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In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

Some of Ben Franklin's wise words about money and specifically about lending it to friends is compared/contrasted with what the Bi...

slaves are forcibly taken from their native lands, "Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children," which he argues goes ...

he comes back to try and win Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering...

the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...

p. v). Through Franklins writing, such as the homey advice of Poor Richards Almanac and also through his autobiography--through hi...

believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your...

man who could not be respected in some manner. In the case of Franklin one sees him, at a relatively early age, beginning to teach...

America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...

remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had ever...

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

works of the time, self-published, and were handed out to Bostonian readers by the twelve-year-old author himself (DuHadaway 34). ...

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

poverty to a position of wealth. While many people who wanted this particular American Dream of wealth and material possessions ...

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

people are happy to work for practically nothing, low-skill labor is relegated to the food and service industries, which offer min...

opportunity and they also, in many ways, dismissed the pomp of the British aristocratic (Sandefur, 2007). It is perhaps th...

example, Gatsby is showing her through his house and he shows her his silk shirts: "Theyre such beautiful shirts, she sobbed, her ...

(Wilson). As such both stories are clearly reflective of the authors but also different in that respect for Doolittles is, althoug...

there are certain things a person must do, certain things a man must feel and never turn away from. So many men were lost in their...

that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

two depictions. Within the theme of The Great Gatsby, Daisy, as weak and dependent as she may be, knows the power she has over me...

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

In eight pages The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is used to gain some insights into this true Renaissance man and great Ameri...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...

In nine pages this paper examines Dick Diver's ethical downfall and the collapse of value systems within the context of the novel....