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    Assignment Nine: The Great Gatsby 1. Why do you suppose Daisy is always dressed in white? Is it symbolically important? There is a great deal of color symbolization within “The Great Gatsby‚” and Daisy’s clothes are just one example of symbolically important color. In the beginning of the novel‚ Daisy is always dressed in white‚ which is a representation of her innocence and purity. Through Gatsby’s eyes‚ Daisy is void of any imperfections‚ and much like an angel‚ she glows white in his eyes. Fitzgerald

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    far-reaching novel The Great Gatsby‚ he presents us some crucial realities related to American society. One important aspect of these realities is crime. Every Saturday‚ Gatsby throws a party at his mansion: all the great and luxury of the young fashionable world come to show his extravagance‚ but he builds his fortune through distributing alcohol‚ gambling and bootlegging. However‚ the reason for Gatsby to take such great risk is neither money nor fame‚ for Nick has observed that Gatsby” grew more correct

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby a classic twentieth-century story that talks about the quest and shows a vision of the American dream‚ there’s as well a lot of symbolism and a lot of depth. Even that most subtle thing can mean something huge. However‚ one of the least subtle themes in the Great Gatsby is the separation of social classes. There are different social classes that are represented in different ways which create distinct social classes; old money‚ the new money‚ and the no money

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    The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit

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    blue and gigantic- their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face‚ but instead from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose. Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens‚ and then sank down himself into eternal blinds‚ or forgot them and moved away. But his eyes‚ dimmed a little by many painless days under sun and rain‚ brood on over the solemn dumping ground. (Fitzgerald 23) 2. " His heart beat

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    Long Dr. Dennis Eng. 3 Gatsby Research Paper People from all over the world come to the United States all seeking to better their lives by gaining this so-called “American dream.” There is no clear definition of this dream‚ and everyone’s idea of it is different. In the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald makes one thing very clear about the dream‚ and that is that it is destroyed by money. The dream cannot survive if the pursuit of wealth and riches is also in the agenda of the dreamer

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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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    Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are

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    “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking‚ in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby Love‚ love‚ love; the only thing everybody talks about. Every movie‚ every series‚ every story talks about how two people fall in love and live happily ever after. All stories get to the conclusion that the love the couple shared was unique and that the two lovers matched perfectly together. But what happens when two lovers do not belong to the same social

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    The Great Gatsby Chapter IV: Revealing Gatsby’s mysterious past Main points: 1. The list of Gatsby’s guest 2. Gatsby career 3. The story of Jay Gatsby 4. Who is Meyer Wolfshiem 5. The letter 6. The story of Gatsby and Daisy in the past I‚ Summary: Nick writes a list of all people that attended Gatsby’s parties Nick has a plan with Gatsby that they will go for lunch by Gatsby’s car Gatsby tells Nick his background as they drive to the city At the lunch place

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