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    of World War I and the sudden uprise in the general wealth of the country added to the breakdown of what was considered “right” and “decent” to society. No work so clearly paints the picture of this pivotal downturn as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. As the main characters in Fitzgerald’s definitive novel reveal themselves‚ the idea of the “American Dream” is demolished by the implication that the pursuit of wealth rather

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    FOR IB ENGLISH IOP #1: ………………………………………………………………………….... ISAIAH: So‚ this is our IOP. We chose to study the topic of setting in the Great Gatsby. More specifically we chose to compare where we live‚ so our setting of the Salt Lake City‚ to the setting of the Great Gatsby. Along this we also chose to analyze and study the significance of the setting in the Great Gatsby. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: XAVI: We have written down these quotes so that you won’t have to look them up and written the key things we

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    The novel 《The Great Gatsby》written by Scott Fitzgerald is often classified as a masterpiece about American dream,and it is believed to be written in 1925. It is a time that the entire  America was under the strong influence of the Roaring twenties,and as we know, Scott Fitzgerald is a distinguished representative of the Lost generation in America. As a result‚ this novel is influenced by the thoughts of the lost generation.The essential thought of the lost generation is loneliness and disillusion

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    Essay on the Great Gatsby

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    I have read the fictional story‚ The Great Gatsby. This novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and referenced United States history. This story is about a graduate from Yale and ex-veteran from World War I named Nick Carraway. He had decided to return home as his way of beginning a career. Being impatient‚ Nick had decided to move to New York so he could learn the bond business. Now we are in the setting of 1922 in West Egg‚ Long Island. Nick was then living in a rented house that is neighboring

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    THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light

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    In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses his book to portray and critique many male-female relationships. Some of these relationships are marriages‚ while others are not. There is the relationship between Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker‚ Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson‚ Myrtle and George Wilson‚ and Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Some of these relationships had the ability to affect many other people‚ even if the two in the relationship did not mean

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    The Great Gatsby Essay To be great is to be giving‚ honest and being devoted to doing the right thing. A person that is great is selfless‚ and puts others before himself. A great person does not lie or do wrong to others to benefit himself. In the novel The Great Gatsby by FitzGerald‚ the character Gatsby is the exact opposite of great. The title itself is merely a sarcastic statement and readers realize that as they continue reading the novel. Gatsby is not great because he is self-centered‚ obsessive

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    people‚ could never fully understand the world‚ themselves‚ or others. In The Great Gatsby‚ the characters are all very troubled. They cheat on their spouses‚ commit murder‚ do dirty business‚ yet the characters never see these issues in themselves and only partially recognise the issues with others. Gatsby never comes to understand himself and though Nick understand Gatsby‚ he is blind to himself. Nick and Gatsby’s

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    a place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off

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    Smithley Vil Mr.Haughey World Literature 10 October 2012 Gatsby Analysis Isolation is a significant and recurring theme throughout the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ that has had a great impact on its characters. A few in particular are Nick Carraway‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and “Jay Gatsby”. Nick who appears to be everyone’s closest friend and confidante when he is really the most alienated character in the novel. Daisy Buchanan who feels alone and ignored‚ even while married‚ with

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