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    family has gradually transformed into a materialistic vision of having a big house‚ a nice car‚ and a life of ease. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on material items as an indication of attaining success. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is a self-made man who started out with no money and only a plan for achieving his dream. He is so blinded by his luxurious possessions that he does not see that money cannot buy love or happiness. Fitzgerald demonstrates how a

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    Fox 06/07/2005 Period. 1 The Great Gatsby Essay In all human life relationships are very important‚ and this is shown in many different aspects of human life . Relationships are so significant that Authors often use them as the revolving point of their stories. Such as in The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the different relationships as the revolving point in his story. Fitzgerald shows how the relationships between the couples in The Great Gatsby are similar in many different

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    By: Sarah Nealis A Critical Review: The Great Gatsby By: Sarah Nealis The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a universal and timeless literary masterpiece. Fitzgerald writes the novel during his time‚ about his time‚ and showing the bitter deterioration of his time. A combination of the 1920s high society lifestyle and the desperate attempts to reach its illusionary goals through wealth and power creates the essence behind The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ moves to a quaint neighborhood

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    Alexander the Great: Research Paper by Simon Euteneier #997011987 Professor Rubincam Winter-2013-CLA347H5 Alexander of Macedon is unquestionably one of histories most important figures. His conquest and unification of Greece and the Persian Empire led to an unprecedented blending of cultures and peoples. It also resulted in a much-needed period of peace within the ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern worlds. Although the outcome of Alexander’s conquest was generally good‚ what was Alexander’s

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    Heli Nguyen 8/25/12 Word Count: 761 The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel about the upper-class American life in the 1920s. Specifically‚ it takes place from spring to fall in the year 1922. The ending of the novel is very tragic and gloomy. In the end‚ Myrtle‚ is ran over by Gatsby’s car‚ and the car does not stop; it keeps on speeding by. Tom is deeply affected by this because Myrtle was his girlfriend. George Wilson‚ Myrtle’s husband‚ finds out the owner of the yellow car

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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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    The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Essay In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald presents a novel with complex symbolism‚ even into the heart of the novel. Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all of his work in The Great Gatsby. He uses his life to create people and places. Fitzgerald used mostly his own experiences for this novel. Fitzgerald used many different real life people to build up his characters James Gats and Jay Gatsby for his book. He used his own life as a model for James Gats

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    The American Hero In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” the protagonist is a typical American Romantic Hero. Jay Gatsby is truck by true love the moment he meet the beautiful Daisy until the moment he dies. Gatsby gives his life for her‚ he’s living and breathing for this one girl; everything he does in this novel is for her. He attains power and accumulates wealth simply so that he can see her‚ be among her and her friends because of her social status. He buys a house right

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    The Great Corruption of Gatsby The 1920s was the time of the Jazz Age when money was abundant. Most people were trying to impress others rather than living their own life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the theme was “love of money leads to corruption.” Money is not the problem in the story‚ but the love for it is what causes problems. Gatsby’s grand dream for wealth leads to his downfall. Nick Carraway stated to him‚ “ You can’t repeat the past”(111). He was throwing extravagant

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    The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s obsessive attachment for his dream to come true is his downfall and ultimately leads to his death. The Great Gatsby is book that explores a man who wants to make his unrealistic dream a reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses drama and imagination to draw the readers in. Gatsby’s dream is very unrealistic because it depends on other peoples actions‚ daisy’s love for tom‚ and because his dream would only work in a perfect world.             Gatsby’s dream is unrealistic because

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