After reading ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ I was inspired to write a literary piece with the purpose to inform and entertain the young adult reader about a materialistic distortion of the American Dream of self-determination and self-improvement‚ as the theme of identity was foreseen by all characters and with the help of stimulus texts such as ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Diamond as big as the Ritz’‚ I incorporated some of Fitzgerald’s ideas of mysterious characters by choosing what sides of the characters’
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Name Tutor Course Date Why Gatsby is great One of the outstanding pieces of classic American literature that many admire to read‚ especially in high school‚ is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The whole story detailed in this book took place during summer in a small town in Long Island. Fitzgerald details on issues of romance‚ wealth‚ adventure‚ American dream in order to attract the reader’s attention and take them back to the Jazz Age of the twenties. The most interesting concern arising
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Considering the book or movie never tells us any background information on Old Nick this will all only remain a theory. Although I also based my theory off the fact that one of Emma Donoghues’ literary inspirations for writing the book was The Collector by John Fowles. The first part of this book is told from the perspective of socially impaired individual named‚ Clegg. He works in a hotel and collects butterflies as a hobby‚ he later falls in
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greatness. Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” is a great man in that his desires and passion are unparallel to other rich men similar to him‚ but his greatness is also questionable because of the crimes that he has aligned himself with. According to the book‚ Gatsby gained most of his wealth from participating in illegal activities. These activities soared Gatsby amongst some of the most powerful men in New York. The book is written in the viewpoint of Nick Carraway‚ who admires Gatsby. As a result
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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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(Aristotle). This is what the great Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ believes a drama must have to be great‚ which he explains in his essay Poetics. Aristotle believed that it was possible to categorize works of art‚ namely dramas‚ as being better than another by the use of his “rubric.” Basically‚ Aristotle says that to be a great drama‚ the drama must: have a clear protagonist that the audience identifies with‚ the protagonist must have a downfall and while watching
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The Great Gatsby By: Ashley Williams Setting In the first quarter of this book the setting is evenly split between two different places‚ West Egg‚ NY and New York City. The author described his new town on page 10. “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs‚ identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay‚ jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere‚ the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.” This gives readers a beautiful image of where
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1979. Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognized literary merit who might on the basis of the character’s actions alone be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay‚ explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary. The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922 following Nick Carraway‚ a bond salesman. Nick lives in a house in West Egg‚ an area for the
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The Great Gatsby as a Social Commentary After the First World War‚ American society enjoyed prosperity as the economy soared. At the same time‚ Prohibition created millionaires out of bootleggers. Consequently‚ materialism and superficiality immediately filled America. F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ a witness of people’s spiritually empty lives‚ wrote “The Great Gatsby” which gave him literary importance even today to reflect this ill society. As one of the greatest Modernism work‚ “The Great Gatsby” successfully
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Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby... perfect foils? By: Daniela Calderon In “The Great Gatsby‚” written by Scott Fitzgerald‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are two characters that struggle with the idea of losing their shared love interest‚ Daisy. Tom and Gatsby’s attachment to Daisy is differently justified due to their contrasting views‚ personalities‚ attitudes‚ actions‚ backgrounds‚ and other factors‚ some of which they do share and concur in. Fitzgerald did a great thing here. He created two purposefully
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