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    Explain the difference or similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby The similarities between them was their social life and their ways towards people. F. Scott Fitzgerald had fallen in love with a girl named Zelda Sayre. Jay Gatsby was the fictional character that was made up by scott this character was comparing and showing what was really going on his life all the setbacks and the heartbreaks. He had become an alcoholic when he was going through the worst time of his life he wouldn’t

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    Jay-Z vs. Jay Gatsby: Similarities Between Rapper and ‘The Great Gatsby’ How appropriate that the rapper has been commissioned to score the new film version of ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ since Jay-Z has so much in common with the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Marlow Stern dissects their similarities. Rapper extraordinaire Jay-Z has reportedly been tasked with creating an original film score for director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming period drama‚ The Great Gatsby‚ starring Leonardo

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    JAY GATSBY. THE FAILUTE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of the novel‚ is a self-made successful man who tries to prove that one can achieve wealth through determination and hard work. He spends all his energy and time to capture the American dream. Coming from a poor and unsuccessful family‚ and being the son of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”(p. 63)‚ Gatsby overcomes his origin and social barriers and tries to make the best of his personality‚ working hard on his

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    alternative historians support or undermine Aaronson’s view. Let us examine the way Trotsky’s intellect and passion ensured he played a significant in the Soviet Union in 1869-1940 but simultaneously defeated him. Aaronson claims that‚ like a tragic hero‚ “Trotsky’s strengths were inseperable from his weaknesses”. The accuracy of this claim is supported by many of Trotsky’s revolutionary actions and writings. We first see Trotsky’s intellect and passion at the young age of 18. In 1897 he helped

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    Medea: Hero with Estrogen A Greek hero is someone descended from divinity with an incredible talent who is favored by the gods. Such heroes that are brought to mind are Heracles with his brute strength‚ Odysseus with his craftiness‚ and Jason with his leadership. Often not viewed‚ however‚ as a hero is Jason’s scorned wife‚ Medea. Medea’s backstory involves fratricide and witchcraft for Jason’s love. However‚ in their return to Corinth‚ Jason leaves her. This fractured promise allows Euripides to

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    Blanche and Gatsby Desire plays a large role in the lives of Jay Gatsby and Blanche DuBois. Gatsby has the desire to be with Daisy Buchanan and to feel her genuine love. Blanche has the desire to be loved and to feel young again. Yet the desire of both Gatsby and Blanche is unattainable. Gatsby could never fulfill his dreams with Daisy because of the fact that she is married and has a child. Blanche lies so frequently that her lies are keeping her from being truly loved. Desire begins 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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    literary works‚ including The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the portrayal of a hero who faces and overcomes evil symbolizes hope for humankind in general. When the protagonist of the epic‚ Gilgamesh‚ squares up with the demon‚ Humbaba‚ the battle signifies more than simply a fight between two entities. The king sets a goal for himself: journey to the Cedar Forest‚ defeat the guardian demon‚ and retrieve the cedar. Several times along the way‚ the hero experiences dread. His fear is justified; Enkidu tells Gilgamesh

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    writers. A great example writer is F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how he manifested his love for his wife Zelda. The characters and stories in The Great Gatsby are very well related to F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ his life‚ and the people he knew and loved. F. Scott Fitzgerald relates himself to both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. He uses Carraway as an outside perspective on his life through Gatsby. Like Nick‚ Fitzgerald is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota‚

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    correlative is when an object holds a specific significance and symbolizes the basis of a literary work. In The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby risks everything on his dreams‚ but he fails to realize that his dreams are unbecoming of him. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to convey the corruption and greed that consumes and annihilates followers of the American dream during the “roaring twenties.” Gatsby symbolizes the epitome of the American dream he has acquired newfound wealth and gained prolonged happiness. He has

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