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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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    The Great Gatsby Journal Chapter 1 Summary- In Chapter 1‚ the reader finds that Nick Carraway‚ a moral and tolerant man from the Midwest‚ narrates and takes the role of author for the rest of the story. Throughout the book‚ the reader looks at the happenings through Nick’s eyes and finds out what he is thinking. Chapter 1‚ like many chapter 1’s‚ starts out with someone or something explaining themselves and showing how their life has gone thus far. The Great Gatsby is no exception. Nick says that

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    want me to do now Jay”‚ said Daisy emotionally. “Come back to me Daisy...I know you want to”‚ said the confident Gatsby. The moment I saw Daisy’s face changing got me thinking that she would go back to Gatsby and that she still likes Gatsby more than Tom. I kept watching and listening. “What....?” said Daisy seemed like she didn’t hear Gatsby and her mind went completely blank. “You do want to come back to me‚ you do right?”‚ Gatsby slowly approaching Daisy. “What’re you saying Jay?” Said Daisy nervously

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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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    The Board of Aldermen of the Hayville approved the Appropriations budget for its General Fund for the year ending December 31 as shown below. |General Government |$ 500‚000 | |Public Safety |2‚800‚000 | |Public Works |1‚200‚000 | |Health and Welfare

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    life. Growing up everybody wants to fit in with this “circle” but it is how you fit in it is the mind-boggling part of the social aspect of life. Certain characters in The Great Gatsby shared the same thinking of the way of life when I was younger. Jay Gatsby‚ formally known as James Gatz‚ is a prime example. From the moment the reader is introduced to

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    The characters is this story are jay Gatsby and walter chrysler the founder of Chrysler automotive company.This story takes place in New York City.The action begins when I meet Jay Gatsby and I realized how interested he is in car and the automotive industry.Then‚I tell Jay that I’m the inventor of chrysler. Next we started speaking about cars. Gatsby started telling me about his amazing car collection he has in west egg where he currently lives. Gatsby told me he has never owned a Chrysler car

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    James Gatz is motivated to become Jay Gatsby through his ambition to be rich. Because of his greedy aspirations‚ James Gatz believes he can find happiness through money‚ so he creates an alternate ego to obtain his goals. Gatsby believes a name change is the first step to obtain the image he wishes to portray. In Gatsby’s teenage years‚ he notices a yacht‚ and on the way there‚ he “was already Jay Gatsby” (Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby wants to live the American Dream‚ and he will do whatever it takes to

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    “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” Daisy says these words as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her young daughter. Daisy is not a fool herself but because of her surroundings intelligent women are not viewed as valuable. Opposite of the older generation‚ the younger generation enjoys the thoughtless minds of the young and vulnerable women only seeking pleasure and not those that cater to their needs. Daisy’s remark

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