Gatsby” The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are fighting about women‚ money etc. After I read this book I realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby‚ both rich men. Here’s the story in a short version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy family‚ living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are something of a clan actually. Nick’s grandfather came here
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lot of change in their personality is a dynamic character and in this book his name was Nick Carraway. To start of with‚ Nick Carraway is the cousin of the most beautiful women in the book her name is Daisy Buchanan. He also was the neighbor of Mr. Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway always gave of the vibe of him
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Jay Gatsby can be characterized as a war veteran who is simply desperate to regain his young love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby has spent many years changing his life in order to win Daisy back‚ but when they finally meet again‚ “… Daisy tumbled short of his dreams” (Fitzgerald 95). Gatsby spent years building up an elaborate imagination of what he thought Daisy would be like when he finally met with her again. Not only does he spend many years thinking about her‚ he uses his time becoming the man he thinks
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American Dream is the traditional social ideals of the United States‚ such as equality‚ democracy‚ and material prosperity. Jay Gatsby does not have an American Dream in the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jay Gatsby is a fairly young man who is trying to blend in with society. Long before Gatsby was “great‚” he was a small town kid with big dreams. Jay Gatsby throws really big parties at his mansion. Everybody in the entire town is pretty much invited. “The bar is in full swing
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the wind‚ I am sure to cause a delightful impression. He might even fall in love with me! Saturday 8th October‚ 1917 Dear Diary‚ Crossing the lilac-blue lilies‚ the just mowed grass; there I met the smart and clean-cut lieutenant. Jay Gatsby. He starred at me for a while‚ and it looked as if the world had just stopped. The birds were singing and the white-pink butterflies were fluttering around as they new something special was happening. His sparkly eyes looked close at me‚ those
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Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ tells the story of Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy young man. Known for his mysterious past and inconceivable amount of money‚ Gatsby is able to host several extravagant parties in his gothic mansion. Many characters in the novel represent each aspect of the Roaring Twenties. Introducing many characters who all seem to cause conflict with each other‚ the main character Fitzgerald sets the entire book over is Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is first shown as a mysterious man whose reputation
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James Encyclopedia Fitzgerald moved to France in 1924 and wrote one of his greatest novels The Great Gatsby. In the story the main characters that are in the story is Daisy‚ Nick‚ and Jay Gatsby. Nick is important because he is the narrator in the story. Daisy is important because she is Nick’s cousin. Jay Gatsby is important because he is the person who loves Daisy. The symbols that are in the story are the green light‚ valley of ashes‚ Dr. T.J. Eckleburg‚ and Gatsby’s parties. The way that
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what she was saying." (Fitzgerald 159) is a quote made by Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. This character is best described as being infatuated. He is madly in love with the narrator’s cousin but can not find a way to get to her. Now‚ if Gatsby were to ever need a theme song that reflected upon his best (or rather worst) trait the song “Say You Like Me” by We The Kings represents him perfectly. The song describes Jay Gatsby by his comments‚ actions‚ and how others think of
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and downfall. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible illustrates a tragedy due to intense emotional suffering brought on by the accusations of former friends‚ manipulation‚ infidelity‚ and ultimately the death of John Proctor. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Jay‚ the American romantic hero‚ devotes his life to proving himself worthy of Daisy. He would have sacrificed his freedom and his life for her‚ yet she couldn’t spare the time to go to his funeral and pay her condolences. While tragedy consists as a powerful
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The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many Novels. This dream is different for each character in the novel. In The great Gatsby‚ for Jay Gatsby the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. For Jay Gatsby must reach into the past and relive and old dream; and‚ in order to do this‚ he must have wealth and power. Jay Gatsby over all American Dream is to be with Daisy but for him to be with Daisy he must have the wealth and power so that he is in the same social
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