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    Materialism Great Gatsby

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    obtains‚ as the amount of happiness a person enjoys‚ and as the amount of power a person controls over others. Many start to live in an illusion‚ that their life is tranquilized and perfect to hide the reality of all their dirty secrets. In The Great Gatsby‚ by Scott F. Fitzgerald‚ he describes a unique story of character development to display the difference of between classes of the social system in the 1920’s in America. Throughout the novel‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates how money and materialism deceives

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    intriguing exchange between Nick and Gatsby takes place near the end of Chapter Six: “I wouldn’t ask too much of her‚” Nick says “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” Gatsby cries out. “Why of course you can!” (p. 110). How does the past impinge upon the present in the lives of both Nick and Gatsby? Should we see Gatsby as eccentric in his view that one cannot merely repeat‚ but change‚ the past by starting over? Past and Hope in The Great Gatsby Mason Scisco “So we beat on‚ boats

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    The Great Dilemma The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is about a young man who has fallen in love with a young woman. But at the time they meet‚ they are unable to be together I think because of complications surrounding WW1. A few years later in the 20’s‚ they meet again‚ but Daisy married to a man named Tom‚ and has a child. Gatsby then tries everything to get her to fall for him and leave Tom. Gatsby gains money by unscrupulous means and buys a house

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    The interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work: The Great Gatsby This Research‚ paper – which is a mixture of a book review and an analysis of a problem - will present ideas about searching the American Dream in connection with The Great Gatsby and the main characters and how succesfully they could live the American Dream according to the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Moreover‚ this research paper will be about some interesting symbols by Fitzgerald. Also‚ it will give some general information

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    The Great Gatsby: Corruption of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ illustrates how the desire for money and materialism compels the American dream to decay. Fitzgerald uses Tom and Daisy’s daughter‚ Gatsby’s bootlegging‚ and the sin of adultery to show the downfall of ideals during this time period. The Great Gatsby examines the collapse of society’s morals and values in their attempt to try and pursue the American dream. The ideal American family typically

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    Great Gatsby Essay

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    narrator of the novel called the “The Great Gatsby”. He is a young man that came from Minnesota and was educated at Yale and fought in World War I. He moves to New York to work and learn the bond business. His father taught him to be an honest‚ and trustworthy person growing him up. He was also told by his father to reserve judgment of people. After moving to West Egg‚ Nick finds himself meeting people and finding himself a best friend and next-door neighbor Jay Gatsby. West Egg is a very wealthy neighborhood

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    of the greatest American novels‚ The Great Gatsby.  Harry Hansen suggests‚ “The Great Gatsby is American to the Core” he adds‚ “Fitzgerald knows his time and his people.”       Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24‚ 1896‚ in St. Paul Minnesota.  His mother‚ Mary McQuillan‚ made a tiny fortune as wholesale grocers‚ and his

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    perception of his identity… Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone‚ I tried to find people to come to Gatsby’s funeral‚ but those who pretended to be his friends and attended all his extravagant parties every Saturday night refused to come. Even Gatsby’s partner Wolfsheim‚ with whom he had been involved in many illegal activities‚ didn’t want to attend the funeral. Gatsby’s father came from Minnesota‚ bringing a self-improvement plan that Gatsby had written as a boy. He showed

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    In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses his book to portray and critique many male-female relationships. Some of these relationships are marriages‚ while others are not. There is the relationship between Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker‚ Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson‚ Myrtle and George Wilson‚ and Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Some of these relationships had the ability to affect many other people‚ even if the two in the relationship did not mean

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    they get there attention. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there is a great deal of action and drama that occurs. Fitzgerald depiction of Gatsby as a rich party host to a sensible‚ live struck man illustrates Gatsby’s many different sides. Gatsby is shown as a hopeful romantic man that strives to get Daisy to live him again. Gatsby was used to representing “hope”. In the novel everything was happy at first‚ however‚ it all started to go downhill when Gatsby firmly confronts Tom even when

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