Great Gatsby Essay Please select a topic of your own choosing‚ or one of the options below‚ in a 5 paragraph essay. The essay is due on Monday April 8th and will be worth 100 points. Each paragraph should have two quotes to support your argument‚ with proper citation as well. Remember that a good thesis does not state something obvious- it proposes something that someone could theoretically disagree with‚ but that you prove with your strong arguments. Nick takes great pride in his honesty
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created a cover for The Great Gatsby using photshop. This is a project I really enjoyed doing and it let me test the knowledge I had about photoshop‚ and about the symbolism in the novel. I wanted to keep the cover rather uncrounded and simple while packing in a lot of this symbolism. I did not include the authors name F. Scott Fitzgereald on my cover because I didn’t want to draw the attention away from the images and colors on the cover. I figured that if this was a real book cover they could probably
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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Book Review * The Great Gatsby Rate 4. * As a group‚ we decided to rate this book a four because this is the only book that seems to be interesting‚ as well as inspiring that we’ve read in English class so far. The main character‚ Gatsby used his passionate of love for Daisy as a powerful tool for him to become rich. He concentrated all of his life trying to re-create the past with Daisy‚ as well as winning her back. Although‚ Daisy wasn’t worth it for all of his efforts due
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Dunkirk — An Amazing Movie Should Not Be Missed! Among all the war movies‚ Dunkirk is one you should never miss! Directed by Christopher Nolan‚ who had also directed The Dark Night‚ and acted by Fionn Whitehead‚ Harry Styles etc.‚ Dunkirk creates a visual feast to its audience. The film‚ Dunkirk‚ tells about the story of the evacuation of Dunkirk in the World War Ⅱ. At that time‚ 400‚000 English and French soldiers were besieged on the beach of Dunkirk by the German army. Faced with the approaching
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The Great Gatsby My assignment was to compare the novel The Great Gatsby to the movies which were made in 1974 and 2000.While the basic idea of the book was expressed in both movies‚ I choose a version of 1974 because it seemed to have more noticeable details than the version which was realized in 2000. In my opinion the 2000 version didn’t do a better job in expressing the ideas of the book. The 1974 version did an excellent job in portraying the Jazz Age. The scenes of Gatsby’s party
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Huang Lin Ms. Pesce AP English: The Great Gatsby Mid-Book Response Choose the claim you agree with and prove it by writing a three page response. The great romance always exists with the true love regardless of how much obstacles people will encounter and how much contribution they will give. The great romance can facilitate human beings to overcome the gap between race‚ social status and cultural difference. Love will also become the significant motivation for people to pursue success and reputation
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Mrs. Haas English 2 CP 25 October 2005 The Renaissance Woman When Oprah Winfrey told her 49 million viewers‚ "It just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" (Tannen) about the Mad cow disease‚ she wouldn ’t know it would cost the beef industry $12 million (Deborah Tannen). Texas cattlemen tried to sue Oprah for causing this such massive downfall‚ but she would win (Deborah Tannen). Oprah Winfrey was once a constantly abused thirteen year old girl. Now she is arguably the most famous African
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version of The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann is a key example of this common issue‚ as the film is an adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel. The film attempts to depict the events of the 1920’s while demonstrating the deconstruction of morals and ethics as many focused on economic and social gain instead. The film takes place in New York and Long Island‚ home to the rich and fabulous‚ where the people spend hours fussing about how they are perceived socially. The Great Gatsby is an epic
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The Great Gatsby After reading "The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and watching the film directed by Jack Clayton‚ I noticed a few plot‚ character‚ and theme changes. As I was watching the movie I began to ask myself why did Jack Clayton take this event out or why did he add in this particular event? Was it for the sake of time or the fact that it was not an important part in the book? So I began to write notes and started to compare the great novel to the film. The novel The Great
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