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    Yellowcard “If I could find you now things would get better” In chapter one Gatsby keeps looking across the sound at the green light in the front of Daisy’s house. He is wistfully thinking about being with Daisy as he looks at the green light. Just from reading the chapter I can inference that the green light indicates Gatsby’s dream of having Daisy. In this song the boy talks about how if he was with his love” things would get better”. Both Gatsby and the boy in the song have the idea that if they find

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    Chapter five of Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby focusses on the afternoon tea in which Jay Gatsby is to reconnect with Daisy Buchanan as planned in chapter four. The chapter begins with Nick coming home to West Egg seeing his neighborhood in “ablaze” and leading him to fear his home had caught on fire (Fitzgerald 86). It turns out the “fire” was simply Gatsby’s monstrous mansion illuminating light which highlights the actual multitude that is the Gatsby estate. As the chapter

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    Chris Caron Great Gatsby Colors 3/23/13 The Valley of Ashes provides the scene for the majority of the use of the color gray in The Great Gatsby. Gray most prominently and obviously symbolizes the hopelessness that thrives within the Valley of Ashes. Fitzgerald describes the Valley of Ashes as "...a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys...and ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir

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    Use Of Symbolism In "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby" There are many writers like James Joyce‚ Patrick Kananach and Thomas Moore who use symbolism to convey and support indirect meaning in their writings. J.D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald both use symbolism in similar ways. In both "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby"‚ the authors used symbolism to convey emotions and reality. In "The Catcher In The Rye"‚ J.D. Salinger uses Holden’s red hunting cap‚ the exhibits

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    The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ portrays the Jazz Age and the people living during the time. The reader watches the unfortunate story of the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan through the eyes of Nick Carraway. His semi-involved character witnesses the events unfold right in front of his eyes as he lives next door to Gatsby. Critics often regard this tale of love‚ betrayal‚ and immoral living an essential classic for all high-school students. The cover provides

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    Myrtle to New York City‚ to the Morningside Heights apartment he keeps for his affair. Here they have an impromptu party with Myrtle’s sister‚ Catherine‚ and a couple named McKee. Catherine has bright red hair‚ wears a great deal of makeup‚ and tells Nick that she has heard that Jay Gatsby is the nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm‚ the ruler of Germany during World War I. The McKees‚ who live downstairs‚ are a horrid couple: Mr. McKee is pale and feminine‚ and Mrs. McKee is shrill. The group proceeds

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    The Symbolism Behind Gatsby Throughout the story “The Great Gatsby” there are countless symbols that pop out to the reader. Symbols are so apparent that there is not a chapter missing at least one. F. Scott Fitzgerald does an exceptional job at situating symbols in the text. However‚ there are a select few that stand out over the others for being most controversial The infamous green light at the end of the dock‚ this is #1 symbol in the reading. “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the

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    Chp. 1 Barney Northrup sells apartments and knows where the people who will be buying the apartments will be staying before he shows them the apartments. Barney sells one to Mrs. Wexler and Mr. Wexler. They have two children‚ one named‚ Turtle. Mrs. Wexler is happy about buying the apartment and can’t wait to show off the view of the apartment to her friends who live in old fashioned houses. Mrs. Wexler is a very showy person. Chp. 2 Theo‚ Otis‚ and Turtle‚ see smoke come out of the chimney from

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    Score: 139.70 1. out of 140 points (99.79%) award: 10 out of 10.00 points Exercise 3-1 Classifying adjusting entries LO C3 In the blank space beside each adjusting entry‚ enter the letter of the explanation A through F that most closely describes the entry. A. B. C. D. E. F. To record this period’s depreciation expense. To record accrued salaries expense. To record this period’s use of a prepaid expense. To record accrued interest revenue. To record accrued interest expense. To record the earning

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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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