garrison
- : Uncompromise During Times of Compromise (1805-1879) was an American journalist and adamant abolitionist. Garrison became famous in the 1830s for his uncompromising denunciations of slavery. Garrison lived a troubled childhood. His family lived in poverty. In addition, his father was a drunkard, and when Garrison was three years old, his father deserted his family and never came back. Thus, with the absence of an encouraging father figure in ...
- 530: Beloved: The Human Condition
- ... for having killed her "crawling already?" baby daughter, and then regret for not having succeeded in her task. It later becomes apparent that Sethe's tragic past, her chokecherry tree, was the reason why she lived a life of isolation. Beloved, who shares with Seths that one fatal moment, reacts to it in a completely different way; because of her obsessive and vengeful love, she haunts Sethe's house and fights ... conflicts that encumber her characters. By contrasting those individuals, she shows tragedy in the human condition. Both Sethe and Beloved suffer the devastating emotional effects of that one fateful event: while the guilty mother who lived refuses to passionately love again, the daughter who was betrayed fights heaven and hell- in the name of love- just to live again. Sethe was a woman who knew how to love, and ultimately fell ...
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