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    The Great Gatsby Essay Alaura Gartner What are personal desires? How do we make the decision to decide between our desires and choosing to conform? When making a decision between desires and conforming it is a difficult choice that we all face in our lives. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzerald it demonstrates the difficult conflict between what we want and conforming. When we have personal desires it can be difficult to conform. The first way in which Fitzgerald shows the idea

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    place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off from

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    In "The Great Gatsby"‚ Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups but‚ in the end‚ each group has its own problems to contend with‚ leaving a powerful reminder of what a precarious place the world really is. Jay Gatsby falls in love with a woman of privilege and cannot have her because of the way he was born. He was less wealthy than her. Despite his best efforts to overcome his affliction‚ it is customary for rich to marry other rich and he can’t break the cycle. America is full

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    11/4/12 The Great Gatsby Essay Lavishness‚ extravagance and indulgence; these words represent the lifestyles of many families living in the 1920’s. They used their status and money to raise their position in society. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ different socials statuses are explored through three main families/characters; the Buchanan family‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Jay Gatsby. The first house we will explore is the Buchanan household. There are three people in this household; Tom Buchanan‚

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    greed‚ similar to the characters in the Great Gatsby. Essentially the idea of an American Dream seems to promise that through hard work‚ anyone can succeed and live a happy life; however this dream can mean different things to different people. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ shows that not all American Dreams are ideal and can lead to corruption in one’s life. Through the characters of George Wilson‚ Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald symbolizes that chasing hollow dreams

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    Anonymous ELIT 10 / Fleming Essay One May 2nd‚ 2013 Foreshadowing in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his romantic love for Daisy Buchanan. Although they both love each other‚ their love story ends terribly; Daisy involves in a big car accident‚ while Wilson‚ the husband of the car accident’s victim‚ tragically kills Gatsby. Throughout the novel‚ Fitzgerald effectively uses several images and symbols that foreshadow

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    Analysis The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of Jay Gatsby‚ as Nick Carraway perceives him. Nick has a special place in this story. He is not just one character among several; it is through his eyes and ears that the story takes place. In this novel‚ Nick goes to some length to establish his credibility in telling about this “great” man called Gatsby. For example‚ “He has one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it‚ that you may come across

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    intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the major moment of intensity in the novel is when Gatsby finally talks to Daisy for the fist time in years. When they finally reconnect Gatsby feels like it was a “terrible mistake.”(87) The situation is awkward in every aspect. Gatsby is so uncomfortable to be with Daisy he breaks Nick’s clock while in a fluster of her presence. Gatsby although more noticeably uncomfortable in Daisy’s presence‚ has

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    F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has to a great extent explored the moral issues implicit in his 1920’s context. Fitzgerald explores the lack of religion‚ the corruption of the American dream‚ and the superficial values of his society in order to make his society reflect on their own illusory existence. In the 1920’s‚ it was a time of rebellion where people breaked away from society’s boundaries and exploded with self-expression. Peoples’ standard of living rose dramatically due to the economic

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    06/07/2005 Period. 1 The Great Gatsby Essay In all human life relationships are very important‚ and this is shown in many different aspects of human life . Relationships are so significant that Authors often use them as the revolving point of their stories. Such as in The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the different relationships as the revolving point in his story. Fitzgerald shows how the relationships between the couples in The Great Gatsby are similar in many different

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