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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby showcased the ideology behind the American Dream in the 1920s and the ways in which that dream was corrupt, flawed, and would inevitably fall apart. In varied cases, that dream crumbled to ash before it was ever reached; sometimes it was snatched away in mere seconds, and sometimes that dream was a ruse behind which cowards hid. In this book Gatsby, Wilson, and Daisy are examples of people with failed or corrupt American Dreams. They all reached for…

The Mauryan Empire is one of the earliest Indian empires. The empire began in 321 BCE when Chandragupta seized power from the Nandas in Northern India and took control of the capital city Pataliputra. The Mauryan Empire then expanded under the rule of Chandragupta's grandson, Ashoka, who would unify India under one ruler for the first time and became the most dominant ruler of India until the nineteenth century CE. The rise of the Mauryan Empire and Ashoka's key role in its expansion and…

Mexico has many unique celebrations just like every other country does. Different traditions and value are what distinguish each country from one another. For Instance, In Mexico. Holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, and Independence Day are celebrated. However, they are celebrated differently cultural wise as well as the day the holiday is celebrated. Catholic celebrations, such as Three Kings Day and Day of our Lady of Guadalupe are also celebrated. Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of…

reading their favorite bedtime story; or what would a wife say to her husband when she finds out that he has been saving back money of his own just to buy her a shining new piece of jewelry for her collection? Without love I believe life to be but a husk of what potential we have in store for each of the lives that we are given. Without the existence of this simple term, it is almost impossible to express feelings that flood and crash into mind when one truly loves…

As humans, we’re almost all hardwired to search for love. Love is something that is said to be one of the most sought-after things in life. Love comes in the form of lovers, family, friends, and even self-love. To some, love is the saving grace by which people can find redemption. To others, love is a prison, something that creates weaknesses in people. Love is a critical theme in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. When we take a close look at the motivations behind the characters inside the text, we can…

In both “Bartleby the Scrivener” Herman Melville and “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead the main character goes through a traumatic experience or set of experiences. Our main characters, Bartleby and Cora, have exceedingly different lives but they face the challenges associated with abuse. Cora, being a slave, suffers much more pain than Bartleby, but the way that these characters handle their troubles is what defines them. It is often said that when someone’s world is darkest…

want to make sure that you first work on your shelter then find food, not the other way around. You can make your own contraptions to catch bunny, deer, and other animals you could eat. If you can find a coconut, take a sharp rock or knife and saw the husk, once you're done with that then crack the nut open. Inside is coconut milk that you can drink if ever thirsty. You can make a net, snare trap or bow and arrow to catch some fish. It might be very hard but if you keep trying you will get the…

even the littlest tradition, like movie night or taco tuesday. Traditions require family to work, therefore it shapes your perspective and interaction with them. Take that away, Family is weakened, but still molds you. Take that away, you become a husk, a shell of what you should’ve been with your family and the traditions they hold dear. An individual’s family and tradition have the most influence on one’s perspective because it molds and shapes an individual into the person they should be. It…

“Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore,” was said by a great character some time ago, but this quote also applies to the to Price family (Fleming). For this, Dorothy is sort of Rachel Price and Toto is like her siblings, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May. Kansas, in this case, is actually Georgia and Oz is the Congo. So what this analogy is saying is that The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is basically The Wizard of Oz just ever so slightly longer. In the story of The Wizard of Oz,…

One Is Not Always One Does one incident ever really matter? The American Civil War lasted a little over four years with an estimated fifty major battles, so it may appear odd that any single battle can be the sole reason one side prevails over the other. Yet, the Battle of Gettysburg is often considered the turning point of the war and a prime reason why the Union won the war. Some tests in school can have over fifty questions, so it seems mathematically implausible that one question, which…