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    meaning. Daisy is Gatsby’s love and she tends to wear or be connected with the colors gold and white. White means purity even though Daisy is not entirely pure. Gold is attached with money and riches while she is married with Tom who is affluent. First off, Daisy is always involved with gold which flashes how rich she is. Daisy lives in an expensive house with all the old money people. In chapter 6 of the Great Gatsby, Daisy and Tom are at one of Gatsby extravagant parties. Tom was ruining…

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    the first restaurant in Denver, Colorado with monetary help from friends and family. Steve’s dream was…

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    During the summer, I enjoy going to the downtown area and watch the city come to life. There is always something to see or do during the summer months in the Chicago land area. Just exploring the lakefront by walking or riding a bike is exciting. To see so many people riding their bikes and running is enough to motivate anyone. The biggest problem I have is finding time to fit these activities into my schedule. There is always a festival going on every weekend in Chicago (Chicago Rib Fest,…

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    book, Schlosser uses a variety of rhetorical organization methods to present his work. While the use of classification is the most noticeable at first glance, the use of exemplification, description, and narration also exist within the work. Through the use of these organization methods, Schlosser delivers an effective and well-organized exposé. At first glance, the reader can clearly identify the use of classification within the work. At the smallest level of division, Schlosser divided the…

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    that were accusing him of undermining the law. I believe that Charles was tried for his crimes but also because of personal political agenda. If we look at the facts of the trial, there is reason to question such a violent verdict. Charles was the first royal to be put on trial. According to an online article titled “The Trial and Execution of Charles I”. The accusations against him alleged he was a tyrant, traitor and murderer; and a public and implacable enemy to the Commonwealth of England’’.…

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    Rodriguez argues that it is essential to speak the public language in order to connect with your public identity. Without having knowledge of the public language there is no possible way to know your public identity and who you are in the community. This argument is explained more in the essay “Their English voices prying loose, my ties to my other name,....” (22) As Rodriguez loosens his ties on his english after holding it in for so long he begins to become more comfortable with the public…

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    The Aztec Social Classes

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    The Aztec were very strict with social classes. The upper class and the lower class were not to mix. As the years went on the gap between the social classes grew. This growth was caused by Itzcoatl giving some of his close friends and family large areas of land. Farmers were the largest part of society, by far. This group was also called Macehualtin and had half of their people in the lower class and half in the higher class. The part in the lower class was the group that did the field work. The…

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    Germans reaching Paris and hunting for every cripple or defected person they can. Eventually, he makes a very crucial decision on leaving Paris and eventually arriving in Saint Malo. If he had made the decision to not leave Paris and chance on the French…

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    Although Louis XIV’s reign branched towards despotism and collaboration via several of his methods, holistically, Louis XIV was an absolutistic leader. His ideology centered around “the divine ordination of monarchy; the king’s absolute grant of power from God; complete denial of the right of resistance; the indefeasibility of hereditary right; and the corroboration of coronation” (Fox 140). Paul Foxes writing on the theories that Louis XIV adhered to is notably valuable because Fox extracted…

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    during the war and after the conflict had ended. The Hundred Years’ War caused the death of countless peoples, the destruction of massive portions of French land, massive damage to both the French and English economies, and the creation of a large and long-lasting rift and rivalry between these two nations. The casualties were felt by both the French and the English, and author Matthew White estimates the death toll as over three million people. However, not only soldiers fighting in the war…

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