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    topic of a variety of movies and novels; in many cases these are feel good stories about the paths of two lovers crossing. Love between two people is difficult due to several circumstances including commitment‚ family values‚ and other relationships. A famous romance novel is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ in which a famous up and coming businessman named Gatsby pursues a girl named Daisy‚ the daughter of very affluent parents. The modern equivalent to this classical American story is the

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    problem. Until one day‚ my teacher had us read a book called The Great Gatsby. This book is incredible and should be considered when choosing what to read. I understand you have no idea what it’s about‚ so i have taken the liberty to give you some information to help you understand what it’s about. Here you go! The Author of The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book was published April 10‚ 1925 by Scribner’s. The Great Gatsby collected assorted reviews and didn’t sell very well. The first

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel relating to his short story of Winter Dreams. The main character is Jay Gatsby. He is a wealthy man who lives in a mansion in West Egg of New York. Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story and is Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. He will do anything to get her attention again‚ but it’s difficult because she is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom is very wealthy and powerful. He lives with Daisy on the East Egg side across the bay

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Jay Gatsby always has an air of mystery surrounding him. Is Jay his real name? How did he get all of his money? What is he doing in New York? No one knows‚ that’s what makes him mysterious. Being ambiguous is a big trait of the color orange. However‚ that is not the only trait of the color orange. Optimistic attitudes‚ Impulsiveness‚ and Risk taking are also common traits of the color orange. After analyzing the story‚ it becomes blatantly

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    exceedingly ambivalent about the notion of the American dream: for him‚ it was at once vulgar and dazzlingly promising. It need scarcely be noted that such fascinated ambivalence is itself typically American. Like the central character of The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald had an intensely romantic imagination; he once called it "a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life." The events of Fitzgerald’s own life can be seen as a struggle to realize those promises. He attended both St. Paul Academy

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    Daisy‚ the girl Gatsby persuaded all his life‚ was not worthful. She was the representative of money worshipers; even her voice “is full of money”. Maybe she loved Gatsby once‚ but her love was not real‚ not persistent. As Gatsby went to war‚ she kept silent a while‚ but she became active soon. “she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men.” Because she “wanted her life shaped immediately-and the decision must be made by some forces-of love‚ of money‚ of unquestionable practicality

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    the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had‚” (pg.5). 2. Does Nick follow his father’s advice? What is the result? Yes‚ Nick does follow his father’s advice by reserving his judgements which results in him being a confidante of the intimate revelation of many men. 3. Who are Daisy and Jordan? Daisy‚ a woman with sad lonely face with a bright passionate mouth‚ is Nick’s cousin. While Jordan‚ a tall slender woman with gray eyes with an amiable face‚ is a friend of Daisy’s. 4

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    they get there attention. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there is a great deal of action and drama that occurs. Fitzgerald depiction of Gatsby as a rich party host to a sensible‚ live struck man illustrates Gatsby’s many different sides. Gatsby is shown as a hopeful romantic man that strives to get Daisy to live him again. Gatsby was used to representing “hope”. In the novel everything was happy at first‚ however‚ it all started to go downhill when Gatsby firmly confronts Tom even when

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    Jong Un‚ and President of the United State of America‚ Donald Trump. However‚ what a lot of successful individuals lack in this corrupt world is honourability. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Nick is correct when he says to Gatsby “ worth the whole damn bunch of them put together” because Nick knows Gatsby is an honourable man. Gatsby’s honourability shows throughout the novel when he is pursuing Daisy‚ keeping faithful‚ and doing anything to earn Daisy. First off‚ in the novel

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    past.” This is a quotation by the famous Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character’s attempt in trying to recapture the past is highly noticeable. Gatsby‚ who is the main character in the novel‚ tries extremely hard to bring back the past. His longing for something he knew years ago drives him to great lengths to get what he has always wanted. Gatsby finds great success in the bootlegging industry in order to gain all his fortune. His love for the

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