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Both novelists explore the concept of wealth and money, Jay Gatsby's aim is to present himself as a highly educated individual “It’s a bona-fide piece of printed matter. It’s a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop, too- didn't cut the pages” The fact the books are not fake is ironic as they have never been opened but it creates a false illusion. The exclamation mark emphasises how he is impressed with how Gatsby has crafted this persona. It is important for Gatsby to…

Flashback: Pearls and feathers, bobs and glamour! Reality: I was sitting at the very back of my poor excuse of a high school’s plain old, bland “English 4” class in Levi mom jeans, a cropped top, and Chuck Taylors; except I wasn’t. I wasn’t at all. (Take One): Pouncing upon my sister’s Macbook Air, I was on a written escapade away from the Upper West Side’s public school nightmare and, instead, running up and down the catwalk at New York’s Couture’s 1956 Fashion Show! In a riveting, platinum…

Do you think that of sleep as a key essential to leading a long healthy life? Getting enough sleep is crucial in order for our body to function well and properly. Eight or more hours of sleep is needed in order for our body to feel replenished and healthy. For many, sleeping is not something that needs to be dwelled over, but for some, it is something like a task that they must convince their brain to do. Insomnia is a disorder that causes an individual problems with sleeping or staying asleep.…

American students around the country will at the third grade begin taking the standardized tests. From there, the tests get more complex and add more fields. As students, we are being forced to be in common core classes that supposedly help with these exams. However, they seem to be a waste of our time and the time of our teachers as test scores begin to decrease year after year. Although they claim that standardized testing is helping students, they in end waste time, cause stress and are…

Everyone feels anxious now and then. It’s a normal emotion. For example, you may feel nervous when you have a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. What is anxiety disorder? Anxiety disorder is a phenomenon that commonly exists in the society, which is general term of various mental disorders. This kind of disease often has many negative influences on people of different ages and in different aspects, “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental…

Chapter Twelve Frantic Flight to Yellow Rock Jacob charged across the crest, his feet beating divots into the dirt. We chased him, bolting down the far side of the rock face toward the creek, the four of us slipping on crumbling stones until we hit level ground and could climb onto our horses. I was sure Seth’s horse would barrel straight up the ridge, but she veered sharply to the left and galloped off in the opposite direction. Bane had jumped into his truck and was giving chase through the…

Wherever one may go in this world they find obedience. The location or the culture of the area does not matter to the similarity of your findings, all will relate one way, and that is through the mindset of obedience. One will see obedience from pets to owners, parents to children, and even spouse to spouse with how they submit themselves to each other. The Author’s Stanley Milgram, Norimitsu Onishi, Martin Fackler, Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, and Lynn H. Nicholas will…

The hit television show The Jeffersons was an outstanding spinoff from the series All in the Family. The Jeffersons features George and Louise Jefferson a newly rich African American family living in Manhattan. The television show was based off the family dry cleaning business, Jeffersons Cleaners which eventually grew into a small chain business. The success from the family business allowed George, Louise and their son Lionel to move to a “deluxe apartment in the sky”. The television series The…

Name felt the tell-tale signs of nervous jitters and glanced down to his watch. An instant smile, too large to be innocent, stretched across his face when the time registered. “Three... more... hours... to go...!" Name whispered, allowing his smile to grow a little more. His patience, his torment…

Ups and Downs Being a Korean-American, getting into the Bergen County Academies was the norm, the expectation for me. Since I was an extremely diligent, but cocky, student, being accepted seemed like a simple task. Little did I know that there were thousands smarter than me, and that those thousands would soon become my competition. My family isn't the stereotypical Asian family. My parents were never strict nor did they ever pressure me to aim for Harvard, everything just came to me with…