Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known by his stage name Jay-Z (sometimes stylized as Jay Z or JAY Z),[2][3][4] is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. In 2012, Forbes estimated Carter's net worth at nearly $500 million.[1][5] He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time having sold more than 75 million records, while receiving 17 Grammy Awards for his musical work
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How Great Was Our Man Gatsby? As on author said: "F. Scott Fitzgerald created Gatsby, the eponymous character of his novel, The Great Gatsby, as a character who built himself into something great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being
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Bruno Mars Watching Her Move lyrics She Got It She Looking Good Im Just Watching Her Move She Walks On In With Her Retros On Her Lips As Bright As The Sun Her Curves Goes Every Which Way Got Skin Like Porcelien The Way Her Hair Falls Down Her Back Billy Accents Her Tattoo? (Are You Talking To Me?) The Way Her Hair Falls Down Her Back Billy Accents Her Tattoo? (Are You Talking To Me?) Her Legs like A Supermodel She Worn For Them High Heel Boots She Got Every Single Guy In The Club
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The American Dream Immigrants—often coming from smaller or poorer countries—settle in America in order to achieve their lifelong goals and to start a better life. This new life that individuals try to create is called the American Dream. The United States is the land of opportunity and success, and one can achieve this through hard work. However, others say the American Dream has become expansive over time, and it is slowly diminishing. Despite those who oppose the idea of this Dream, the American
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The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates static characters that are unable to learn from their pasts and their mistakes. A static character is one who throughout the duration of the novel does not change their morals, personality, or beliefs. While it is apparent that not all the characters undergo change, an argument could be made that throughout the novel some characters change their ways because of the situations they are put through. Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Nick are the characters
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Shirley Isakovan Mr. Kenny ENG4U 02 April 2008 The Automobile: A Symbol of Wealth, Serving as an Instrument of Death and Destruction in the 1920s “Progress is meant to bring about new joy and economic prosperity, but paradoxically, it can lead to national destruction and depression.” (Shirley Isakovan) The 1920s is perceived as an era of unprecedented economic prosperity, material excess, and renowned for the birth of the social and societal upheaval that spreads throughout modern
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the Buchanans live on the fashionable East Egg (we’re talkingLong Island, NY in the 1920’s, by the way), Nick lives on the less-elite but not-too-shabby West Egg, which sits across the bay from its twin town. We are soon fascinated by a certain Mr. Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who owns a huge mansion next door to Nick and spends a good chunk of his evenings standing on his lawn and looking at an equally mysterious green light across the bay. Tom takes Nick to the city to show off his
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Waka Flaka-Go Hard Kanye West • All of The Lights • Flashing Lights • When It All Falls Down Renee and Angela-Imaginary Playmates Norman Conners- Star Ship Womack Womack- Baby Im Scared Of You Bootsie Collins- I’d Rather Be With You 50 Cent- In The Club Outkast-So Fresh So Clean Gucci Mane-Photo Shoot Nelly & Kelly Williams-Dilemma Lupe Fiasco-Day Dreaming Line Dances • Vic-The Wobble • Cupid Shuffle • Dj Quick-(I don’t know the name of it) Lil Kim-Ladies Night Puff Daddy-Cant No Body Hold Me Down
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Perhaps F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest work, The Great Gatsby is not only a great story, but an insight into the flaws of real life during the "Roaring Twenties." His book has been considered by many a symbol for the "Jazz Age," a time of extraordinary wealth and promise, but Fitzgerald's novel is much more than that, presenting the truth behind the twenties and creating an atmosphere which has earned a permanent place in American literature. Fitzgerald's novel works on many different levels, giving
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Adv. English 11 A4 Annotated Bibliography Rev. of Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'., by Brian Sutton. Gale Cengage Learning. The Explicator, 1997. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com>. Brian Sutton asserts that F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, has four interlinked images that traces Gatsby’s rise and fall as he attempts to recapture Daisy Buchanan's love. The first image is in the beginning of the book when Gatsby is seen by the narrator
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