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    The Great Gatsby Color

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    often times think of it meaning or signifying envy or sadness but that is not always the case. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many different colors used that signify much deeper things than just using the color to describe something. Fitzgerald’s emphasis on the green light throughout the novel plays a large role in relation to the love that Jay Gatsby has always had for Daisy. Throughout the novel the color green is brought up quite frequently. Fitzgerald uses

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald has the main character‚ Jay Gatsby‚ throw parties often during the summers to reveal the attitudes of the other characters as self-absorbed and this ultimately leads to the downfall of Gatsby himself. Throughout the book‚ Gatsby throws parties and does not turn anyone away. The use of these parties suggests he wants to fit in with the crowd and attract a certain group of people‚ hoping to eventually to meet his true love. Even at his parties‚

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    English 3 Word Count: 900 The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby tries to “repeat the past” with tragic results. The novels narrator Nick Carraway tries to explain to Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past‚ but Gatsby states‚ “of course you can‚ old sport” (Fitzgerald). Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby met in Louisville. Before he left to fight in World War I he fell in love with Daisy. Right before he left Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby until his return. While waiting

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    Great Gatsby Mistakes

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    certain events from their lifetime and organize them into the past‚ present‚ and future. Although people live present time‚ it is astonishing to believe that one may be trapped in one of these blocks because of their personal ambitions. For example‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby continues to live in the past particularly because of his many “mistakes” of not getting what he wanted. Because of the many things Gatsby wanted to change‚ Gatsby transforms into an obsessive perfectionist that will stop

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    Ebb and the Great Gatsby

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    and developing universal concepts that have the ability to imprison or liberate individuals. The interpretation and perceived value of experience of these concepts is dependent on the values and events of the time. Without a greater knowledge of the past‚ present and wider world‚ we often accept the two dimensional thoughts and perspectives of the time we inhabit. We can only fully reveal the value of experiences by comparing their differences. ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ written by Elizabeth Barrett

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    Dreams In The Great Gatsby

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    Dreams are often sought after with such great desire for the possibility of it coming to existence‚ that all rational ideas are pushed aside and reality is warped. The essence of this is perfectly captured in Jay Gatsby’s character of Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby and can be likened to Laura Wingfield of Tennessee William’s‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ and the narrator of Hunger in New York City by Simon J. Ortiz. The celebrity everyone longs to be is Gatsby‚ a wealthy luminary that is known by all

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    The Great Gatsby Illusion

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    The Vain Gatsby The American Dream is pursued in vain by the characters in The Great Gatsby‚ while the novel serves as a prophecy for The Great Depression. Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness appear to be for sale to Tom and Gatsby‚ yet this only is an illusion. They end up destroying everything in their path to reach their goal. In this way‚ the novel predicts the looming Great Depression‚ through the waste of money and unsupportable lifestyles of Americans. Gatsby wastes all his money

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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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    Great Gatsby

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    Direct-Cameron Paul Good afternoon. Please state out your name and spell it out for the record. My name is Cameron Paul. P-A-U-L. What do you do for a living? I am a crime scene analyst with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Service Division‚ also known as the State Laboratory. Currently‚ I conduct all ballistics and firearms analysis‚ in addition to my duties as a chief CSA. What is your relationship with this case? On May 22nd‚ I received a call from an

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    Harry Nguyen 2-20-13 Anthem Essay Prometheus‚ of Greek mythology‚ was a Titan‚ the forerunners of the Greek gods‚ who stole fire from Zeus and gave the fire to mortals. Prometheus was horribly punished for this crime against Zeus and against order. He was also the god of forethought and the molder of humankind from clay. It was his desire to better the existence of humans that led to his conflicts with Zeus. And Prometheus was a man punished in the underworld by being shackled to a rock and

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