The Great Gatsby In the book the great gatsby by F. scott Fitzgerald it tells a story about a man named jay gatsby who throws these enormous parties and invites all these rich people to them. Nick whose jay gatsby neighbor hears about the stories of his neighbor and decides he would go to one gatsby’s parties and meet the mysterious neighbor he has. As soon he arrived he took a good look at gatsby’s enormous garden and many guest coming and going from his party. Nick also had a good look of gatsby’s
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Jay Gatsby‚ Tom Buchanan and NIck Carraway are three people with very different personalities. Jay is a modern and showy person‚ Tom is classy‚ and simple‚ while Nick is a humble person‚ and the houses of each of the characters mentioned show it. The houses of Gatsby‚ Tom and Nick represent their lifestyle and social position‚ but do not accurately represent their personality. Throughout the book‚ Jay Gatsby throws a lot of parties in his huge mansion. This shows that he is very wealthy‚ and tries
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Often in works of literature a character will do almost anything to achieve his ultimate goal or dream. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ one of the main characters‚ Gatsby will fail at achieving his dream. For Gatsby his ultimate dream is to get back together with his long lost girlfriend Daisy who he is sickly in love with. You might think that this could be an easy task for a man like Gatsby who is extremely wealthy and likable but what you don’t know is that Daisy is happily
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The past is something that should remain in the past. The present should be lived for instead. For Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby‚ forgetting what was in the past and letting go of it was a struggle. He was so in love with Daisy Buchanan‚ a girl he met five years ago‚ that he continued to pursue her even after she was already married. In The Great Gatsby‚ F Scott Fitzgerald shows the character of Jay Gatsby as someone who dwells on the past and would do anything to get Daisy back. When Gatsby found
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Colors are all everywhere and are used everyday. Artists use colors as a tool to make their art more lively. The author F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ used many colors such as gold‚ green‚ and white in his novel to make it more visual Gold in the novel represents old money and wealth. “With Jordan’s slender golden are resting in mine‚ we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.” Jordans are being golden means that she’s old money‚ while the girls dressed in yellow are new money. Gold means
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Dreams and goals‚ they are what people’s daily lives are derived from. Dreams are what people strive to achieve and a failure to achieve a dream consequently leads to a void in someone’s heart. If someone cannot achieve their dream ‚ they are guilt-ridden until they achieve their dream. Gatsby is the perfect representation of someone who fails to achieve their dreams and yearns to try again. Fitzgerald makes Gatsby stand out of all the characters‚ this helps communicate his message about people’s
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“If you cheat on someone that is willing to do anything for you‚ you actually cheated yourself out of true loyalty” (Unknown). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about how awful and gross cheating can become‚ and how you can easily get caught. Doing something behind someone’s back can severely backfire because of the horrid things that someone has done which is unacceptable. Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy before Tom and Daisy were together. They were in love until Daisy and Tom
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How Fitzgerald’s use of colors assists the reader with understanding the underline meaning of the storyline within The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as one of the most renowned writers of the 20th century and in world literature: because of his significant public fascination of his lifestyle. He is understood as a passionate novelist‚ yet combines these qualities with realism. Fitzgerald expresses life and its problems‚ trying to give a complete portrait of modern life‚ yet giving the
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Jay Gatsby achieved the American Dream by the devotion he has for his love‚ Daisy. The American Dream can be achieved by becoming rich and successful‚ from starting with nothing. Gatsby didn’t realize himself that he seized the American Dream‚ only to care for his love’s approval. He couldn’t “win” his love’s heart five years prior‚ because he was a “poor boy.” Taking chances and achieving goals‚ took Gatsby further than he imagined. Allowing his love for Daisy‚ blind him‚ the consequence have finally
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Troy and Rose’s emotions have clearly been understood by the reader‚ however‚ they can not express them in clear words to each other instead they use metaphors to communicate their feelings to each other. Metaphors and word choice allow their feelings to be understood while increasing those feelings based on their personalities and outlooks on life. Troy sees his life with Rose as a consolation prize for not being good enough to hit a homerun in life; this shows he is a pessimistic person who does
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