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The Battle of Chess: Emperor Gatsby vs Tom

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Recap The field of sand glared with the sun. Temperatures as hot as the sun with two giant groups of soldiers faced each other. It was the Valley of East. Troops and Battalions of soldiers faced each other. On the east with the glaze of the sun, stood the Fire Giants of the Gatsbionia. On the west of the empty field, the Buchanion warriors were holding, with which seemed great power, the Weapon of Enchanted swords.  Emperor Jay Gatsby, the Emperor of Gatsbionia, had set his vision upon the Empress of Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, for whom he challenged The Great Emperor Tom Buchanan. It was this miscreant of Emperor Gatsby that put more oil in an already high flaming fire. The 2 empires had been enemies for 5 centuries over the control of land. There had already been many almost war provoking conflicts in the past 15 years, but Buchanion Minister Nick Carraway's wisdom had prevented war. But when Emperor Gatsby's sister Jordan informed him about Daisy Buchanan's beauty, Emperor...

Does Money Matter?

Money, Money, Money.  A lot of Money. Stacks on top of Stacks. What to do with it if it's even worth it. There is so much money in the world. Everybody wants it. Don't you? Well, before you set out your venture, think about it. Does extreme wealth matter at all? Or is it just a waste of time?  Money is the force that drives the world. Nothing can be done without it. In order to survive, you need a good amount of income. But how good is actually good? If we look at it, more money is more good. The more money you have, the better the life you can live. But there could be some drawbacks. If you read Great Gatsby, you might be familiar with some of them.  One apparent drawback is lack of personal time. One of the main characters, Jay Gatsby, is shown to be a very busy man with almost no personal time. When Gatsby was having a party in his house and talking with Nick (the main character), "Chicago was calling him on wire." Even when Gatsby was having a party, his work kept...

The Gatsby Words

  I was writing this blog which was very informal when my cousin just looked at it and told me that it was trash. So, then I decided to write this new blog. So, in this blog I'm gonna talk about the book Great Gatsby and it's for two chapters as my English teacher instructed me. Well, I was trying to be very informal, but I ended up using slang language when I wrote my first draft of this blog. By the way, I'm not publishing that.   Gatsby book is about the roaring 20s that occurred in the 1920s. The book is written from the perspective of a guy named Nick. He just moved to the city from his rural home. In the book he describes the new experiences that he had. So, the book shows a deep passion for wealth and money in the 1920s. Narrator meets her cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. This story revolves around Tom's and Daisy’s relationship so far. The narrator says that Tom was cheating on her wife and describes his own experience of seeing Tom’s affair. The narrator also ...

The Play of Tone

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 Well, there are multiple tones a piece can be written in. Formal, vernacular, humorous, etc. But, there are some tones that really stand out and are distinguishing. Well, an example of those tones can be seen in many places, especially below. Original Text Excerpt from Alan Brinkley's "American History" (Fifteenth Edition) book; page 125 Tone -1 (Informal) In Boston, General Thomas Gage was leadin the British garrison and knew the kind of stuff colonists were planning, but Gage's army was not a lot in size back then. He tried to ignore the uncareful officials, who were tryin to convince Gage to attack the colonists and mess them up. Those uncareful officers were probably thinking that Americans weren't strong enough to fight and British could easily blow them up. One of thos officials was Major John Pitcairn. He planned to burn american towns and thinking that colonists would learn their lesson and not dare to oppose British afterwards. Tone - 2 (Formal) In Bosto...