... intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away" (page 8). Found in the opening paragraphs of the novel, this quote introduces Gatsby to the audience as an almost God-like, mysterious man. Already, Fitzgerald has established an air of intrigue that writhes around him; concealing ... the truth, fabricating illusions. In the first sections of this book, the reader is forced to gather information concerning Gatsby through secondary sources. Stories and rumors revolve like insects hovering around precious light about this man, who holds extravagant parties ... (page 171...

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... American Dream is not material possessions, although it may seem that way. The corruption of the American dream can be illustrated by how Gatsby came by his fortune. Through his dealings with organized crime, he didn't adhere to the original American Dream guidelines; that states money ... Daisy's world, or she in his. In effect, pursuing his dream without thought to honesty or morality, Gatsby guaranteed that his dream would not come true. In the book, the characters distort the meaning of the American Dream through many ways, including marriage. They become so materialistic ... that ...

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... of his arms outspread is an image of Christ on the cross trembling from the pain of those who He is trying to save (Quieto 1). In Gatsby's case, he is trying to save Daisy from her husband, Tom. The neglect that Daisy feels is overwhelming. At some parts she sounds as though ... her whole life is tragically falling apart and there is no way to reclaim her life. Gatsby tries to save her from her distressful life but unlike Christ his reasons are merely selfish. His motives are based purely on lust, pride, or on ... husband. When she can not truthfully admit that she did not always love o...

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... together. We can see how their characters start adjusting to an odd situation. There is a mutual anxiety between the two. When Daisy catches sight of Gatsby for the first time in years, her reactions are somewhat awkward. Her gestures are those of excitement, yet of fear. Daisy was surprised, as well as ... before it hitting the ground. As he puts the clock in place, he apologizes t! o Daisy. Once Nick leaves, they start to fall in love again. Gatsby begins to feel at ease with Daisy's presence. He invites her, along with Nick up to his room. As he recollects himself from his emotions, h...

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... time difference in which they were written. Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew takes place in Elizabethan England as Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is set in America in the 1920's. Both pieces however endow characters which show similar characteristics and if carefully analyzed show recurring themes ... that Money, love and inspiration play a similarly important role in conveying recurring aspects in both the taming of the shrew and the great gatsby. They serve as a catalyst for the larger thematic effects that constantly impinge on the different characters and their lives and become r...

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... tried desperately to break away from the evil that held her with an iron fist. The money, the power and the man proved too much for her however and leave Gatsby with out any thing she did. Daisy was drawn from that man in the middle by one of the three evils, which were coincidently tied in a violent love triangle. The ... her husband would come back to her but her good faith was misplaced. Her good turned to be the advantage of the evil. Tom aimed to bring down the successful Gatsby by revealing his misdeeds to the world and especially Daisy. The evil who was Tom had waited to take dow...

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... Bear and wait till I climbed in next to her. Mom shortly came in the bedroom and sat on the edge of the bed. Danielle and I had a book collection that sat on the self across the room. We alternated picking books that mom would read to us each night before we fell asleep. Tonight was my pick ... . I told mom I wanted her to read us Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. Over the years, this became my favorite book. Mom would read slowly and softly emphasizing each and every word. "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby ... walked up to the front of class...

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... Liesel's literary skills, even when she struggles. For example: "As he realized the difficulty of the text, he was clearly aware that such a book was hardly ideal. There were words in there that he'd have trouble with himself "A, Liesel said. A for what? She smiled. Apfel" ... (66, 67). Hans discovers Liesel has picked out a book well beyond her reading level, yet Liesel still is determined to read. He sees her determination, and despite his difficulties in reading, he never gives up ... her problem. This dedication proves successful as she does improve her reading and her self-esteem ...

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... that kept them together?" or "Is there really a happy marriage?" and if so many marriages fail miserably, "why do others succeed?" These questions came to Judith Wallerstein, author of the book The Good Marriage. Based on a study on fifty couples who declared their marriages as happy ones, The Good Marriage offers different views of the most complex of human relationships and ... " of love throughout the years, but maturing through the experiences. "It is the double vision that keeps love alive in the real world" (Wallerstein, 1995, p.333). I have learned from this book, The Good Marriag...

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... the same yet different. Stardust is not so dissimilar, a simple fairy tale lies maddening lust, evil hate , unconquerable fear and a love that even the heavens may not fathom. It's a difficult book to put down, and part of that is perhaps because the story is not yet aonther fantasy built on trivial perfection. Stardust is wriiten with much love and consideration for ... ...

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... suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known". Gatsby is a firm believer in the American Dream of self-made success. He had, after all, not only invented and self-promoted a whole new persona for ... himself, but succeeded both financially and societally. Nick knows that Gatsby was a great man, "... and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like ... silver, safe and proud above the hot str...

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... share, shows what strength and courage each portray. Herlin, Genevieve's husband and the father of their son , was mentioned for a few chapters throughout the book. He is what I would call the typical father. He was mentioned only at the time of their sons death, and it shows the emotions that he ... being bedded down to rest. Somewhere, I sense, this great fluttering of sails, of masts, and hope is slipping inexorably beneath the waves."" III. The part of the book that really stood out to me, like a scene from a movie, where the acting is impeccable, was when Genevieve lost her baby. St...

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... bit of good in him. We, as readers, do the same thing that Isabelle did. Instead of crawling back to Heathcliff, we kept reading the book. Bronte made this extremely clear as I continued to analyze the text. Heathcliff also treated other characters poorly. He hung Isabelle's dog, he essentially tried ... other profoundly. Yet, she seemed to be equally interested in Edgar and Heathcliff. I think this was because they were so much alike. In the book, it states, that they were physically, emotionally, and mentally alike. Though she leaned more towards Edgar, she had certainly not given up...

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... Johnny like a father might a son. These three examples, demonstrate that it is human nature to protect the ones you love. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age book, written by S.E. Hinton. It follows the rivalry between the Greasers, a group of young boys from a poor community, and the rich, high-class Socs of the same ... for his English class that becomes the base for the story. Darry and Pony are a prime portrayal of loved ones looking after each other. In the book, the protagonist tells the readers, that his parents have died, and Darrel made an effort to keep him and his siblings toget...

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... promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." The final chapter of this book is "Serenity". I will defend the author by arguing that after one has planted all the correct thought-seeds into themselves only then will they ... this: " Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!" It baffles me that this book, written in 1904, still pertains to my life and life in general so much today in 2014. It's as if the times have not changed. I'm amazed ... human being today. I've a...

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... grow, and why does it sometimes die; these are questions often asked by humans today. In the Psychology of Romantic Love, a book written by psychiatrist Nathaniel Branden, these questions are answered in full detail. There were many topics in this book that interested me. What romantic love is not, the need and the desire to be loved, self-esteem and love, sex ... them for one reason or another. Communication is also a key factor in a healthy relationship. I thought this was a very interesting book. I now realize why some of my relationships do not work out as well as I want them too. N...

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... are human and also must continually be taught. Horace uses his satires to expose human folly. He does not, however, forget to examine himself. In Book I of his Satires, he uses other people to expose the foolishness of humans. He japes about superstitions by telling a silly story about scaring witches ... in a cemetery by farting during their ceremony. This book is rather enjoyable to read because it allows readers to relate Horace's stories to their own experiences with everyday foolishness. He uses humor to expose ... upset when his faults are shown to him. It is ironic that these tra...

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... the International Transactional Analysis Association and the International Association of Enneagram Teachers and is clinical director of Healthy Relationships, Inc. The reason this book is written is because it involves an emotion that pretty much everybody has felt at least in one point of their life. "Love ... religious cults, nicotine, psychotherapy, sugar, caffeine, sex, gambling, work, television, pain, parenting, and love objects (Schaeffer 1987). The focus of this book is to understand love addiction - how and why we fall into love, how to identify love, and maybe even more impor...

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... rude, lifeless alcoholic attorney who works with Mr. Stryver. Carton has no real goals in his life and doesn't seem to be in search of any. Early in the book Carton starts off as a low life drunk, "Carton, who smelt of port wine, and did not appear to be quite sober" (89). Also, Carton has no ... content and happy with his life. Darnay is every thing that Carton isn't and could not be any more different than the jackle Carton. Early in the book the only way in which Darnay and Carton are alike is their appearances, they look very much alike. After the Old Bailey trial when Darnay has gone...

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... The students don't know that they are learning. He teaches the meaning of Life and how to be human, which is the theme in this story. The book is full of lessons. Morrie began the last class of his life with Mitch life's greatest lesson. The novel begins with a flashback of Mitch's graduation, ... lessons of love, of family, of relationships, of education and many more topics and issues that were very touching to the heart. By reading this book I learned that wisdom comes with experience and it only inspired me to anticipate the lessons of life that I know I will come to learn as ... t...

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... a hole country. The fact of it is that there must be somebody in power, someone must be responsible enough to take hard decisions and in the book the director makes most of these decisions. In the future will these people who have the power try to control us? How will we act upon there ... decisions? In the book the director gives out the orders but some of the workers don't always obey. In the future we will have people like Helmholtz and Bernard Marx:" ... makes mistakes, loves and hates, is that all? I think not! To be human you also have to have something else, it is a thing that n...

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... Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. Love and war is an important theme in the book, and the relationship between Frederic and Catherine is explored by Hemingway. Frederic's ambulance driver, Passini, expresses his thought on the war: "It doesn't ... corps, Frederick Henry, is depicted as an average man in search of a set of values. Henry experiences many changes in his personality throughout the book. Initially Henry is lustful, immature, and confused when it comes to life. Henry is introduced as a man that does Mirabelli 5 not...

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... by outside. And he also tells us though the world fills with lure, we must restrain ourselves from bad urges and keep ourselves in innocence and purity. The book tells a story of how a young man grows up gradually from a pure and innocent boy to a selfish and smooth-faced one, yet having met with amounts ... in "Oliver Twist" and "David Copperfield", he obviously wrote about Pip smoothly and freely at description. Owing to the simple expression he used in the book, I could understand the story. He could move from drama to comedy in a sentence, arousing the emotion and engaging the sympath...

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... this path to enlightenment I believe not to be true, while others of seeming importance and grandness, I choose to believe. That is why I feel this book strikes a cord with every reader and impacts each in a specific and meaningful way. Way of the Peaceful Warrior made me reflect on many, many aspects ... philosophical; questions and thoughts that have reverberated over and over. Just as we talk about philosophy and related matters and principles in class, this book opens us up to new thoughts and ideas relative to management and philosophy such as this inspiring quote, "There are no or...

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... process of learning, despite having outstanding intellectual abilities, Meg, Charles, Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. Murry still face all sorts of difficulties. Throughout the book we see that the Murrys will not survive without the powerful force of love, which saves them from the power of IT and gets them through ... you that you do without grace, or what you do without understanding " (215). Giving Meg the right to make a choice by herself, the book also emphasizes the equal importance of both grace and understanding. Intelligence and emotion are two strong features of the human nature, and eve...

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