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    as on original imagination‚ such as polemical works as well as autobiography‚ and reflective essays as well as belles-lettres. The Great Gatsby has the following particular characteristics of a literary texts: The first literary element of the novel is the plot‚ the protagonist is Jay Gatsby‚ a young‚ wealthy man in love with a society girl from his past. He tries to build a life with her but fate and bad luck turn tragic. The next key element is the theme‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates many

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    Summary: In this opening chapter of the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ they introduce the Narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ along with other characters. Nick opens the book reminiscing about his past upbringings and lessons his family taught him. Nick then visits his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. Daisy and Tom are very rich and Tom is very arrogant‚ obnoxious‚ racist‚ and seems a bit uneducated. Tom does not try to hide his love affairs‚ and Daisy tries to set up Nick and her child hood friend‚ Jordan. At

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    “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking‚ in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby Love‚ love‚ love; the only thing everybody talks about. Every movie‚ every series‚ every story talks about how two people fall in love and live happily ever after. All stories get to the conclusion that the love the couple shared was unique and that the two lovers matched perfectly together. But what happens when two lovers do not belong to the same social

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    Katie Coleman ALC Period 3 12/19/13 Fitzgerald’s Colorful Imagination The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an ever exciting story about a trouble-some wealthy man‚ Jay Gatsby. He spends his life creating a rich status for myself to allure people in. Among the people his wants to in his life‚ is his one true love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Color Symbolism plays a huge roll in describing characters and lending extra meaning to inanimate objects and descriptions of society. The use

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby completes a decline from his carefully crafted image of greatness to his exposed‚ unsightly‚ and lonely death. The story of the novel is really the deconstruction of this image‚ and the various ways in which the true “Jay Gatz” is uncovered. Hailing from a middle-class‚ rural family‚ Gatsby… The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby - The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby Mainframe computers analyze information and present it so that the observer is able

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    Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The novel begins when the main character Nick Caraway moves to a town in long island call west egg. He lives in modest home amongst extravagant mansions. His neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ throws lavish parties almost every night. His cousin Daisy‚ and her husband tom‚ also lives in the west egg community. Once nick get an invite to one of Gatsby’s parties he become thirsted into the wealthy lifestyle of the people around him. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    The Great Gatsby Essay The American dream has a different meaning to every United States citizen. For some it is the dream of equality and freedom‚ for others it is a dream of a fulfilled life or even a dream of fame and wealth. In general‚ the American dream can be defined as being the opportunity and freedom for all citizens to achieve their goals and become rich and famous only if they work hard enough. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald proves‚ through the characters Myrtle‚ Daisy and Gatsby‚ that

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    January 18‚ 2012 Great Gatsby Essay Most people get out of bed with ambitions of accomplishing goals and dreams for themselves for the sense of fulfillment. But rarely you’ll find people who don’t; instead you’ll find people who just can’t let go of the past‚ which could easily just lead them to a horrendous death. On Long Island in the summer of 1922‚ Gatsby is a perfect role model of exactly that. Gatsby grew up a poor Midwesterner and fell in love with

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    The Great Gatsby Chapter IV: Revealing Gatsby’s mysterious past Main points: 1. The list of Gatsby’s guest 2. Gatsby career 3. The story of Jay Gatsby 4. Who is Meyer Wolfshiem 5. The letter 6. The story of Gatsby and Daisy in the past I‚ Summary: Nick writes a list of all people that attended Gatsby’s parties Nick has a plan with Gatsby that they will go for lunch by Gatsby’s car Gatsby tells Nick his background as they drive to the city At the lunch place

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    2013 The Great Gatsby Paper In the beginning of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Nick doesn’t care too much for Gatsby‚ but later Nick begins to like Gatsby‚ and by the end‚ Nick and Gatsby become best friends. It is sort of weird how their relationship develops‚ and the reason it develops. Nick and Gatsby seem to be two totally different people‚ but I guess opposites attract. In the beginning of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Nick doesn’t care too much for Gatsby. Nick thinks that Gatsby is kind

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