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    Fitzgerald opens chapter three projecting Gatsby’s fictitious success through Nicks description of Gatsby’s parties. The colour yellow is repeated throughout this chapter‚ it is used to describe ‘the yellow cocktail music’ at Gatsby’s parties and also his station wagon which was ‘scampered like a brisk yellow bug’. The colour ‘yellow’ represents a fake gold- gold being associated with those with ‘old money’- suggesting Gatsby’s assets to be deceptive. This is further exemplified by the ‘two girls

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    Great Gatsby Chapter 5

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    Write about the ways the story is told in Chapter 5. Chapter 5 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ creates a contrasting tone to what has previously occurred in the novel. Fitzgerald generally creates a surreal atmosphere in order to control the manner in which many readers approach the events within the novel. Fitzgerald’s use of first person narrative enforces a judgemental perspective upon the reader‚ although Nick Carraway appears to set aside all opinions and therefore simply overlook

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    somewhat unexpected and delayed introduction. The buildup serves to represent the mystery that seems to always surround Gatsby. Gatsby and Daisy’s encounter at tea is significant because Gatsby has meticulously built his life around the possibility of one day being reunited with the girl he fell in love with five years ago. Gatsby is so incredibly love-struck that he lets his guard down‚ allowing the reader a glimpse of what hides behind the extravagance. The climax

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    Compare Chapter 1 of ‘Great Expectations’ in which Pip first meets the convict with Chapter 39 when the convict returns. The first thing that could be noted when comparing these two chapters is the length of each. Though this could be passed over‚ I think is shows how a small a difference the convict made to Pip in chapter 1 but the much bigger impact he made in chapter 39. From the second paragraph in chapter 1‚ Dickens tries to get the reader’s sympathy to be directed towards Pip. He

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    How does Dickens introduce the main themes and concerns of the novel in the opening chapters of “Great Expectations”? “Great Expectations” is a “Tragi-comedy” written by the famous novelist Charles Dickens during the early 19th centaury. It is synonymous with the suffering of real people during the Victorian Era‚ and it looks at life from the downcast eyes of a small boy unknowingly pitched as an apt pinup boy for the era of poverty and hardship‚ in harsh juxtaposition with the perspective later

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    Analysis of a scene of Great Expectations. I have chosen to look at how the relationship of Pip and Magwitch develops during the novel. I have chosen 3 key scenes in which Magwitch and pip meet and I will look at how each is portrayed in terms of character‚ development‚ setting and the messages or morals that dickens is trying to convey. Magwitch first meets pip at the graveyard on the marshes‚ from this we see that pip is a lonely child‚ who has lost his mother and father. Magwitch threatens

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    Great Expectations: Injustices and Poor Conditions Committed On Women and Children Great Expectations‚ authored by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens‚ is considered one of his finest works of literature. It was indicative of Dickens’s strong feelings for injustices and poor conditions committed on women and children of that time. Through the main character‚ Pip‚ Dickens’s demonstrated the compassion he felt for children. Most readers‚ like myself‚ are able to associate Pip’s experiences with

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    Great Gatsby Chapter 5

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    Fitzgerald’s use of symbols throughout chapter five‚ specifically light‚ color and time‚ help create a second layer to the chapter. From the very beginning of the chapter‚ there are references to bright lights‚ with Gatsby’s house being ‘lit from tower to cellar.’ From ‘twinkling’ to ‘gleaming’ these references to light are stippled throughout the chapter. These are used to show Gatsby’s hope. When Daisy enters‚ Fitzgerald describes her as having a ‘bright’ smile. This small reference to light suggests

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    Great Gatsby 3 Chapters

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    Summary of Chapters-Great Gatsby Chapter 1 * We are introduced to narrator Nick Carraway who firstly talks about the places within America that are so divided and different. He talks of New York‚ the eggs and the valley of ashes. * He talks of how New York is full of commerce and possibilities and how it has gangsters and crime. * He decides to move to where the ‘bond business’ is and lives in west egg‚ where it is not as fashionable as east egg. * He is fascinated by Jay Gatsby

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    about half our height with thick curly brown hair on their head and feet. They are inclined to be fat at the stomach and wear bright colors. They live in a land called The Shire. In this land they lived in nice comfortable holes in the ground. In one particular hole lived Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo’s father was a solid and comfortable hobbit but Bilbo’s mother was from the Took family. Belladonna Took’s family was known for going off on adventures which made them not as respectable as the Baggins but

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