1. Your backyard is a Garden of Eden. (Biblical allusion)
2. I guess I should see this message about a new job as my burning bush. (Biblical Allusion)
3. When you feel betrayed by a friend, you can say, "You too, Brutus?" (allusion to Julius Caesar-Brutus betrayed Caesar)
4. You're a regular Einstein. (allusion to a historical figure)
5. When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic. (allusion to a historical event)
Answer:
A memorable moment of success would be when I recived my first all A´s report card Freshman year.
Explanation:
I´ve never had honor role nor a passing GPA before then, and working hard to achieve what I never had was the best feeling!
Answer: A
Explanation:
Defoe: he spoke out against people who "barter baubles for the souls of men" and yet he invested heavily in the slave trade and maintained that it was "the most useful and most profitable trade . . . of any part of the general commerce of the nation."
Even though Defoe felt this way personally, I think that it is portrayed in the story that RC did not have to have people around him to be successful. He not only was able to train people in how to care for the island and to survive, life seems to come and to to him. He had the desire to keep on moving towards success. I believe that him "owning" another person was not what he wanted, but that he desired a friend. He knew he could be successful with Friday.
Answer:
1. Gatsby certainly did love Daisy, and all she represented to him - -success, power, and glamor. She was the unattainable, his Dream. However, Gatsby creates this love for Daisy, just as he creates a fantasy life. She is integral to his dream for success.
number 2 is asking to apply YOUR own life. this one I can't answer.
3. t's about the costs of fantasy—inevitable costs, since our dreams and fantasies are part of who we are. ... (Gatsby, Nick concludes, made the mistake of “living too long with a single dream”; this makes him admirable, but also unwise, even delusional.) A kind of fatigue sets in.
4. However, I inferred you are referring to the article written by Joshua Rothman in the Newyorker entitled "The Serious Superficiality of The Great Gatsby".
5. 1) The American dream 2) Gatsby's love for Daisy
Explanation:
I would highly suggest you look at cliff notes or spark notes. I read this back in high school and The 2 sites were very helpful with answering questions like this! hope this helps.
Answer: number 1
Explanation: from the text "the wind carries pollen and seeds to
help plants reproduce" and that is good but another thing from the text is "It can also blow plants to the ground and ruin them" so it can be good for the plants but also at sometimes bad.
