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Lincoln was candid, sincere, empathetic, simple and clear. ... Some of the best examples of Lincoln's ability to communicate across a wide variety of audiences are not speeches, nor are they often read or studied by students. They include telegrams, public letters, and messages to his staff.
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Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel "The Great Gatsby", by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. When the narrator, Nick, first hears of him, Gatsby is but a name, faceless, connected to grand parties and wealth.
On the outside, Gatsby has an almost flawless appearance. He dresses finely and modernly. He lives in a castle, surrounded by servants. He drives a fancy car, and knows influential people. He always, as Daisy describes him, "looks cool". He says he is an Oxford man, the inheritor of a big fortune, a world traveler. He is good-looking, well-spoken - a "true" gentleman. Gatsby gives the impression of being secure, of knowing his place in the world. He seems to have life figured out.
But there is a reason why Gatsby is only "almost" flawless. On the inside, he is none of the things described above. Even though he is a good man with grand dreams, he is insecure. Born in extreme poverty, Gatsby thinks wealth will solve all his self-esteem issues. He is afraid people will see through the façade he has built, see the true Gatsby: an uneducated man whose fortune comes from selling illegal alcohol. On the inside, Gatsby is far from being a gentleman or from being cool. He is scared, tense, eager, almost desperate. He wants to be seen, but he also fears it tremendously.
In my opinion, the lines that reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness are 4. The jar was gray and bare and <span>5. It did not give of bird or bush, / </span><span>Like nothing else in Tennessee. The jar in Stevens' poem epitomizes the effect and positioning of civilization within nature. Apparently, nature (nothing, that is everything else in Tennessee) still has powers which the futile and barren civilization doesn't have.</span>
This is a past participle, so the correct answer is B.
Past would be: rode.
Present participle would be: riding.
Present would be: ride/rides.