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    temporarily bloomed in the 1920`s. Essentially‚ the Jazz Age was a time period of economic prosperity‚ where the economic prosperity was increasing‚ though in contrast‚ the moral values of individuals were decreasing. In the literary classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his characters to explore this morality. This is clearly apparent through the character Nick Carraway‚ who represents a symbol of honesty‚ and Jordan Baker‚ who represents a symbol of dishonesty. To begin‚ Nick Carraway

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    ‘The novel paints a world of desolation and despair.’ How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Great Gatsby? I completely agree with this view everyone is in despair at some stage in the novel and everyone is depressed even if they don’t show it. Myrtle and Wilson are an unhappily married couple‚ they live in a small rundown town. Myrtle is Wilson’s everything‚ he loves her so much and everything he does is to please her. Myrtle is having an affair with Tom Buchanan. Wilson

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    power were the only things that the characters in The Great Gatsby cared about. Rolls Royce made more than half aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I. The Phantom I was the replacement for the Silver Ghost‚ presented in 1925 as "New Phantom". Rolls-Royce had a factory in Springfield‚ USA where at first the Silver Ghost‚ and then the Phantom I was built‚ too. The Phantom I was replaced by the Phantom II (Gruszczynski). Jay Gatsby possessed numerous of cars‚ one being the Rolls Royce

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    Yellow Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby there are several symbolic meanings of colours that Fitzgerald has incorporated. Specific colours in the novel contrast several different meanings and representations. Yellow is one colour in the book that Fitzgerald has incorporated for many reasons. The main representation of the colour yellow in the book is death. Death contrasted in yellow has been a main factor during the novel as in the end‚ basically the only yellow thing that has not been a part

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    Period 1 10 December 2012 The Great Gatsby The novel the Great Gatsby is a very well written book by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is probably the most known out of his novels. In the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald shows us that in the 20’s money was a huge part of how you are viewed by everyone. Money determined how you were viewed and how people perceived you.People felt like they could alter how people viewed them by having a lot of possessions. In the novel Jay Gatsby has to resort to Daisy’s materialistic

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    21 November 2013 Money in The Great Gatsby Gatsby has it all‚ the money‚ lavish parties‚ fame and many connections. But money can not buy love‚ class and happiness. Class is what separates the old money East Egg and the Nouveau riche west egg that is described as the "less fashionable" (Fitz-Gerald‚ 7) and although Gatsby has an equivalent amount of money as the Buchanans’ he is still known as the "newly rich" of Long island and couldn’t buy class that would impress the rather demanding Daisy

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    Thode Melum 8 The Great Gatsby Essay 6.4.13 In The Great Gatsby‚ we are faced with many interpretations of the American Dream. The American Dream is often seen achievable in different ways than others. The rebellious‚ middle aged‚ wealthy individuals have already achieved their own interpretation of the American Dream. Whereas the working class‚ in The Valley of Ashes‚ is still trying to obtain the motivation to find their own American Dream. Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ one might find that

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     Schulman English Honors 11 November 3‚ 2012 The Great Gatsby Jay  Gatsby from the 1920’s novel The Great Gatsby was many things. He was smart‚ brave‚ and of course great. However‚ in the story when he is murdered no one attends his funeral‚ but his father and only friend Nick. The reason no one shows up is because Jay was great for his accomplishments‚ not his character. Although he was called the “great” gatsby‚ he didn’t fit the full description. He wasn’t great for saving children from a burning building

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    Readers Response: The Great Gatsby -Plot- Exposition: When first reading The Great Gatsby it is assumed that Daisy had no clue who Gatsby is. It can be believed she has no clue who Gatsby is when she says “What Gatsby?” As the truth of Gatsby unravels the readers find out through Nick and Jordan that Gatsby had once known Daisy. Furthermore‚ Daisy and Gatsby had once been in love. When he left her that’s when she married Tom. Then when Gatsby comes back he wants her back and she had to choose

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    Original cover art The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of art in American literature.[9] It depicts disembodied eyes and a mouth over a blue skyline‚ with the image of a naked woman reflected in the irises. A little-known artist named Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. The cover was completed before the novel‚ with Fitzgerald so enamored of it that he told his publisher he had "written it into" the

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