James Buchanan is the only president to remain a bachelor for his entire life. Historians agree that James was one of the worst presidents for his apparent indifferences on the civil war. The controversy of slavery divided the nation at his time of presidency. James Buchanan carried the reputation of a northern man with southern principles‚ causing tension between the already segregated nation with the complication of slavery. James was a northern man born in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania The buildup
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How do you respond to the view that it is difficult for readers to feel anything but contempt for Tom Buchanan? 21Marks We are first introduced to Tom Buchanan as Nick comments on his enormous wealth‚ ’various physical accomplishments’ ‚ and that he was a ’national figure in a way’. What stands out about this first introduction is the first thing Nick comments on is his ’various physical accomplishments’; the use of the word ’physical’ gives the impression that Tom is a man who is fit and very
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby spends his fortune building a mansion to impress his first love‚ Daisy Buchanan. With his newly accumulated wealth‚ Gatsby thinks Daisy will love him like she did in the summer of 1917. But deep down‚ Daisy cannot love Gatsby the way he wants because she is committed to the protective bubble of her old money wealth. Daisy is a representation of the unscrupulous values of the upper class East Egg‚ which Gatsby falls in love with‚ but because
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How does Fitzgerald make Tom Buchanan an unpleasant character? Support your answer by close reference to Fitzgerald’s writing. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald creates a most unpleasant character in the form of Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald achieves this primarily by consistently showing Buchanan’s unpleasant characteristics to the reader in every situation where we meet him. Buchanan is displayed as a selfish‚ controlling and physically dominant bully who disregards care for anyone‚ including his
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Assignment: James’ use of Ambiguity in Daisy Miller and theme Ambiguity Conveys Theme in James’ Daisy Miller In the novella‚ Daisy Miller by Henry James‚ the complexities of social conventions‚ gender stereotyping and conformity are exposed through the actions and words of the protagonists. Daisy Miller is the young woman who invites a multitude of speculation regarding her personality and behavior. James creates ambiguity around Daisy as an insightful glimpse into the
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Great Gatsby "Does it sink like rotten meat or crust a sugar over like syrup sweet?" jay gatsby he want to be with daisy but he just dont realize that his dream was not complete and tom and daisy they was careless people they aint care about nobody else. Jay gatsby suffered "repetition compulsion" he wanted to repeat certain actions in particular the best one’s of his life with daisy. "Cant repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. Why of course you can" jay gatsby talked alot about the past jay
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<center><b>Greed‚ Corruption‚ the Search of One’s Self and the 1920’s</b></center> <br> <br>The characters’ search of their own identities and the struggle that ensues is the most suffusive theme throughout The Great Gatsby . The fact that we never really know the characters‚ and the corrupt immoral things they do‚ directly represent the 20’s high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses‚ let money become their obsession‚ and debated the American dream for the hopes of
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and effective element of the novella Daisy Miller is Henry James ironic use of the unruly behavior of what should have been an innocent girly-girl. This becomes amplified when the leading protagonist in the text‚ Daisy Miller‚ demises signifying the death of any unrestrained female. Henry James’ novella “Daisy Miller” portrays an unruly protagonist that rebels and violates the norms of femininity in nineteenth century society. However‚ the realist heroine‚ Daisy Miller‚ fails to rebel against society
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of excess wealth. Nick Carraway‚ the protagonist‚ views Jay Gatsby’s disillusionment about Daisy Buchanan‚ the object of his affection. The tale is not a story about past lovers‚ but instead represents a cast of characters chasing the American Dream which destroys them. The theme suggests that Americans have created a second form of aristocracy that the original founding fathers tried to escape. Each character
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Main Attraction In the short story‚ Daisy Miller‚ author James Joyce keeps the relationship between Daisy Miller and Winterbourne a mystery. We find out in the text that the two have met at a hotel located in Vevey‚ Switzerland. Daisy’s behavior charms him but he is also mystified by her lack of concern for the social etiquettes and rules of propriety that have been laid down by the European civilization. Winterbourne obsesses over the question of whether Daisy is a “nice” girl‚ and Daisy’s behavior
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