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    The Great Gatsby. The first betrayal that takes place is Tom’s betrayal of Daisy. Tom betrays his wife Daisy when he has an affair with a woman named Myrtle. The second betrayal is Gatsby betraying himself. Jay Gatsby could have easily been a very successful man and could have done a lot of great things with his life. He instead wasted all his potential chasing after Daisy and trying to get her to notice him. The last betrayal that takes place is Daisy’s betrayal of Gatsby. Daisy led Gatsby to believe

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    The Great Gatsby Theme

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    The Great Gatsby explores a number of themes‚ none is more prevalent than that of the corruption of the American dream. The American dream is the concept that‚ in America‚ any person can be successful as long he or she is prepared to work hard and use their natural gifts. Gatsby appears to be the embodiment of this dream—he has risen from being a poor farm boy with no prospects to being rich‚ having a big house‚ servants‚ and a large social circle attending his numerous functions. He has achieved

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    Fitzgerald use setting in Chapter 1 and 2 of The Great Gatsby? Fitzgerald uses setting throughout The Great Gatsby as a technique for suggesting the differences between the working and upper classes. During both Chapter One and Two of the novel Fitzgerald’s descriptions of the differing settings are extremely useful in developing the story and individual characters further. The first setting that Nick describes to us is the house of Gatsby himself. The house is described as a ‘colossal affair’

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    The Great Gatsby Imagine falling in love‚ with the beauty of innocence‚ mangled with the wisdom of experience.   It would make you strive to be better than anyone thought you could be his external drive only he could see   Imagine having anyone your heart could desire. Anyone to be won. All the money you could aquire.   But it will make you greedy‚ And greed causes loss.   Imagine wanting nothing‚ and getting it.   That was Gatsby. He wanted to be Daisy’s idea of perfect.   And there he stand‚ way

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    January 2012 Many books have a specific theme. A specific theme in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is the American Dream. The American Dream is having material success‚ family‚ equality‚ and that you worked hard to earn success. The theme of The American Dream is shown in the main character in the book‚ Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The American dream offers faith in the possibility of

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    The inspiring and Heartfelt story The Great Gatsby was written by F.Scott Fitzgerald . The Great Gatsby novel falls under the genre of ‘Romance’ Nick Carraway‚ is a young man from Minnesota who moves to Long Island New York in the summer of 1922. He rents a house in the West Egg district of long island. Nick’s next door neighbour in West egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan lives

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    The Great Gatsby Motifs

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    In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we follow a “commoner” around in a very rich environment. We witness the absurd and strange events that occur in East and West Egg‚ Valley of Ashes‚ and New York. Fitzgerald’s use of reoccurring motifs shows readers the characteristics of public and private parties. This motif ties all the events together‚ leading readers to make subconscious assumptions. At times of a big party or small meals‚ readers can expect alternate personas or the revealing of carefully guarded

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals many things about society in the 1920s. Throughout the book‚ Fitzgerald suggests that people are not happy or satisfied with who they are‚ so they create perceptions around themselves to fit into society‚ whether it be for love‚ status‚ or wealth. Many people will do anything to impress those they love because the alternative is being alone. Some build their entire life and personality around those loves. For example‚ Gatsby has built his entire life

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    uses symbolism throughout The Great Gatsby to show many ideas of the 1920’s life and who Jay Gatsby and the other characters really are. The symbols that are most present are colors‚ the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg‚ and Gatsby’s books. Fitzgerald uses the symbols; colors‚ The billboard‚ and Gatsby’s book to show America its idea of money and people. Colors such as green‚ yellow‚ gold‚ and white play a big role in showing the reader the real sides of characters such as Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Nick. It also shows

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    Great Gatsby chapter 3 analysis Austin‚Connor‚Uday‚Andre‚Josh Chapter Summary Nick Carraway- Narrator describes Gatsby’s parties (who goes‚ what kind of people are there‚ what food and drinks are served‚ what music is played etc.) Nick gets “actually” invited to Gatsby’s party. He explains that people who are not invited‚ end up showing up anyways Nick arrives at the party and he describes the things he sees. Nick meets Jordan Baker at the party and meet new people (rumours of Gatsby begin)

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