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    Stephen Bielecki February 2‚ 2011 English 6‚ Period 3 The Great Gatsby Quote Analysis Outline I. Introduction A. The Great Gatsby B. Francis Scott Fitzgerald C. “God knows what you’ve been doing‚ everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me‚ but you cannot fool God!” – George Wilson‚ Page 167 D. When George Wilson noticed that his wife was cheating on him; his comparison to God was that of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg’s billboard in the Valley of Ashes. The eye’s looked over all of the evil of

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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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    and I was arrogant. I was very demanding‚ had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult‚ and rightfully so”. The word supercilious means‚ behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a character that has a supercilious manner‚ Tom Buchanan. Tom is a wealthy man of old class money‚ living on East Egg‚ married to Daisy‚ and went to Yale. Tom has many immoral and careless actions‚ of betraying

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    understandably of course. He plays a major role in not only the motifs and ideas of the author‚ but he also plays a huge role in the plot and the events that lead up to three people’s demise. And of course we can’t forget one of those people were The Great Gatsby himself. Every time Tom showed up the reader could easily come to expect a well dressed man full of arrogance and snarky remarks. Anyone can easily come to hate him by the end of story because of the distasteful person he

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    Book Study 1: The Great Gatsby Some page numbers may not align with the book as I read the book using my I-pad and a copy of the book‚ sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” (Daisy‚ 22) Daisy tells this to Nick and Jordan as her hopes for her baby girl. This quote offers us a glimpse into the character of Daisy who herself is not a fool but just the product of her environment that does

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    aspect of life. Certain characters in The Great Gatsby shared the same thinking of the way of life when I was younger. Jay Gatsby‚ formally known as James Gatz‚ is a prime example. From the moment the reader is introduced to

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    David Trask once said‚ commenting on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby that "The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it is inescapably a general critique of the ’American Dream’ and also of the ’agrarian myth’ - a powerful demonstration of their invalidity for Americans of Fitzgerald’s generation and after." Fitzgerald defiantly breaks down the societal boundaries of the 1920’s and creates a new societal example. Although the country was rooted in the American Dream‚ or what they thought was

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    “The Lost Generation” The novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ as about the Jazz Age in New York and how a man tries to turn back time to be with the woman he loves. Through our narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ we learn what happened in the past of his cousin Daisy and his neighbor Gatsby. Symbolism is used heavily throughout the story either using colors or the carelessness of the people in the story. After the Great War‚ the soldiers returning became known as the Lost Generation as

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    The characters is this story are jay Gatsby and walter chrysler the founder of Chrysler automotive company.This story takes place in New York City.The action begins when I meet Jay Gatsby and I realized how interested he is in car and the automotive industry.Then‚I tell Jay that I’m the inventor of chrysler. Next we started speaking about cars. Gatsby started telling me about his amazing car collection he has in west egg where he currently lives. Gatsby told me he has never owned a Chrysler car

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    Schonewise Academic English 10/31/12 In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are many characters throughout the story. However‚ Daisy Buchannon seems to stand out the most to me. She is a beautiful‚ young girl with many different sides to her personality. She can be innocent‚ and then she surprises everyone with her promiscuous and careless attitude. Her personality and looks pull in a man named‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who unfortunately falls in love. Daisy‚ soon becomes the central

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