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    2014 The Titles Money‚ love‚ and society. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scout Fitzgerald is about a man who worked so hard just to get a girl of his dream. The novel is not only about Gatsby but also about the difference classes in society. Even though the title of the novel is The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald had a hard time deciding the title for the book before ultimately picking The Great Gatsby. Three titles he was considering beside The Great Gatsby were Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires‚ Trimalchio

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel written in the past. The characters chase visions of the future that are determined by their past‚ which leads them to tragedy. The protagonist‚ Jay Gatsby‚ has dedicated his entire life to recapturing the perfect past with his soul mate‚ Daisy. Even though he believes that recreating the past is his life’s goal‚ this leaves a tragic‚ heart-breaking‚ and disastrous ending to the novel. When Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ tells Gatsby that you can’t

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    In The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway rents a house in West Egg. He was Daisy Buchanans’s cousin‚ who lives in East Egg. Jordan‚ then tells Nick if he knows Gatsby‚ who is a man who is wealthy and throws parties. Nick then realizes that Gatsby is his neighbor. One day Nick gets an invitation to Gatsby party. When Nick goes he sees Daisy. Gatsby then meets Nick and tells Jordan to tell Nick to invite Daisy to tea. When Gatsby goes to Nicks house he has Nicks house lawn cut‚ flowers brought in‚ etc. When

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    Summer Assignment-Movie Analysis The Great Gatsby 2013 1. The Great Gatsby motion pictures is a drama film. 2. The Great Gatsby shows us the various love affairs that goes on in the raging 20s of New York City‚ through the viewpoint of Nick Carraway. Throughout the movie‚ relationships‚ hidden pasts‚ secrets‚ and affairs between Nick’s friends are revealed and shown. Gatsby‚ who is known to hold extravagant parties in the probation period of US history‚ befriends Nick in order to get close

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    Dakota Gravitt The Great Gatsby (2013) Movie Analysis “The Great Gatsbymovie‚ made in 2013 featuring Tobey Maguire‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ and Carey Mulligan‚ is a film based on a book by the same name written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is about Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire)‚ a bond salesman living in the 1920s‚ before the market crash‚ who moves near the shores of New York City over the summer and encounters his mysterious neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). His rich neighbor would

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    The Great Gatsby is a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. The movie represents the novel ‘’The Great Gatsby’’ written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is Scott’s analysis on the American society during the Roaring Twenties. The characters represent the American Dream. The main-characters in this story are Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Daisy Buchanan. When Nick Carraway moves to New-York he buys a house on West Egg‚ Long Island. His neighbour is the wealthy and mysterious man named Jay Gatsby. As weeks

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    The Great Gatsby is a cynical novel To what extent do you agree with this‚ following you reading of chapters one and two? In the novel “The Great Gatsby” we see many references to cynicism. For example in the first chapter we hear from Nick Carraway the narrator of the novel who‚ himself reveals that he has a tendency to be quite cynical towards others. This is because he has “feigned sleep‚ preoccupation‚ or hostile levity”1 when he realises that for “some unmistakeable sign that an intimate revelation

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    The Great Gatsby Critical Movie Review The Great Gatsby is a movie that was made in 1974 by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton‚ produced by David Merrick‚ which was taken from the screenplay written by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie is based off the 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and the main actors in the movie are Robert Redford (Jay Gatsby)‚ Mia Farrow (Daisy Buchanan)‚ Bruce Dern (Tom Buchanan)‚ and Sam Waterson (Nick Carraway). Although the movie didn’t go over

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    critically acclaimed novel the Great Gatsby is directed by Jack Clayton and screenwriten by Francis Ford Coppola‚ with Robert and Mia Farrow as leads. The two actors give excellent performances‚ and certainly portray the beautiful people they are made out to be in the book. One scene in particular that reflected that Redford was was chosen for this part was when the Nick and Gatsby are in suits and Nick is perspiring in is utterly unsuitable manner of dress for the weather‚ while Gatsby remains cool as

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    The Immorality in The Great Gatsby Good morning/afternoon Ms fellow classmates‚ Today I will analysis F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel‚ The Great Gatsby which has recently been adapted into a movie from Baz Lurrhman and I will discuss the immorality in the character Daisy Buchanan when she hit Myrtle Wilson her husbands mistress with Jay Gatsby’s car kill her instantly and knowingly drove off without stopping. Then allowing Gatsby to take the blame for it and the subsequently an unexpected

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