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    WHY IS GATSBY SO MEMORABLE TO THE READER? The Great Gatsby was first published in 1925 and was one of Fitzgerald’s most well-known novels. Many aspects of this book caused this mass popularity‚ however the main reasons are his use of romantic modernism and most importantly‚ his portrayal of the different character. The different portrayals of the characters across Long island manipulate the reader’s opinion. One of the most famous examples for this is Gatsby. Gatsby is a very memorable character

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    No matter where in the world go you will find people who all lack the magical thing called common sense. There are the adrenaline-junkies‚ the thrill seekers‚ and the daredevils; everywhere in society these people exist in today’s society. When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby; he reveals the recurring motifs of rumors and lying which underscores his message to the reader that people are careless. Fitzgerald uses the character whose name is Jay Gatsby‚ a rich-shady man who throws

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    The “Great” Jay Gatsby The word great has many meanings – outstanding‚ eminent‚ grand‚ important‚ extraordinary‚ noble‚ etc. - and varies along with the intent of the speaker and on the interpretation of the hearer. Someone may perceive something as great‚ and yet someone else may see that same thing as horrendous. The greatness of a being is not determined by themselves‚ but by those around them who experience‚ and perceive‚ their greatness through actions and words. In the book‚ “The Great Gatsby”

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    The Great Gatsby: Moral Corruption Society tends to have a myriad of unspoken problems that plague its entirety as a whole. With numerous underlying issues that slowly fester from the center of the core to the outside‚ society constantly attempts to suppress and ignore the genuine problem. One of the ever present obstacles that seemingly will go unattended to is moral decay. Though many people may recognize the issue at hand‚ it’s become a pattern to let it be as it is‚ as opposed to fixing it

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    What Is Gatsby's Downfall

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    Gatsby was never a man of lucky that to have a soul mate in his life to run his future dream lover that seems like a heavenly life on earth. However‚ Gatsby was active in his all dream comes true‚ and he was working and struggling his fate on the way of up and life. Gatsby was the lucky and successful person in the world and he rich all his dream house‚ cars‚ place where he wants to live. So‚ Gatsby was failed in blind love with Daisy‚ but Daisy was married to Tom before she meets Gatsby. Sometimes

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    Daisy’s Choice The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ was a book which transcended through time. Its characters and their characteristics gave and still give its readers a look into human lives and the human flaws which accompany. The characters in the Great Gatsby are complex and they are all static characters. The whole book is centered on the relationships between the characters. Each relationship has kinks and each relationship has a shadow which leaves the relationships incomplete. The

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    Name ________________________________________  The Great Gatsby Study Question #4 (10pts)    All questions should be in detailed complete sentences.    Silent read pages 61­63 to the break    Class read pages. 63­69 to the break    1. Starting pg 65­67 Gatsby tells Nick about his past.  List 5 things Gatsby tells Nick  about his history.    1.Gatsby’s family is dead.  2. Gatsby came upon a great deal of money.  3. Gatsby was from the Middle West.  4. He tried to die in the war but got prompted to a major

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    at Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets explore the role of human aspirations and the quest to establish or maintain an identity against vastly different social contexts and in markedly different literary forms. While The Great Gatsby (TGG) develops an ironic‚ shifting but ultimately pessimistic if not cynical viewpoint on the nature of human aspirations and our likelihood of maintaining an individual identity against the range of social pressures‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets

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    Erin Giang English 4AP Bourne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past: Gatsby’s Fight Against Time Set in the 1920’s‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ tells the story of social classes and a wealthy man who lost the love of his life. This man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is born poor‚ but he works his way into becoming rich‚ and thus being the symbol of new money. Daisy Buchanan‚ Gatsby’s lover‚ is born as old money and lives in East Egg with her husband Tom Buchanan‚ and is a glamorous

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    Term Paper Lies and deceits carry the The Great Gatsby. Forbidden love‚ lust‚seduction‚duplicity and evil consume the lives of the men and women in the book. The whole book seems to be based upon lies and deceit. First Gatsby is very mysterious and has lies about his life and how he came into his money. Second everybody is cheating on their spouses and they all kinda have a idea that its going on. This could play a role or let us in on a side of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s life‚ Did he have an affair

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