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    2014 Great Gatsby Literary Analysis In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are two men named Gatsby and Tom. They are both main characters and have great influence on the story. Gatsby and Tom have many similarities but also have many differences as well. These are two characters that have conflicts thought out the novel because of conflicting personalities and disputes over many situations. In this literary analysis of The Great Gatsby we will be comparing and contrasting Gatsby and Tom

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    The Great Gatsby Film vs. Novel To start‚ as the film begins‚ Nick Carraway‚ is talking to a psychiatrist in some sort of “insane asylum.” This seems to be out of character for the narrator as Nick is seen as someone who is very thoughtful and careful. In the novel‚ there was no impression that his experience with Jay Gatsby led him to be mentally unsound. However‚ the film portrayed Carraway to be “on the edge of crazy” after Gatsby’s death‚ which was a bit of a stretch. One thing left out

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    “The Great Gatsby” is a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was an American novelist who is today regarded as one of the best writers in American History. “The Great Gatsby” novel has been read and is still being read in high schools all across America. Even though this novel has been around for decades it wasn’t until recently in the year of 2013 did the novel turn into a movie. Just like all movies based off of books and novels‚ the film makers have decisions on how faithful they will

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    The Glass Menagerie

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    The Glass Menagerie Surrealism is an early 20th century art movement promoting the idea that the "real world" is within the inner consciousness of the human mind. It stated that art should be built from the full expression of this inner consciousness without any editing. Within this scene of The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams used dreams‚ memories‚ and surrealism in order to portray the complex relationship between the family members. Scene six involves Tom bringing Jim O’Connor over for dinner

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    The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Inclass Essay The 2013 version of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald had portrayed chapter five to his intentions better than the 1974 movie version. The 2013 movie represented the emotions and imagery of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan’s meeting better than the 1974 version. Some crucial aspects that was presented around the scene was how weird and strange the atmosphere was between Jay and Daisy‚ the scenery and rain‚ and the clock that Jay broke. First‚ when Jay

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    The Glass Menagerie

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    Research Paper “The Glass Menagerie” English 102 Spring 2010 Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis statement- Playwright Williams uses symbolism throughout “The Glass Menagerie” to illustrate the struggle for happiness that each character faces. II. Symbolism a. The Glass Menagerie b. Escape c. The Unicorn d. Darkness III. Conclusion The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the play “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams

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    Tom and Gatsby are the same in the aspect of their values‚ but they differ in their life styles. Both Gatsby and Tom was adulteress because Gatsby wanted Daisy who was married and Tom was cheating on Daisy. But in contrast Tom was the big strong guy and Gatsby was smaller and not as well built. Tom and Gatsby were both rich and thought that money could buy anything and everything they wanted‚ both Gatsby and Tom used their money to impress people. Gatsby uses his for parties to get Daisy to come

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    Glass Menagerie

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    Alena Nekrashevich Professor DiAngelo English 112/001 4 December 2012 An Escape from Confinement The Wingfield family in Tennessee Williams “The Glass Menagerie” is one that is held together by the bonds of illusion‚ dysfunction‚ and entrapment. Amanda Wingfield lives in a lower middle-class apartment that Williams tells us is "symptomatic of the impulse of this largest and fundamentally enslaved section of American society to avoid fluidity and

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    The story of The Great Gatsby has a man named Gatsby in it. He was a rich man who lived next door to Nick Carraway. Gatsby had parties every Friday that would last all weekend. Nick was in the bond business along with the rest of his family. They both lived in West Egg. Nick lived between two big houses. Daisy Buchanan was cousins with Nick. Daisy’s husband had bought ponies. Nick liked Daisy’s friend Jordan and she did not want to talk to Nick. Tom was cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson

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    ZOO (menagerie)

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    A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden‚ and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures‚ displayed to the public‚ and in which they may also be bred. The term zoological garden refers to zoology‚ the study of animals‚ a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον‚ "animal") and lógos (λóγος‚ "study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens‚ which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847.The

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