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    This novel is centered in New York‚ where Wall Street was the ‘King’ of the USA. The Great Gatsby takes place during “The Roarin’ 20s‚” a period of sustained economic prosperity‚ was going strong. In fact‚ Richard Godden from the English department of the University of Kent stated: “To see in 1925 was to see through the stencil of the commodity

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    Daniel Simmons Davis Adv English 11 12/10/2012 In Fitzgerlad’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ the reader knows Wolfsheim is related to organized crime in the 1920’s and is associated with Herman Rosenthal and his illegal gambling operations‚ which is supported by the facts presented in “The New York Times” as well as Wolfsheim’s quotes from the book. There is evidence in “The Great Gatsby” and “The New York Times” that Wolfsheim meets in the same café as Rosenthal to organize their illegal gambling operations

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    MANAGER AS WELL AS THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY RELATE TO ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM • DISCUSS VARIOUS ART AND LITERATURE PIECES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS A FICTION NOVEL WRITTEN IN 1925 BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. ( SCOTT‚ 1925) THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THEMES OF EXPLOITATION‚ FANTASY‚ CONFLICT‚ SOCIAL TURMOIL‚ AND EXCESS. TOGETHER‚ THESE CREATE A PICTURE OF THE ROARING 20’S THAT HAS BEEN LABELED AS AN ADVISORY

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    Correspondingly‚ Fitzgerald‚ like all authors‚ wrote The Great Gatsby for a reason more than just the 1920s life in its splendor. In the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ characters are wealthy seemingly beyond measure. For example‚ they have cars to take them to the fanciest party in East Egg‚ and the women can afford to stay home. East Egg stands out in contrast to West Egg with its glamour and excess‚ but much of that glamour comes with a price. Jewels replaced morality‚ and money replaced relationships

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    Great Gatsby Opinion

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    Colin Glassman English 1st Hour 4/15/2012 Great Gatsby Essay The book The Great Gatsby there are many themes‚ characters‚ and motifs. F.S. Fitzgerald uses all of them very well. That is why The Great Gatsby is one the greatest novels of all time. Its based on finding love in a world where its hard to find. In the novel Fitzgerald shows the many sides to life. The rich‚ the poor and the in between. He tells the story of a man who came from nothing and became very rich. He truly showed

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ portrays Gatsby and Daisy’s nostalgia for their past love‚ but not for the lies that accompanied it. In the past‚ James Gatz‚ Gatsby‚ was poor and lived in a more austere environment than daisy; because of this disparity‚ they were unable to be in a relationship. This nostalgia causes drama and tension between them‚ leading to Gatsby’s death and Daisy’s departure from the East Coast. Gatsby’s nostalgia causes him to rekindle old flames with

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    another‚ but in “The Great Gatsby” it’s much different. The author‚ Francis Scott Fitzgerald‚ fell in love with a girl‚ Zelda‚ well she ended up leaving him because he was poor‚ and she would be living a lifestyle she’s not used to. When Fitzgerald gets money‚ and becomes well off Zelda comes running back‚ they get married‚ travel together‚ and have a kid this is when he wrote “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is not in love with Daisy‚ he loves the idea of being with her. Jay Gatsby is obsessed not in

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    Daisy In The Great Gatsby

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    To start with‚ she thinks Gatsby is wealthy and falls in love with him. But realizing the fact that Gatsby can’t give her a luxurious life‚ she chooses Tom as her husband without any doubt. However‚ Gatsby’s appearing with historic fortune and his true love to her seems to make her moved‚ then she tries to recover the

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    Great Gatsby and Drink

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    Four Guys and a Drunken Lady: The Great Gatsby and Drink Niallan Collier Myler Wilkinson English 111 12 April 2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote himself into much of his work and many of the noted symbols and patterns that appear in The Great Gatsby are based on Fitzgerald ’s own experiences. Wealth‚ status‚ and east versus west are some of the more commonly discussed patterns and symbols in the book. However there is one that curiously is rarely discussed and that is drinking. In a life

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    Furthermore‚ in the Great Gatsby‚ a historical fictional novel‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a picture of a lifestyle and a decade that is both fascinating and horrific which to most people‚ is evocative and makes them look at their way of life in a different way. His style‚ especially in the great Gatsby is described as “lushly evocative” because his works have a brilliant understanding of lives that are corrupted by greed and are incredibly sad and unfulfilled. Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby portrays a very

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