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    Critical Reading‚ Analytical Writing Mr. Douglas Ray The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby is a pillar of the American literary canon and has been woven over generations into the very fabric of American culture. You should read this text carefully and interactively – annotating your text so that‚ during class discussions‚ you are able to find and reference meaningful passages. On the second day of classes you will turn in a well-crafted‚ thoughtful essay of 3-6 pages. Your essay must be

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    Activity 11: "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 1. What impression do you have of the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ from his narration and actions? He seems like a very intelligent‚ smart‚ peaceful‚ but interesting man from the way he talks‚ describes things and interacts with Daisy‚ Tom & Miss Baker. 2. What do you learn about Daisy Buchanan from her dress‚ dialogue‚ and body language? That she might be very classy‚ but really she seems sensual and like a flirt. Chapter 2  3. How

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    Gatsby is an irrepressible dreamer who lives an extravagant life style but this persona is completely his own invention. He actually grew up poor and even changed his name to get away from his past. As you read in the book‚ you will find that the one reason he goes and tries to prosper is because he wanted to marry a girl called daisy but he couldn’t because he was poor. That’s were his dream comes in. Because he was born into a poor life‚ his dream was that he could one day become rich.

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    Bad Qualities Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby have bad qualities about them‚ and these affect the people they are involved with worse. Daisy‚ a very important character in the book can be classified as selfish .When she has to choose between her husband Tom and her old love Jay Gatsby‚ she chooses Tom so she can live “her rich full life”(149). She is also very careless when it comes to raising her daughter‚ like saying she hopes that she grows up to be a “pretty fool” (17)‚ because

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    The Great Gatsby and American Philosophy In my paper I plan on discussing the novel‚ The Great Gatsby and how it contributes to our nations philosophical history. First‚ I will give a brief back-story of the novel‚ which will lead to my first point of the traditional American idea of falling in love. This is dealt with in the novel through Daisy and Gatsby. This idea in the American culture is a romantic belief brought fourth by many Hollywood movies and such. The second point I will bring up will

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    3 September 11‚ 2011 Critical Analysis: The Great Gatsby Film The classic American novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ presents a major theme of passing time. Losing Daisy meant losing Gatsby’s entire world‚ which he only kept alive through his hope of repeating the past. Daisy is a symbol of everything he values and therefore became the entity of his dream: his dream of spending the rest of his life with Daisy‚ the woman he loves undeniably. But Gatsby doesn’t realize his dream is unattainable because

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    the son of Edward Fitzgerald‚ who worked for Proctor and Gamble and brought his family to Buffalo and Syracuse‚ New York‚ for most of his son’s first decade. Edward Fitzgerald’s great-great-grandfather was the brother of the grandfather of Francis Scott Key‚ who wrote the poem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” This fact was of great significance to Mrs. Fitzgerald‚ Mollie McQuillan‚ and later to Scott. Mollie Fitzgerald’s own family could offer no pretensions to aristocracy‚ but her father‚ an Irish immigrant

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    In the Great Gatsby when Gatsby decides to pursue Daisy I believe that it is wise. When Gatsby decides to pursue Daisy she is already married to Tom Buchanan. Daisy’s tells Gatsby that she is not happy with her marriage. She says she is not in love with Tom. In the past Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy. They were separated when Gatsby went to war. Daisy still has some feelings for Gatsby. Tom is also having an affair with a girl named Myrtle. The Money and power in the Great Gatsby has a large

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    During The Great Gatsby it was apparent that Tom and Daisy had an unstable relationship. While reading the novel‚ I questioned the reason behind the continuation of their relationship. Tom and Daisy are from the same world and are united by a background of money‚ and in a bizarre way I think they might have loved one another. Tom and Daisy both came from the upper crust of society. Daisy married Tom because his house was covered with ivy. Tom was from the old money; his family had been wealthy

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    Buchanan - Nick’s cousin‚ and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war‚ Daisy was courted by a number of officers‚ including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However‚ Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved‚ and when a wealthy‚ powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him‚ Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite‚ Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of

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