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    Love In The Great Gatsby

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    Wealthy Love The Great Gatsby was a very twisted book so many things happened and it did not seem to add up. F. Scott Fitzgerald did not seem to know how to name “The Great Gatsby” at first‚ it is full of themes and some major themes were love‚ wealth and cheating. Therefore‚ a better title would be Wealthy Love. Almost every character in the book is wealthy or is thriving to be wealthy. Tom and Daisy were a wealthy couple‚ Jay Gatsby grew up with old money and Nick did as well. Myrtle

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    individuals in The Great Gatsby‚ as well as those of the Jazz Age who thought their economy was prospering and strong. Though Gatsby may be mysterious‚ Fitzgerald’s style may be disillusioned‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg may be god-like and awe-inspiring‚ and Daisy’s love for Gatsby may seem “possible‚” each is a catalyst for the transpiration of illusion in the individual’s attempt in finding reality. One of the more prominent examples of illusion seen as reality in The Great Gatsby is when Jay

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    The Great Gatsby Essay Maddie Heap Period 8B The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novelization about two very different men who make acquaintances under the circumstances of love. Nick Carraway is a cousin with Daisy Buchannan‚ the woman with whom Jay Gatsby has been madly in love with for the past 5 years. He has done nothing but throw rich and extravagant parties in his colossal mansion that he purchased just to get her attention. But she never made an appearance. If Gatsby could have anyone in the

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    chapter 5 of the book great gatsby ‚Analysis Memorable Quote Daisy is overwhelmed by the great value of the shirts from England. Also overwhelmed by Jay Gatsby’s wealth. Strong emotional reactions shows what a materialistic person Daisy is - comes from the fact that Gatsby is finally wealthy enough for her to be with and her realization that she should have waited for Gatsby who eventually became rich and powerful. Also could imply that she is upset about the fact that Gatsby now seems more successful

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    The Great Gatsby Theme

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel relating to his short story of Winter Dreams. The main character is Jay Gatsby. He is a wealthy man who lives in a mansion in West Egg of New York. Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story and is Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. He will do anything to get her attention again‚ but it’s difficult because she is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom is very wealthy and powerful. He lives with Daisy on the East Egg side across the bay

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    Great Gatsby Reality

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald… During the 1920s‚ the American Dream was a provincial ideology that influenced the popular belief of achieving vast prosperity despite privilege through hard work. However‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ an obsession with the accumulation of a vast fortune and the pursuance towards his dream proves ultimately fatal. According to Marius Bewely‚ emerging from the pursuance of the American Dream is the rejection of limits and an attempt to hide the covert boundary between

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic

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    Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the unfortunate reality of loneliness consumes the lives of the majority of the characters. The time period portrayed in this novel‚ the 1920’s‚ had brought about several changes for people. It was highly common for large groups of people to join together for parties with endless drinking‚ dancing and celebrating. However‚ when the night was over and the festivities finished‚ most people were forced right back into their regular everyday lives feeling

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    Gold In The Great Gatsby

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    In the novel‚ the color green is associated with Gatsby many times whether it be related to his envy‚ his money‚ or his thoughts. Gatsby is filled with jealousy when he is unable to attain Daisy since she already belongs to another man‚ Tom. Green also represents the power and influence of money‚ which Gatsby has plenty of. Later in the novel‚ Michaelis‚ the witness of the car accident that killed Myrtle‚ “wasn’t even sure of [the death car’s] color – [but] he told the first policeman that it was

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    men‚ for they may act on their dreams with open eyes‚ to make them possible.” In The Great Gatsby‚ the central theme is realizing that creating your own dreams and living in your reality is extremely different. Myrtle dreamt of having money‚ yet knew Tom would never leave Daisy‚ Gatsby dreamt of being with the Daisy he created‚ but realized she had changed‚ and Daisy dreamt of being in love and being with Gatsby‚ but would NEVER leave Tom. Myrtle Wilson desires one thing in life‚ money. She lives

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