<span>It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, "Of course not," and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while. I had come to a crouch. It was entirely automatic.
He cannot manage to speak about the war here, with his own daughter.</span>
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COMPLETE THE STATEMENTS CORRECTY
5. When deciding whether to use competition as a means of motivating people, it is important to consider that
(A) the most effective kind of competition is competition between groups.
(B) competition can promote feelings of hostility.
(C) competition is useful for reaching any goals we may have.
9. As a result of his experiments, LP. Pavlov discovered that once we have learned a particular response to a stimulus,
(A) we cannot learn to respond in the same way to a different stimulus.
(B) we can learn to respond in the same way to a different stimulus.
(C) we quickly lose interest in the stimulus.
10. As a result of the experiments conducted by B.F. Skinner and others, psychologists learned tha teachers could encourage behavior such as throwing waste paper in a trash basket
(A) by responding positively to students when they throw waste paper in the trash basket.
(B) by telling students how important it is to throw their waste paper in the trash basket.
(C) by not making a big deal out of using the trash basket.
Answer:
F. Scot Fitzgerald critiques the idea of the american dream (like many other classic authors) through the situations of the characters. Jay Gatsby is able to acquire an enormous amount of wealth throughout his life, but he is unable to penetrate the upper class. he ends up being killed after tangling in that crowd for too long possibly mention the context of the 20s. a tumultuous time following WW1, increase in immigration as well as women's rights and the massive economic boom. (with the crash looming in 1929) there was a belief that anyone could 'strike it rich' like Gatsby did. George and myrtle Wilson were middle class people looking to improve their life, and achieve the american dream daisy is the ultimate, perfect example of the american dream. the darkest secret at the end, Gatsby's wealth didn't come from work, it came from a life of crime. Fitzgerald is basically saying american dream is actually a lost promise. also underlying greed strewn throughout the novel, and affairs which tear couples apart.
quote:
'But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.'
very key symbol of the green light, and Gatsby reaching out to something (the american dream) that he cannot acquire.
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