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    By introducing him as a special character type, Williams points out one of the autobiographical elements in the play, and that is his own alcohol and drug abuse during the 1960’s. Another dominant character in the play is Brick’s father, Big Daddy, who represents a type of a rich landowner, and embodiment of American Dream. Through his character Williams shows how the American society has forfeited all values in the temple of the most popular value in the world, money. He expresses his burning…

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    Staying at Dublin’s Grand Dame of Luxury Hotels, The Merrion 5 Intro Along a tony street of fine 18th century Georgian homes in the posh and stately area of Georgian Dublin, , there is a door man in green suite with a top hat and tail. Fashionable guests come and go with some dressed in bespoke business suits while other are dressed in more casual, yet spiffy attire. With each coming and going the door man bids a cheerful greeting in that lovely sing song Irish accent. The outside of the…

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis The Great Gatsby is a book written by the American author Scott Fitzgerald, in 1925. It takes place in a small, fiction village called West Egg close to Long Island in New York City, US. The story takes part during the summer of 1922. West Egg is described as a town for new rich men who is on a pursuit of happiness. We see that the whole novel is colored by the jazz age and this makes everything described classy. Characterization: The narrator is Nick Carraway…

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    As a sport, historically, Formula 1 has always been one of decadence and like its most famous circuit, the Circuit de Monaco, a thing of extravagance. Something that’s always held an almost elitist of fascinations. It is a proud sport, a rich sport but it is also in a patch of rapid, meteorical decline. It is more than just surprising that in a day and age where technological advancement are the cornerstone of what drives a population that a sport which functions on the cutting edge of…

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    Women with perfect hair, crystal bright teeth, full lips and botoxed faces. Men in sleek suits, driving around in luxury vehicles and investing millions of dollars in yachts and real estate. That’s the surreal image we see on TV every single day. In 2013, Fox TV channel challenged the stereotype of rich Russian people in London with the documentary series Meet the Russians. Normal, average people are faced with the way multimillionaires achieved new heights in their ability to scatter huge…

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    It is well known, not only by Americans, but around the globe that the American Dream is a popular idea that is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence, where it is stated that "all men are created equal" with the right to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. Although many are in a complicated situation established in society before they are born, they are still responsible and have the power to change their situation. Many have been affected by consumer…

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    The Great Gatsby Society and Class F. Scott Fitzgerald presents many themes in his novel, The Great Gatsby. One of the themes is how people behave depending on their social status. Social Class is an important theme in the book. Gatsby throws huge, elaborate parties in hopes Daisy will hear about them and attend one. Gatsby doesn’t know that Daisy would never go to one unless she’s invited, because she sees it as a lower-class type of party. Tom and Daisy look down on the people who go to the…

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    F.Scott Fitzgerald had a tendency to base his main characters on his relationship and history with his wife, Zelda. Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby is no exception, as she exhibits several similarities to Zelda Fitzgerald. For example, both Zelda and Daisy do not love Fitzgerald and Gatsby, respectively, nearly as much as the men love them. Both women are also uninterested in the men until they are extraordinarily wealthy. Additionally, Daisy and Zelda unfortunately turn out to be much…

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    When society urges an enticing yet, zealous young man to engage in charisma, gallinty, haughtiness, dominance, and deadly persistence, he responds with eager disclosure. In Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick, a young man, who resides in New York, meets Gatsby, after receiving an invitation to attend one of his extravagant parties; Gatsby, a wealthy but perplexing man, greets Nick and offers his friendship since he is particularly interested in reuniting Nick’s radiant cousin, Daisy…

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    I. Social class The Great Gatsby talk about the story that Gatsby pursue the bigwigs, but it end up with him death. For Gatsby tragedy, the society has inescapable responsibility. In a word, the social class imply the Gatsby’s tragedy was inevitable. Gatsby was born in a poor family at the Midwestern United States, his life was very difficult in the childhood. After he suffered from the poverty, he desire to become a rich man and he also have a big ambition: he don’t want to do a ordinary…

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