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    The Death of Jay Gatsby

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    The Death of Jay Gatsby The responsibility of a murder is not always completely traced back to the killer. Sometimes‚ there is a person who directly‚ or indirectly‚ motivates the murder. The killing of Jay Gatsby is not excluded. His murder could have been prevented if a few instances were a little different. Interestingly enough‚ Daisy Buchannan accounts for three strong points as to why she should be held responsible for the death of Gatsby. The events that made Gatsby’s murder a reality

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    Jay Gatsby Transformation

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    Jay Gatsby – He is a young man who is immensely rich. He had said his fortune had come from an inheritance which he used to travel the world on his own until some of the money was used up to where he settles into a mansion in the village of West Egg on Long Island. He is probably most known for the grand parties he threw so often‚ yet never fully attended his own ones. By that of he would never be too active in what was going on at the time‚ be it mingling with the party guests‚ or dancing to

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    Aspect Of Jay Gatsby

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    There are aspects of Jay Gatsby that call into question; “who is Gatsby? What does he do? How did he get his money? ” The story takes place in New York during‚ 1920s of when the prohibition liquor can about; Well Mr. Gatsby’s money did not come from inheritance‚ as he would like people to believe‚ but it came from organized crime he was involved in. So‚ Gatsby has profited greatly from selling liquor illegally. In addition‚ while people come to Gatsby’s parties for a good time and free liquor‚ no-one

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    Death of jay gatsby

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    The death of jay Gatsby confirms what we already knew. The American dream is nothing but the hope sustained for the hopeless. Jay Gatsby was never accepted by the east egg people because they were old money – meaning that they were more responsible for their wealth and did not throw it around‚ and he was the new money‚ meaning he was more eager to show off the fact that he was rich. Daisy and Tom and those type of people did not understand him because they did not work for their money‚ like he

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    Is Jay Gatsby Selfish

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    Let’s put all his pretenses aside‚ Jay Gatsby is a nervous boy in love. It is only when Daisy returns to his arms when his dreams come true. In a strange way‚ Gatsby isn’t evil or greedy‚ he’s just like the rest of us: yearning for love and his perfect lover. One aspect of Gatsby’s greatness is the sheer magnificence of his dreams‚ the very nature of them. I don’t mean his pursuit and attainment of wealth: the gorgeous house‚ big yellow car‚ flashy wardrobe. His dream was even more ambitious. He

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    Jay Gatsby Personality

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    Jay Gatsby‚ also known as Gatsby‚ is one of the most important characters in the story and shows many different personality and character traits from anyone else. He was a flat character. Gatsby did not change much from the moment Nick met him till the day he fell over dead in his own pool. He was very wealthy and everyone in the story seems to know how he became so wealthy in a different way. Although Gatsby seems to be the one that would be around everyone all of the time he is remarkably shy.

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    Jay Gatsby: the Romantic Hero” Jack Gatz‚ better known as Jay Gatsby‚ is an idealistic dreamer who lives in the past‚ wishing for a relationship with the lovely Daisy Buchanan. He romanticizes the present‚ and cannot let go of events that occurred years ago. Though the world Gatsby is in moves rapidly around him‚ he is forever stuck in the haze of yesterday. He is a Romantic idealist living in the wrong time‚ and is therefore set up to fail due to forces he does not comprehend. Gatsby is a true

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    Jay Gatsby Downfall

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    There is one main over-arching purposes of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The purpose being that the “American dream” is unachievable. While Fitzgerald does not directly say the “American dream” cannot be real or cannot be accomplished‚ he uses different characters as well as the plot itself to represent his argument. The “American dream” also known as goals; are standards that people set for themselves to reach success or greatness. Fitzgerald is saying that the people who pursue the “American

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    Time and Gatsby

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    in The Great Gatsby who must contend with some aspect of the past‚ either personal or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the novel as a whole. In F. Scott F’s novel‚ Jay Gatsby contends with a haunting past that constantly threatens his dream of a future with Daisy. Gatsby’s future‚ as said by his father‚ to be one of promise. Gatsby’s father states "He had a big future before him..."‚ and Gatsby has the brain

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    Raise and Fall of Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is a young man‚ around thirty years old‚ who rose from childhood marked by poverty and mostly spent in North Dakota to a man of unimaginable wealth. From his early youth‚ Gatsby resented poverty and aspired toward wealth and sophistication. His real name was James Gatz‚ but it was later changed to Jay Gatsby as it was more melodic and less immigrant. Gatsby is a man who secretly hates the poor as well as immigrants‚ and could never see humans in them‚ which

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