Reading Assignment Gatsby The lavish extravagant persona of Jay Gatsby was fabricated over many years. As a boy born from poverty‚ James Gatz always saw himself as more than a farmer‚ but as the son of God. When a wealthy man Dan Cody is under the influence and in trouble at sea‚ James Gatz sees his chance to remake himself into the millionaire Jay Gatsby. The name Gatsby becomes a superpower and legendary figure to Long Island and New York inhabitants who attend his parties. Gatsby‚ a mysterious millionaire
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In chapter one of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces the story using detailed imagery to create a mood for the book. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ just moved to West Egg‚ Long Island‚ a neighborhood of up and coming young‚ wealthy people. While Nick himself isn’t over the top wealthy‚ he can afford a modest house next door to Gatsby’s mansion. Since he is in New York now‚ Carraway goes to visit his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan at their posh home across the bay in East Egg
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In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the fate of Jay Gatsby is important in conveying the writer´s theme‚ which is the American Dream and its failure. Gatsby´s American Dream is Daisy. He builds up his whole life around her‚ and he is willing to do everything for her. To achieve his dream Gatsby believes that he has to be wealthy and have a lot of money. He is so overwhelmed by luxury that he does not see that the money cannot buy him love and happiness. Gatsby thinks that if he
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“The Great Gatsby” The Jazz Age was a period in which there was an increase in economic development. This period was economically prosperous; however‚ moral bankruptcy was pervasive. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald employs some of the characters as symbols of morality. Nick Carroway is portrayed as an honest man‚ while Jordan Baker is portrayed as a dishonest and materialistic woman. Nick is a good man who was raised in a family where moral values were essential. He is a nonjudgmental
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In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby Nick is invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties. He arrives only to find he doesn’t know where Gatsby is‚ and then he runs into Jordan Baker. Together they set off to find Gatsby and they head to the library where they find “Owl Eyes”‚ a drunken man trying to get sober. After talking to “Owl Eyes” for awhile they head outside again where Nick unknowingly starts a conversation with Gatsby. After revealing himself‚ Gatsby tells Jordan that he would like to speak
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the book The Great Gatsby readers soon discover that there are some characters that aren’t caring about their actions‚ or how they affect others. Examples of these characters are Tom and Daisy. In the beginning of the book I was lead to believe that Daisy and Tom were kind and caring people‚ but my impression was wrong. Tom and Daisy are insensitive and thoughtless‚ and they are selfish people that don’t care about who they hurt. Tom is very careless with his money‚ and flaunts about how rich he is
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The Great War‚ America promised a limitless amount of both social and financial opportunities for anyone inclined to pursue a hard working lifestyle--An American Dream. But for others striving and realizing for the dream had altered them‚ as they acquired wealth to only pursue the pleasure. In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the lives of three characters present the emptiness that result when wealth and pleasure have ended in themselves. These characters Jay Gatsby‚ George
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the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 1. Fitzgerald uses different narrative techniques to tell the story in chapter 1. Most notable: The setting‚ Fitzgerald uses high level description on the various settings. The narrator‚ Nick Carroway is the narrator and therefore the only viewpoint the reader has. Finally‚ the characterisation of some characters is very strong which helps tell the story in chapter 1 and give a starting judgement of these characters. Firstly‚ Fitzgerald describes
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The Great Gatsby as Modernist Literature By the end of World War I‚ many America authors were ready to change their ways and views on writing. Authors were tired of tradition and limitations. One of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a participant in the wild parties with bootleg liquor‚ but he was also a critic of this time. His book‚ The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of modernist literature‚ through its use of implied themes and fragmented storyline. The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby introduced life during the 1920s where color was represented to serve ideal purposes of expressions and ideas. Fitgerald added symbolism to the novel by introducing symbolic values to the colors green and white. Fitzgerald uses green to allude to Gatsby’s choices‚ attitudes‚ and thoughts; while white represented a social facade behind every character’s action. The green light at the end of the dock was introduced as a vision in the first chapter‚ but later
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