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    novels The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and In Dubious Battle‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ are two novels written about “Roaring Twenties”‚ when Americans were known to flaunt their wealth‚ and The Great Depression‚ where the entire country was in a deep recession and the average workers had no rights‚ these novels show how the views of Americans were forever changed in a single decade. The Great Gatsby is the story of Nick Carraway‚ a bonds broker‚ who befriends the mysterious Jay Gatsby‚ who

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    The Great Gatsby In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there were many symbols used to resemble the characters ideas and the novel’s story line. Some very important symbols throughout the book were Dr. T.J Eckleburg’s eyes‚ the green light‚ the valley of ashes‚ and the colors. I thought that the most important symbol explained in this novel was the green light. The green light was mentioned numerous times throughout the story and stuck with us while we tried to figure out if Gatsby was right for Daisy

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    American society‚ people starts to wear less clothe and automobiles and radio came and made peoples life a lot more effective. During the 1920s their were riches and poor ‚ there were New Money ‚ Old Money ‚ Some Money‚ and No Money. In the book the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald did a very good job at describing just how much difference their were between the rich and the poor.There are many scenes in the book that are very comparable to the real time of the 1920s‚ all can be compared from the way the two different

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    Gatsby was great. Not so because of all his wealth‚ but because of his persistence in fighting for his American Dream‚ which witnessed his pure love towards Daisy. Gatsby can be viewed as a tragic figure in the story. When he is first introduced‚ he seems to be surrounded by people and wealth. However‚ as the story progresses‚ we identify that everything in his life is fabricated. The true Gatsby‚ Jay Gatz‚ came from a humble background. When Jay Gatz fell in love with Daisy that came from a well

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    a theme that can be written and expressed in many ways‚ using many different literary devices‚ such as metaphors‚ similes‚ personification‚ allusion‚ etc. The poems‚ Sonnet 29 written by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ and Sonnet 43 written by Elizabeth Barret Browning‚ are both very different from each other as they both are conveying different messages. Sonnet 29 talks about the reality of love which is it is difficult to stick with one person‚ where as Sonnet 43 talks about how love is necessity in

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    Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are

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    mean to be great? In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author introduces a character known as the‚ “GreatGatsby‚ but is this character truly great? I think that the character‚ the Great Gatsby truly is great because of the following reasons. The Great Gatsby’s born name is James Gatz. He was born poor‚ in poverty in which he knew he didn’t belong. He always knew he was destined for greatness and power beyond anyone’s imagination. However‚ despite his great poverty stricken

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    American Lit. Essay The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Five characters are introduced to us as they go through life in New York. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway; the main character‚ Jay Gatsby; Tom’s wife‚ Daisy Buchanan; Daisy’s husband‚ Tom Buchanan; and Jordan Baker‚ the tennis player. These characters spend money that doesn’t need to be spent‚ drink way too much‚ perform meaningless actions to make themselves happy‚ and are careless. This novel shows the culture

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    CRITICISM: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s How Do I Love Thee? Introduction Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s How Do I love Thee‚ or Sonnet XLIII is one of her love poems from Sonnet from the Portuguese (1850). This is the manuscript she slipped into her husband’s (Robert Browning) pocket one morning after breakfast‚ and was originally intended as a private gift. When she finished Sonnets from the Portuguese in 1847‚ the book had no title. At that time‚ the couple was staying in Italy. Mostly the main

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby completes a decline from his carefully crafted image of greatness to his exposed‚ unsightly‚ and lonely death. The story of the novel is really the deconstruction of this image‚ and the various ways in which the true “Jay Gatz” is uncovered. Hailing from a middle-class‚ rural family‚ Gatsby… The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby - The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby Mainframe computers analyze information and present it so that the observer is able

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