there are two people‚ Nora Helmer the protagonist of the play‚ “A Doll House” and Jay Gatsby the protagonist of the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” both think love is the most important thing in their lives. Even though they have had similar experience about love‚ Nora is more sympathetic because she is brave‚ kind‚ and innocent. Gatsby is less sympathetic than Nora. To start off‚ in the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby‚” Gatsby is a rich‚ strong‚ and handsome man‚ who lives in marvelous mansion in West Egg
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The story of The Great Gatsby is one filled with love and tragedy. While the movie has many similarities to the book‚ there are some very noticeable differences between the two. Although the film and book are similar‚ the movie ended up focusing too much on the glitz and glam of it all with out of place music and important scene changes‚ and seemed to lose some of the key parts and aspects of the book. It is pretty clear that the music wasn’t appropriate for the time period. It was the jazz age
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F. Scott Fitzgerald carefully crafted his novel The Great Gatsby in a way that left the plot open-ended and specific details about characters were absent which forced the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. This allowed Baz Luhrmann‚ the director of the 2013 film franchise of The Great Gatsby‚ to add details to the story in order to make it more clear for those viewers who had not yet read the book. Baz Luhrmann accurately portrayed the characters of the novel in his film by emphasizing their
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Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream‚ Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and‚ in turn‚ a major-label executive following his short-lived retirement from music-making. In the wake of his 1996 debut‚ Reasonable Doubt‚ Jay-Z’s albums sold millions upon millions with each release‚ and his endless parade of hits made him omnipresent on urban radio and video television. He retained a strongly devoted fan base and challenged whatever
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The Great Gatsby was originally written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It follows Nick‚ as he tells the story of his neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and his love for Daisy Buchanan. During the 1920‚ where lavish parties and drinking were very common. In 2013‚ it was adapted into a movie‚ produced by Baz Luhrmann.The book and the movie were fairly similar‚ however their are a few significant differences between some of the characters and settings .These changes also effect the theme of the movie‚which is the search
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The Great Gatsby I: All throughout grade school and even high school‚ my teachers‚ parents‚ and even friends told me not to take the easy way out when it comes to books. Always read the book before the movie. I usually took the easy way out‚ watched the movie‚ and then skim the book. After doing this project I see what everyone was talking about. The book is much better than the movie‚ it gives you more of a sense of what is going on‚ a greater sense of when the story takes place‚ and it gives the
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That’s what the world’s about‚” Jay-Z stated. His family had a very small amount of money. He sold drugs to gain money so his family can afford their taxes. His family’s main reason why they cannot afford their taxes is because his dad left him when he was very little. He was a smart man with a bright future‚ and that’s why he started rapping. Jay-Z gained friends from rapping. When he gained friends he gained fame‚ then everything was rolling down from there. Jay-Z released his first album‚ it wasn’t
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Neglected Case of Buchanan v. Warley. Emily Patrick Junior Division Paper The Land Ordinance of Louisville In 1916 there was a Land Ordinance in Louisville‚ KY‚ which stated that African Americans where prohibited from living on a block where the majority of residents were white. It also prohibited whites from living on a block where the majority of residents were black. In order to challenge this law‚ Warley‚ a black man‚ agreed to purchase Buchanan ’s house. Buchanan was white
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Are The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby Similar? The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel based on adultery and hypocrisy of society. In summary‚ the novel explains the story of Hester Prynne‚ a woman who is going through a long and rough period in her life because she is facing major conflicts with her society because of the adultery she has committed. Throughout the story line‚ Hester deals with conflicts with herself and her society when she is trying to keep the secret
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bit-by-bit to be uncaring and ruthless. Centrally‚ Daisy Buchanan is beautiful‚ vivacious‚ friendly and elegant. She comes across to the reader as being a positive and attractive person. But as the novel progresses‚ Daisy manifests her carelessness‚ selfishness and apathy. Finally‚ at the end of the novel‚ she not only lets Gatsby take the fall for murder‚ but flees the east coast with Tom without a return address‚ so to speak. Jay Gatsby encapsulates the dichotomy of illusion / reality the most
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