the West promises. In The Great Gatsby‚ the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the disillusionment of the Western dream through Jay Gatsby’s loss of identity‚ the lifestyle‚ and his legacy. Since he was young‚ Gatsby changes his identity in order to mold himself into the epitome of Western culture. In many instances‚ Gatsby attempts to conceal his initial poverty‚ such as when he claims‚ “[his] family all died and [he] came into a good deal of money” (65)‚ while in
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never buy happiness. The American dream is often considered being affluent‚ but once one becomes rich- if ever- that’s all he ever gains and won’t be truly happy or successful. This is confirmed time after time again in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and in other readings and movies; it has in all probability been proven in your own experiences also. Success is like a rubber-band ball where you keep building and building upon it in hopes to make it a truly grand item to boast. One main aspect
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of World War I and the sudden uprise in the general wealth of the country added to the breakdown of what was considered “right” and “decent” to society. No work so clearly paints the picture of this pivotal downturn as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. As the main characters in Fitzgerald’s definitive novel reveal themselves‚ the idea of the “American Dream” is demolished by the implication that the pursuit of wealth rather
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their identity. This is shown through Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel the Great Gatsby. The way in which Gatsby speaks is false. Gatsby‚ “whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd” (132)‚ spoke in such a matter to win Daisy. Gatsby repeatedly uses the phrase ’old sport’‚ which seems fake and unnatural coming from his lips. He uses this phrase to present himself as upper class and of ’old money’ to impress Daisy. Even though Gatsby may be rich‚ he does not come from old money
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FOR IB ENGLISH IOP #1: ………………………………………………………………………….... ISAIAH: So‚ this is our IOP. We chose to study the topic of setting in the Great Gatsby. More specifically we chose to compare where we live‚ so our setting of the Salt Lake City‚ to the setting of the Great Gatsby. Along this we also chose to analyze and study the significance of the setting in the Great Gatsby. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: XAVI: We have written down these quotes so that you won’t have to look them up and written the key things we
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a beautiful little fool." The quote means to me that it is a man dominated world‚ and there is little hope against it. The world appears to be filled with people not having decent values‚ nor honest actions to allow prosperity. In the 1920s‚ the Great War leaving its scars on Europe‚ America‚ and as always‚ the people. No matter the time period‚ or the location for that matter will change people‚ much less their nature can be changed. My points lie with the truth that the Jazz Age‚ and I believe
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I have read the fictional story‚ The Great Gatsby. This novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and referenced United States history. This story is about a graduate from Yale and ex-veteran from World War I named Nick Carraway. He had decided to return home as his way of beginning a career. Being impatient‚ Nick had decided to move to New York so he could learn the bond business. Now we are in the setting of 1922 in West Egg‚ Long Island. Nick was then living in a rented house that is neighboring
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Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic
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a place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off
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As a mysterious novel based on the Roaring Twenties‚ The Great Gatsby’s intriguing view on society helps people come to terms over how society has or has not changed throughout the decades. During this era‚ people in the upper class were split into “old money”‚ people who were part of a rich family‚ and “new money”‚ people who have self-made riches. In the novel‚ Jay Gatsby symbolized “new money” while Tom and Daisy Buchanan symbolized “old money”. This would be a crucial factor in the outcome of
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