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- 1851: Depiction Of The American Drea
- ... once Daisy entered his house, she was amazed at the lavish, expensive items that occupied Gatsby s mansion. The mansion contained rooms such as the Marie Antoinette music-rooms and Restoration salons and the Merton College Library , which were used only by party guests. All the while Daisy was in Gatsby s house, He hadn t once ceased looking at Daisy he re-valued everything in his house according to the ...
- 1852: David Lynchs Blue Velvet
- ... the dive we are about to make into the subterranean world under the pastoral life of normalcy. Our guide through this hell below and within is Jeffrey; an all-American boy who comes home from college to help out in the family business while his father is in the hospital. His finding a severed human ear is what sends him out on a journey to solve a mystery and eventually leads ...
- 1853: Catch-22 2
- ... winning the war than they are about getting promoted. Heller spent eight years writing Catch-22, is a former student at three universities--New York, Columbia and Oxford--and a former teacher at Pennsylvania State College. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a combat bombardier in the Twelfth Air Force and was stationed on the island of Corsica where he flew over 60 combat missions. That experience provided the groundwork ...
- 1854: Call Of The Wild
- ... who was one the gardener s helpers, committed a treacherous act. In order to cover his Chinese lottery gambling debts, he stole Buck from his sound sleep and brought him to a flag station called College Park. There, the exchanging of money took place. Buck was loaded onto an express car to Seattle. On his way to Seattle, he found that a man in a red sweater repeatedly beat him. From ...
- 1855: A Critique Of Tuesdays With Mo
- ... his wise professor. Mitch rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch every Tuesday in his study, just as they had done in college days. Morrie taught Mitch his final lesson: how to live. Morrie and Mitch s relationship went far beyond that of a teacher and student. It turned into a friendship between two men. Morrie taught Mitch ...
- 1856: An Analysis Of The Jay Gatsby
- ... wealth, and sometimes spins absolute obvious lies. However, Fitzgerald candidly avoids saying forhow long, for what reasons, or why he has indeed attained entrance at Oxford. Being misplaced by the Military at this local prestigious college unfortunately serves as a hindrance. Gatsby shows Nick a picture "A souvenir of [his] Oxford days . . . " (Fitzgerald), as if to imply that he was there. In realization, Gatsby had only dreamed of attending a school ...
- 1857: Arugumentative Essay On The Gl
- ... successful with it. It was unfortunate that she did not realize that if she would just let her children make their own choices, they would most likely attain happiness. After making Laura go to business college, which she didn't want to do, she of course made it seem as if it was all Laura's fault. "Fifty dollars' tuition, all of our plans-my hopes and ambitions for you-just ...
- 1858: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... been treated unfairly by the white people. Major Characters: Jefferson, black boy who is accused of a crime and sentenced to death; Grant Wiggons, teacher sent to help Jefferson. After he went and obtained a college degree, Grant Wiggins goes back to live with his grandmother. Being that he is a very educated person, Grant was elected by his grandmother to try and get Jefferson to realize that he was a ...
- 1859: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- ... working so hard even with a new fetus, Francie skipping high school to make money, etc. But like the tree, Francie gets back up, tallies the losses and keeps going. She eventually makes it to college and that s where the story ends. At the very end of the book she says Goodbye Francie , which means she s beyond her past and moving on.
- 1860: A Separate Peace - Inflouence
- ... young men should ever have to go through. They were boys one day and had to be men the next because of the stupidity of the world. These, and many other boys completely skipped over college, and missed building lives on their own. They were just forced into a situation, and made to cope with their surroundings, without any warning of how bad it would be, and how much courage it ...
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