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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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    (prd 3) The Great Gatsby Essay Essay Topic #4 In The Great Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway said‚ “It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance that one may come across four or five times in life. It faced - or seemed to face - the whole eternal world for an instant‚ and then concentrated on you‚ with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you so far as you would like to be understood‚ believed in you as far as you would like to believe in yourself.” (Fitzgerald

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    The great Gatsby Color Symbolism essay Francis Scott Fitzgerald used color symbolism at multiple occasions throughout the book the Great Gatsby; he especially focused color symbolism around one character‚ Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is one of the main characters of the story and is the character Fitzgerald uses to pass on his message behind the story. The green light is one of the most reoccurring symbols throughout the book. It represents Gatsby´s obsession of being with Daisy. Fitzgerald uses the green

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    The Great Gatsby as Modernist Literature By the end of World War I‚ many America authors were ready to change their ways and views on writing. Authors were tired of tradition and limitations. One of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a participant in the wild parties with bootleg liquor‚ but he was also a critic of this time. His book‚ The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of modernist literature‚ through its use of implied themes and fragmented storyline. The Great Gatsby

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    In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the fate of Jay Gatsby is important in conveying the writer´s theme‚ which is the American Dream and its failure. Gatsby´s American Dream is Daisy. He builds up his whole life around her‚ and he is willing to do everything for her. To achieve his dream Gatsby believes that he has to be wealthy and have a lot of money. He is so overwhelmed by luxury that he does not see that the money cannot buy him love and happiness. Gatsby thinks that if he

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    Paul Long Dr. Dennis Eng. 3 Gatsby Research Paper People from all over the world come to the United States all seeking to better their lives by gaining this so-called “American dream.” There is no clear definition of this dream‚ and everyone’s idea of it is different. In the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald makes one thing very clear about the dream‚ and that is that it is destroyed by money. The dream cannot survive if the pursuit of wealth and riches is also in the agenda

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    In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby Nick is invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties. He arrives only to find he doesn’t know where Gatsby is‚ and then he runs into Jordan Baker. Together they set off to find Gatsby and they head to the library where they find “Owl Eyes”‚ a drunken man trying to get sober. After talking to “Owl Eyes” for awhile they head outside again where Nick unknowingly starts a conversation with Gatsby. After revealing himself‚ Gatsby tells Jordan that he would like to speak

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    Heli Nguyen 8/25/12 Word Count: 761 The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel about the upper-class American life in the 1920s. Specifically‚ it takes place from spring to fall in the year 1922. The ending of the novel is very tragic and gloomy. In the end‚ Myrtle‚ is ran over by Gatsby’s car‚ and the car does not stop; it keeps on speeding by. Tom is deeply affected by this because Myrtle was his girlfriend. George Wilson‚ Myrtle’s husband‚ finds out the owner of the yellow car

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    Nurakhunov Davran Id : 20122506 Date : 04.04.2013 Assignment : reflection The Great Gatsby After finishing The Great Gatsby we see a theme of what the past does to one man and his dream to obtain it.   Anger is what made Gatsby‚ his wealth and power were his goals of happiness and love. Gatsby supports this when he says to Tom‚ "she only married you because I was too poor and she was tired of waiting for me." Gatsby has never forgotten that if he had had the money when he first met her‚ then

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    The Great Gatsby From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the novel. For the film‚ TV and opera adaptations‚ see The Great Gatsby (disambiguation). The Great Gatsby Cover of the first edition‚ 1925. Author(s) F. Scott Fitzgerald Cover artist Francis Cugat Country United States Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Charles Scribner ’s Sons Publication date April 10‚ 1925 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 218 pages

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