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The Great Gatsby - Jay Gatsby

... shown by the way that he befriended Nick and tried to make friends with other people without caring about their background. No matter how he was treated he did his best to be kind to almost everyone. Gatsby's parties showed how he would go out of his way in order to make others happy. Jay would throw extravagant parties just to have people come and enjoy themselves. He would also do his best to make Nick feel welcome in whatever setting they were in. Gatsby was living in New York in order to procure his dream. Jay has wanted to rekindle his ...

Number of words: 307 | Number of pages: 2

Anything Is Possible

... Broadway production. Soon I would follow my childhood dream of becoming a Broadway dancer and leave this boring hospital job behind. After parking my car, I tromped through the puddles and into the building. When I hung up my soaking wet hat and coat, I had no idea this day would change my life. As I began to gather up my cleaning supplies to begin my daily routine, I saw one of my co-workers near by. "Are there any new arrivals?" I asked. "As a matter of fact, there are two new kids. They’ll be moving into Room 209." she replied. " ...

Number of words: 1437 | Number of pages: 6

LES MISERABLES

... its criminals, prejudice, justice, doing what is morally right, and people can become better persons. The theme -how society treats its outcasts- can be seen in how the poor and homeless are are treated, and that is like animals. The rich treat them as though they are inferior and that they have no feelings or any form of intelligence. They are also not given the right to vote, which makes them not citizens of that nation. This theme is universal because every nation in the world has some sort of outcasts in their land. In America, this ...

Number of words: 506 | Number of pages: 2

To Kill A Mockingbird -

... Radley): The mysterious neighbor whom the children have never seen Mr. Nathan Radley: The stern, distant brother of Boo who seldom speaks even though he is seen every day. Heck Tate: The sheriff, who is also good friends with the Finches Tom Robinson: A hard-working Negro man who is accused of a crime against Mayella Ewell Bob Ewell: The irresponsible and disgraceful father of a brood of children, who receives welfare checks and uses them for alcohol Mayella Violet Ewell: Bob Ewell's daughter, who later accuses Tom ...

Number of words: 3149 | Number of pages: 12

Hamlet 18

... - "He was a man, take him for all in all: I shall not look upon his like again." - and is having a difficult time dealing with his death. Then, in his misery, he also has to deal with his mother's marriage "of most wicked speed to incestuous sheets." He expresses his frustration and confusion during his soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 2 after the new King's announcement to his people. Horatio then arrives to tell Hamlet of the 'apparition' that was seen the night before. A figure resembling the Old Hamlet - "these hands are not more like" - app ...

Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3

The Theme Of Freedom Versus. C

... over. Prospero and Miranda are exiled there after Antonio usurps his position of Duke of Milan; thus they both suffer a lack of control in their lives. Prospero, in fact, although yearning for control himself, reigns superior over many of the characters. One of these characters is his servant, Ariel, who he freed from Sycorax after she was imprisoned in a tree for twelve years. Ariel has to suffer harsh punishment when she so much as complains of her unfair treatment to Prospero (Act 1, Scene 2): If thou more murmur'st, I will rent an oak A ...

Number of words: 1282 | Number of pages: 5

Hercules

... times and the most beloved. More stories were told about him than any other hero. He was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. The legacy of began when Zeus, the chief god, fell in love with a mortal woman named Alcmene. When Alcmene’s husband, Amphitryon, was away, Zeus made her pregnant. This made the goddess Hera so angry that she tried to prevent the baby from being born. When Alcmene gave birth to the baby, she named him Herakles (Romans pronounced it ""). The name Herakles means "glorious gift of Hera" ...

Number of words: 3120 | Number of pages: 12

Grapes Of Wrath

... Scare, Americans mistrusted other Americans. These three different periods of U.S. history display how Americans can treat fellow Americans so cruelly. African Americans were terribly treated after slavery. Although they were Americans just like the whites, many of the whites hated them because they were different. One example of mistreatment of the African Americans was segregation, which was the division of local places by race. The blacks were thought to be so "dirty", and the whites were scared of them. The whites did not want the blac ...

Number of words: 616 | Number of pages: 3

Spring Time

... signals for children getting ready for the spring brake which could hide them from those rough days in school. and family could gather around int he back yard to dig the soil and spraying seeds fro gardening. likewise, in the garden where as everyone could take their first breaths of fragrance that comes from the blooming flower. even the bees and butterflies could have their first lift in the garden that poured with the glowing and shining color of the tender blossom. yet the doves continue cooing throughout their chorus. such a long ...

Number of words: 451 | Number of pages: 2

Nothing

... the way to a realizing the full potential of the Internet and intranets. There have been tremendous advances in bandwidth on either side of the local loop from Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), optical switching, Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet. Unfortunately, the benefits of these innovations have been dramatically reduced by slow local loop access between LANs and WANs. With TeraBeam, the 'first mile' from the LAN to the long-haul fiber network is no longer the 'slow mile'. TeraBeam Networks offers services that extend the LA ...

Number of words: 615 | Number of pages: 3

Small Groups Of Committed People Changing The World

... then their ideas change other people and their actions, for better or for worse. Offhand I can think of several examples from history. The most recent have just passed away. Princess Diana made a difference in many people’s lives. She visited the sick and poor, didn’t act as if they were dirty animals as some did, but treated them as real people. She didn’t care in many cases if they were sick. Once she even picked up a small starving black child and held him. She caressed him as if he was her own, with such warmth and love. She was ...

Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2

The Mouse Vs. The Wolf.

... will have to wait to some other time; now I'll tell of Yak's latest friend. You see, Yak has gotten himself a fan. Albeit a small one, it's still a fan. And a great fan, in it's own small way. This fan has one big advantage to all the other creatures Yak has come to know - it's so small even Yak doesn't have to be afraid of it, and therefore bark at it. Yak is actually a big coward. You should see him skipping a fence (or rather; not doing it). It's a rare sight to see a dog running a kilometer to find the next gate, rather than to ...

Number of words: 977 | Number of pages: 4

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