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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the setting, the Valley of Ashes, is intended to have a literal and symbolic meaning to give impressions on the lives of some Americans in 1920’s. The Valley of Ashes is a small area located between two modernized places: West Egg and New York, which means that it is a shabby place to be inhabitable compared to the two places. For example, when the narrator, Nick, says that the Valley of Ashes is like a “grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of…

An example of the ways in which society shows how the economy has become more complex can be found in Kenny Chesney’s “Shiftwork.” The lyrics can be found here: http://www.metrolyrics.com/shiftwork-lyrics-kenny-chesney.html and the music video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfiJEfBNRqg This song is a great example of how economy has adapted and evolved away from just agriculture and industrialism. The economy has stepped forward and now consists of a population that works these…

Sartre believes God does not predestinate a person’s live. (Velasquez, M (01/2013). Philosophy: A Text with reading, 12e, 12th Edition p.76). He believes that man determines his own path. Every event in life moves you in a certain direction of your own choosing. We are free to make good or bad choices; we are the master of our destiny. If we our successful there is no higher being we need to give reverence, and praise. However this freedom is a two edge sword, if you fell to achieve anything, if…

incident had not been known yet. The rugby player went to Swansea to meet his parents when he was killed by Daniel in the princess way city. The couple had planned to start a new life while sidonie had made up her mind to shift from London to Australia to live together with his long-term boyfriend. She had…

Pueblo has a flavor that quenches family’s desire for variety. This colorful city with weather that is pleasing most the year round allows for the culture to put on some of the most crowd drawing festivals in the nation. Families are drawn to the beautiful landscapes and the entertainment the town has to offer. The culture is very rich here and has many sites to learn more about it. Learning about the culture is only one of the many reasons to visit Pueblo, if not move to, and that would be the…

As any child her age, the start of the novel shows Scout as young and innocent. Scout has her own view on what happens in the world. Scout neither knows nor understands the way of life for the people of Maycomb. She believes that the world should make sense to her own ways. She is especially not compliant with the fact that girls are to wear dresses for everyday activities. On her first day of school, Scout encounters Walter Reed, the son of a farming family that was on the brink of poverty and…

I snack on some granola as sit on the riverbank and as my eyes reach the water’s edge, I am astonished by the clarity of the water…I can see straight to the bottom below! I can even see some native rainbow trout swimming below. The surrounding area alone is magnificent and is only a miniscule piece of the almost 1200 square mile park…

On the day of April 20th, 1999 a devastating disaster occurred. “Columbine is located in the southern end of the district, nestled just below the foothills of the Rocky Mountains”(Austin). This high school on the edge of the Rocky Mountains was put into a life threatening situation no other school would ever want to be in. Two boys, known as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold proceeded to shoot their highschool dead. At the end of the day thirteen died; twelve students and one teacher. “twelve…

to the war. The decision to drop the bomb was contemplated by many officials and was influenced by many more people who wrote to them. This paper will discuss the effectiveness of multiple writers and their common strategies such as considering the lives of the Japanese, the affect the bombing would have on the US, and the ending of the war. The first way these individuals tried to convince others was by mentioning the citizens in Japan that were involuntarily drawn into this conflict. The…

attention with a medieval theme and a wonderful plot, that leaves you on the edge of a cliff with and mysterious ending. Kingdom’s Dawn, by Chuck Black, is a fictional novel that talks about a young boy named Leinad and his journey to find his true calling. This book has many biblical themes, and it’s plot is so engaging that you may not be able to put it down. Leinad is a young man in a small farming town, who just lives a normal day to day life: Or is he? Leinad wonders why he is being…