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    work. The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s On the surface‚ The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel‚ however‚ encompasses a much larger‚ less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island‚ New York‚ The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole‚ in particular

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    The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s obsessive attachment for his dream to come true is his downfall and ultimately leads to his death. The Great Gatsby is book that explores a man who wants to make his unrealistic dream a reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses drama and imagination to draw the readers in. Gatsby’s dream is very unrealistic because it depends on other peoples actions‚ daisy’s love for tom‚ and because his dream would only work in a perfect world.             Gatsby’s dream is unrealistic because

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    The Great Gatsby Essay “Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues‚ and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (Page 59). So writes Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ characterizing himself in opposition to the great masses of humanity as a perfectly honest man. The honesty that Nick attributes to himself must be a nearly perfect one‚ by impression of both its infrequency and its "cardinal" nature; Nick stresses

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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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    Symbols are always used in novels to help readers understand the story in-depth. In Francis Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ symbols are widely used for Jay Gatsby and George Wilson’s character development. Symbols such as the area where these two characters lived‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg‚ and the cars in this story were all used for this. This novel was filled with symbols and symbolism‚ which try to convey Fitzgerald’s ideas to the reader. Symbols were constantly used in Fitzgerald’s novel

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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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    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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    characteristics that identify Jay Gatsby as a tragic hero.  Some of the characteristics of a tragic hero include greatness‚ a weakness or a flaw‚ an undeserved fate and a punishment exceeding the crime.  Jay Gatsby encompasses all of these characteristics of a tragic hero.  Although‚ the author tries to portray Gatsby as a perfect person‚ there are still some flaws that are noticeable.  Gatsby’s great life unwinds with the death of the tragic hero.    We know that Jay Gatsby was esteemed by the way others

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    The Great Corruption of Gatsby The 1920s was the time of the Jazz Age when money was abundant. Most people were trying to impress others rather than living their own life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the theme was “love of money leads to corruption.” Money is not the problem in the story‚ but the love for it is what causes problems. Gatsby’s grand dream for wealth leads to his downfall. Nick Carraway stated to him‚ “ You can’t repeat the past”(111). He was throwing extravagant

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    Josh Williams 33086951057 Mr. Williams ENG4U June 6th‚ 2013 Dear Ms. Hartill Rollercoasters! You may be asking yourself why I started off with the word rollercoasters‚ and I will tell you but first I want to say that reading The Great Gatsby has been a very eye opening experience for me. I didn’t expect many things to happen the way they did. This book to me was sort of a mystery novel. One minute people are having a wonderful time at a party and the next conversations are brought up about

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