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    2013 rendition of the novel is the most true to the storyline of the Fitzgerald novel. The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like‚ would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922‚ an era of loosening morals‚ glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream‚ Nick lands next door to a mysterious‚ party-throwing millionaire‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and across the bay from his cousin‚ Daisy‚ and her philandering‚ blue-blooded

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    Bibliography: • COMPLETE WORKS‚ 1924 (2 volumes) • THE FOUNTAIN‚ 1922 (written‚ published in • HAIRY APE‚ 1921 (written‚ published 1923) • NINE PLAYS‚ 1932 • LONG DAY ’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT‚ 1941 (written‚ published. 1955) • PLAYS‚ 1941 (3 vols.‚ revived • EUGENE O ’NEILL AT WORK‚ 1981 • THE LONG VOYAGE HOME‚ 1917

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ which was established in 1922‚ was the first communist state in the world. Run by the general secretary‚ the equivalent of the position of the president in the United States‚ the communist party controlled the government‚ and the government controlled all of the industry and agriculture. Yet‚ under such strict government control‚ the Soviet Union ended in collapse in the year 1991. The main contributing factor towards the downfall of the USSR was the

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    type of deficiency (Markham 33). Thiamin deficiency symptoms included spasms‚ possible paralysis‚ and depression. Christiaan Eijkman discovered that if someone were to eat unpolished rice‚ then it would fix the thiamin deficiency (Pharmaceutical). In 1922‚ Elmer McCollun heated cod liver oil‚ and there was something left‚ after the Vitamin A was removed‚ that cured the rickets. He called it Vitamin D. Vitamin D deals with

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    IB English Language and Literature SL: Written Task on the Great Gatsby Seungchan Yang Rationale: For part four of my English course‚ I studied the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by Fitzgerald. It not only depicted the hideous manners originated from the sudden prosperity during the 1920s in America but also Gatsby’s pure love or more precisely the obsession towards Daisy‚ which cruelly led to a rather miserable ending. I decided to write a set of short letter formats from Gatsby to Daisy‚ which

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    main instrument of violence and it was made up of a group of paramilitaries‚ the famous black shirts. The extent to which they were use could be evident in the result of the squadristi killing over 2000 opponents between the period between 1920 and 1922. the squadristi also fought battles with the socialist which shows how they were used in order to eliminate opponents ensuring that the survival of fascism. They were also involved in vital events such as the ‘matteotti crisis’ which could have easily

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    territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination”[1]. During the British colonial period from the late 16th century to the 19th century‚ Britain assembled an empire which in 1922 held sway over a population of about 458 million people. The United Kingdom had several colonies‚ dominions‚ protectorates‚ mandates and other territories all over the world called the British Empire. In the short story “Shooting an Elephant” we meet

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    Comment on the significance of India’s declaration of independence‚ paying attention to the wider imperial context In the twentieth century‚ several major events enhanced the decline of the British Empire. Among them‚ the India’s Declaration of Independence‚ proclaimed on January 26‚ 1930. Indeed‚ public dissatisfaction and protestations illustrated Indian people’s will to take part in ruling their own country. By the same time‚ similar struggles were taking place throughout the British Empire

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    How Important were Lloyd-George’s own mistakes in explaining his fall from office in 1922 (24) Lloyd-George held a massive majority and popularity in 1918 as he seemed irremovable from office‚ this was however starkly contrasted by the 1922 election where his popularity drastically dropped and he managed only to scrap the bottom of the barrel for votes leaving him with only a small amount of seats. There were many reasons for this one of the most important ones was his own mistakes; such as how

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    The Middle East was left in turmoil after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War 1 and its eventual dissolution in 1922‚ initiated by the Allies. The Ottoman Empire was a multinational‚ multilingual empire and the official state Dīn of the empire was Sunni Islam‚ although there was a hegemonic power of Muslim control over the non-Muslim population‚ non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire had been granted state recognition and protection in the Islamic tradition. With the Empires

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