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    In The Great Gatsby‚ the narrator describes the scene at a large and lavish party he attends. The author uses vivid language to capture the atmosphere and feeling of the party. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure and descriptive word choice to convey the endless excitement of the party. Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure by using polysyndeton and asyndeton. He also uses lengthier sentences with less punctuation throughout. Polysyndeton is used in the quote

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    unattainable; thus‚ one may often compromise or modify his dream in order for it to match or perhaps justify the practical. This imperfect reality generates an unattainable dream. Jay Gatsby’s disillusionment in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby permits Gatsby to imagine that which will never exist. When his reality and fantasy collide in such a way‚ his fantasy perishes‚ and additional conflicted dreams and imperfect reality ensue. Gatsby’s passion is an exercise in futility because

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    Jay Gatsby is one of the most interesting and memorable males in fictional literature‚ even though he is not a dynamic and changing character during the novel. In fact‚ Jay Gatsby has changed little since he was a teenager. Born as James Gatz to poor farmers in North Dakota‚ he decided at an early age that he wanted more out of life than North Dakota could offer. He leaves home to find excitement and wealth. While lounging on the beach one day‚ he sees a yacht docked off the coast. He borrows a boat

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation

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    adaptation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the director uses several visual techniques to emphasize and heighten the illusion of the American dream. These visual techniques include: Framing‚ color‚ lighting & space. The most interesting type of framing repeated al throughout the film is the use of mirrors in trapping the characters in their surreal reflection. The director used this technique in more than one scenes‚ nevertheless this framing was used when Gatsby is about to meet a

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    GREAT GATSBY ESSAY Can chasing an ideal blind us and prevent us from seeing the truth? Sometimes ideals can become such a big driving force in our life that they cause us to overlook the truth and ignore reality. Reality and ideals are contrasted through the goals in life of the characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy. Through contrasting ideals and the reality of a situation‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald suggests that chasing an ideal without recognizing the truth will not allow an individual to attain their

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    are No Women in ‘The Great Gatsby’ With Whom the Reader Can Sympathise? On first looking into the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ anyone who read it shallowly enough would find it near impossible to be able to sympathise with any female character in the book. Fitzgerald’s use of Nick as a narrator could arguably be the main view of negativity upon the women‚ as his narration warps the reader’s perspective on the characters through his male viewpoint. Also‚ Fitzgerald’s presentation of women is of

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    temporarily bloomed in the 1920`s. Essentially‚ the Jazz Age was a time period of economic prosperity‚ where the economic prosperity was increasing‚ though in contrast‚ the moral values of individuals were decreasing. In the literary classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his characters to explore this morality. This is clearly apparent through the character Nick Carraway‚ who represents a symbol of honesty‚ and Jordan Baker‚ who represents a symbol of dishonesty. To begin‚ Nick Carraway

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    It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 2:26). The "it" in this case‚ F Scott Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking novel The Great Gatsby‚ refers to the exhaustive efforts Gatsby undertakes in his quest for life: the life he wants to live‚ the so-called American Dream. The novel is Fitzgerald’s vessel of commentary and criticism of the American Dream. As he paints a vivid portrait of the Jazz Age‚ Fitzgerald defines this Dream‚ and through Gatsby’s downfall‚ expresses the futility and

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    war; however she broke her vow and betrayed me. Ophelia never promised you anything‚ all she wanted was your love and affection. I lived in a world where dreams are exposed as illusions; a world in which unfeeling men such as Tom receive love from women who are longed for by dreamers such as me. Everything I told my trustworthy friend Nick‚ were lies. I was embarrassed about my past and family’s poverty. I was killed by

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