.... narrator. He is portrayed as an honest, amiable young man that listens to everyone's problems and is "inclined to reserve all judgements." He then introduces the reader to the other main characters in the novel, his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, as well as the namesake of The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby himself. The story unfolds, and we discover Gatsby's background and his relationship with Daisy. His estrangement from her all these years has been spent with him building his fortune so that he can one day have a life with her, despite her marriage to Tom. Thus, we are introduced to the American Dream, as seen in the eyes of Jay Gatsby. A .....

.... after Paul's mother benefits from his winnings. In the beginning, Paul's mother, in effect, challenges him to prove that he is lucky. Paul's search for luck is conducted behind the reins of a rocking-horse, "charging madly into space." In his travels, Paul hears odd names which he shares with the gardener, Bassett. Bassett recognizes the names as winners in horse races, and begins to win bets based on Paul's insight. Paul arranges for some of his winnings to be given to his mother, under the condition that she not know from whence it came. He is afraid that if she knew, she would take away his luck. In a frenzied search for another winning horse, Paul falls o .....

.... the style of writing really ruined it. Often, the author will trail off describing some marine animal for pages at a time. Two entire chapters were almost entirely this! However, the setting and characters of the story seemed to be well thought out. Nevertheless, under the Sea was an extremely tedious volume. When the story was introduced, Jules Verne described M. Aronnax, the main character, whose love for marine biology was more important than anything else to him did. This immediately led to the international crisis about a bizarre aquatic creature, which immediately dragged M. Aronnax into the action. Due to his expertise on the matter, the public ex .....

.... when the 1093 page book really begins to heat up.During the course of the summer in Derry where the setting is taking place at the time being.A little club falls together and by fluke they are all victims and survivors of the freak monster It.At first they just explain to each other their horrid accidents and escapes.The method they used to escape is their secret weapon against It.For instance for Bill it is to say this one verse "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he's seeing ghost's".For Ben Hanscom it's shouting "You are not real".Etc.Bill who is George's brother is asking Richie,another survivor,if he would come with him to .....

.... example. Many religions employ mind control, conditioning their followers to obey without questioning. With nearly global use of the television; it has become a preferred method with which to influence and regulate people’s thinking, creating an unreal and idealistic, hypothetical reality which people strive to emulate. This is accomplished through shows and movies; the majority of which emphasize a perfect world, entirely free of corruption and poverty; where everyone is physically attractive, emotionally stable, and economically wealthy; a distorted reflection of our own world. This leads real people to attempt to create this imaginary world, only t .....

.... in her guise as the lawyer Balthazar, 10 times. Mercy is never mentioned by Shylock, implying either that he does not believe in it, or that he sees a hidden motive behind the Christians' insistence that he should be merciful to Antonio. In the trial scene, mercy and revenge reveal the true nature of Venetian society as insecure, hypocritical and vengeful. The Christian values are seen as insecure by the way that they are practiced. Mercy is a Christian value associated with the New Testament, thus contrasting with Shylock's Old Testament religion and its image of a more stern and vengeful God. In the first half of the trial mercy and revenge are contraste .....

.... image of himself, he is madly in love with Daisy Buchanan, and he was extremely loyal to his dream even after it had dissolved. Jay Gatsby always wanted to become famous and wealthy, so he created an ideal image of himself for Nick and others he wanted to impress, especially Daisy. In this image he claims he is the son of some wealthy people in the Midwest but educated at Oxford; traveled to Paris, Venice, and Rome; collects rubies, hunts big game, and paints; and received many awards and medals for his outstanding effort in World War I. Gatsby created this “ideal image” in order to impress those people who were curious about his background such as Da .....

.... the social elite was a miniscule percentage of the colonial population. As documented in city tax lists, the top 5% of Boston's taxpayers controlled 49% of the cities taxable assets. The lower classes then started to use town meetings to express their feelings. Men like James Otis and Samuel Adams from the upper classes formed the Boston Caucus and through their motivational speaking, molded and activated the laboring-class. After the Stamp Act of 1765, the British's taxation of colonists to pay for the Seven Year War, the lower-class stormed and destroyed merchant homes to level the distinction of rich and poor. A hundred lower-classmen had to suffer fo .....