The Great Gatsby Revision Notes Contents 1. Background 2. Setting 3. Characters 4. Narration 5. Themes 6. Symbolism 7. Imagery 1. Background Economic extremes The early part of the 1920s was a time of economic boom for the United States. Their industries had supplied the war in Europe‚ generating enormous profits. The automobile industry and those related to it‚ such as the oil companies‚ were expanding very rapidly. In The Great Gatsby‚ we are
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the theme of the attractive masks of unpleasant realities is present in the first chapter. Nick Carraway‚ the persona of this great American novel‚ introduces his relative Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom in this chapter as people everyone would desire to be as the two are not only wealthy but aristocratic (Fitzgerald 9-11). Despite seeming to lead completely flawless lives due to how privileged they are‚ Daisy and Tom really do not‚ for their
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Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a fiction novel published in 1925. It takes place in New York‚ 1922 and follows the story of a great man named Gatsby. Although Gatsby is the main character‚ the book is in perspective and supposedly written by Nick Carraway‚ a friend of Gatsby. This novel has a very developing story line that hits all kinds of moods‚ happy‚ sad‚ and mysterious. The main character of this story is Jay Gatsby‚ whose real name is actually James Gatz. Gatsby is a very wealthy man
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North Dakota where he was born to a poor German American farming family in 1890. He despises the limitations of poverty so much that he drops out of St. Olaf College in Minnesota only a few weeks into his first semester. He later explains to narrator Nick Carraway that he could not bear working as a janitor to support himself through college any longer. Soon afterward‚ he meets Dan Cody‚ a copper tycoon who becomes his mentor and invites him to join his ten-year yacht trek from Girl Bay. Gatz begins
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Comparative writing: “The Great Gatsby” and “Of Mice and Men” Although this two works were written ten years apart‚ they both depict opposite realities. “The Great Gatsby” deals with the reality of the high society‚ their joyful lives and their never ending parties. While “Of Mice and Men”‚ narrates the struggle for living of the migrant workers‚ their misfortunes and poor lives. Nevertheless‚ behind these completely different realities‚ there are some aspects in which these two books can conceal
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The main characters of The Great Gatsby were Nick Carraway‚ Jay Gatsby‚ Daisy Fay Buchanan‚ Thomas “Tom” Buchanan‚ Jordan Baker‚ George B. Wilson‚ Myrtle Wilson‚ and Meyer Wolfshiem. Nick Carraway is provided as a first-person narrator in the book. In the very beginning of the story Nick moves from the Midwest to West Egg‚ Long Island‚ striving to become a versatile man. Nick has a cousin in Long Island named Daisy that is married to a man named Tom. Nick moves into his house‚ which is beside a gentleman
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of ‘The Great Gatsby’ * Nick Carraway and his function as narrator of Gatsby’s story Nick as a first person narrator – ambivalent character – aspires to fit in and be the man of the people‚ yet is often seen as too desperate and has distorted opinions Nick as a paradoxical character – Mass of contradictions “unusually communicative in a reserve way” “I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarely knew at all. cannot rely on Nick Carraway – audience are caution – Modernist
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tackles the idea of the American Dream‚ as well as issues such as wealth versus class‚ infidelity and materialism. Both the character of Jay Gatsby and the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ are said to mirror Fitzgerald’s life – the Ivy League educated middle-class young man brought up in the Midwest who sees through the materialism of the time (Nick) and the World War I soldier who comes back from battle (like Gatsby) only to fall in love with a wealthy southern belle. The Great Gatsby is considered by
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1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her way Of speaking gently” Does Gatsby love Daisy in this way? What indications are there
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mind. One of them is Ishmael and the other is Nick Carraway. Both of these characters have a lot similarities and dissimilarities‚ and even though they’re both reliable narrators. there are certain things that set them apart. The first dissimilarities between these Two is how they both end up in their situation. Ishmael chooses his path. He wanted a change of scenery and was feeling adventurous so he joined a whaling crew. On the other hand‚ you have Nick‚ who just moved because of his job. He wasn’t
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