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    GREAT GATSBY ESSAY Can chasing an ideal blind us and prevent us from seeing the truth? Sometimes ideals can become such a big driving force in our life that they cause us to overlook the truth and ignore reality. Reality and ideals are contrasted through the goals in life of the characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy. Through contrasting ideals and the reality of a situation‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald suggests that chasing an ideal without recognizing the truth will not allow an individual to attain their

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    temporarily bloomed in the 1920`s. Essentially‚ the Jazz Age was a time period of economic prosperity‚ where the economic prosperity was increasing‚ though in contrast‚ the moral values of individuals were decreasing. In the literary classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his characters to explore this morality. This is clearly apparent through the character Nick Carraway‚ who represents a symbol of honesty‚ and Jordan Baker‚ who represents a symbol of dishonesty. To begin‚ Nick Carraway

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    live in the East Egg are generally more well off and would most probably live a hedonistic lifestyle whereas the people in the West Egg are more likely to be less well-off and unable of living the hedonistic lifestyle‚ expect in rare occasions e.g. Gatsby. Continuing with the setting‚ the Buchanan’s house is also described as quite a luxury. ‘A sunken Italian garden‚ a half-acre of deep‚ pungent roses‚ and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.’ This description shows the beauty

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    Great Gatsby Essay Please select a topic of your own choosing‚ or one of the options below‚ in a 5 paragraph essay. The essay is due on Monday April 8th and will be worth 100 points. Each paragraph should have two quotes to support your argument‚ with proper citation as well. Remember that a good thesis does not state something obvious- it proposes something that someone could theoretically disagree with‚ but that you prove with your strong arguments. Nick takes great pride in his honesty

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    Through The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald seems to communicate a message about people’s failure to accomplish their dreams—Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ and Daisy all have ideas for the perfect life and none of them are able to achieve them. Deeply explore one character—his/her dreams‚ his/her dreams‚ his/her attempts to accomplish those dream‚ his/her reasons for failure‚ and the message that Fitzgerald might be communicating through this failure. The pursuit of dreams is the eternal topic for

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    The Great Gatsby: a linguopoetic analysis of extract 1‚ chapter 1. While reading the given extract for the first time‚ we may think that it is just the description of landscape. Nick Carraway is describing the area where he lives‚ calling it “one of the strangest communities in North America”. To support this idea of strangeness he uses a number of lexical means and synonyms. Thus‚ he defines the island as “slender” and “riotous”‚ attributes that are normally used in connection with some animate

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    and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of the Great Gatsby details the rich and American values. The second chapter is where the valley of ashes is introduced. Fitzgerald portrays this landscape in such specific words that helps the reader capture the ambience of the plot. The valley of ashes influences

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    It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 2:26). The "it" in this case‚ F Scott Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking novel The Great Gatsby‚ refers to the exhaustive efforts Gatsby undertakes in his quest for life: the life he wants to live‚ the so-called American Dream. The novel is Fitzgerald’s vessel of commentary and criticism of the American Dream. As he paints a vivid portrait of the Jazz Age‚ Fitzgerald defines this Dream‚ and through Gatsby’s downfall‚ expresses the futility and

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    0The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India The Great Gatsby: A Rich Man in India Reasoning for title – story is similar to Great Gatsby. He’s trying to interview the richest man in India‚ but his reputation is very contradicting – fraud or the truth? Tells his story about childhood and how his dad was considered a fraud‚ then he built up the school after his father stepped down. Originally he wanted to do things with cigars‚ then it went South and now he has a real cigar business

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    Comparing the Jazz Age to The Great Gatsby False Values‚ Materialism‚ and Disillusionment in Fitzgerald’s Novel Fitzgerald’s novel the great gatsby reflects the adherence to false values‚ tendency towards materialism‚ and eventual disillusionment of America during the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age is well known as a decade of alluring glamour‚ stunning beauty‚ thrilling success‚ and glorious profit; however‚ there was an underlying coarseness to all this glitter. Amid the charm and magic was a certain

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