metaphor to be true and that is evident in his Novel The Great Gatsby and his short story "Winter Dreams." The illusion and the empty promises of the American dream is exploited by Fitzgerald in his Novel and short story by his exemplary use of symbols‚ his ability to depict greed and corruption within his characters‚ and his depiction of the balance of hope. Fitzgerald has an incredible
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Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai—’ Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (p. 41) 6. "It’s just a crazy thing‚ I just slip it on sometimes when I don’t care what I look like" (p. 35) 7. "Gatsby‚ standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes" (p. 54) 8. "He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to
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The Great Gatsby – Chapter 2. About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile‚ so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.1 This is a valley of ashes2 — a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and‚ finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through
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In The Great Gatsby‚ the narrator describes the scene at a large and lavish party he attends. The author uses vivid language to capture the atmosphere and feeling of the party. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure and descriptive word choice to convey the endless excitement of the party. Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure by using polysyndeton and asyndeton. He also uses lengthier sentences with less punctuation throughout. Polysyndeton is used in the quote
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Jasmyne Lundy Summer reading assignment The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is romance novel based in the 1920’s. in this book money makes everything happen and is the center of everyone’s lives. The money they posses is to buy them the best and most expensive things to try and impress everyone else. The money can buy everything but it doesn’t seem to be buying anyone happiness. “’Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone’ he told me ‘ just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had
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In chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby the author Nick Carraway is introduced. He explains his childhood and upbringing. Nick talks about himself and the lessons his family taught him throughout his childhood. He spoke of the advice his father gave him on not criticizing others‚ because of this advice Nick has become a tolerant person and tries not to make judgments of others. In 1922 Nick decides to move from his hometown in Minnesota. His experience in World War I made him want to leave in search
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2/28/11 Gatsby Love is underhanded. A feeling of intimacy is wonderful but conniving‚ it is as perishable as the bond man has to it. For every sensation of pleasure there is the feeling of devastation that appears when it is stripped away. In The Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby’s dependency on the inaccessible is his demise. Gatsby is doomed from the day he left for war he left the world he loved and expected it to remain inactive in his absence‚ but for Daisy to remain stagnant while Gatsby progressed
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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‚ an illegal activity. Tom‚ Daisy’s husband‚ reveals the truth about
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In the novel‚ the color green is associated with Gatsby many times whether it be related to his envy‚ his money‚ or his thoughts. Gatsby is filled with jealousy when he is unable to attain Daisy since she already belongs to another man‚ Tom. Green also represents the power and influence of money‚ which Gatsby has plenty of. Later in the novel‚ Michaelis‚ the witness of the car accident that killed Myrtle‚ “wasn’t even sure of [the death car’s] color – [but] he told the first policeman that it was
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metaphor for the American economic system. Nick Carraway describes him as “a national figure... come East in a fashion that took your breath away”. His body exudes an “established dominance”‚ the token of an All-American man. In a free enterprise‚ the capitalist does not have to abide by strict regulation. This is impersonated in Buchanan’s failure to adhere to the institution of marriage‚ as seen in his affair with Myrtle Wilson. Conversely‚ Gatsby appears to embody the supposition of the traditional
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