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By JFiala BRONZE
Oak Park, Illinois

Did Gatsby achieve the American dream? Well to answer that what is the American dream? Gatsby’s lifestyle may have represented the idea of what the American dream was at the time,...
JFiala BRONZE, Oak Park, Illinois
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Desmothenes Locke GOLD, Cresskill, New Jersey
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lmarcelino BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
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By AlexandraSL BRONZE
Ponte Vedra, Florida
AlexandraSL BRONZE, Ponte Vedra, Florida
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#1295 Opinion
By nature-elf PLATINUM
Ramsey, New Jersey
nature-elf PLATINUM, Ramsey, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"If love is shelter, I'll walk in the rain." -Anonymous

#1296 Opinion
Raynich1 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
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stephoto BRONZE, Menlo Park, California
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Alessia BRONZE, Tirana, Other
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melodyseraydarian BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
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Favorite Quote:
“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.” <br /> ― William Saroyan, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories