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    The Great Gatsby is a novel of art that renders a in debt society populated by rich Americans. The center of the novel is very straight forward. It is emblematic and persisting. The Great Gatsby has turned out to be one the country’s most famous and comedian arts. There are plenty ways to show the Great Gatsby’s play so that it can be more pertinent to a present-day audience. The characters‚ costumes‚ set‚ and the acting where pivotal and eye-catching in pulling off the desired effect. They were

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    In “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald‚ Myrtle Wilson plays a role in not only her own death‚ but also the tragic demise of J. Gatsby. In chapter 2 she is described as “in her middle thirties and faintly stout” (29). Myrtle Wilson is the wife of degenerate garage owner George Wilson. She expresses her feelings for her decision on marrying George as “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake” (34-35). As a result‚ she bemoaned being married to her husband.

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    The Immorality in The Great Gatsby Good morning/afternoon Ms fellow classmates‚ Today I will analysis F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel‚ The Great Gatsby which has recently been adapted into a movie from Baz Lurrhman and I will discuss the immorality in the character Daisy Buchanan when she hit Myrtle Wilson her husbands mistress with Jay Gatsby’s car kill her instantly and knowingly drove off without stopping. Then allowing Gatsby to take the blame for it and the subsequently an unexpected

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    Reactions to Myrtle Wilson’s Death in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby is a passenger in the car which strikes Myrtle Wilson‚ which is driven by Daisy Buchanan. After the car hits Myrtle‚ Daisy continues to drive‚ but collapses on Gatsby‚ forcing him to drive. At the Buchanan’s house‚ Nick Carraway talks to Gatsby‚ who "[speaks] as if Daisy’s reaction [is] the only thing that [matters]" (136). Due to his incessant love for daisy‚ he only focuses towards

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    The Great Gatsby is a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. The movie represents the novel ‘’The Great Gatsby’’ written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is Scott’s analysis on the American society during the Roaring Twenties. The characters represent the American Dream. The main-characters in this story are Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Daisy Buchanan. When Nick Carraway moves to New-York he buys a house on West Egg‚ Long Island. His neighbour is the wealthy and mysterious man named Jay Gatsby. As weeks

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    In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ is a hesitant reconstruction of a male dominated social system. This book explores the quest for happiness and wealth through the American dream and depicts dysfunctional relationships‚ idealism‚ materialism‚ and corrupt values during the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby is a rags to riches story of a man in pursuit of his dreams. The Great Gatsby is not the story of a woman’s pursuit of happiness and does not offer a good female representation of a 1920’s woman

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    Jay Gatsby is a new money who made living as a bootlegger. Gatsby tried to use the fancy story to cover his real identity‚ the son of a poor farmer of North Dakota. That’s because he despised poverty and he was self-abasement about his childhood. So he decided to make up a story in order to pretend like an old money. He even changed his name ‘James Gatz’ to ‘Jay Gatsby’‚ but his new name didn’t help him to cover the insecure side of his heart. He wanted to get people’s recognition‚ while he was afraid

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    The Great Gatsby is a book full of conflict and surprises. Daisy and Myrtle were the two important woman characters in the story. They are two interesting woman who turns the story upside down. There’s many differences between the two characters. Daisy had her own view on the world‚ about a girl’s perspective. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful fool.” (D. Buchanan). She is a blond headed woman from Louisville‚ she is the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Myrtle were different

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    significant legacies of this era was the loosening of restrictions on women. By this decade‚ "Victorianism and the turn of the century Gibson Girl were out‚ and in her place was a saucy‚ booze-drinking‚ cigarette smoking‚ modern women" (Rayburn). The Great Gatsby accurately depicts‚ with few exceptions‚ the women of the 1920s as having a much freer moral and social conduct than their predecessors. Throughout the course of the novel‚ the character Daisy accurately reflects the 1920s image of the "golden

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