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    The Great Gatsby: Realism

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    The Great Gatsby: Realism F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been labelled a masterpiece‚ and perhaps even one of the greatest novels of all time. In order to be revered as a classic‚ a novel must have one or more qualities that place it above the rest. One of The Great Gatsby’s best qualities is Fitzgerald’s incredible use of realism. This realism is evident in the development of plot‚ setting‚ and characters throughout the novel. The Great Gatsby is well known for its deeply entangled

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    Gatsby Chapter 4 essay How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4? Throughout the chapter Fitzgerald uses a variety of different disciplines to tell the story of Gatsby‚ Nick and the other characters. In chapter 4‚ Fitzgerald uses narrative voice to portray Gatsby’s mysterious nature. Gatsby’s description of his background to Nick is a daunting puzzle—though he rattles off a seemingly far-fetched account of his grand upbringing and heroic exploits‚ he produces what appears to be proof

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    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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    Keely Layne AP Literature Mrs. King 26 January 2015 Facing Reality The Great Gatsby suggests that love and trust are mutually exclusive. 1. Pages 6-21 the scene when Nick comes to Tom and Daisy’s house for dinner. 2. The protagonist’s object of desire (objet a)‚ Daisy‚ is the maternal figure in a (self-)destructive adult repetition of the oedipal drama‚ complicated by her metaphorical associations with the American landscape and her husband Tom’s patriarchal and nativist views. The light at the

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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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    Jay Gatsby Influence

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    just like we have all learned from our past‚ so do characters from books and novels. Even though most of us learn frok the past‚ there are also some who do not‚ and are stubborn enough to resist change. In the novel " The Great Gatsby‚" there is a character named Jay Gatsby‚ although his real name is James Gatz. He is the perfect representation of this prompt because he has gone through many past experiences that influence his life in the present‚ which ironically the book is not told by really two

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    The Great Gatsby Summary

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    numbers people were doing "stunts" all over the garden‚ while happy‚ vacuous bursts of laughter rose toward the summer sky." -Pg. 47 vacuous (adj) - marked by lack of ideas or intelligence; devoid of serious occupation "I had expected that Mr. Gatsby would be a florid and corpulent person in his middle years." -Pg. 49 corpulent (adj) - having a large bulky body "But young men didn’t - at

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    The Great Gatsby Money

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby‚” the predominant theme is money cannot buy love or happiness. This theme is shown through five symbols: Gatsby’s golden toilet seat‚ Myrtles dress‚ Gatsby’s house‚ the conflicts at Gatsby’s parties‚ and Gatsby’s act of replacing the woman’s dress that ripped at one of his parties. The description of Gatsby’s golden toilet seat is just one example of the countless amount of luxurious material goods that Gatsby has collect over the years; none of which

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    The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age‚ the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay‚ as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations‚ the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy‚ is the main force driving the plot of the novel‚ The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving

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    ?The Great Gatsby Analysis

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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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