In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby works his entire life to be rich just so he can get Daisy back, however it turns into an obstacle in getting her. Since Gatsby was originally from a poor family, when he achieved wealth in his later years, he was considered “new money.” This “new money,” was the main problem in getting Daisy. She was considered from “old money,” which is when you come from a family who had money. Gatsby did many things to try to get back with Daisy, he even tried to hide his money so that Daisy did not know where it came from, which he hoped would allow her to come and be with him. When Gatsby and Daisy first met, Gatsby was in the war, and very poor.
Cinderella man assignment 1) Relief was a way, in the great depression, to get assistance financially. Relief was a place where poor families would go to get a certain amount of money. They would give the person enough money so he/she can survive. 2)Jimmy’s attitude toward relief seemed like he was ashamed of the fact that he needed it. My attitude towards relief would also be shameful, to ask for money just to survive and feed your family is very embarrassing.
Should wealthy individuals be permitted to “buy” their way out of prison or bargain for a reduction in sentence? What if the individual, if allowed to remain out of custody, can continue to earn his legitimate income and therefore pay substantial restitution to the victims, but if placed in prison the victims will go uncompensated? I would rather pay a $30K fine as opposed to a year in prison because prison creates a criminal record that never goes away and in turn creates difficulty in obtaining employment, decent housing, and destroys many other opportunities. I think that in the long run that one year in prison will end up costing more than $30K in lost wages and such, so I would rather pay the fine. I think if a wealthy person has the means to pay restitution to help the family and at the same time this reduces or helps them avoid a sentence, I am ok with it.
| 7 | State one argument made by the author. | Rich patients in need of organs take advantage of the worlds poor. Promises of cash rewards for donation are sometimes not kept and when they are kept they can be for less than agreed upon. Given these disparities, legal organ trade will always lead to the exploitation of impoverished donors. A better solution to the global shortage of organs can be used unless the decreased had requested otherwise.
He differed from the average fraud perpetrator in that he admitted what he had done and promised to pay back the money he had stolen. The more he did it, the more it became an addiction. These characteristics made it difficult to detect him because everyone he worked for and with trusted and liked him. Although they didn’t like him for what he had but
Tom gave people money, and made a deal with them that they had to return the money with a high interest rate. On the other hand Bernie collected money from the people, and made them believe that they could get back their money with a high interest rate. People trusted them and took the risk, but they didn’t get what they expected. Some people lost everything that they had. All things included, we should aware of these kind of people, and we should never be this kind of people who invested with Bernie, and took money from
That is, should we like him? Petruchio’s motivation for being willing to marry Katherine is her money. He thinks he will be successful because he’s her only suitor. No he is not a sympathetic character as he is only marrying her for her money. 4.
With the illusion of his American Dream, Tom begins to see Myrtle Wilson. Tom knows that Myrtle is of lower-class and needs his wealth to achieve her American Dream and uses this to his advantage. “Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart”(Fitzgerald 25). Tom feels the need to be superior and becomes paranoid that someone might be ahead of him. Jay Gatz or later to be called Jay Gatsby, also had his own American Dream he was in pursuit of.
And you’re a part of It.” Highlights that the money made through the institution is the only contributing factor to power and status. This conflicts with the view of Bud’s father Carl Fox who believes money is made through hard work and honesty. “The rich have been doing it [exploiting] to the poor since the beginning of time” demonstrating how the institution has the power to corrupt one and alter their core values, drawing the divide between the wealthy and the lacking. Moreover, the greed within the institution directly correlates with the constraints of modern society where money is viewed as a source of power. The individuals place in society is determined by the allowance one gives to the institution to become a part of their
This quote relates to the text “he receives from greedy steamship agents and "bankers," who persuade him by false promises to mortgage his home, his few belongings, and his wages for months to come for a ticket to the land where plenty of work is to be had at princely wages“. He somehow strongly believes that it is true and will benefit him because he doesn’t know much. The worst thing about the Italian immigrant was he arrives in America and knows no word of English. This is no good use of him because communication will be tough when associating with other businessmen in that area. Unlike the German, who begins learning English the day he lands as a matter of duty, or the Polish Jew, who takes it up as soon as he is able as an investment.