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    age groups and backgrounds share this fear. Many individuals believe that to receive somebody’s affection‚ they must assimilate into that person’s society. Jay Gatsby‚ like any normal person‚ wants to fit into society. His feelings for Daisy make him strive to achieve that goal. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby attempts to fit into Daisy’s society by any means available. The only way Jay makes enough money to enable him to be able to live near Daisy is by bootlegging

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    Dreams In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby lives a very contradicting life style. Jay Gatsby lives a very extravagant lifestyle filled with money‚ cars‚ and houses‚ but he is missing one thing‚ his love Daisy. Daisy Buchannan is Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s only wish is impossible to achieve because what he wishes is to have the relationship with Daisy like he did 5 years ago. Even though Gatsby seemed to have it all he really didn’t. He was

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    Thode Melum 8 The Great Gatsby Essay 6.4.13 In The Great Gatsby‚ we are faced with many interpretations of the American Dream. The American Dream is often seen achievable in different ways than others. The rebellious‚ middle aged‚ wealthy individuals have already achieved their own interpretation of the American Dream. Whereas the working class‚ in The Valley of Ashes‚ is still trying to obtain the motivation to find their own American Dream. Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ one might find that

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     Schulman English Honors 11 November 3‚ 2012 The Great Gatsby Jay  Gatsby from the 1920’s novel The Great Gatsby was many things. He was smart‚ brave‚ and of course great. However‚ in the story when he is murdered no one attends his funeral‚ but his father and only friend Nick. The reason no one shows up is because Jay was great for his accomplishments‚ not his character. Although he was called the “great” gatsby‚ he didn’t fit the full description. He wasn’t great for saving children from a burning building

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    In the book “The Great Gatsby”‚ arguably the finest work of art by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ none but a few people had the idealistic “American Dream.” To some characters‚ it seems that the American Dream has been replaced by just materialism and greed. What does the American Dream mean? What does it stand for? If a person has achieved their American Dream how should they go about living? The American Dream is the vision to be successful and to provide from our pocket to ourselves as well as our families

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    essay   The great gatsby‚ a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the loss of innocence and society’s downfall as they try to reach this dream. The goal is different for each person‚ as well as the loss. He or she has a chance of achiving wealth and happiness that sccompaniesit. The great gatsby believes that one can acquire happiness through the accumulaton of wealth and power. Fitzgerald uses images of the character Jay Gatsby‚ excessive wealth‚ and immoral actions with the characters to portray

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    The Great Gatsby The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about life in 1920s America. “The Great Gatsby” was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and became one of the greatest literary documents of this period‚ in which the economy prospered. It is a story told through the eyes of a young man‚ Nick Carraway‚ as he befriends his mysterious neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and witnesses a summer of love‚ extramarital affairs‚ the downfall of the American dream‚ life of the upper

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    Readers Response: The Great Gatsby -Plot- Exposition: When first reading The Great Gatsby it is assumed that Daisy had no clue who Gatsby is. It can be believed she has no clue who Gatsby is when she says “What Gatsby?” As the truth of Gatsby unravels the readers find out through Nick and Jordan that Gatsby had once known Daisy. Furthermore‚ Daisy and Gatsby had once been in love. When he left her that’s when she married Tom. Then when Gatsby comes back he wants her back and she had to choose

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    The American Dream: dead or alive? In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the theme can be separated into two major aspects. First‚ love versus money- criticizing the corruption of the American dream‚ and second‚ “sight and insight”-the perception that there is no all seeing presence (higher accountability) in the modern world. The American Dream is not dead it is‚ however‚ very corrupted. First‚ the issue of love versus money‚ the criticizing of the corruption of the American dream‚ to show this

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    Original cover art The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of art in American literature.[9] It depicts disembodied eyes and a mouth over a blue skyline‚ with the image of a naked woman reflected in the irises. A little-known artist named Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. The cover was completed before the novel‚ with Fitzgerald so enamored of it that he told his publisher he had "written it into" the

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