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    upper hand of power. Tom Buchanan‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Stanley Kowalski feel the need to take the behavior of their partners into their own hands. Tom and Myrtle do not keep their affair confidential to the public‚ the only people they keep the affair a secret from are their spouses. Throughout their affair‚ there was also some physical abuse‚ “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai——‘ Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his

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    Aspect Of Jay Gatsby

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    There are aspects of Jay Gatsby that call into question; “who is Gatsby? What does he do? How did he get his money? ” The story takes place in New York during‚ 1920s of when the prohibition liquor can about; Well Mr. Gatsby’s money did not come from inheritance‚ as he would like people to believe‚ but it came from organized crime he was involved in. So‚ Gatsby has profited greatly from selling liquor illegally. In addition‚ while people come to Gatsby’s parties for a good time and free liquor‚ no-one

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    Raise and Fall of Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is a young man‚ around thirty years old‚ who rose from childhood marked by poverty and mostly spent in North Dakota to a man of unimaginable wealth. From his early youth‚ Gatsby resented poverty and aspired toward wealth and sophistication. His real name was James Gatz‚ but it was later changed to Jay Gatsby as it was more melodic and less immigrant. Gatsby is a man who secretly hates the poor as well as immigrants‚ and could never see humans in them‚ which

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    The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. This dream is different for different people‚ but in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness and lost love. To get this happiness Jay Gatsby must reach into the past and in order to relive an old dream of marrying Daisy‚ the foundation of his life. In order to do this‚ he must have wealth and

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    Why Is Jay Gatsby Great

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    Jay Gatsby can be considered “great” based on several aspects. First off‚ to get a real sense of his achievements‚ you have to know about his past. He was born James Gatz to an extremely poor farming family in North Dakota‚ and always hated his poverty. He ended up going to St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ which he promptly dropped out of‚ because he was "dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny.” He then went to Lake Superior‚ where he met and befriended a copper tycoon named

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    The character Jay Gatsby‚ also known as James Gatz‚ is the key character in The Great Gatsby. He started out as a poor farmer’s son in North Dakota‚ and dropped out of college in Minnesota. He joined the military and during training meets Daisy‚ a beautiful rich woman living nearby‚ whom he falls in love with. Gatsby is soon shipped out for the war. Daisy then marries Tom Buchanan who is a rich aristocrat whose social standing is the same as Daisy’s‚ her ideal partner. Gatsby becomes rich from

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    “So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Fitzgerald 180). The novel: The Great Gatsby reflects F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life by the background information of Nick and the love life of Gatsby. Fitzgerald saw himself as being a man like Nick‚ but in real life he showed similar pasts of Gatsby. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one’‚ he told me‚ ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Fitzgerald 1).

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    Jay Gatsby Facts

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald he explains to the reader in a distinctive way who Jay Gatsby is. This new man who is secretly in love with Daisy and has lots of new money‚ is living in West Egg.‚ this mysterious character is revealed to us by the narrator Nick Caraway. Rumours and facts are revealed to us in the first five chapters. At the beginning of the novel‚ Jay Gatsby is described to us as a mysterious man who is really shy; we also know nothing about him.

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    characteristics. Characters such as Daisy from “The Great Gatsby” and Iago from “Othello” contain similar characteristics. Although Daisy and Iago carry different motives‚ they share identical deceptive schemes which cause similar effects on others. Both characters through their actions‚ thoughts‚ and intentions‚ are defined as bad people who do evil to manipulate others and take advantage of them. To begin with‚ the differences between both characters are their motives. Daisy’s motive is wealth

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    Is Jay Gatsby Tragic?

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    Tragic Jay Gatsby Many characters in novels may be considered to be tragic. These characters are considered tragic because of one character trait they possess that leads to their eventual demise. Jay Gatsby is a tragic character in a unique way. That is‚ he has many negative traits‚ but only one of these traits leads to his eventual downfall. Of all the character traits that Jay Gatsby possessed‚ his excessiveness in everything he did was what led him to his ultimate downfall. Jay Gatsby

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