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    F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby with no respect or acknowledgement to the gender‚ female. This book is filled with many examples of how women are treated as possessions‚ not people‚ they are made out to be evil and dependent people when they are not‚ and how men overpower women‚ causing them to feel dependent of a man. F. Scott can apparently write a best seller‚ but he however obviously has no respect for women. What’s more important in this world? Let’s first learn a little about this

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    fall in _______‚" is an old expression that applies to Gatsby ‚ who is believed to be the biggest fool in the novel in this sense. Though there is speculation of whether or not he actually ____s Daisy or the idea of sweeping an aristocrat girl off her feet. Dream/ The American _______‚ is always discussed ‚but rarely verified. The Great Gatsby explores the actuality of this American idea. Could one really become whatever they wish? Jay Gatsby dreams of being an aristocrat‚ (getting Daisy to love

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    of this ideal‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrays the life of Jay Gatsby‚ and his interactions with different people from various socioeconomic

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    the belly and drove away." - F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Ch. 4 • "I belong to another generation... As for me‚ I am fifty years old‚ and I won’t impose myself on you any longer." - F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Ch. 4 • "A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: ’There are only the pursued‚ the pursuing‚ the busy‚ and the tired.’" - F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Ch. 4 • "Gatsby‚ pale as death‚ with his hands plunged like weights in

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    hard work‚ intellect and luck. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Miller’s Death of A Salesman‚ the protagonists are confronted with challenges in the pursuit of success‚ which they try to overcome through status and reputation. Despite their similar circumstances‚ Gatsby and Loman’s decisions force them to face the inevitability of failure on the road to happiness. Due to the virtues and values propagated by the idea of the American Dream‚ Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman fail in their endeavors to achieve

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    statement with his set piece novel‚ The Great Gatsby which was written during 1925 that signified as the Roaring Twenties. The 1900’s came with great economic prosperity‚ which lead to people living luxurious lives‚ and throwing lavish parties. That specific time period‚ the women were held as hostages of leading and controlling their lives. At that present era‚ women were recognized as a major influence on the American culture. A feminist approach to The Great Gatsby focused on the female characters

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    ideas of what perfection has to be‚ but each idea is a contradiction to itself. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the readers are introduced to a mysterious man that goes by the name Jay Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby is the perfect example of the torment individuals go through trying to obtain what they want but in the process having to fake who they are. Characters like Gatsby are arguably the most animated characters in the work; Gatsby’s internal conflictions are what enhance the novel as

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    the characters in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ but one that really stands out is the color green. The color green is most represented by money‚ hope‚ and fertility. By describing someone by using the color green‚ you could be saying that they have high self-respect and well-being. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses green a lot in the money side of the color. Green could also mean learning‚ growth and harmony‚ which you see some of is The Great Gatsby. The color green is also

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    in baseball if you hit a homerun or something and someone comes up to you and says that was a great hit that make you feel happy because

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    Literary Criticism Critics throughout the years agree that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is one of his most renowned accomplishments in his entire career. Although there are a few who believe this novel was like one of his previous ones. It portrays not only his understanding of the Jazz Age of being happy and having money but also the loss of traditional. Some critics found his novel entertaining‚ “a real attention grabber”‚ while others found it a bit negligible. In 1942 Alfred Kazin

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