The Great Gatsby is a modern classic of the early twentieth century‚ a novel which truly captured the luxurious atmosphere of the “Jazz Age.” It is a moniker given to the 1920’s which is suitable‚ as the spread of wealth led to a decade of glamor and decadence. Among the variations of the novel’s themes‚ the one moral that is evident and shadows over the rest of the “American Dream‚” is the ideal that a person of any racial or financial background could start a new life in America and live in riches
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the greatest American novels‚ The Great Gatsby. Harry Hansen suggests‚ “The Great Gatsby is American to the Core” he adds‚ “Fitzgerald knows his time and his people.” Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24‚ 1896‚ in St. Paul Minnesota. His mother‚ Mary McQuillan‚ made a tiny fortune as wholesale grocers‚ and his
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the West promises. In The Great Gatsby‚ the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the disillusionment of the Western dream through Jay Gatsby’s loss of identity‚ the lifestyle‚ and his legacy. Since he was young‚ Gatsby changes his identity in order to mold himself into the epitome of Western culture. In many instances‚ Gatsby attempts to conceal his initial poverty‚ such as when he claims‚ “[his] family all died and [he] came into a good deal of money” (65)‚ while in
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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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Why Tom Over the Romantic Gatsby? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we are presented with two very different but similar men‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ who find themselves stuck in a love triangle with the desirable Daisy. In the novel‚ Gatsby tries to win her over while her husband‚ Tom‚ tries to turn her away from him‚ in order to have her for himself. Despite the fact that they are both wealthy and well settled‚ Daisy chooses to be with Tom over her long lost love because she and
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Jay and Leigh Carlos own and operate East Hampshire Homes‚ a small chain of homes for the mentally unstable (Borden‚ & Cooper‚ 2006). In this case‚ they are suddenly confronted by an inspector from OSHA who understands government regulations to require East Hampshire to put into practice a hepatitis vaccination program that does not appear to be required by law. Jay Carlos consults with state department bureaucrats‚ his attorney‚ and colleagues in the industry and must determine the best strategy
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of someone else. Ethical responsibility is defined as the obligation to do something that is morally sound in order to make sure a person is in good physical and emotional health. In the article titled‚ “Can the Law Make Us Be Decent?‚” written by Jay Sterling Silver‚ the author states that there is not a federal
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Summary of “The Great Gatsby” The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are fighting about women‚ money etc. After I read this book I realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby‚ both rich men. Here’s the story in a short version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy family‚ living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are something of a clan actually
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Gatsby’s Obituary: Nick’s Point of View Jay Gatsby‚ my close friend and neighbor was a successful bachelor who created an aura of mystery. Gatsby‚ a man in his mid thirties‚ died an unexpected death. A car repairman‚ George Wilson‚ from the Valley of Ashes‚ murdered Mr. Gatsby. During the last moments of Mr. Gatsby’s life‚ he was lying on a mat in his pool. It was the first time he had been in his pool the whole summer. While relaxing on his pool mat‚ he was shot to death. The scene was
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The interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work: The Great Gatsby This Research‚ paper – which is a mixture of a book review and an analysis of a problem - will present ideas about searching the American Dream in connection with The Great Gatsby and the main characters and how succesfully they could live the American Dream according to the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Moreover‚ this research paper will be about some interesting symbols by Fitzgerald. Also‚ it will give some general information
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