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    Gorski Oct. 15‚ 2010 Period 5 AP Eng. The Great Gatsby Money can symbolize certain statuses in the world. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays these views of money among the characters in the novel. Wealth and money becomes an issue as the novel progress‚ once you begin to analyze each character. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ “old money” and “new money” describes the gap between the rich and the poor‚ for an example Gatsby and the Wilsons‚ West Egg and the Valley of

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    Fedrick American Lit B June 24‚ 2013 Money Is A Symbol Of Success In The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby money is a symbol of success. Money controls the lives of the characters in the story‚ but it is easy to see that it could not bring happiness. Each of the characters thinks that having money will solve all of their problems and make them successful‚ but that is not true. These are a few examples of characters in the story who think that money is the answer to being successful‚ when it

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    Pursuit of Happiness What I learned from the pursuit of happiness in American literature is that you are trying to be happy but it doesn’t always work that way. One person happiness is always from another person’s happiness unless they like to do the same thing. Not only is that person’s happiness unique but the pursuit of it can be unique also. Some people will try to reach their happiness their entire lives and then when they achieve it. It’s not what they even want it to be. Your pursuit of happiness

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    The Influence of Money in America  James Schultz  Honors English 10‚ Block 2  5/16/15  Tobias  The idea of money influences the social structure of America‚ contributing to the success  and misfortune of this country throughout the course of history to the modern day. One of the  founding fathers‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ predicts and shows how money operates in the American  society as he states‚ “​ Money has never made man happy‚ nor will it‚ there is nothing in its nature  to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants

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    “How to buy happiness” is a speech presented by Michael Norton‚ who holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton‚ in November 2011. His talk laid down a question that money can actually buy happiness. To emphasize his research‚ he provided audiences with some reasonable evidences from different relationships in society. First of all‚ at University of British Columbia‚ Michael made an experiment by giving students money. Then‚ he asked what they were

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    In the article “Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All‚” David Leonhardt discusses whether or not money is a factor that affects ones happiness. Leonhardt is an American journalist and a columnist. Leonhardt graduated from Horace Mann School in 1990. He later on continued his studies at Yale University and graduated with a bachelor in science and a degree in applied mathematics. While his experience in Yale‚ Leonhardt worked as an editor-in-chief in the Yale Daily News. He won many awards including

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    Can Money Buy You Happiness? Society today‚ with the way advertisement is‚ and how famous people are betrayed in the news and magazines‚ are showing us that the more money you have‚ you could have lots of happiness. As a matter-of-fact you could have anything you want. It can help get you out of trouble when needed. Have your own T.V‚ show or radio show. Immigrants are being told that your dreams can come true working and living in the United States. The way that I was raised was sure different

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    Money Equals Happiness (The Great Gatsby) Throughout history many societies have had upper‚ middle‚ and lower classes. The classes formed separate communities of diverse living and never crossed social barriers. In the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ instead of streets and communities separating each class there was a sound. On West Egg‚ the rich received their money not from inheritance but from what they accomplished by themselves. They worked hard for their money and received no financial support from

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    Rickard American Literature/ Composition 30 June 2015 Money as a Symbol for Success The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story that uses money as its main symbol. Some of the characters in the book are rich and own large houses; most of the characters that are rich live in East Egg but Jay Gatsby lives in West Egg. Money plays a major role in The Great Gatsby as most of the characters live to make money and get rich. Nick Carraway would be a great example of a character that wants to get rich;

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    Materialism Drove It In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ money and materialism play an important role. Money and materialism are the driving forces that affect people’s decisions. People’s relationships‚ emotions‚ successes and pride all revolve around money. Many relationships that occurred in The Great Gatsby are created because of the influence of money. Daisy‚ a young woman‚ searches for the answers to many aspects in her life. She wants to be married and money drives her decision on a

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