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    person’s past can be the ideal driving force and motivation needed in order to move up the ladder of success as displayed in F Scott Fitzgerald’s short novel‚ The Great Gatsby A man’s past‚ filled with poverty and desperation‚ very analogous to Jay Gatsby’s‚ can only drive him to become successful in everything he does or attempts. Gatsby distant relationship with Daisy as motivation to attain superfluous wealth and fame in attempt to win his soul mates heart back. Everything he owned was subliminally

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    Criticism of The Great Gatsby “This patient romantic hopefulness against existing conditions symbolizes Gatsby” - Edwin Clark‚ 1925 for the New York Times “The queer charm‚ colour‚ wonder and drama of a young and wreckless world”- William Rose Benet‚ 1925 “Their idiotic pursuit of sensation‚ their almost incredible stupidity and triviality‚ their glittering swinishness—these are the things that go into his book.”- H.L Mencken 1925 “Fitzgerald gives us a meditation on some of this country’s

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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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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation

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    In the novel so far we’ve experienced quite a few of Ha’s personality traits‚ but one that’s been very prominent throughout the poems we’ve read is how she curious she is. Whether it be her curiosity about her Papaya tree‚ or about her future‚ curiosity is definitely a strong trait of hers. For example in the second poem she says‚ “Maybe soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood-”‚ and then she continues on with her hopes for the future. This seems to show a bit of curiosity because she’s now

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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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    The Great Gatsby – Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Why is Nick Carraway made the narrator? The device of giving Nick the function of narrator lends psychic distance from the story. Nick is part of the action‚ yet he is not one of the principals. He shares some of the emotions and is in a position to interpret those of the others. However‚ the happens are not center on him. 2. What kind of relationship exists between Nick and the Buchanans? It is completely superficial. He speaks of them

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    far-reaching novel The Great Gatsby‚ he presents us some crucial realities related to American society. One important aspect of these realities is crime. Every Saturday‚ Gatsby throws a party at his mansion: all the great and luxury of the young fashionable world come to show his extravagance‚ but he builds his fortune through distributing alcohol‚ gambling and bootlegging. However‚ the reason for Gatsby to take such great risk is neither money nor fame‚ for Nick has observed that Gatsby” grew more correct

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    Through stories such as broden deal’s “Antaeus” all of us people learn about ourselves and others. A study of character provides insight to human behaviour. By examining the qualities of T.J we learn that T.J is intelligent‚ sensitive and in the book “Antaeus” we also learn about ourselves. In a perspective‚ the guy who explains the story also known as the narrator and mostly what T.J. has said makes him appear sensitive in my point of view. For example: when T.J. first suggests to build a garden

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    as though rich and famous people are larger- than-life and virtually impossible to touch‚ almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby‚ set in two wealthy communities‚ East Egg and West Egg‚ Fitzgerald describes Gatsby as a Romantic‚ larger- than-life‚ figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that‚ based on illusion‚ is of his own making. Gatsby’s possessions start to this illusion. He lives in an extremely

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