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    Seminar Essay The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald While reading the classic novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the reader can clearly see how this story can be viewed through the Marxist Lens. Through tales of trial and desperation‚ the story reveals what can happen when money and social class come into play. The author clearly portrays how the American dream can cause people to lose sight of the important things in life‚ and how people always want to make it to the top‚ no

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    May-09-2012 “The acquisition of money and love are both part of the same dream‚ the will to return to the quintessential unity that exists only at birth and at death.” Roger Lewis (professor at George Mason university) Love and money have been‚ for centuries‚ two issues for which people become obsessed. Some use money to get love. They use it as a tool for them to reach the love they want. However there are others who fall in love for money and not for the person itself. Society has

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using the literary devices and/or techniques of irony‚ flashback‚ and point of view. Throughout the story‚ Nick Carraway exposes the affluent main characters through their hideous actions and words. Whether to them it is virtuous or not‚ the result was completely repulsive. First of all‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using irony. According to the text

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    THE GREAT GATSBY ESSAY “I want to write something new-something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned. Masterpieces are not accidents. Geniuses know what they are doing or trying to do. They need luck‚ but knowing how to use the luck is an essential element of a writer’s equipment.” This quote written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is quite phenomenal‚ and I agree with it 100%. It tells us a bit about Fitzgerald like he strives to make sure that the reader understands

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    Fitzgerald’s use of flashback in The Great Gatsby proves to be an effective tool in order to reveal information from the characters’ past. These flashbacks are effective because they allow the reader to know and understand the character better before a situation in the novel arises. Three examples of flashbacks that Fitzgerald uses are when Jordan explains to Nick how and when she first met Gatsby on page 79‚ when Nick explains to the reader how Gatsby got his name and what his childhood was

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    In The Great Gatsby and Chicago‚ Fitzgerald and Marshall show that one can have money‚ power‚ and fame‚ but the American Dream is more about having someone to share your happiness with. Money does not lead to happiness because even the richest‚ most powerful person in the world‚ at the end of the day‚ is not satisfied without people to share their life with. Everyone needs that one special person that helps them and supports them. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby has a lot of money‚ but isn’t

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    Through The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald seems to communicate a message about people’s failure to accomplish their dreams—Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ and Daisy all have ideas for the perfect life and none of them are able to achieve them. Deeply explore one character—his/her dreams‚ his/her dreams‚ his/her attempts to accomplish those dream‚ his/her reasons for failure‚ and the message that Fitzgerald might be communicating through this failure. The pursuit of dreams is the eternal topic for

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    what money can't buy

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    “Incentives” of book “What Money Can’t Buy” written by Michael J. Sandel‚ he points out the population control refer to two examples: China’s one- child policy and tradable procreation permits. Sandel responds that tradable procreation permits‚ which was put forward by the economist Kenneth Boulding in 1964‚ is preferable in economic standpoint. Each woman had one (or two) certificate to have an extra child. If a family wants an extra child‚ they can buy the certificate from other

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    Symbols are always used in novels to help readers understand the story in-depth. In Francis Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ symbols are widely used for Jay Gatsby and George Wilson’s character development. Symbols such as the area where these two characters lived‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg‚ and the cars in this story were all used for this. This novel was filled with symbols and symbolism‚ which try to convey Fitzgerald’s ideas to the reader. Symbols were constantly used in Fitzgerald’s novel

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    see when you pick up this book is the Title "The Great Gatsby" So already you expect Gatsby to great before you have even opened the book. As the first chapter unravels The Narrator and Gatsby’s Neighbor Nick Carraway‚ tells us plainly that he loathes Gatsby‚ however by the end of the paragraph he describes Gatsby’s character as "gorgeous". He also says "No Gatsby turned out alright in the end." From now we begin to wonder about how great Gatsby really is? On one hand he is "vile" because Carraway

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