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    The Great Gatsby the novel and the movie have similarities and differences. The major differences the movie and the novel have is that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner‚ Jordan and Nick have something going on‚ and Gatsby makes an entrance. These are some examples of the differences between the novel and the movie of The Great Gatsby. There are many differences between the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby. One difference is that Gatsby died thinking that he was a winner. It was the phone

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    The Great Gatsby Essay “Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues‚ and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (Page 59). So writes Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ characterizing himself in opposition to the great masses of humanity as a perfectly honest man. The honesty that Nick attributes to himself must be a nearly perfect one‚ by impression of both its infrequency and its "cardinal" nature; Nick stresses

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    characteristics that identify Jay Gatsby as a tragic hero. Some of the characteristics of a tragic hero include greatness‚ a weakness or a flaw‚ an undeserved fate and a punishment exceeding the crime. Jay Gatsby encompasses all of these characteristics of a tragic hero. Although‚ the author tries to portray Gatsby as a perfect person‚ there are still some flaws that are noticeable. Gatsby’s great life unwinds with the death of the tragic hero. ​We know that Jay Gatsby was esteemed by the way others

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    Jesica Jaramillo English III The Great Gatsby Essay 3/20/14 In The Great Gatsby novel Jordan and Nick are a couple and they stay in a relationship together until nearly the end of the summer. In the new movie Jordan and Nick are not considered a couple‚ at one of Gatsby’s parties Jordan is whisked away by a male companion. In the movie it shows Myrtles sister Catharine giving Nick a pill she said she got from a doctor in Queens and that does not come up anywhere in the novel. In the movie

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman there are several characters that face failure. Their failures are based on their actions and it is the response of the characters that create a tragic story. The characters fail at facing reality and accepting change which affect their way of thinking. One could understand that the final outcome of the two novels is due to the way the characters face his or her own failures. Failure The Great Gatsby Death of a Salesman The

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    (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ as well as on original imagination‚ such as polemical works as well as autobiography‚ and reflective essays as well as belles-lettres. The Great Gatsby has the following particular characteristics of a literary texts: The first literary element of the novel is the plot‚ the protagonist is Jay Gatsby‚ a young‚ wealthy man in love with a society girl from his past. He tries to build a life with her but fate and bad luck turn tragic. The next key element is the theme

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    The New York Times The Mysterious Jay Gatsby THE MYSTERY He is very well known for his extravagant and luxurious parties. With the massive mansion‚ the chauffeurs‚ the amazing food‚ and the fabulous people who come to theses soirees. But still no one really knows who Gatsby really is. He is a man of many secrets. Killed A Man According to several sources Gatsby is a murderer. It has been said that while he was in the war he for no reason at

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    three chapters that defines the cultural context surrounding and within The Great Gatsby. Find one passage that defines differences how people of different races and ethnic backgrounds depicted in the text. Find one passage that defines differences how people of different genders are depicted in the text. Find one passage that defines a characteristic of the cultural context unique to the 1920s within The Great Gatsby. You will find 3 total passages. You will type or cut and paste the passage

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    gradually transformed into a materialistic vision of having a big house‚ a nice car‚ and a life of ease. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on material items as an indication of attaining success. In The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby is a self-made man who started out with no money and only a plan for achieving his dream. He is so blinded by his luxurious possessions that he does not see that money cannot buy love or happiness. Fitzgerald demonstrates how a dream can become

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby completes a decline from his carefully crafted image of greatness to his exposed‚ unsightly‚ and lonely death. The story of the novel is really the deconstruction of this image‚ and the various ways in which the true “Jay Gatz” is uncovered. Hailing from a middle-class‚ rural family‚ Gatsby… The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby - The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby Mainframe computers analyze information and present it so that the observer is able

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