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    Introduction The Great Gatsby came out in last century, the golden age of American novels. F•Scott Fitzgerald, who was regarded as the representative wrtiter of “The Lost Generation” , shows the love on the cash cow through writing the ups and downs of the plot to readers. In The Great Gatsby, the real situation of American society in the 1920 s can be seen. In addition, the void and noisy that hide behind pomp, the plight of ”The Lost Generation” are also showed greatly in the book…

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    The people in shady hills are shadowed by the truth that consumes their lives as a lie, conserving an illusion of happiness and dominance. They continue their lies living in a lifestyle of parties and fancy dinners and do not realise what is going on around them. To give an example of the superficiality life in shady hills, when Francis weed attended a dinner party with his wife, he noticed that he is familiar with the maid’s face, only to realise that he saw her during World War II. The maid…

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    The play ‘A View From The Bridge’ by Author Miller is set in 1950’s in America, They live in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge “the gullet of New York”. Eddie Carbone is the main character who has been shown as a very caring, loving and strong person, But on the other hand he is a short tempered and a frustated person too. He has different relationships with different characters, Catherine is his neice, Beatrice is Eddie’s wife and Marco is Beatrice’s cousines. He…

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    suspender that came loose, which is dangling right behind him (just look between his legs). Of course, in the next shot, that clasp is gone. Since the silver clasp is one of the plot points, this is bizarre to say the least. 3. Continuity mistake: When John and Catherine are in the hangar at the runway, the Cessna's tail number is…

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    The year is 1800; the events that led up to this year in my life and the lives of every member of my entire family replays vividly in my mind. This beautiful island of Trinidad, although filled with uncertainty, presents such great opportunity that going back now is just not an option. Life as a French coloured planter was changing in Grenada. The French Revolution threatened the economy and most importantly the livelihoods of us planters. In 1776, a French planter…

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    invited to the feast prepared by his Father. Webster concretizes this idea; by stating this new community does not include the family as we usually define it. Hence, it extends to the wider community. Story (2012) says that meal-setting serves to establish and maintain trust and solidarity. He added this is a ritual which establishes a social relationship, and food is employed as an instrument to start with, a sustaining or destroying mechanism of sociability. Jesus engages host and guests with…

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    Princess A’Cho Young Chinese Boy, Mya Assistant King Mya Father Queen Mya Mother Mya’s Four Cousins Mikey The Little one of the bunch baby brother Buster Oldest Brother John & Joshua (Twin boys and the middle brothers) Somby (Killer Whale) Dolphins Ms. Smith Old Lady w/ Gray Hair Nurse (Red Hair) Uncle Ty The boys Dad Mikey, Buster John & Joshua Summary A billionaire Circus Family well known around the world near the sea high up on the top of hill. The war has Torn down parts of the country.…

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    As kids, my rich dad did not pay us (or his son Mike or me) for the work they did for him. Some people were upset by this because we thought it was exploding. But my rich dad actually was doing us a favor to mike and me. The main reason why rich dad refused to pay us while we worked for him was because he did not want addicts not to come back to work for money. “If you get addicted to money he said, “You’d be hard to break that addiction. The money is a drug? Rich dad called the money a drug…

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    popular form 1920s to 1950s in the United States. In art, Regionalism was a style and defined as painting what an artist lives with, in, or around. There had three main artist associated with the movement, wood was the one, and the others two were John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton. Both of them were American painting. Regionalism advanced figurative…

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    How likely is it for one to see a series or a film where the characters have the viewers exact same life? Never, it’s boring. Some of the most popular television shows and films in Hollywood have been about rich people and how they live, such as Keeping up with the Kardashians, Gossip Girl, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Great Gatsby. Hollywood is one of the biggest forms of media, and the reason for that is because how entertaining it is. The only way Hollywood can be entertaining for the…

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