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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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    The Linguistic Style of F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby As The New Lexicon Webster ’s Dictionary of the English Language tells us‚ linguistics is the scientific study of language or languages whether from a historical and comparative (diachronic) or from a descriptive‚ structural (synchronic) point of view. Linguistics is concerned with the system of sounds of language; for example‚ sound change (phonology)‚ its inflections and word formation (morphology)‚ its sentence structure (syntax)

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    "Isolation of man" are two main themes for the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme but i support that reality versus illusion is more a dominant theme in the book because the situation of Gatsby being isolated is due to his own illusion. One reason that readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby is because Gatsby always find himself alone after his party. Even though

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    The Great Gatsby Do you ever sometimes wish you have everything in life? In fact‚ each and everyone in the world wish or want something. Like love‚ hope‚ wealth and etc. These topics are seen in the book called “The Great Gatsby.” In America‚ as a whole‚ they have this “American Dream” where they all want to be independent and being optimistic about their future‚ pretty much everything great in life. But not everyone in America achieves these dreams because of the distraction around‚ sometimes

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    Analytical Outline of The Great Gatsby‚ Chapter 8 Statement of the Whole: Some people have their own single dream to pursue. Ⅰ. It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth with Dan Cody – told it to me because “Jay Gatsby” had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice‚ and the long secret extravaganza was played out. A. Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves‚ of the freshness of many clothes‚ and of Daisy‚ gleaming

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    Summer Reading Essay The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is truly themed on greed and power creating corruption. Gatsby‚ one of the main characters started in the book as someone nick admired‚ worshiped‚ but all of that changed after experiencing the New York lifestyle. Gatsby turns from being an idol to someone with many problems. His lies lead him to great downfall and greed of being with Daisy‚ the love of his life. His life was perfectly fine until his encounter with Daisy‚ and his obsession

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    The Great Gatsby ——Worksheet Chapter 1 1. How does Nick see himself? Nick sees himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant. 2. What does the Buchanan’s house look like? It’s elaborate‚ a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. There is a lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile‚ jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens. The front was broken by a line of French windows‚ glowing with

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    Literature Per. 4 The Great Gatsby Essay Gatsby and His Non-American Dream Everybody wants to have that American Dream. Whatever or whoever it is‚ it is a dream. A dream to some people can mean like a goal or fantasy wise. A dream in general is a series of thoughts‚ images‚ and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. But an American Dream is the traditional social ideals of the United States‚ such as equality‚ democracy‚ and material prosperity. Jay Gatsby does not have an American

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    Great Gatsby & Atonement Explore how Fitzgerald presents doomed love in ‘The Great Gatsby.’ How does ‘Atonement’ illuminate this key aspect of Fitzgerald’s novel? In your response consider the authorial use of form‚ structure and language‚ context and some critical views. Give primary focus to the core text. 1920’s America was very much a materialistic society revolving around money‚ love being a simple emotion‚ unimportant and always coming second to luxury. This obsession with wealth

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    The Great War‚ America promised a limitless amount of both social and financial opportunities for anyone inclined to pursue a hard working lifestyle--An American Dream. But for others striving and realizing for the dream had altered them‚ as they acquired wealth to only pursue the pleasure. In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the lives of three characters present the emptiness that result when wealth and pleasure have ended in themselves. These characters Jay Gatsby‚ George

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