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    Summary of “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

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    The Great Gatsby by Scott F Fitzgerald is a book about a millionaire named Jay Gatsby who seeks to be with his lover‚ Daisy‚ even though she is already married. The book is narrated by Gatsby’s neighbor Nick Caraway‚ who observes Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy and the conflicts Gatsby faces along the way. Gatsby lives the American dream of being popular and wealthy‚ while Nick is a shadow who watches Gatsby’s and the other characters’ actions. As an outsider‚ Nick is able to observe the main characters

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    It is in human nature to define ones own role in society‚ as time goes on that role shifts and shatters and reforms anew. Both Coupland and Fitzgerald‚ in their novels “jPod” and “The Great Gatsby”‚ explore this theme of identity through; creation of a persona for personal gain‚ the impacts to that persona and internal turmoil that can be caused by external influences‚ and the potential harsh realization of reality that stems from filling a persona. The characters in both novels‚ much like many

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    long-lost lover‚ a dream only achieved by a lucky few. To forget the past and rekindle affection long forgotten‚ the romantic hopes of a passionate imaginary‚ too far removed from reality to face the truth. Yet Jay Gatsby (of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby) longed for more. Gatsby‚ born James Gatz‚ not only wish to reconnect with a lover of his past‚ Daisy‚ not only wished to have her fall in love with him again‚ but wished to erase five years of lapsed time between them‚ convincing her

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    Great Gatsby Moral

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    The Great Gatsby is a modern classic of the early twentieth century‚ a novel which truly captured the luxurious atmosphere of the “Jazz Age.” It is a moniker given to the 1920’s which is suitable‚ as the spread of wealth led to a decade of glamor and decadence. Among the variations of the novel’s themes‚ the one moral that is evident and shadows over the rest of the “American Dream‚” is the ideal that a person of any racial or financial background could start a new life in America and live in riches

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    Introduction “The Great Gatsby” is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925‚ it is set on Long Island’s North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed prosperity during the “roaring” as the economy soared. At the same

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    American Dream In The Great Gatsby all of the characters are working towards their own happiness. Fitzgerald uses the characters to represent the different groups of people and their dreams‚ they are different in wealth and social status. Fitzgerald uses the characters in the upper class to show that the American Dream is not just about money‚ as it seemed to be in 1920’s. He felt that the people of the 1920’s had forgotten what the American Dream was about‚ so he portrayed those people

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    The Great Gatsby By: Ashley Williams Setting In the first quarter of this book the setting is evenly split between two different places‚ West Egg‚ NY and New York City. The author described his new town on page 10. “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs‚ identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay‚ jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere‚ the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.” This gives readers a beautiful image of where

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    Physcology.about.com‚ “the trait theory suggest that individual personalities are composed of broad dispositions such as central and secondary traits” (Par. 5).Each character in a literacy work has a unique trait; however‚ multiple traits may occur more than just a single trait. Nick’s traits vary which are displayed. For example‚ Nick’s humble traits symbolize sincere respect‚ apprehensive assertiveness‚ and self-effacing demeanor showing maturity within The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Sincere

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    is it about The Great Gatsby that keeps people gasping for air? That’s a simple question: the triangle of three main characters of course. Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Nick are a triangle of events themselves. What causes this? Many things‚ but everything begins when Nick meets Gatsby and reunites with Daisy. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel of numerous uncontrollable twists and turns. In this novel Gatsby is trying to reconnect with Daisy through her cousin Nick. Gatsby‚ Nick‚ and Daisy

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