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    difference or similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby The similarities between them was their social life and their ways towards people. F. Scott Fitzgerald had fallen in love with a girl named Zelda Sayre. Jay Gatsby was the fictional character that was made up by scott this character was comparing and showing what was really going on his life all the setbacks and the heartbreaks. He had become an alcoholic when he was going through the worst time of his life he wouldn’t do nothing

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    Gatsby gives reasonable doubt as to if he’s a trustworthy character or not. His motives may or may not be for the better good‚ but only beneficial for him. Gatsby claims he was "educated at Oxford"‚ "hurr[ying] the phrase" (pg65) "or swoll[ing] it‚ or chok[ing] on it" (pg. 65) as if he was telling the untruth. Causing his "whole statement [to fall] to pieces" (pg. 65). Gatsby claims he knew Nick from "the Third Division during the war" (pg. 47). Nick was in the "ninth machine gun battalion" (pg.

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    The Great Gatsby- Gatsby´s Reasons to Become Rich CONTENTS I Introduction II Wealth and Power – Jay Gatsby III Conclusion I Introduction The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about wealth‚ power‚ love‚ intrigues and crime‚ showing the lives of a group of people‚ all members of the social upper class. One of the stories main themes is wealth and power. This topic concerns all the characters in the book but especially interesting is the relationship

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    Jay-Z vs. Jay Gatsby: Similarities Between Rapper and ‘The Great Gatsby’ How appropriate that the rapper has been commissioned to score the new film version of ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ since Jay-Z has so much in common with the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Marlow Stern dissects their similarities. Rapper extraordinaire Jay-Z has reportedly been tasked with creating an original film score for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming period drama‚ The Great Gatsby‚ starring Leonardo

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel based on symbolism. Symbols throughout the novel aid in the development of all the characters‚ in particular Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Three major symbols assist in those characters’ development: the car symbolizes wealth‚ power of the upper class‚ and chasing dreams; the consumption of alcohol symbolizes revealing the truth; and New York City represents freedom to do what one pleases‚ not bound by the views of East or West Egg. The development

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    The Great Gatsby Paper The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is told from the perspective of one of the main characters‚ Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby‚ who is his neighbor in the West Egg. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a man who everyone wants to know and copy but deep down are very envious of him. Gatsby trusts few people and those whom he trusts know his life story. To everyone else‚ he is a mystery. Everyone seems obsessed with Jay Gatsby. For this reason

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    writers. A great example writer is F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how he manifested his love for his wife Zelda. The characters and stories in The Great Gatsby are very well related to F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ his life‚ and the people he knew and loved. F. Scott Fitzgerald relates himself to both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. He uses Carraway as an outside perspective on his life through Gatsby. Like Nick‚ Fitzgerald is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota‚

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    literary work. In The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby risks everything on his dreams‚ but he fails to realize that his dreams are unbecoming of him. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to convey the corruption and greed that consumes and annihilates followers of the American dream during the “roaring twenties.” Gatsby symbolizes the epitome of the American dream he has acquired newfound wealth and gained prolonged happiness. He has achieved more than his parents ever did. Dan Cody‚ was Gatsby’s mentor who inspired

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    Gatsby and Loman My own life’s dream is to have a career in which I can surround myself in music. I will not let anything stand between my dream and I; however‚ I will never allow my dream to come between myself and my loved ones‚ or my reality. Many have already fallen victim to the pursuit of the American Dream – a fantastic projection of life that varies based upon its dreamer. However‚ the road to the American Dream‚ if followed blindly‚ can lead to nothing more than a dead end. In The Great

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    particulars. Socrates & Sophists- arena of morality Behavior of things PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE “We have knowledge about the true nature of things‚ of reality‚ including the true nature of humankind; we have also the basic clue to how humans should behave.” World of Appearances World of Ideas Could only produce opinion only Timeless ideas could produce true knowledge The Visible World The Intelligible World PLATO’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Plato described how human mind achieves knowledge

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