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    In my favorite movie, "This is the End", it is a story about Seth Rogan and Jay Baruchel. These two friends really start to see the meaning of life and friendship as an apocalypse starts to happen. They have to stay in James Francos house as they were there for a party earlier that night. They have to stay in James Francos house with him, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill, and Danny McBride. As the movie goes on they all start to realize the real value in life as they see all of thier friends fall into

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    Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby appear to relish the freedom of the 1920s, their lives demonstrate the emptiness that results when wealth and pleasure become ends in themselves. Specifically, the empty lives of three characters from this novel— George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan—show that chasing hollow dreams results only in misery. Myrtle Wilson is one of the characters who chases empty dreams. She has a strong desire to escape what she feels to be a lower class lifestyle and enter the ranks of

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    Arguments Portrayed by Jay Gatsby In the eye opening novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are many arguments based on society that the author was trying to make through his use of characterization. The dark novel is about love, expectations, disappointments, false hopes, and an overall look on what the narrator, Nick Carraway, experiences in the summer of 1922, spent in the town of West Egg. There were various amounts of arguments about society that were displayed by Fitzgerald

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a story about a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby and his love for a young woman named Daisy Buchanan. Jay uses everything he can to win over the heart of Daisy, Tom’s wife. While in the middle of trying to find ways to get to Daisy, Jay meets a young man named Nick. Nick is a cousin of Daisy’s and also the narrator of The Great Gatsby. Nick takes memories from the past and tries to make them live in the present and future. One of the major themes in The Great

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    perpetuate race and class inequality in America’s education system. Low-income students as a group already have poorer academic performance, grade point averages and standardized test scores, than higher-income students. In “Ain’t No Makin It,” author Jay Macleod depicts the Adjustment Class taught by Jimmy Sullivan as an example of how “culturally responsive pedagogy” can motivate students academically while helping them maintain their street identities. The Obama Administration’s 2009, "Race to the

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    Meaning of a Classic Song Essay

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    from an essay written by Jay Z in a Rolling Stone article in 2011. Jay Z is a multi-platinum recording artist with many hit songs, including a few that are in Rolling Stone’s top 500 songs list. Because of Jay Z’s accomplishments, Rolling Stone felt that he would be a good person to ask about how to make a classic song. Jay Z references different songs and ideals on what he thinks makes a classic song, but is he really the right person to ask for insight on this topic? Jay Z is just a rapper, and

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    In the Great Gatsby by E. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a symbol of American Dream. Jay Gatsby grows up in the beginning of 20th century of the US, when capital was considered to be extremely important and the value of American Dream start to be lost, and he becomes a symbol of American Dream. Different from others, Mr. Jay Gatsby is a man who dare to pursue, once puzzled by capital, and is a man of kindness. Therefore, Mr. Jay Gatsby is a symbol and reflection of American Dream at that time which

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    respected in the rap industry and who have been around for awhile, Nas and Jay-Z both show a wide variety of topics in their music and that with success their music went from violent tales to songs that are more fun, more positive and more concerned with material things. Using a

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    The Failure of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald This analysis of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald will define the failure of the American Dream in the character of Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s “rag to riches” story defines the failure to understand the inability of poor people to actually become a member of the American upper classes. In one way, Gatsby was able to gain considerable wealth in the American economy, but his background as an agrarian farmer prevents

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    things depending on who you ask. Some individuals will answer it as having freedom of religion, class or race others will say it is about the ability to choose where they want to work, what they want to wear, or what they are going to do tomorrow. For Jay Gatsby and many other, the American dream is about gaining wealth and material possessions in an attempt to find happiness. In the Novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, shows us that the American Dream is the concept of being perfect, something

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