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According to Macmillan Dictionary to be great is to be “very good, enjoyable, or attractive” or “someone who is nice and a pleasure to be with”. Gastby can be just this because he is hardworking, dedicated, and acts in selflessness but his greatness is compromised by his distant composure, his childish mindset, and his acts of selfishness. In the english language there are many words that seem almost exactly the same but are complete opposites in meaning. One example to this is selfish to…

Literature has been around for many centuries, and each piece is either influenced by something, or has the ability to influence a single person, or an entire society. It is quite obvious to the eyes of a reader that pieces written during the Modern Era of literature reflect the time period of that in the Roaring Twenties, which was a time period in America where the rich were too wealthy, but their hearts were poor and filled with greed. These pieces also reflect the time period of the thirties…

INTRODUCTION. The Age of Innocence is one of the most famous novels of Edith Warton since it won the Pulitzer in 1921. It is placed in 1870 old New York. It explores its society, its conventionalisms and its rigid system in which everything has an order and a purpose. We are introduced to a love triangle which will show us a society that fears scandals more than feelings. Trough the three main characters, Edith Wharton portrays a society she knows well, and that eventually would have to flee.…

Xenophobia is a tradition in America, often manifesting in public policies adversely affecting the targeted group. There were/are other ethnic groups that faced a nationalized form of xenophobia besides Latino Americans in the United States. Indigenous Indians; African-Americans; Italians; Germans; Chinese; and Japanese Americans were all faced with – sometimes government mandated – discrimination. Although African-Americans did not immigrate to America voluntarily, since their arrival via the…

Who colonized America? This is a debated topic in history by all historians. It is said that Native Americans from Asia were the first to migrate west to North America. What some Americans don’t understand are the small societies that make up the Native American people. These societies were much less complex than societies today, but nonetheless they had culture. Throughout modern day Canada, America, and Mexico hundreds of North American tribes resided. These were the first people to discover…

It is suggested that humans may experiment on animals simply because they are on top of the food chain, giving them a natural need to keep their place on that totem pole. This theory is given to us through the philosopher Cicero. This argument also gives an explanation to Hoff's belief that humans should never be able to experiment on non consenting humans because affecting another human beings life in that manner…

For generations, the sciences in Europe had been very limited and controlled by the Church. However, in the post-Renaissance era of the 17th-18th centuries, the sciences began to flourish in Europe. Many men in the universities of major cities in Europe began conducting experiments and developing theories and and coming up with conclusions. The men had a complete monopoly on scientific discovery during this time period. Eventually women wanted to break into the scientific field as well but were…

On the African continent, a long stretch of its modern history is plagued by European imperialism. Such that it has been the backdrop of many famous works of literature. Among them, two Nigerian authors: Wole Soyinka and his play, Death and the King’s Horsemen; and Chinua Achebe with his novel, Things Fall Apart. The two African natives tell stories of cultures clashing and the respective men in the midst of that clash. Honor becomes a major role in the mediums and is largely the impetus for…

An overview of the particular career field as a Canine Officer Canine Officers are otherwise known, as “K9 Cops” Made up of a very highly trained canine dog and a law enforcement officer. These K9’s have been bred specifically for their intelligence and their great sense of smell, which will help them pursue runway fugitives, discover a missing person, there sense of smell is so incredible that a canine, with the help of its handler, can pick out narcotics and weapons from cars, homes, planes,…

Essay one The first semester of a college’s students career will be one of the most exciting yet stressful semesters of their college career. Coming straight out of high school or a job, college will be a very different kind of education any student has taken in their academic career. Different in a sense of the new academic obstacles that a college student must overcome to succeed. Obstacles like the writer William Zinsser once wrote “I see four kinds of pressure working on college students…