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    Fitzgerald‚ Fitzgerald uses a green light to create symbolism and foreshadow the theme of the novel: the American dream. The green light is located directly across Gatsby’s dock and originates from the home of Daisy Buchanan. The scene in which Nick Carraway first encounters Gatsby‚ where Gatsby is standing at the end of his dock and reaching towards the mysterious green light plays a major role in the development of the entire novel. The green light is a major symbol used by Fitzgerald at the beginning

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    Likewise‚ Fitzgerald does offer a glitter of hope for the American dream when Nick Carraway states‚ “Gatsby turned out ________ in the end‚ it was what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams..."(Fitzgerald ). Hollow/ Along with class and society analyzations‚ Fitzgerald really portrays the upper class as

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    Political Theory and Gatsby In his article "’A New World‚ Material Without Being Real’: Fitzgerald’s Critique of Capitalism in The Great Gatsby‚" Ross Posnock establishes Fitzgerald’s interest in Marxism by placing him as a Nietzschean Marxist and contemporizing him with Georg Lukacs’s History and Class Consciousness‚ printed in 1923‚ and with Marx’s theories by extension‚ attempting to "demonstrate how deeply Marx’s critique is assimilated into the novel’s imaginative life‚" although he is careful

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    house of Gatsby’s Mansion and Nick lived next door to him. The town was where the Gatsby Mansion was located‚ so I based my location of the house to where the real one would be at. The phone number is based on the area code to what the Great Neck would be. The email is simple and you want to be easy and recognizable. You don’t want anything to crazy for your resumé. For the objective I chose.. For his education‚ I chose for his high school where we grew up. Nick grew up in Minnesota‚ a small town

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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 some

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    The American Dream—A Road to Immorality “‘You will not certainly die‚’ the serpent said to the woman. ‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened‚ and you will be like God‚ knowing good and evil’” (New International Bible‚ Genesis 3:4-5). The prevalence of temptation and immorality has been present from the beginning of time. In the Biblical sense‚ it was the serpent that tempted Eve with his promises for greatness and divinity‚ but ultimately corrupted her world‚ as well

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    everything is much more dramatized that there appears to be no relationship between the two. The story takes place in the roaring 20’s and is based on the events that happen with Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who is trying to wed the already married Daisy Buchanan‚ and Tom Buchanan‚ Daisy’s wife. Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and Daisy Buchanan each make illusions‚ they also believe those illusions are the truth in their lives. Jay Gatsby has the largest illusion which is that

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    to us in chapter one when it mentions how the main character Nick Carraway seen his neighbor Jay Gatsby standing out on the end of his dock looking over the bay. Nick first thought he was looking at the say. He soon realized that it was a green light that had captured his attention when he extended his arm out towards it. Gatsby seemed intrigued and didn’t want to be bothered when Nick looked over toward him. Across the bay from Carraway and Gatsby lived Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband

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    course‚ but also for humanizing‚ improving‚ instructing" (Conrad 548-64). The character Marlow‚ from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ can be seen as similar to Nick Carraway‚ a character from Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Both men are beginning a new journey in their lives; with Marlow beginning his trip in Africa and Nick starting his new life in New York City. At first they are both incredibly naive and oblivious to their new environment and the true natures of the people around them

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    Carraway observes in Gatsby a smile “with a quality of eternal reassurance” (Fitzgerald 48) evoking sentiments of trust and attachment within him. The fact that Gatsby personally invited Carraway to his party suggests that his intent was to intentionally make Carraway feel comfortable in his presence so that he can use him in the future to get closer to Daisy; moreover‚ Carraway’s familial

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