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    The Great Gatsby Essay A dream that leads to destruction‚ pain and heartache‚ the wish of succeeding in life‚ to be seen and recognized by everyone: this are the themes of the The Great Gatsby. Pursuing the American dream was all the characters asked for. Living the perfect life‚ from being at the bottom of a social class to being at the very top of what they seemed to believe in. But was it an easy way to the top? Both Gatsby and Myrtle are obsessed with the image of possessing it all; the need

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    REFLECTION/ REACTION PAPER After watching the movie in the cinema‚ I decided to compare Jay Gatsby from Francisco Reteche. When I first saw Gatsby‚ I already noticed one similarity that I can pair with Reteche wherein they were both mysterious in the starting part of the story and we could not predict what were they thinking. There were still some similarities that I noticed between the two of them like their main problem was about a girl wherein they wanted to be with a certain girl who left them

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    Social status plays a big role in every society. Everybody wants to achieve some form of social status. In the movie The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby sole purpose in life was to achieve a very high social status and not live as his parents did. With Jay’s vision of himself‚ along with the love he poured into Daisy and his insistence on reliving the past his Gatsby’s ultimate down fall. Jay’s own vision of himself started out at an early age‚ he even denied his own parents since they were not of the

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    1975. During this time of direct-involvement over 50‚000 troops met their end‚ and back home an outpour of emotion and sorrow was displayed. American citizens were no longer in approval of the war‚ and so began an era of the promotion of peace and love. Without this intense amount of protest by “hippies” and the heavy feel of anti-American involvement in the war‚ it is possible that many more American lives could have been lost. It is this promotion of peace

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    show Daisy’s personality in chapter 5 of the novel. This is the chapter where Nick invites Daisy to tea‚ at Gatsby’s request‚ and it describes their very awkward meeting. As you mentioned‚ one of Daisy’s traits is "undecided" and "superficial". You can use two quotes to back this up from this chapter. When Nick invites her to tea‚ he tells her not to bring her husband‚ Tom. She replies: I called up Daisy from the office next morning‚ and invited her to come to tea. “Don’t bring Tom‚”

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    Review questions-The Great Gatsby 1) Nick Carraway is from Minnesota‚ graduated from Yale and fought in World War 1. He moves to New York to learn about the bond business. He is a curious person as shown through his curiosity for Gatsby. He is also hypocritical because he claims to be non judgmental but he makes judgments about others throughout the entire book. His thoughts and judgments are made to himself making him a more reserved person. He lives in the West Egg (new money) district of Long

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    Dearest Daisy Monologue

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    My dearest Daisy‚ I have come to the realization that I will be loving you for the rest of my life‚ for every bit of you is engrained in me. It feels like it has been an eternity since I have last seen you. Eternities that my heart still continues to beat for you and only you my love‚ in which my yearning to be with you has only grown and consumed me from the inside out. I am writing to let you know I love you. I have recently received the news that you are to marry Tom Buchanan soon and I must

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    Daisy Miller a Hero

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    approach situation with a fearless and courageous attitude‚ and can is often admired by many. The novel Daisy Miller by Henry James is a fictional story about the life of an American girl in Europe and the situations that she experiences. Daisy reacts to these situations with a fearless and courageous approach. Her actions seem to affect every character in the story and are misperceived by many. Daisy consistently had the courage to stand up to the other Americans‚ the characters who adapted to the European

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    Driving Miss Daisy

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    Driving Miss Daisy depicts a strong friendship that progressively builds between an elderly Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and an African American chauffeur named Hoke Coleburn. After crashing her car into a neighbor’s property from pressing the reverse peddle too hard‚ Miss Daisy Werthan lost her privilege to drive on the road. Since she cannot drive‚ her son hired Hoke to be her personal chauffeur. At first‚ Miss Daisy refuses to let Hoke drive her anywhere out of fear of losing her independence

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    things just did not seem to matter as much as they do now. This may not seem as hard as it sounds. The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ paints a picture of what the time period was like. It was a time known as the "Jazz Age"‚ where the economy was on an upswing and money was easy to be had. Prohibition was in affect‚ and bootlegging was a highly lucrative but shady business venture. Jay Gatsby most likely took part in bootlegging‚ which is how he accumulated his vast amount of money. Tom Buchanan

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