The Great Gatsby Do you ever sometimes wish you have everything in life? In fact‚ each and everyone in the world wish or want something. Like love‚ hope‚ wealth and etc. These topics are seen in the book called “The Great Gatsby.” In America‚ as a whole‚ they have this “American Dream” where they all want to be independent and being optimistic about their future‚ pretty much everything great in life. But not everyone in America achieves these dreams because of the distraction around‚ sometimes
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complex way of saying that people need to share how they feel even though most of the time it is hard to be able to say how you feel‚ whether out of shame or just not wanting to share. When F. Scott Fitzgerald could not say how he felt about his dwindling marriage he turned it into fiction by writing his wife‚ Zelda‚ into Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald not only portrayed Zelda in Daisy but also displayed his relationship with Zelda in both Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship with Tom
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To me‚ this quotation means that when someone gets a large sum of money‚ they wouldn’t have any change their behavior and characters. I disagree with this quotation because there are hundreds of examples in literary works and in reality that show this quote is not true. This can be seen in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ especially in the characters of Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan. The quote can be disproved by observing the character Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle lives in the Valley
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life. And those who look to the past or present are certain to miss the future" (John F. Kennedy). These words depict the atmosphere of the great expansion and hustle of society into the new age of the 1920’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby is a social commentary on American society in this golden age. His novel presents the betrayal of the "American Dream" through the illusion of money‚ materialism‚ and social status. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to show that The Dream of wealth and social
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George Wilson’s character starts with humble beginnings‚ No one thinks to highly of him‚ but his circumstances‚ when tangled with the themes of the novel is what will lead to the climax of the novel. George Wilson’s purpose in The Great Gatsby is to show a contrast between corruption and innocence. He is the only passive character in this story and similar to Nick‚ has moral dilemmas. He is the opposite of the American dream shown through his low wealth and social status. However‚ as he does show
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there are two sides of Gatsby in The Great Gatsby. One side with great‚ but gaudy‚ and the other side is a fraud that is dishonest. The more dominant side of the two is Gatsby’s gaudy side. Robert Ornstein is a critic of The Great Gatsby‚ who believes that Gatsby has great intentions while misguiding his lifestyle. Gatsby misguides his life because instead of trying to pursue wealth for a better lifestyle he pursues wealth for Daisy. Jordan Baker tells Nick Caraway‚ “Gatsby bought that house so Daisy
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The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway says‚ ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’. In the light of this comment‚ discuss ways in which Fitzgerald presents female characters in The Great Gatsby. The quote ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’ is very important in particular to two of the female characters. Daisy and Myrtle are both women who fall under the category of being dishonest however it is looked over and they both are able to get away with what they
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face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl‚ and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath‚ his mind would never romp again like the mind of God‚ So he waited‚ listening for a moment longer to the tuning- fork that had been stuck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete." (Fitzgerald 110) 3. “When they met again‚ two days later‚ it was Gatsby who was breathless‚ who was‚ somehow
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Abidi‚ 1 The Deceitful Green Light Green is the color of hope and it is viewed as one of the most important symbols in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby believed in the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches‚ and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly‚ the green light
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The Great Gatsby ——Worksheet Chapter 1 1. How does Nick see himself? Nick sees himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant. 2. What does the Buchanan’s house look like? It’s elaborate‚ a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. There is a lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile‚ jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens. The front was broken by a line of French windows‚ glowing with
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