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    questioning, should his book be considered an American classic? Author, F.Scott Fitzgerald, portrays his novel The Great Gatsby with a unique writing style, structure, and captures life in the 1920s realistically. Fitzgerald demonstrates the theme of illusion vs. reality by showing life in the Roaring 20 wasn’t as glamorous it seemed to be through his character’s

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    Americ A Diverse Country

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    they have settled down, their past life does not stop to effect their present. Their kids are raised in a cultural background, which impacts their social and school life. Some of the main struggles are adapting to the new culture, language barrier, low confidence level, financial insecurity, and most importantly is different moral values. America is a bright country, where everyone aspires to come because it looks very glamorous. However, to be a part of this glamorous world, people will have to assimilate

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    People can understand life by symbol’s. Francis Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby. He represents a lot of symbols in his novel. One of these symbols is the high class people vs the low class people. The East Egg vs The Valley of Ashes. People who represent this symbol in the novel. The East Egg people, they are the old money people. People who, since they were born, have a golden spoon in their mouth. Old money people are extremely rich. Those people got this wealth from their great

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    of a comparison, but there was enough alike about them to dissect them and really figure out the methods which broadcasting companies use in order to attract their buyers and consumers. For every television channel I have ever watched throughout my life the commercials have always been significantly louder than the actual show I am viewing; not just for these two channels, but I did notice it more when actually having to pay attention. Why does this annoying thing constantly happen every channel I

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    Chinese Porcelain Jar

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    art work that I picked is a still life of the Chinese Porcelain Jar. The painter of the art piece is Willem Kalf. The era that it is focused on is the Dutch Golden era. He was born in 1619 and died in 1693. In this art work he painted a Chinese Porcelain bowl, he painted a table cloth, a variety of fruits, silver and gold vessels. In other paintings he would use other foods like vegetables, be would also use cooking supplies, like pots and pans. For his still life paintings he would often use the

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    whether that choice was correct or not. The choice of a teenage girl to stay, rather than leave with a sailor she barely knows, will be shown as the correct one. Eveline’s suiter (Frank), appears to live a glamorous life and is offering her an escape (Kenner 64). Frank divulges these glamorous stories to be viewed as the freedom/happiness she desperately wants; therefore, the future with him becomes an idealized image (Khorsand 99). One knows she entertains this freedom, as the story states, “Why

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    upper class is solely limited to a wishful idealization of their lifestyles. Because the protagonist’s understandings of the upper class are not equivalent to reality, through trying to fulfill the standards their glamorized perceptions of an affluent life have set for them, they are never fully accepted into the highest social class. The

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    of skincare benefits like firming, fairness and moisturizing form LUX. According to Unilever Bangladesh website, Lux combines delicate perfumes composed by World’s Best Perfume Experts with the most glamorous materials to give consumer a truly exceptional bathing experience. Some of the world’s glamorous women have been Lux spokeswomen which includes Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte

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    being skilled in a career, writing is an essential tool to have in life. The importance of writing and its application is covered in video two. It begins with Keena Turner; an athlete from the previous video, discussing how understanding what is being read is one key to being a good writer. He states that “communication…revolves around you being able to read and understand,” and even though taking time to read may not be “glamorous”, it is always better to be prepared. Equally important, it is said

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    lives of the nation’s citizens through all social classes. The Twenties were a period of financial success for the wealthy, specifically the 2% of the population that possessed ⅗ of the nation’s wealth. For the majority of the remaining 98%, however, life could hardly be described as a time of “good fortune.” Half of families earned less than the amount needed for a decent level of living, including miners and lumbermen that earned only $10 a week. Despite an immense inequality in the distribution of

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