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    Doesn’t it always seem as though rich and famous people are larger- than-life and virtually impossible to touch‚ almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby‚ set in two wealthy communities‚ East Egg and West Egg‚ Fitzgerald describes Gatsby as a Romantic‚ larger- than-life‚ figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that‚ based on illusion‚ is of his own making. Gatsby’s possessions start to this illusion

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    the two other characters:  Jay Gatsby  and Nick Carraway.  The  three  main  characters in  this novel are Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby  is  a  tragic  flawed  hero  who is hopelessly  “in love” with Daisy. Nick Carraway is said  to  be a  non judgemental character who  does  not criticize. And‚ Daisy  is a  “gold digger”  who is stuck  between  her  husband  Tom Buchanan and  Jay Gatsby. Therefore‚ F.  Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚  The Great  Gatsby is considered to  be  a  classic  piece of literature 

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    The character I have chosen to study is Jordan Baker. She is a young 23-year old female golf champion‚ somewhat of a celebrity. At the time the story takes place Jordan Baker is a guest at the Buchanans’. The first time the reader and the narrator of the story‚ Nick Carraway‚ meet her is in the very first chapter of the novel. She is dressed in white and holds her back very straight‚ so her appearance doesn’t come unnoticed. Special attention is given to her perfect posture and “rapid‚ deft movements”

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    The Great Gatsby: Corruption of the American Dream Historian James Truslow Adams says that “the American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately‚ and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely‚ but a dream of social order

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    Jay Gatsby's Downfall

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    situations because of his persistent fight for a married woman‚ Daisy Buchanan. His infatuation and blindness for Daisy ended up in the downfall of Gatsby’s life. Who is to blame for his downfall? Of course‚ Jay Gatsby is the one to blame. Jay Gatsby had already started problems when he first met Daisy. Ever since he had set his eyes on her for the first time during the Great War‚ Gatsby thought of nothing else but “DaisyDaisyDaisy...”. If Gatsby was in the mental state to be able to forget a girl

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    fail to act in a responsible manner. Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ Tom and Myrtle‚ and Daisy and Gatsby. Daisy and Tom are both extremely irresponsible. Tom’s irresponsible persuasion essentially leads to Myrtle’s death. Daisy does not take any responsibility for her actions which lead to Gatsby’s death. Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s irresponsibility in their relationships ultimately leads to death and destruction‚ for their own relationship and others. Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s marriage is full of irresponsibility

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    the narrator‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who is trying to wed the already married Daisy Buchanan‚ and Tom Buchanan‚ Daisy’s wife. Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and Daisy Buchanan each make illusions‚ they also believe those illusions are the truth in their lives. Jay Gatsby has the largest illusion which is that you can relive the past to change the future. Jay hides behind this illusion to conceal the truth that he is not with Daisy and his wealth is made on a black market by selling alcohol‚ which

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    mysterious Jay Gatsby‚ who has long been in love with Nick’s cousin‚ Daisy. Jay Gatsby: His past is a mystery‚ but his parties are legen-(wait for it)-dary. We eventually learn through Nick (who becomes friends with deeply flawed but inherently likeable Gatsby) that he was born James Gatz‚ son of simple North Dakota farmers. He worked for a millionaire (Dan Cody)‚ though‚ and got a taste for the high life. He fell in love with Daisy while he was training to be an officer‚ but things didn’t work

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    American author. Before being deployed into the military‚ Jay Gatsby falls in love with a beautiful girl named Daisy. While he is away he believes she will stay loyal to him‚ but she ends up marrying a wealthy polo player named Tom Buchanan. She disbands Gatsby without hesitation because Tom has money and Gatsby was poor. From that day on‚ Gatsby knew he had to acquire wealth to win Daisy back over. In this time period‚ money was everything to them and people would go to great‚ unethical‚ extents

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    1 Wealth and Pursuit – Daisy vs. Gatsby The American dream is usually portrayed as an inviting‚ perfect aspiration. In Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ it is shown as corrupt and unattainable for characters such as Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby and Daisy crave the American dream with different motives‚ but in both cases it is shown to be hollow and unfulfilling because it has disintegrated

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