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    "The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald embodies many themes; the most salient one relates to the corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream had always been based on the idea that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. The dream also embodied the idea of a self-sufficient man‚ an entrepreneur making it successful for himself. The Great Gatsby is about what happened to the American

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    The Reckless Gatsby We live in mammonist world. Money is first. If we have a lot of money‚ we can buy almost everything. However‚ we cannot buy true emotions‚ such as love. Emotion is above money. We can buy person to work at your side. But making that person to be truly at our side‚ we should move his/ her true heart by spending a lot of time and show who you are and know how he/she is. Otherwise he/she will just pretend to be your side. From this point of view‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The

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    Morals and American Idealism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of morals and American idealism‚ this being a major theme of the book‚ which is corrupted by using materials as its means. Nick‚ the narrator as well as one of the main characters of The Great Gatsby‚ has moved to the East coast from the West to learn the bond business. He rents a mid-sized bungalow on West Egg‚ where most of the other residents

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    The Great Gatsby True love in the 1920s was a hard thing to come by. The way that Fitzgerald portrayed relationships‚ he was implying that a true friendship and relationship during the 1920s was impossible. This is shown very well in the novel The Great Gatsby by many of the different characters. For example‚ Daisy and Gatsby fell in love but daisy got married and is now separated from Gatsby. Also‚ Nick a friend of Gatsby is being constantly used by Gatsby so that he can get closer to his cousin

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    Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Cardinal Virtues: The Great Gatsby In the book of Proverbs‚ it is written that there are “six things the Lord hates‚ and the seventh His soul detests.” Those seven deadly sins are: lust‚ gluttony‚ greed‚ laziness‚ anger‚ envy‚ and pride. In contrast to the seven deadly sins‚ there are seven heavenly virtues. These virtues are: purity‚ self-control‚ charity‚ diligence‚ forgiveness‚ kindness‚ and humility. In The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald designs the characters

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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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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was written and set in the 1920’s‚ a decade known as the "Jazz Age." Fitzgerald described it as a time when "the parties were bigger‚ the pace was faster‚ the buildings were higher‚ the morals were looser." 1 It was just after the 1st World War and the young generation began to rebel. The young women (known as the flappers) would have their hair styled into short bobs‚ would wear clothes that were much shorter than before and smoke of

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    (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ as well as on original imagination‚ such as polemical works as well as autobiography‚ and reflective essays as well as belles-lettres. The Great Gatsby has the following particular characteristics of a literary texts: The first literary element of the novel is the plot‚ the protagonist is Jay Gatsby‚ a young‚ wealthy man in love with a society girl from his past. He tries to build a life with her but fate and bad luck turn tragic. The next key element is the

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    “The Great Gatsby” The Jazz Age was a period in which there was an increase in economic development. This period was economically prosperous; however‚ moral bankruptcy was pervasive. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald employs some of the characters as symbols of morality. Nick Carroway is portrayed as an honest man‚ while Jordan Baker is portrayed as a dishonest and materialistic woman. Nick is a good man who was raised in a family where moral values were essential. He is a nonjudgmental

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    Summary: In this opening chapter of the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ they introduce the Narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ along with other characters. Nick opens the book reminiscing about his past upbringings and lessons his family taught him. Nick then visits his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. Daisy and Tom are very rich and Tom is very arrogant‚ obnoxious‚ racist‚ and seems a bit uneducated. Tom does not try to hide his love affairs‚ and Daisy tries to set up Nick and her child hood friend‚ Jordan. At

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