Essays Tagged: "Midwest"

NCAA Mens

lege basketball year. Eachyear 64 teams vie for a spot in the Final Four. Teams from the East, Midwest, Southwest,and West all compete for one spot from each division. The teams that play for ...

(2 pages) 34 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament

lege basketball year. Eachyear 64 teams vie for a spot in the Final Four. Teams from the East, Midwest, Southwest,and West all compete for one spot from each division. The teams that play for ...

(2 pages) 52 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Carl Sandburg: Poet, Artist and Contemporary Visionary of the 20th Century. Focuses on his life, his accomplishments and themes.

which made his writings come alive, free, flowing poetry on themes he developed while living in the Midwest. Sandburg loved and wrote in detail about the beauties of everyday items in the Midwest such ... Allen Fire 1). He created most of his themes by growing up poor and neglected by his parents in the Midwest, where the poor blue-collars and farmers worked. He decided to fight in the war after he lef ...

(10 pages) 154 0 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Eastern Desires (An essay on 'The Great Gatsby' by Fitzgerald)

r asif they were choosing a prep schoolfor me...Nick went to the east to make money. He was from themidwest, and even though his family was doing pretty well inthe money department, Nick wanted to mak ... y was doing pretty well inthe money department, Nick wanted to make his own money. Bygoing from the midwest to the east, Fitzgerald shows Nick'sdesire to have more money. After spending the summer in ...

(3 pages) 34 0 3.0 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

why the farmers were wrong i am writing about the Agrarian Discontent in the Late 1800's

making it harder for American farmers to dispose of surplus crop. Finally, years of drought in the midwest and the downward spiral of business in the 1890's devastated many of the nation's farmers. A ...

(6 pages) 92 1 4.7 Sep/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Book Report on The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

information from people so easily because he has a sympathetic ear for everyone. He comes from the Midwest, so he skill kept some of the values that he had when he grew up, but he has also learned to ... truggle in order to have the most money and status possible. He wants readers to go back to the old Midwest values that their mothers taught them while they were growing up.Symbols: New York City is a ...

(9 pages) 83 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Personal strengths and weakness.

've worked as a commercial fisherman in the north atlantic and south pacific and as a cowboy in the midwest. All of these places and interactions have had a great deal of impact on the way that I live ...

(3 pages) 215 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Great Gatsby" through nick carraway's eyes.

ck and his attitude toward Gatsby and others. Nick introduces himself to us as a young man from the Midwest who has come East to learn the bond business. He tells us that he's tolerant, inclined to re ... s dreams." Nick has such scorn for these "Eastern" types that he has left the East, returned to the Midwest, and, for the time being at least, withdraws from his involvement with other people.Having t ...

(4 pages) 56 1 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

An Analysis of the Populist Party's Premature Fall into Obscurity.

s; answer the questionTime Period: 1880's-1900Geography: United States of America, specifically the MidwestType of History: Political, EconomicalThesis: While a number of factors contributed to the de ... ts per pound after the Civil War was, at times, worth under six cents in the 1890's. Wheat from the Midwest that had sold at $1.50 per bushel after the Civil War brought in 60 cents in the 1890's. The ...

(4 pages) 78 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Articles of confederation

e too spread out too far. In Document E, it is made apparent that New York had to yield most of its Midwest territory. In 1785, Massachusetts gave up parts of Michigan formally owned by New York four ...

(3 pages) 79 2 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Benefits of Midwestern Agriculture on United States Economy

Midwestern agriculture has an enormous impact on the United States Economy. It provides jobs for tho ... riculture in this region ceased to exist. Due to the combination of its ideal soil and climate, the Midwest is a prime agricultural area.Located in the Midwest is the Great Lakes Basin, also known as ... re miles of navigable water causing it to be the centerpiece of this major agricultural region. The Midwest is continuing to develop, increasing competition in both domestic and global economies. The ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

The great Gatsby The Life of a Good Man

w others feel about Nick "In his final actions from the time of Gatsby's death to his return to the Midwest-Nick's behavior reflects his practice of the values that the Public Philosophers believed ga ... ther thing that stands out about Nick Caraway is his moral standards. "Nick Carraway, a sympathetic Midwestern lost soul, serves as narrator and guide through New York society".Now Tom are good exampl ...

(2 pages) 24 1 4.6 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

US . Economics

e in the second quarter, setting the stage for steady second-half expansion as inventories fell and Midwest manufacturing picked up, government and industry reports on show. The quarterly report on gr ...

(2 pages) 67 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

"The Great Gatsby": short summary and analysis of each chapter.

others and non judgemental. Nick does not like the lifestyle of New York and decides to move to the Midwest. Nick rents a small house in the West Egg. Nick goes to his cousin Daisy's house for dinner. ... York. On the drive there, Gatsby tells Nick that he was a son of wealthy deceased parents from the Midwest (San Francisco). He also claims to have been educated at Oxford, have collected jewels in Eu ...

(7 pages) 25 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Virtual Organization Employment Law: Huffman Trucking.

irect result of World War II and the increased demand for carrier services between factories in the Midwest to ports on the East Coast. The fleet had increased in size to 16 tractors and 36 trailers b ...

(3 pages) 391 0 4.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

"The Great Gatsby"

In the beginning of the book they introduce Nick. He moved from the Midwest to New York to get rich by becoming a stock broker. His second cousin, Daisy, also lives in ... nded up gong too Gatsby's funeral. Very saddened by Gatsby's death, Nick ends up moving back to the Midwest to start a new life.

(2 pages) 1215 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A commentary on the last three paragraphs of "The Great Gatsby."

e a careless tone because Nick doesn't explain what he really means. Nick also proceeds to call the Midwest "the dark fields of the republic." In the second paragraph, Fitzgerald mentions the green li ... by strove for was fake and an illusion. He says that what he was really looking for was in the vast Midwest. In the second paragraph he becomes sentimental and dreamy, using ellipses to show how he ke ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" and The American Dream

undeniable similarities between Fitzgerald's life and "The Great Gatsby". Fitzgerald grew up in the Midwest, St. Paul, Minnesota. During his schooling he was a mediocre student but he was still accept ... ick Carraway is a calm thought provoking man whom everyone seems to confide in. Nick grew up in the Midwest too, Minnesota. He attended an Ivy League school also, like Fitzgerald, although Nick's coll ...

(6 pages) 64 0 4.8 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Oakies

with the largest drought in history and a huge dust storm called the 'Dust Bowl'. They crossed the Midwest with all they had to the California state line in search of employment in agricultural field ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Polaris Case Analysis

oblem at Polaris is to expand the marketing research and development teams to cities outside of the Midwest, such as Burlington, VT, Portland, ME, and Manchester, NH in the Northeast and Denver, CO, H ... Burlington, VT, Portland, ME, and Manchester, NH in the Northeast and Denver, CO, Helena, MT in the Midwest, and Tempe, Arizona in the southwest and other US and foreign cities where Polaris' products ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies