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of the time were the primary motivators for virtually all of the immigrants to the United States. The example of the Irish serves ...

from such a cultured youth. This is a very symbolic disguise and one that establishes how Huck is searching for his identity throu...

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

culture that achieved global dominance, due to the efforts of Alexander the Great. He is still revered as one of the greatest mil...

in a most hideous way, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossaria...

[Gillys] fault" that her previous placements did not work out, it nevertheless leaves the readers and Gilly with the impression fr...

also the issue of the many displaced nationals from Europe, with the Surrender of France to the Germans in 1940, for a while Brita...

effect was worse due to the number of people who had bought their stock with borrowed money and were forced to liquidate capital t...

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...

portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...

in Europe there was a great civilization and a great deal of conflict in relationship to property, economics, politics, and religi...

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

Meckier 1993). This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of his other novels. In most of his stories, o...

were emphatically not members of the aristocracy that it was almost impossible for them to transcend their conditioning and upbrin...

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...

human tendencies that fall alongside the more admirable qualities. These qualities, in fact, can be credited with the less praise...

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

in love, but "the happiness that should have followed this love not having come" she thought she must have made a mistake (Flauber...

ever written. F. Scott Fitzgeralds portrait of Jay Gatsby resonates with almost every reader because he is so human in his hopes a...

not abhor, which is very important in setting up the story: "Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from...

This paper examines the history of professional football, and discusses how it was affected by both world and national events such...

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

of the United States. Trade accounts for 70 percent of Chinas GDP (Venables and Yueh, 2006). By comparison, trade accounts for 20...

requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...

own language. "Indian" is the name Christopher Columbus gave to the natives he met when he came to the New World, believing he was...

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

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