The Great Gatsby Book Report Project by Dylan Davis For my book report project I chose to do a graffiti wall for the book The Great Gatsby. I made a brick wall out of red poster board and drawn on lines for the bricks. I chose five words that I thought related to the book and spray painted them onto the wall to create a graffiti look. The five words I chose are party‚ dream‚ love‚ eyes‚ and death. Here are the reasons why I chose each of these individual words: Party: I chose the word party because
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January 18‚ 2012 Great Gatsby Essay Most people get out of bed with ambitions of accomplishing goals and dreams for themselves for the sense of fulfillment. But rarely you’ll find people who don’t; instead you’ll find people who just can’t let go of the past‚ which could easily just lead them to a horrendous death. On Long Island in the summer of 1922‚ Gatsby is a perfect role model of exactly that. Gatsby grew up a poor Midwesterner and fell in love with
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Rick Fei Mr. Ireland English III 1/10/2013 Take home test 1. Gatsby is a great guy‚ Gatsby is deeply fall in love with Daisy‚ compare to Tom’s love his love is selfless that he can put away everything he has for Daisy. Tom has a mistress outside and never care Daisy’s feeling‚ Gatsby is rich man who can get everything he want but he still deeply love Daisy. “There is always a halt there of at least a minute‚ and it was because of this that I
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Jay Gatsby‚ the main character from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a fascinating character who takes on an interesting persona. Gatsby is so “great” because of his unusual nature of dealing with his lifelong problems and his status in society. Gatsby is a man who has many dreams‚ just like every other American citizen‚ but he pursues them to an abnormal extent to which many view him as “great.” Gatsby’s ultimate dream is to rekindle his relationship with Daisy‚ a girl that he viewed
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In the case of the characters Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan‚ in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ love is not the glue that holds their marriage together. Instead‚ the marriage of Tom and Daisy is crafted by wealth‚ social class‚ and carelessness. Through the narration of another character‚ Nick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan is portrayed as being a smug man who has little regard for the feelings of others. We learn this as information is revealed regarding the affair in which
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May 12 2016 Gatsby: Story of Symbolism Sometimes a symbol is all you need to say a thousand words. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby the lavish lifestyle of many of the characters ultimately leads to major consequences as their actions play a part in the crumbling American Dream. The tragic story of love‚ greed‚ and secrets exploits the toxic lifestyle of Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and others in both West and East Egg. The significance of the many symbolic elements in The Great Gatsby reveals the
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The Great Gatsby There are many different types of people in this world. Apart from physical features‚ it is the characteristics of a person that makes him/her original. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby‚ has qualities which are the complete opposite of those of Tom Buchanan‚ his cousin-in-law. In the novel‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses the comparison between two cousins to show how their differing characteristics reflects the themes of morality and reality versus illusion
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Great Gatsby Essay Please select a topic of your own choosing‚ or one of the options below‚ in a 5 paragraph essay. The essay is due on Monday April 8th and will be worth 100 points. Each paragraph should have two quotes to support your argument‚ with proper citation as well. Remember that a good thesis does not state something obvious- it proposes something that someone could theoretically disagree with‚ but that you prove with your strong arguments. Nick takes great pride in his honesty
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Alexander Vu 10/31/12 Period 4/5 Gatsby Research Essay Gatsby and The Lost Generation F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in a turbulent‚ contradictory time period. It was a time of great prosperity‚ as well as poverty. Many were excited and happy that the First World War had ended‚ but those that came back from the war were disillusioned with society and all the prosperity that was occurring‚ the horrors of war still fresh in their minds. Fitzgerald utilized these contrasting views of society‚ that
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maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the major moment of intensity in the novel is when Gatsby finally talks to Daisy for the fist time in years. When they finally reconnect Gatsby feels like it was a “terrible mistake.”(87) The situation is awkward in every aspect. Gatsby is so uncomfortable to be with Daisy he breaks Nick’s clock while in a fluster of her presence. Gatsby although more noticeably uncomfortable in Daisy’s presence
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