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    The Great Gatsby And The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties were full of marvels and mysteries; good and bad. The truth in society is unveiled in The Great Gatsby in terms of wealth and The American dream. The rich people in the story are extremely wealthy‚ and what they say about their backstory may not be what it is in reality. Rich people have easy lives in terms of money‚ but the middle class and lower class workers must to toil to make ends meet. There are times where it is ugly for the

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ and his short story called The Jelly Bean both give readers an insight to what the 1920’s were about and how times have drastically changed. Fitzgerald utilizes the effects of symbolism‚ irony and foreshadowing through both works to help him get his points across to the readers. The works that Fitzgerald has written showcase the “American Dream” and how wealth and class influence everyone’s decisions and attitudes. By using foreshadowing‚ irony and symbolism

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    When considering candidates for all time greatest gangster movies‚ one wouldn’t forget to mention such classics as Goodfellas‚ the Godfather‚ Reservoir Dogs‚ and Pulp Fiction. Some may even consider Tony Montana of Scarface to be the hardest‚ roughest gangster to ever appear on the movie screen. But what characteristics make this so? Is it because he was able to take over a drug cartel by violence to become the single most made man in Miami? Was it his ruthless business tactics‚ which ultimately

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    The American Dream is the sole idealization that is found in the Great Gatsby. Obtaining wealth in America comes from the idea that hard work would lead to prosperity and the simple pursuit of happiness. F. Scott Fitzgerald has revealed through the Great Gatsby that the American Dream is a popularized misconception when comparing old wealth and new wealth. The song “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie‚ GoonRock‚ & Q-Top discloses the realization of the American Dream and how

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    The Great Gatsby and The American Dream The Amer­i­can Dream is a way of life. The idea that if you work hard you will get lots of mon­ey‚ which in turn will make you hap­py. In the fa­mous nov­el The Great Gats­by‚ Jay Gats­by is the ul­ti­mate sym­bol of The Amer­i­can Dream. He start­ed from noth­ing and worked his way up to the top. As The Declaration Of In­de­pen­dence says ‘All men are cre­at­ed equal‚ that they are en­dowed by their Cre­ator with cer­tain un­alien­able rights‚ that among

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    In 2007‚ The movie American Gangster was a reenactment of the famous Frank Lucas‚ a well known herion dealer from Manhattan in the early 1970’s. He was considering himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem‚ one of the districts of Manhattan. He imported heroin directly from South East Asia and figuring out a unique way of smuggling the drugs to the U.S. He uses the transportation o the U.S military airplanes from Vietnam to the U.S. His trademark was called "Blue magic" which was the

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    changes may seem more drastic than others. The American society sees and example of this cultural revolution as a result of the first World War. New technology and ways of living were introduced by a fresh generation‚ as old ways of living were left in the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known to be one of the most influential authors to come out of the early 1900s. He is most well known for his novel The Great Gatsby‚ which is considered to be an American classic to this day. Fitzgerald chronicles

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    Jeremy Wu Eng073 3-4-13 Great American Novel What book should be consider as the great American novel? The Great Gatsby is a book that should be consider as the great American novel because F. Scott Fitzgerald lived through the 1920’s and he pull his own life experience in the book to make it more realistic than other novels. And the novel talks about the American dream‚ which you can start from scratch and becoming rich. The writing style of this book is very creative and have a lot of

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    Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet

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    Tajmia Owens Mr. Putnam Language Arts 1 20 April 2013 Gatsby’s American Dream In the novel The Great Gatsby written by E. Scott Fitzgerald “ The American Dream” presents itself by showing the desperation of Jay Gatsby trying to reach his true American Dream. As we all know the American dream is unobtainable realistically speaking‚ but what will one person do to achieve this goal? Jay Gatsby is a rich‚ handsome‚ bachelor who seems to have it all. He’s living the life that most people now could

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