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Jay-Z is frequently compared to Gatsby for achieving the modern American Dream (both named Jay).  He originally sold cocaine on the streets to support his family then he got famous off of rapping becoming one of the best, and richest of all time.  Unlike Gatsby he kept the girl he treated like trash.  How would you describe the American Dream?       Basically to me the American Dream is doing better for yourself than your parents did.  To expand on this the most common American Dream is the rags-to-riches story.  The person who was born to a low-class or middle-class family, then works hard to become rich is the Dream. Then once you have this power and money you can get your children everything your parents couldn't get for you.  The idea that if anyone from anywhere can achieve anything if you work hard enough is the basic concept of the American Dream, and is the main pushing factor as to why anyone works hard for anything. Wha...

Here is my planning: And here is my vocaroo, my computer didn't start recording until like thirty seconds in, all you missed was me saying my name and the name of the book.  Also sorry for making yall listen to my nasally voice. (click hyperlink) My IOC Criterion A: 7. The commentary shows a good understanding of the text as a whole, however there where parts where I was not specific or stumbled over some aspects of the plot.  I made sure to include many references and quotes from the texts that I analyzed well, however I probably should have included more parts where I related the quotes back to my thesis.  Criterion B: 5. My main two literary effects were dialogue and exposition, not the most impressive literary aspects.  However I believe I did a good job explaining the effect of the dialogue between Moira and Offred, then the exposition between Offred and her mother very well.   Criterion C: 4.  I formatted this well, start...