TOM Tom thinks of Gatsby as a “home wrecker” and a criminal. He cannot see any of Gatby’s virtues‚ but rather focuses on and exaggerates his questionable behavior (pursuing Daisy and bootlegging). Nick‚ on the other hand‚ sees both Gatsby’s virtues and faults and presents them to the reader from a neutral point of view. “Who is Gatsby anyhow?” demanded Tom suddenly.”Some big bootlegger?” (PG 104) • This quote reveals Tom’s suspicions of Gatsby’s wealth. Even though Tom doesn’t know that Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby I: All throughout grade school and even high school‚ my teachers‚ parents‚ and even friends told me not to take the easy way out when it comes to books. Always read the book before the movie. I usually took the easy way out‚ watched the movie‚ and then skim the book. After doing this project I see what everyone was talking about. The book is much better than the movie‚ it gives you more of a sense of what is going on‚ a greater sense of when the story takes place‚ and it gives the
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A novel is a form of entertainment‚ but is can also be so much more. Literature does not just provide entertainment but an insight into the culture and humanity of the society that it was written in. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an entertaining story that is set in the 1920’s. It is about a man who is trying to rekindle his relationship that he had with his former lover‚ who is now married. However the reader may learn a great deal about the lifestyle of the 1920’s‚ because it portrays
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Novelist Edith Wharton wrote her defining work‚ 1905’s the House of Mirth‚ on a subject she knew all too well: the style-over-substance realm of New York’s upper-crust society during the Gilded Age. Having been raised in this "fashionable" society‚ Wharton knew both its intricacies and cruelties firsthand. The triumphant rise and tragic fall of protagonist Lily Bart demonstrate both the "sunshine and shadow" of the Gilded Age. The House of Mirth not only exposes the reality of how "the other
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Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic
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With possessions and machinery such as iPods‚ GPS systems‚ advanced voice-recording‚ photo-shooting‚ video-taking cellular phones‚ one can securely say that the present world is fully consumed by materialistic goods and behavior. Society has gotten so caught up with flaunting their valuables and questing to unearth more that they have completely forgotten to slow down and simply savor nature. In his poem‚ “The World is Too Much With Us‚” William Wordsworth displays an ignorant world in a constant
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Many dream to have extravagant life style and to keep their past lock up and away from the eyes of the public. In Fitzgerald’s avant-garde work‚ The Great Gatsby reveals the Roaring Twenties a time were the world was coming back to normalcy after World War I. Time period were woman redefined themselves‚ jazz blossomed‚ and mob illegal operations increased. James Gatz is driven by love to transcend and become Jay Gatsby in order to win the affection of Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s over the top parties
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A&E’s The Great Gatsby film study guide (Answer on a separate sheet in complete sentences) Pre-Viewing 1. How was the 1920’s a reaction to WWI? 2. Some people think that having money leads to happiness. Do you agree? Why or why not? What are the advantages or disadvantages of being wealthy. 3. What is the "American Dream"? Where did it originate‚ and how has it changed over the centuries? 4. Describe a situation when you wanted to relive a moment from your past‚ to redo it? How
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Although some consider material wealth to represent one’s worth‚ no financial measure can express the value of personal integrity when an individual encounters moral challenges. In Toni Morrison’s A Mercy‚ the author explores this concept through the behavior and character of Jacob Vaark‚ a white farmer trying to make a living in the New World. Initially committed to avoiding slave trade‚ he involves himself by accepting Florens‚ a fourteen year-old‚ from the affluent D’Ortega to repay a debt. This
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Kenny Fleming Mr. Blocker- Period 2 Due: 4/2/12 Tragedy From Afar Catharsis‚ the dramatic event that describes the "emotional cleansing" of the general audience‚ prevails in many tragedies. It provides an extreme change in emotion‚ as the result of experiencing strong feelings. It has been described as ”purification" or a "purging" of emotions (Aristotle 22). Shakespeare’s Macbeth represented a tragedy‚ because of the loss and destruction of lives. More specifically‚ the large-scale
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