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    Science fiction movies are based off of imaginative while including futuristic advances while fantasy movies use imaginative elements that are impossible. The misconception between Star Wars and Star Trek fans that both franchises fall into the same genre is easily refuted. These loyal fanatics are familiar with untrue comparisons and they give the true arguable difference between the two genres. Star Wars and Star Trek do share similarities within settings, action, romantic scenes and their participation within the movie franchise. Yet there are people that to this day do not know the distinct differences in the two. With different technology, settlements, action portrayal, and actor qualities being used, Their main differences tend to stick out. Star Wars is and will forever remain a fantasy genre and Star Trek a science fiction genre. Star Wars does have some characteristics of future technology and robots or droids. Their inclusion of these parts does not make it a science fiction like Star Trek. Giving that the technology that is portrayed within the movie Star Trek advanced from human Earth allows for it to be established as science fiction. Star Wars remains a fantasy because the technology has no relationship with Earth or its present technology. Even the filmmaker of Star Wars, George Lucas, started out his films by saying, “A long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away...", which told the audience that it is not based on Earth. There are other planets and fantasy…

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    The American dream is defined as an “ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved”. Sound like the perfect dream, doesn’t it? But sadly every one must wake up eventually. The American dream is a major theme is novels and poems such as a book called The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and a poem titled “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes. The Great Gatsby is the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby…

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    What is the plot of this story? Use your own words to summarize the plot in one thorough paragraph: The plot of the story is about a prince named Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero was a very rich man. There was a illness spreading rapidly throughout their town killing everyone. The illness was called the red death and was described as fatal and hideous. The Prince thought the only escape from the red death was to lock himself away in his castle with many of his friends. To pass time they drank…

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    Page 98. “Spr[inging] from his Platonic conception of himself,” James Gatz changes his identify to Jay Gatsby. Page 65. As Gatsby states, “I’ll tell you God’s truth,” he doesn’t intend to tell Nick the actual truth, but the truth his delusional mind has created to fit inside his own religion. Page 61. While Gatsby acts as God of his own religion, Nick compares Gatsby’s house to the yard of a church. Page 110 - 111. Gatsby becomes taken with Daisy from the moment he sees her and her house.…

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    Everyone wants to be happy. Some people will travel across the sea and leave their home and family in search for happiness. They will throw away everything they have in order to attain something that, during the moment, seems like the perfect solution to all of their problems. Jay Gatsby and Blanche Dubois in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire, respectfully, give away everything they have in order to attain what they believe to be the ultimate form of happiness: the American Dream.…

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    continues to side with Daisy as both Daisy and Myrtle’s situations with Tom are revealed. Daisy, being the wife of Tom, should be entitled to the little love that Tom has to offer. Not only is Tom lawfully wedded to Daisy, he also shares a child with her. Daisy continuously puts on a brave face in front of her husband even when she knows that he is not loyal to her. Although she is not the most charismatic person, Daisy does not deserve to be treated the way that Tom treats her. Daisy also has a…

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    In history The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novel that has a very gothic-science theme. In this novels an educated man/Doctor does secret experiments that passes it intent. The result of these experiments is the release of a split personality. In this essay there will be many topics discussed and presented. For example, how is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde can be seen as an addiction, Why this story persisted into the present day, and a compare and contrast of the…

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    In Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, sharpening the saw is labeled as “self-renewal, self-care, self-respect and self-improvement.” It is a habit that allows us to live up to our expectations and successfully attain all the other 7 healthy habits in the book. In the cartoon series The Berenstain Bears, evidences of sharpening the saw are seen through the episodes Too Much T.V, Too Much Junk Food, and The Bad Habit. In the episode Too Much T.V, sharpening the saw is displayed by…

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    Gothic Analysis Essay Witchcraft, magic and occultism, such known and mentioned subjects, especially in Gothic literature. Stories that have been documented overtime have become mere entertainment to today’s public, constantly incorporated into movies, remade stories (with happier ending, like Disney’s interpretations) but it was only a few decades ago that these stories tormented any believers thoughts from time to time. In these myths, the characters whether being…

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    THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance of Being Earnest is one of Oscar Wilde’s most well-known plays and is known for its witty humour and the mocking of the Victorian society. Satirizing of the Victorian views on marriage and the morals and standards of the upper class creates humour in The Importance of Being Earnest. This is supported by stylistic devices and wordplays. The characters in The Importance of Being Earnest, especially Lady Bracknell, mock the snobbism of the upper…

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