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    GReat Gatsby

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    Katie Coleman ALC Period 3 12/19/13 Fitzgerald’s Colorful Imagination The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an ever exciting story about a trouble-some wealthy man‚ Jay Gatsby. He spends his life creating a rich status for myself to allure people in. Among the people his wants to in his life‚ is his one true love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Color Symbolism plays a huge roll in describing characters and lending extra meaning to inanimate objects and descriptions of society. The use

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    Charles de Montesquieu says that "to become truly great‚ one has to stand with people‚ not above them". Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby ‚ protagonist Jay Gatsby progresses as a hero through his dedication for love‚ his youthful dreams‚ and his Christ-like persona. His passion for love reflects in his greatness; for he proves commitment‚ dedication‚ and a loving soul for others. Jay Gatsby lives the model of the American Dream in a youthful and undertaking way. Extravagance

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    Is Gatsby Great?

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    Is Gatsby Great? ‘Gatsby turned out all right in the end’ – a judgment that takes Nick Caraway some time to make‚ and one that not everyone would agree with. This essay states three reasons why the character Jay Gatsby from the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is not great. To some readers‚ Gatsby may seem like a great guy because he was doing anything and everything to make Daisy‚ the woman that he loved‚ love him back but Daisy has a husband‚ Tom‚ and Gatsby is with Daisy pursuing an affair and

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    Great Gatsby: Chapter two feb‚18th‚2013 PLOT -Tom Buchanan takes Nick to George Wilson’s garage‚ which lies at the edge of the valley of ashes. - He then meets women named Myrtle‚ who Tom is having an affair. - Nick‚ then is forced to travel with Tom and Myrtle to the city. There‚ Tom and Myrtle decide to have a vulgar party with Myrtle’s sister‚ Catherine‚ and a couple named McKee. - The group gossip about Jay Gatsby. There rumors start to stir up when Catherine begins to tell the

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    Period 1 10 December 2012 The Great Gatsby The novel the Great Gatsby is a very well written book by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is probably the most known out of his novels. In the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald shows us that in the 20’s money was a huge part of how you are viewed by everyone. Money determined how you were viewed and how people perceived you.People felt like they could alter how people viewed them by having a lot of possessions. In the novel Jay Gatsby has to resort to Daisy’s materialistic

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    THE GREAT GATSBY ESSAY “I want to write something new-something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned. Masterpieces are not accidents. Geniuses know what they are doing or trying to do. They need luck‚ but knowing how to use the luck is an essential element of a writer’s equipment.” This quote written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is quite phenomenal‚ and I agree with it 100%. It tells us a bit about Fitzgerald like he strives to make sure that the reader understands

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    Fitzgerald’s use of flashback in The Great Gatsby proves to be an effective tool in order to reveal information from the characters’ past. These flashbacks are effective because they allow the reader to know and understand the character better before a situation in the novel arises. Three examples of flashbacks that Fitzgerald uses are when Jordan explains to Nick how and when she first met Gatsby on page 79‚ when Nick explains to the reader how Gatsby got his name and what his childhood was

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    GREAT GATSBY

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    The Great Gatsby In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there were many symbols used to resemble the characters ideas and the novel’s story line. Some very important symbols throughout the book were Dr. T.J Eckleburg’s eyes‚ the green light‚ the valley of ashes‚ and the colors. I thought that the most important symbol explained in this novel was the green light. The green light was mentioned numerous times throughout the story and stuck with us while we tried to figure out if Gatsby was right for Daisy

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    Jake Ellis Mr. Paul O’Hearn Honors British Literature May 5‚ 2013 The Great Gatsby: Corruption of the American Dream In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the dominant theme of the corruption of the American Dream by materialism. The rise of materialism in the Roaring Twenties shows how people would involve themselves in illegal activities just to achieve their vision of the American Dream. Most of the time people’s view of the American Dream was a fantasy and never truly obtainable

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    American Dream in the book “The Great Gatsby” There are many examples of meaning of the American Dream in the book “The Great Gatsby” by F.Scott Fitzgerald. In the book author shows us people‚ who started from nothing and achieved so many heights‚ no matter from which social class they came. However‚ we can also see that these money and status do not guarantee your happiness. “The Great Gatsby” is an example that actual American Dream is unachievable because for Jay Gatsby‚ money did not bring his beloved

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