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    arduously to settle in America these days. When thinking about this country‚ most of us have the trend to associate it with our own“ American dreams “ and picture an elaborate blueprint of our bright future. However‚ in Fitzgerald’s far-reaching novel The Great Gatsby‚ he presents us some crucial realities related to American society. One important aspect of these realities is crime. Every Saturday‚ Gatsby throws a party at his mansion: all the great and luxury of the young fashionable world come to

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    place is integral to the development of the characters. This can be seen through the book‚ “ The Great Gatsby”. The book was written in the 1920s America. It was the post World War 1 period and the time of extreme wealth and promise. It was also a Jazz Age‚ where women enjoyed a much less restricted lifestyle with newfound freedom. There was a legal ban on intoxicating drinks and homemade alcohol from bathtubs was of poor quality so there was a huge market for organized crime. The criminals acquired

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    Deceitful Green Light Green is the color of hope and it is viewed as one of the most important symbols in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby believed in the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches‚ and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly‚ the green light represents far more than

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    all honesty‚ toys aren’t gonna wake up and kill us in our sleep (not now‚ at least.) But how is it okay that we can be that ignorant and indifferent to other people? Think about it: were you on the receiving end or the giving end? Were you treating people like objects? Were you TREATED like something expendable? now think about how you felt bad for them toys in Toy Story 3. You’d think it would be an even worse feeling if people do it to other people‚ right? What’s amazing is despite all that

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    “That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” This quote has to do with the two stories because each character can achieve whatever it is that they want is‚ just showing that everyone can succeed in their goals somehow. In the novel The Great Gatsby and the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ There are many different types of dreams that each character wants to achieve. The characters in each story‚ Nick Carraway‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay‚ Gatsby‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha

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    “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking‚ in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby Love‚ love‚ love; the only thing everybody talks about. Every movie‚ every series‚ every story talks about how two people fall in love and live happily ever after. All stories get to the conclusion that the love the couple shared was unique and that the two lovers matched perfectly together. But what happens when two lovers do not belong to the same social

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    The Great Gatsby Questions: Q1. Re-read Nick’s account of Gatsby’s past. Do you think that Gatsby achieved the American Dream? The start of this chapter begins with a inquisitive reporter turning up on Gatsby’s doorstep who is hoping to find out some truth in the rumours that will make a good story. The rumours have made Gatsby just short of being news and expanded Gatsby’s identity beyond what he could actually be. The rumours were that Gatsby gained his fortune from his rich older friend

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    Jay Gatsby‚ the main character from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a fascinating character who takes on an interesting persona. Gatsby is so “great” because of his unusual nature of dealing with his lifelong problems and his status in society. Gatsby is a man who has many dreams‚ just like every other American citizen‚ but he pursues them to an abnormal extent to which many view him as “great.” Gatsby’s ultimate dream is to rekindle his relationship with Daisy‚ a girl that he viewed

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    Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The novel begins when the main character Nick Caraway moves to a town in long island call west egg. He lives in modest home amongst extravagant mansions. His neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ throws lavish parties almost every night. His cousin Daisy‚ and her husband tom‚ also lives in the west egg community. Once nick get an invite to one of Gatsby’s parties he become thirsted into the wealthy lifestyle of the people around him. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    “The Great Gatsby” The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are fighting about women‚ money etc. After I read this book I realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby‚ both rich men. Here’s the story in a short version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy family‚ living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are something of a clan actually. Nick’s

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