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    The Great Gatsby Outline I. Introduction A. Symbolism B. Thesis Statement: In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ creates a satirical work of literature that uses symbolism to point out geographical and environmental characteristics throughout the different settings of the story. II. Color A. Symbolic location of the green light. III. West Egg and East Egg A. Geological and social values portrayed IV. Valley

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    During the 1920s‚ social classes influenced the way of life. Neighborhoods often represented what class families were in. Fitzgerald grew up on a middle class street but lived in a lower class house; likewise‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ the characters are separated by neighborhoods: East Egg and West Egg. East and West Egg is “where Fitzgerald makes most clear the disparity between the major characters’ relationships to their present environment and the idealized visions they continue to hold of landscapes

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    ” How important is the setting of a particular time and/or place to the development of the characters? The setting of a particular time and 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

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    progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the south during World War I. The character is based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer Max Gerlach‚ according to Some Sort of Epic Grandeur‚ Matthew J Bruccoli’s biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have

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    has gradually transformed into a materialistic vision of having a big house‚ a nice car‚ and a life of ease. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on material items as an indication of attaining success. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is a self-made man who started out with no money and only a plan for achieving his dream. He is so blinded by his luxurious possessions that he does not see that money cannot buy love or happiness. Fitzgerald demonstrates how a dream can

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    trickery‚” but in The Great Gatsby‚ however‚ “honesty does not seem to determine which characters are sympathetic and which are not in this novel quite the same way that it does in others” (GradeSaver). F. Scott Fitzgerald has incorporated many different themes into The Great Gatsby‚ but one of the more prevalent themes is one of dishonesty‚ displayed through the characters’ various actions and affairs. Fitzgerald portrays this theme through the characters‚ Tom‚ Daisy‚ Myrtle‚ Gatsby‚ Jordan‚ and the

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    of Jay Gatsby‚ who is urbane and world-weary. Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love. Overview: The Great Gatsby The novel’s events are filtered through the consciousness of its narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ a young Yale graduate‚ who is both a part of and separate from the world he describes. Upon moving to New York‚ he rents a house next door to the mansion of an eccentric millionaire (Jay Gatsby). Every Saturday‚ Gatsby throws a party at his mansion and all the great and the

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    THE GREAT GATSBY The Great Gatsby is the story of Jay Gatsby narrated by Nick Carraway‚ the neighbor. The story shows different themes throughout the movie like greed‚ power betrayal and justice. It also shows a vivid peek of the American life in the 1020s. The lives of the characters revolve around the mysterious Gatsby which give the story an unexpected outcome. The only thing known at the beginner of the film about the mysterious Gatsby was that he had an “extraordinary gift for hope”. The

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    see when you pick up this book is the Title "The Great Gatsby" So already you expect Gatsby to great before you have even opened the book. As the first chapter unravels The Narrator and Gatsby’s Neighbor Nick Carraway‚ tells us plainly that he loathes Gatsby‚ however by the end of the paragraph he describes Gatsby’s character as "gorgeous". He also says "No Gatsby turned out alright in the end." From now we begin to wonder about how great Gatsby really is? On one hand he is "vile" because Carraway

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