... confirm that the information has arrived. There are some issues with satellites and TCP. First the time it takes information to leave the earth, hit a satellite, and return with an ACK (acknowledgement) can take up to 600 milliseconds. This is an extremely long time in the world of packet switching which relies on timely ... ACK feedback for error detection and correction. If you multiply the delay by the bandwidth you get a product of how big the buffers must be in both the receiver and sender. ... ...

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... his character? " Response Scott Fitzgerald's, "The Great Gatsby," is a fictional tale set in New York. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is a first person, peripheral narrator who tells the tale of Jay Gatsby. Carraway is presented as an outsider looking in; he waits for an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties when everyone else simply ... exempts Gatsby from any harsh judgement, despite the fact that Gatsby clearly makes advances to Daisy, a (somewhat) happily married woman, Nick Carraway speaks no ill of Gatsby. Gatsby is described as an "elegant young rough-neck whose elaborate formality ...

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... described as organized mayhem takes place, the reader is witness to the immoral actions of what is considered the upper tier of society. It is through the eyes of Nick Carraway that the reader is exposed to the frivolities that take place on Long Island during summer of 1922. In the first chapter of the novel Nick is presented as an ... love Fitzgerald manages to show all aspects of the character's personalities. The reader is witness to a full spectrum of human behaviour because of the almost omniscient like narration of Nick Carraway. While it is true that the reader has little choice...

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"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart" (Fitzgerald 96). F. Scott Fitzgerald states this quotation through Nick Carraway's narration in The Great Gatsby. Nick comments on the values, qualities, or ideals that people will invariable hold true to themselves. In Fitzgerald's novel, not only can the reader identify a ... own mannerism, especially their own speech. Fitzgerald's use of individual speech patterns that define the characters in his novel aids in furthering the renowned characterization in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway, the narrat...

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... leads us to the next theme which is the American dream. The American Dream/ Wealth/ Dreams and Goals Many characters have the American dream in this novel such as Nick Carraway, the narrator throughout the novel, who moves to New York to become a bond salesman in hopes of making his own fortune. Nick is also arguably the most innocent among the ... ...

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... 's fantasies "because of the colossal vitality of his illusion". Through Fitzgerald's word choice of "colossal" and "vitality" along with the shaming tone it is delivered in by the narrator, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald is able to explore the damaging nature of the new-found monumental extravagance of the era in which he wrote. Fitzgerald further draws attention to Gatsby's fantasies through the ... ...

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... Buchanan, Daisy's hulking husband, is bathed in a spiteful tone by Fitzgerald, who shows contempt for this character's materialistic values and disregard for good character. While describing the meeting between Nick Carraway, the narrator, and this arrogant man, Fitzgerald describes this haughty man's eyes as "shining, arrogant- and that they had "established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of ... ...

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... difference here make it seem less fraudulent which was a key element in the novel, it in essence makes Jay Gatsby a different person. Another major change is the character of Nick Carraway. Nick's portrayal is handicapped by the inability of the film to accurately convey his thoughts as it is so eloquently done in the novel (which also goes a long way to ... ...

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... respect and trust Nick as storyteller as he is self described as honest and non-judgemental. By conveying all impressions and ideas from one perspective, that is of narrator Nick Carraway's, Fitzgerald unifies his composition. All values and judgements are those of Nick's which helps to maintain simplicity and give the novel its cohesiveness. Fitzgerald continues to keep his novel simple ... ...

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... is not the American Dream itself but the corruption of the American Dream. What was once for Thomas Jefferson - a belief in self-reliance and hard work has become what Nick Carraway calls "...the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty." The energy that might have gone into the pursuit of noble goals has been channelled into the pursuit of power and ... ...

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