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    prude. Classes divided because some people had inherited wealth and other had work hard to earn their money. In The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ these controversies that divided the generations of the 1920s included prohibition‚ and the right to personal freedoms and compares and contrast new money versus old money and modernism versus traditionalism. In The Great Gatsby‚ there is social dividing line that separates the aristocracy and those who are "would be" aristocracy. That diving

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    06/07/2005 Period. 1 The Great Gatsby Essay In all human life relationships are very important‚ and this is shown in many different aspects of human life . Relationships are so significant that Authors often use them as the revolving point of their stories. Such as in The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the different relationships as the revolving point in his story. Fitzgerald shows how the relationships between the couples in The Great Gatsby are similar in many different

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    Contextual Study: The Great Gatsby & American Beauty 1. Comparison provides insight into the evolution that American culture has undergone throughout the 20th century 2. Jazz Age: era of great hope for the future‚ as end of WW1 set up expectations in people’s minds that the future would be bright for everyone 3. decade of economic prosperity‚ with wealth a desired goal‚ as money thought to bring happiness and social & financial success 4. underlying the hope was a sense of

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    Name Tutor Course Date Why Gatsby is great One of the outstanding pieces of classic American literature that many admire to read‚ especially in high school‚ is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The whole story detailed in this book took place during summer in a small town in Long Island. Fitzgerald details on issues of romance‚ wealth‚ adventure‚ American dream in order to attract the reader’s attention and take them back to the Jazz Age of the twenties. The most interesting concern arising

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    The Great Gatsby My assignment was to compare the novel The Great Gatsby to the movies which were made in 1974 and 2000.While the basic idea of the book was expressed in both movies‚ I choose a version of 1974 because it seemed to have more noticeable details than the version which was realized in 2000. In my opinion the 2000 version didn’t do a better job in expressing the ideas of the book. The 1974 version did an excellent job in portraying the Jazz Age. The scenes of Gatsby’s party

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    The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby has a list of ordinary character flaws‚ though Gatsby’s flaws are only revealed through the telling of the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book’s plot revolves around the history of Jay Gatsby and his undying love for Daisy Fay. Did the downfall of Gatsby’s character leave him to be an innocent victim‚ a foolish dreamer‚ or a guilty imposter? The downfall of this main character was destroyed by love and money‚ when Gatsby and his lavish life eventually

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    Social status plays a big role in every society. Everybody wants to achieve some form of social status. In the movie The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby sole purpose in life was to achieve a very high social status and not live as his parents did. With Jay’s vision of himself‚ along with the love he poured into Daisy and his insistence on reliving the past his Gatsby’s ultimate down fall. Jay’s own vision of himself started out at an early age‚ he even denied his own parents since they were not of the

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    the three texts provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be an american during the 1920s‚ by describing the lifestyle of americans in 1920s. First‚ H. L. Mencken in‚ On Being An American‚ he describes the happy and prosperous lives of americans. Second‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay in‚ I Like Americans‚ she described the safety‚ happiness‚ and prosperity of an american. Finally‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald in‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he described the parties‚ prosperity‚ and laughter in an american’s life

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    Self Reliance‚ an essay by the famous transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ is pretty deep. Way deep. Read-it-multiple-times kind of deep. Emerson’s essay discusses self-trusting‚ and urges readers to follow their own instincts and ideas. However‚ despite the author’s intelligent language and thoughtful insight into self-reliance‚ it ultimately became repetitive‚ hard to follow‚ and just lacking clarity. In Self Reliance‚ Emerson explores themes of non-conformity and individualism– the essay is

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    man he was. He was a bully that used his social status and strength to control and boss people around him. Jay Gatsby on the other hand was a caring business man who had met Daisy in Louisville while he was in the war before she was married. Daisy promised him she would wait for him but ended up marring Tom Buchanan due to pressure from her family. Jay Gatsby always hoped Daisy and he would be together again in the future. He tried making

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