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    Great Gatsby Response

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    this quote from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald completely encompases the entirety of the novel of which it concludes. The meaning behind it serves its purpose as a message for the Modernist novel’s audience as well as a lesson for the intricate characters trapped in their pasts. The quote ends the novel saying that people want to reclaim an idealistic past‚ or a pure moment or memory‚ but when this desire for the past turns into an obsession‚ it leads to destruction. Gatsby believes throughout

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    Giacomo Giorgi CP English 11 Weather Does weather affect the mood of situations? In the novel “The Great Gatsby‚” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are moments where atmospheric conditions set a mood of follows the emotions and action of the novel. This technique is also used quite a bit in many other novels‚ and even in movies. Weather‚ although it has almost subliminal results‚ tend to enhance the feeling evoked by the story in the movie or novel. This technique was used a lot by William Shakespeare

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    The Great Gatsby Essay

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    Money  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.  Personally‚  I  think  that  money  doesn’t   buy  you  happiness.  It  may  make  you  feel  happy  for  a  short  period  of  time  but  not  forever.  Happiness  is a feeling from within‚ money doesn’t  relate to it. In The Great Gatsby‚ it proves that  it  doesn’t  matter  how  wealthy  you  are  you  can’t 

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    The Great Gatsby Seminar

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    The Great Gatsby by Cooper‚ Niamh‚ Alex‚ Will and Jakob Daisy’s Voice • ‘a deathless song’ - her seemingly eternal youth • goal of an eternal‚ perfect life relates back to the common idea of the American dream • Daisy’s voice is ‘full of money’ - reflects the kind of life she lives. • ‘high in a white palace the Kings daughter‚ the golden girl’. • symbolise the hollowness and materialistic nature of the upper class. The Green Light • represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future • Gatsby

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby‚ a rich millionaire who lives in the West Egg‚ longs for his one true love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Living so far away from his beautiful soulmate‚ Gatsby lures Daisy into his life by throwing huge parties in order to see her. However‚ his loneliness continues to swallow him up‚ no matter how hard Gatsby tries. Most of this emotion comes from Fitzgerald himself. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s own life contributes to the making of many of his novels‚ but The Great Gatsby shows the

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    Women in the Great Gatsby

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    Nick Carraway says “Dishonesty in a woman is never a thing you can blame deeply” In light of this comment‚ discuss how Fitzgerald presents the female characters in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy Buchanan‚ Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson in his novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ to portray his view on the changing morals and nature of women in 1920’s America. At a time surrounding the height of decadence and hedonism after the First World War‚ it is inevitable that the females

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    Satire in the Great Gatsby Is Fitzgerald writing a love story that shows the American ideals‚ or is it a satire that comments on the American society in the roaring twenties? The novel The Great Gatsby is a satire type novel that comments on the American society during the roaring twenties. This is shown through the contrast of The Valley of Ashes and Gatsby’s parties‚ Gatsby himself‚ and Myrtle and George Wilson. Through these characters and places‚ Fitzgerald shows through satire‚ how the American

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    Keely Layne AP Literature Mrs. King 26 January 2015 Facing Reality The Great Gatsby suggests that love and trust are mutually exclusive. 1. Pages 6-21 the scene when Nick comes to Tom and Daisy’s house for dinner. 2. The protagonist’s object of desire (objet a)‚ Daisy‚ is the maternal figure in a (self-)destructive adult repetition of the oedipal drama‚ complicated by her metaphorical associations with the American landscape and her husband Tom’s patriarchal and nativist views. The light at the

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    Daisy in the Great Gatsby

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    Is Daisy really worth it? Is anyone? Answer: No. “I tried to think about Gatsby then for a moment‚ but he was already too far away‚ and I could only remember‚ without resentment‚ that Daisy hadn’t sent a message or a flower.” (174) Gatsby’s life was entirely dedicated to pursue one dream. He wanted to be with Daisy. He wanted her to love him like she said she would and how he still did. "I don’t think she ever loved him. You must remember‚ old sport‚ she was very excited this afternoon...Of

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    The Great Style of Gatsby

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    The Great Style of Gatsby Chapter 7 "Her voice is full of money‚" he said suddenly. (pg. 127) Nick constantly observed Daisy’s character --which was clearly a challenge-- since he could never put her into words. Once Gatsby described her as full of money‚ this statement agreed with the previous claims made by Nick. She was youthful‚ rich in nature‚ and loved by all for her bright personality. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses slight apostrophe and hyperbole to describe her voice being full of money‚ when

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