ANSWER KEY: STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS – The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 1. How does the narrator describe Gatsby? He says Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope‚ a romantic readiness such as he had never found in another person. 2. From where did the narrator come and why? The narrator came from the Midwest to study the bond business. 3. Describe the narrator’s house. The house is very average‚ middle-class. It is nothing extraordinary like his neighbors’ houses. It is small and sort-of
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American Dream. Many people were greedy and inconsiderate of the people they affected by making the decisions that would only benefit them. Jay Gatsby’s way of achieving his American Dream is frowned upon by society due to his actions. Gatsby‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ demonstrates moral decadence through the selfish decisions he made‚ trying to win over a woman with his wealth‚ and his change from childhood to adulthood to prove that certain types of people will do anything to achieve their dream. Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby: What Makes Daisy So Attractive? “Her voice is full of money” (Fitzgerald‚ 120). This quote‚ said by important personality Gatsby‚ explains Daisy’s character and demeanor. Daisy Buchannan is one of the main characters in the novel The Great Gatsby. The wife of Tom Buchannan and the dream of Jay Gatsby‚ Daisy embodies the immoral and shallow values of the upper class East Egg. Although she is not very sincere‚ to most Daisy is attractive‚ beautiful‚ and sexy. What makes Daisy
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The Great Gatsby In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg represents god‚ the all seeing and all knowing god‚ which society‚ cannot fool. George Wilson believes that the advertisement’s eyes are the eyes of god. “I spoke to her‚” he muttered‚ after a long silence. “I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God. I took her to her to the window‚ and I said ‘God knows what you’ve been doing everything you’ve
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March 14‚ 2011 The Great Gatsby: Final Essay Prompt II Every man wants to be considered great in the eyes of his peers‚ but it is important to remember what greatness truly means. There are thousands of ways to define the word “great‚” but I have my own definition of the word. A great man is selfless‚ honest‚ and trustworthy. He is sincere‚ has strong values‚ and he does things for the benefit of others. Jay Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s main character in the novel The Great Gatsby‚ is a charismatic
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The Dram Destroy The Great Gatsby is a love story. Gatsby’s pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gastby ‚ a Novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about The American Dream and the down fall of those who attempt to reach it’s Impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many Novels. This dream is different for each character in the novel. In The great Gatsby‚ for Jay Gatsby the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. For Jay Gatsby must reach into
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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the narrator‚ Nick‚ was uncertain about how he felt about Gatsby. Initially‚ Gatsby feigned into being someone that he was not. Throughout the novel Nick got to know who Gatsby really was and saw a side of Gatsby that not many people got to see. This is proven when the author writes‚ “No‚ Gatsby turned out alright in the end. It was what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows
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In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a naive and heartbroken man who will do anything to revive his relationship with the love of his life; even if it means reliving the past. Gatsby is a victim to temptation‚ manipulation‚ society and obsessive love. However it is because of this obsessive and incessant love that the rest of his problems unfold. He is so blinded and determined to gain the approval of his former lover‚ he allows himself to be made a mockery by society. It is made clear
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Zoos have played a great part in our society since the very beginning. As our society began expanding it caused great amounts of deforestation and habitat destruction. Over the centuries this process has become more violent than ever before. According to Alina Bradford a live science contributor mentions that we are permanently destructing forest of an estimated 18 million acres per year according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Bradford claims how deforestation has rapidly
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The Great Gatsby Analysis Essay In the Novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ we are show an exclusive look at the social life of the superrich during the 1920’s. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ a lonely bond salesman who has moved from the Midwest to the west egg‚ an exclusive New York suburb for the super wealthy. Nick rents a tiny cottage on the west egg‚ neighboring Gatsby’s extravagant estate. Gatsby‚ a man knows no one really knows anything about befriends Nick. As Nick
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