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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby’s longing for Daisy Buchanan leads him to his own downfall. Similarly in the novel Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s extreme love for his father and his hatred towards his mother play a major role in his tragedy. In these works‚ there are a number of motivating factors that contribute to the downfall of the main characters- obsession‚ hatred‚ and the wanting to be accepted – but ultimately it is love that leads to the demise of Gatsby and Hamlet. Hamlet loved his father

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    The Great Gatsby After reading "The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and watching the film directed by Jack Clayton‚ I noticed a few plot‚ character‚ and theme changes. As I was watching the movie I began to ask myself why did Jack Clayton take this event out or why did he add in this particular event? Was it for the sake of time or the fact that it was not an important part in the book? So I began to write notes and started to compare the great novel to the film. The novel The Great

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    prude. Classes divided because some people had inherited wealth and other had work hard to earn their money. In The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ these controversies that divided the generations of the 1920s included prohibition‚ and the right to personal freedoms and compares and contrast new money versus old money and modernism versus traditionalism. In The Great Gatsby‚ there is social dividing line that separates the aristocracy and those who are "would be" aristocracy. That diving

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    progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the south during World War I. The character is based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer Max Gerlach‚ according to Some Sort of Epic Grandeur‚ Matthew J Bruccoli’s biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have

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    Reading Assignment Gatsby The lavish extravagant persona of Jay Gatsby was fabricated over many years. As a boy born from poverty‚ James Gatz always saw himself as more than a farmer‚ but as the son of God. When a wealthy man Dan Cody is under the influence and in trouble at sea‚ James Gatz sees his chance to remake himself into the millionaire Jay Gatsby. The name Gatsby becomes a superpower and legendary figure to Long Island and New York inhabitants who attend his parties. Gatsby‚ a mysterious millionaire

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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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    Gatsby was great. Not so because of all his wealth‚ but because of his persistence in fighting for his American Dream‚ which witnessed his pure love towards Daisy. Gatsby can be viewed as a tragic figure in the story. When he is first introduced‚ he seems to be surrounded by people and wealth. However‚ as the story progresses‚ we identify that everything in his life is fabricated. The true Gatsby‚ Jay Gatz‚ came from a humble background. When Jay Gatz fell in love with Daisy that came from a well

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    Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are

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    The Great Gatsby My assignment was to compare the novel The Great Gatsby to the movies which were made in 1974 and 2000.While the basic idea of the book was expressed in both movies‚ I choose a version of 1974 because it seemed to have more noticeable details than the version which was realized in 2000. In my opinion the 2000 version didn’t do a better job in expressing the ideas of the book. The 1974 version did an excellent job in portraying the Jazz Age. The scenes of Gatsby’s party

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    American Memory: “The Great GatsbyCompare and Contrast of the film and book As a top selling mind wrenching‚ interesting book the film industry decided to make a film. Discussed is a compare and contrast of the book‚ “The Great Gatsby” written by F Scott Fitzgerald and the 1974 movie directed by Jack Clayton. There are few differences in the book and the movie. The biggest contrast between the movie and the book would be the stark contrast in the portrayals of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby’s

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