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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a romantic tragedy about a man named Nick Carraway who gets involved with the life of Jay Gatsby and his not-so secretive love for Daisy Buchanan. A critic named Lionel Trilling once said‚ “Jay Gatsby is to be thought of as standing for America itself.” This is proven to be true because Gatsby moves up in life and pursues his dream. He is an example for the American way because he fails at certain things and succeeds at others. Like

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    The Great Gatsby The American dream is an ideal that has been present since American literature’s onset. Typically‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ while accumulating such things as love‚ high status‚ wealth‚ and power on his way to the top. The dream has had variations throughout different time periods‚ although it is generally based on ideas of freedom‚ self-reliance‚ and a desire for something greater. The early settlers’ dream of traveling out West to find land and start a family

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    Money and corruption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" During the time in our country’s history called the roaring twenties‚ society had a new obsession‚ money. Just shortly after the great depression‚ people’s focus now fell on wealth and success in the economic realm. Many Americans would stop at nothing to become rich and money was the new factor in separation of classes within society. Wealth was a direct reflection of how successful a person really was and now became what many people

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    The Great Gatsby Do you ever sometimes wish you have everything in life? In fact‚ each and everyone in the world wish or want something. Like love‚ hope‚ wealth and etc. These topics are seen in the book called “The Great Gatsby.” In America‚ as a whole‚ they have this “American Dream” where they all want to be independent and being optimistic about their future‚ pretty much everything great in life. But not everyone in America achieves these dreams because of the distraction around‚ sometimes

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    The Great Gatsby The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about life in 1920s America. “The Great Gatsby” was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and became one of the greatest literary documents of this period‚ in which the economy prospered. It is a story told through the eyes of a young man‚ Nick Carraway‚ as he befriends his mysterious neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and witnesses a summer of love‚ extramarital affairs‚ the downfall of the American dream‚ life of the upper

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    . In The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses imagery in the form of the color blue to illustrate Gatsby’s lavish‚ luxurious life as a lonely‚ depressing one with the use of foreshadowing‚ symbols‚ and similes/metaphors. The story takes place in Long Island ‚ New York in the roaring twenties‚ in the point of view of Nick Carraway. Nick moves next door to a billionaire who hosts the wildest parties which draw the wildest guests. Nick comes in touch with some friends of Daisy‚ his cousin‚

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    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Books 1950 172 pages $8.99 The great American classic- The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story one man’s troubles and persistence for the girl of his dreams seen through the eyes of both the narrator and a character- Nick Carraway. The protagonist of the story‚ Jay Gatsby has waited 5 years for his “golden girl” to reappear in his life and is willing to do whatever it takes to get her. Party after party he hosts and no show

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the three main female characters Jordan‚ Daisy and Myrtle with different values and interests. They females look at life in different views and points‚ and are total opposites of each other. They are all treated differently by the men they date. Daisy is the complete opposite of Myrtle‚ just like how Jordan is the total opposite of Daisy. Daisy is shown as the woman with all the riches‚ but is still searching for happiness. She is the innocent lady

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    truth behind Jay Gatsby’s life‚ unearthing Gatsby from the shadow of lies‚ in order for Gatsby to remain a mystery throughout the novel. In Chapter 3‚ rumors spread at one of Gatsby’s parties about his own self. “Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once” (44). No one is quite sure at this point whether these comments are truthful or not; and so an immediate representation of Jay Gatsby’s character becomes embedded into the reader’s mind. Perhaps Gatsby hides behind these rumors because he does

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    Final Pages Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ’The Great Gatsby’ Nick Carraway‚ the protagonist‚ and the audience’s feelings toward the mysterious Jay Gatsby have been altered through his brazen and desperate‚ even selfish attempts to win Daisy over with lies. But mixed with his ostensibly trustworthy character‚ and dogged determination to achieve his goals leaves us not knowing what to think about him. Jay Gatsby is a confusing character‚ and in the final pages of the novel‚ through Fitzgerald’s

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