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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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    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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    Violence against one another is not okay either way male or female. The Ray Rice‚ Jay Z and Solange incident happened the exact same way just the opposite sex. This fight within the celebrities had the world talking. “What Happened? Or is there sound to hear what they’re saying?” The reason this has an effect on our culture is because both Jay Z and Ray Rice are huge role models to people. In the music industry Jay Z is a role model to people because people want to be just like him. Ray Rice is the

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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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    II Wealth and Power – Jay Gatsby III Conclusion I Introduction The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about wealth‚ power‚ love‚ intrigues and crime‚ showing the lives of a group of people‚ all members of the social upper class. One of the stories main themes is wealth and power. This topic concerns all the characters in the book but especially interesting is the relationship which the main character has to wealth and power – Jay Gatsby. He is rich‚ socially

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    In a way‚ Gatsby did truly love Daisy. Gatsby loved the image he had of Daisy. He’s in love with what Daisy represents - beauty and wealth. Gatsby love for Daisy is genuine‚ but I also think it’s misguided. Just what will it take for Gatsby to win the affection of Daisy? He does many things to get Daisy’s attention for example‚ he bought a mansion that was close to the Bucannons house. T. Jordan is talking to Nick‚ “Gatsby bought the house so that Daisy would be across the bay” (Fitzgerald 83)

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    Objective correlative is when an object holds a specific significance and symbolizes the basis of a literary work. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay 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

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    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‚ educated at an Ivy League school‚ who moves to New York after the war. He is also like Gatsby in a way where

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ respective protagonists Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman are blinded by the pursuit of the American Dream‚ and both meet their downfalls at the hands of their own ignorance. These two authors both criticize the human tendency for self-delusion through the flawed moral characters of Gatsby and Loman. Jay Gatsby is a popular millionaire in New York‚ yet no one knows how he came about his wealth. Truthfully‚ Gatsby is

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    Posted by Nicole Smith‚ Dec 6‚ 2011 Fiction No Comments Print The Great Gatsby is the story of eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as told by Nick Carraway‚ a Midwesterner who lives on Long Island but works in Manhattan. Gatsby’s enormous mansion is adjacent to Carraway’s modest home‚ and Carraway becomes curious about his neighbor after being invited to one of his famous parties. Nick soon learns that Gatsby is in love Daisy Buchanan‚ Nick’s cousin and the wife of one Tom Buchanan‚ an acquaintance

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