Life after Gatsby "Alternative Ending" What would life have been like for the people who had an emotional connection to Gatsby? After his death‚ only a few people were affected. Nick would have benefited from Gatsby’s company as a friend and as a colleague‚ considering the emotional ties they had between themselves. Gatsby’s life would have turned out how the reader and Gatsby pictured; Daisy wouldn’t have any complaints‚ she would have had exactly the guy she had dreamed of. Even though
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will be analyzing the song "Murder to Excellence" by song artists Kanye West and Jay-Z. To begin I will provide background on the song as well as the artists‚ the meaning behind the song‚ and the genre. Secondly‚ I will explain why I chose this song to analyze‚ and what this means to me. Then‚ I will discuss how this fits into my culture and why it’s useful. Lastly‚ I will end with closing thoughts. Kanye West and Jay-Z‚ songwriters‚ producers‚ and icons to keep it brief‚ are not only business partners
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In The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ a wide array of seemingly different characters came together through a series of wild events. While these characters all seemed very different on the outside‚ and clearly represented different ideas‚ some of the characters had startling similarities that at first may have gone unnoticed. This was especially true between the characters of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. While they appeared to be opposites at the beginning of the story‚ as their lives
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Jillian Lydon Mrs. Dolan Literature 2 17 October 2014 Jay Gatsby vs. Tom Buchanan Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are compared and contrasted quite frequently. Gatsby and Tom are alike in that they are both extremely wealthy and flaunt it‚ both men also are in love with Daisy Buchanan and both Tom and Gatsby have secrets that they are hiding from their loved ones. The two men differ in the way they came into their money
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Jay Gatsby is the type of man that falls hopelessly in love with a women. Gatsby cannot help but be a hopeless romantic‚ he fell head over heels in love with Daisy Buchanan the girl of his dreams. In both the movie and the book he expected things to return to what they were. Gatsby wished he and Daisy could live how he had planned‚ a long life of love without Tom. He had wished to return to the time when he could love Daisy out in public when he was the only man for her. Jay Gatsby shows his romanticism
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Comparing Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan The book "The Great Gatsby" is beautifully written with the intention of providing the reader a clear view of the wealthy (through the eyes of Nick Carraway) during the Roaring Twenties. Two characters that are very important to the story and eventually end the story are Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Though they have some similarities‚ their personalities‚ jobs‚ and lovers are very much different in the way they live their lives throughout the story. Both
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hero accomplishes extraordinary things that usually are not common in most people. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the hero and protagonist proves to be Jay Gatsby‚ a single-minded‚ successful‚ yet imperfect man. His early life was one of poverty and he rose over this to obtain astonishing wealth in his later life‚ which revolved around his former love interest that he would never let go. Gatsby overcame significant setbacks holding onto an optimistic outlook‚ strengthening his power and
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seem. When a man such as Jay Gatsby seems like he has his whole life figured out‚ he is really at the starting line trying to fulfill his American dream. However‚ when things are not looking so bright in Willy Loman’s business and family situations‚ Willy is looking for all the negatives instead of focusing on the positives. Willy Loman from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a more successful character compared to Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in their family situations
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Jay Gatsby seemed sort of like a very intriguing but very creepy because not many people even knew what he looked like. He would have crazy and wild parties that even made the papers because they was just that amazing and everybody who was somebody or even nobody was show up there‚ but he wasn’t throwing parties for the people‚ instead he was doing it for the love of his life. Based on the book most of the things like his manners and the way he talked were similar and pretty aligned with the book
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extraordinary. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional novel set in the 1920’s The Great Gatsby the protagonist Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero. Jay Gatsby has three noticeable characteristics: a tragic flaw‚ is responsible for his own downfall‚ and is from noble birth. Therefore‚ in F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920 book The Great Gatsby the protagonist is a tragic hero. As a result of Gatsby having a tragic flaw he is a tragic hero. Gatsby is incapable of letting go of the past and moving on. “‘You ought to go away‚’
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