The American Dream The book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates what some people would call The American Dream. This term would be defined as someone starting low on the economic or social level and working their way towards success‚ fortune‚ wealth‚ and fame. Having things such as money‚ a car‚ a large house‚ nice clothes‚ and a happy family is what The American Dream is about. The great thing about The American Dream is that anyone can have it. All it takes is hard work and
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 3? In chapter 3 Fitzgerald introduces us to the main character of his book‚ and we finally get an insight into what Gatsby is like (albeit through the eyes of Nick Carraway) during the party he throws. Even though we meet the character himself‚ Fitzgerald continues to entice us with rumours of Gatsby‚ which is significant because it shows just how artificial his entire life is – he couldn’t dispel the rumours even if he wanted to. Throughout the
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ants posses very many qualities which are similar‚ and some the same as humans. The first quality that is similar to humans‚ is that the ants all try to work themselves to the top of the ant colony‚ this is one quality that the character Z has more then the others. Another quality that the ants have to live by which is they live‚ and follow instructions by one controller. The ants also posses many similar human characteristics. They also show similar emotions that us humans show. The ants in
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A Comparison of Similar Men Aurora Quezada Word Count: 533 “Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life and that happiness‚ not pain or mindless self-indulgence‚ is the proof of your moral integrity‚ since it is the proof and result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values” Ayn Rand Things Fall Apart is about Okonkwo‚ a man from Nigeria‚ who is a respected leader among his clan and aggressively guards his titles. Siddartha is the son of a Brahman who leaves
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as‚ a) in eating habits especially fast food such as McDonalds (Maccas) and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC))‚ and b) socially - with sports - for example Basketball‚ Baseball‚ Horseracing‚ and televised sports coverage; also c) recreationally: with similar holiday habits: movie/television watching‚ music listening/watching (‘MTV’); camping‚ fishing‚ visiting relatives; and celebrations‚ such as Christmas and Easter(as well as the ever
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The Roaring Twenties In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby‚” the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ moves to West Egg to work as a bond trader in Manhattan. He grew up in a prominent family. He came from an old money family in Chicago. He attended Yale University and is known as a very well rounded man. This novel is based off of the 1920’s era. It was named the Roaring Twenties after the Great War when the United States underwent a change in radical and social reform. During this period‚ society was
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can achieve that dream with hard work but this dream also inevitably leads to many cases of tragedy‚ if not properly planned and worked on. In The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the tragedies of various characters in the pursuit of the American dream. One of these characters is Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the novel. Fitzgerald seemingly establishes an ingenuous and reliable narrator in Nick to contrast the corrupted society‚ which he has fallen into. Furthermore‚ this proves
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References: • “So in love” Ella Fitzgerald & Cole Porter • “That Haunting Melody (1911)” Al Jolson
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Although The Great Gatsby is generally considered to be a work focused on the American Dream and is analyzed as such‚ it has connections to other literary work of its period. The Great Gatsby’s publication in 1925 put it at the forefront of literary work by a group which began to be called the Lost Generation. The group was so-called because of the existential questioning that began to occur in American literature for the first time after the war. Many critics argue that this Generation marked the
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Write about the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 7 (Page 132 onwards) Chapter 7 mirrors chapter 1 in setting and structure‚ of the travelling to New York and the necessity to pass through ‘The Valley of the Ashes’ symbolic of the mythological River Styx and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot. Also‚ the many separated sections in chapter 7 are reminiscent of the structure of chapter 1‚ used as a key way for Fitzgerald to effectively and emotively convey the story‚ by framing the two chapters
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