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    Within ‘Othello’ Iago appears cunning‚ the confidence he has allows him to act as an outside force manipulating the relationship between Othello and Desdemona. The interpretations of the outside influence are questionable throughout the three texts. The issue in ‘The Great Gatsby’ of whether Jay Gatsby corrupts Daisy and Tom Buchanan’s marriage because he loves her or whether she is a material desire; and whether Jed’s mental state or Joe’s rationality in ‘Enduring Love’ is to blame for the corruption

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    Gorski Oct. 15‚ 2010 Period 5 AP Eng. The Great Gatsby Money can symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Wealth and money becomes an issue as the novel progress‚ once you begin to analyze each character. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ “old money” and “new money” describes the gap between the rich and the poor‚ for an example Gatsby and the Wilsons‚ West Egg and the Valley of

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    CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT In a novel the narrator is the vehicle‚ the one telling the story to the reader. Laying out critical information‚ describing the setting‚ creating mood and atmosphere‚ and generating information upon which we create our opinions on characters and events in the novel. These are classically what we associate the narrator with regard to the novel and its progression. The characters that the author describes are the major focus of the novel. Characters change and develop over

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    assemble money and wealth. The main characterGatsby‚ was portrayed as an outsider in his own society because of the methods he acquired to reach prominence. As a result of his advancement‚ Gatsby’s social class placement was modified making him a member of the higher class in society. He felt that the only way for him to be accepted in the upper-class was to throw massive parties proving to the other members of the upper-class that he is worthy in being in their presence. In a way‚ Gatsby

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    leader compile the information into one final presentation. Team assignment: * Your team will select one of the following characters from The Great Gatsby: * Nick Carraway * Jay Gatsby * Daisy Buchanan * Tom Buchanan * Jordan Baker * Myrtle Wilson * George Wilson * As a team‚ create a profile for that character as if he /she is a member of a modern day social networking site‚ such as Facebook or MySpace. * Your team’s final presentation

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    The character I find the most interesting in The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway‚ the narrator. He has an extraordinary ability to see through peoples’ insecurities and analyze them based on who they really are. He looks at the world from an unbiased and straightforward viewpoint‚ making him the perfect narrator. Nick also has a very peculiar relationship with Gatsby. Carraway’s emphasized ability to “reserve all judgments‚” his straightforward point of view and his relationship with Gatsby all make

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    The Great Gatsby Journal Chapter 1 Summary- In Chapter 1‚ the reader finds that Nick Carraway‚ a moral and tolerant man from the Midwest‚ narrates and takes the role of author for the rest of the story. Throughout the book‚ the reader looks at the happenings through Nick’s eyes and finds out what he is thinking. Chapter 1‚ like many chapter 1’s‚ starts out with someone or something explaining themselves and showing how their life has gone thus far. The Great Gatsby is no exception. Nick says that

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    The Great Gatsby The setting and location of one’s house can convey a great deal about a person because it represents the characteristics of their dwellers. In “The Great Gatsby” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters’ houses as a way to describe characters themselves and create a symbolic effect and advance the plot of the story. In this novel‚ each of the major characters’ lives in a house that reflects their personality and place in society. Nick Carraway acts as an observer and

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    Nick came from a wealthy family but Gatsby came from a poor family but they both work for their money. Gatsby is spending a lot of money on parties for people he even doesn’t even know‚ just to find his love of his life Daisy. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald develops the two related themes of Money and Social Status/Class and American Dream. In the Great Gatsby money can buy you Rolls-Royces‚ dresses‚ and really nice shirts‚ but in the end it can’t buy you happiness. “There was music from my neighbor’s

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel that explains and expresses the american dream. In this novel some characters are static: they remain the same from start to finish. Others are dynamic; they emerge at the end‚ having undergone a substantial change. However the narrator Nick is a dynamic character because characters weren’t fazed by their surrounding compared to Nick Carraway‚ Nick was disgusted how people acted there‚ and at the end of the novel he wanted to get away from all the trouble of making money

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