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    Whether it’s the lavish parties or immoral behavior of the upper class‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ in the beginning of the story seems to be going for the shock value. The books repeats and focuses on how much the rich don’t care for societal norms‚ and shows the reader just what happens when a normal person tries to become like them. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby as an attractive personality that doesn’t bother following the rules if it means achieving his dream. However‚ that isn’t all

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    The inspiring and Heartfelt story The Great Gatsby was written by F.Scott Fitzgerald . The Great Gatsby novel falls under the genre of ‘Romance’ Nick Carraway‚ is a young man from Minnesota who moves to Long Island New York in the summer of 1922. He rents a house in the West Egg district of long island. Nick’s next door neighbour in West egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan lives

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    In his novel the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. His life being as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen‚ yet Gatsby still has a dream of becoming wealthy man. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out alright at the

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    The Great Gatsby is a classic tale that has been interpreted very differently throughout time. One prominent source of constant debate lies in the main character‚ Jay Gatsby. In the novel’s title‚ Gatsby is misleadingly referred to as being “great”. However‚ the events that transpire within the novel paint a very different picture of this man. Despite the title of his story‚ Jay Gatsby is dishonorable‚ immoral‚ a phony‚ and is‚ in fact‚ very far from greatness. To elaborate‚ when Gatsby meets Daisy

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    does Dickens use setting in ’Great Expectations’ to show characters feelings &+ situations? Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ during the Victorian era. In 1822‚ when Dickens was ten‚ the family relocated from Kent [where they had moved when Dickens was 5] to Camden Town‚ London. These places of residence are symbolic of certain occurances in Dickens life; throughout the novel‚ these areas play an avid role in the creation and development of the characters situations and feelings.

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    The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Essay In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald presents a novel with complex symbolism‚ even into the heart of the novel. Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all of his work in The Great Gatsby. He uses his life to create people and places. Fitzgerald used mostly his own experiences for this novel. Fitzgerald used many different real life people to build up his characters James Gats and Jay Gatsby for his book. He used his own life as a model for James Gats

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    In chapter 1 of the tragic modernist novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald introduces Nick Caraway as the narrator-writer of the novel who tells the story in retrospective to inform his experiences of the West Egg and East Egg society and the eponymous character known as Jay Gatsby. The chapter acts as an exposition of the novel as most of the major characters are introduced‚ Tom Buchannan‚ Daisy Buchannan‚ Nick Caraway‚ Jordan Baker and briefly at the end the titular protagonist Gatsby appear in a

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    it. "Whoever we run into first!" he said with a giggle. 1:20:11 AM origamiorange: Nidai blushed at this‚ touching Legend’s face. "... You did for me too‚" he said1:21:02 AM origamiorange: Gorou’s shoulders slumped."For Hell’s Sake that’s really great‚" he said‚ then blinked. "Wait... did I die? Is that why you’re coming back to now? Did I get trampled to death by escaping prisoners...?" Jasmine: HEre? Jasmine: sory I am being lazy again Jasmine: and Jasmine: yesss you can do the Kovu and sekai

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    great gatsby Character |Behavior |Consequences | | |Jay Gatsby | He had a overzealous need for| He lost daisy because of his eagerness for money | | |money and would sacrifice | | | |anything to get it | | |Daisy Buchanan | Never attached her self to

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    marriage. He wants to die. He would commit suicide if God wouldn’t have a rule against it. If you commit suicide you go straight to hell. Quote number one is important for Aristotle’s third rule for tragedy. The third rule of tragedy says‚ the main character must experience a reversal of fortune or a discovery. Because Hamlet’s fortune is already so bad‚ the audience knows it is not about fortune but about discovery. Quote #2: P. 67 (Hamlet I: v‚ 29- 31) Quote #2 is spoken by Hamlet. Hamlet is alone

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