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    The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway seems like a genuine nice gentleman. Nick sees Gatsby as an inspiration and a good guy‚ but I don’t really think Gatsby is. I feel like he is more mysterious and as if he is hiding something. As the story progresses‚ we meet Tom Buchanan who I am not very fond of. He is very rude‚ snobby‚ and aggressive. He acts and believes that he deserves nothing but the best. Tom also isn’t a good husband or man to Daisy. It is mentioned that Tom takes Nick to his lovers house

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    015 11/21/13 The Great Gatsby 1. Is Gatsby an admirable character? Quote: “There’s the kind of man you’d like to take home and introduce to your mother and sister.” Yes in my opinion I do believe that Gatsby is an admirable character. Reason why is because he has changed his life from being dirt poor to filthy rich; all just to make his life better and to get the girl of his dreams‚ Daisy. He is very dedicated to what he wants in life and won’t take no for an answer. Gatsby well work as much

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    “It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars”. This quote said by Garrison Keillor‚ metaphorically exemplifies the true meaning of hollowness and shallowness. Hollowness and shallowness were a major part of people’s characteristics in the 1920’s ‘easy money’ era because of the great economic boom. During this era‚ people earned their money by corruption with smuggling alcohol during prohibition. In addition‚ people earned their money by people unknowingly investing in major stocks

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    Jay Gatsby‚ the main character from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a fascinating character who takes on an interesting persona. Gatsby is so “great” because of his unusual nature of dealing with his lifelong problems and his status in society. Gatsby is a man who has many dreams‚ just like every other American citizen‚ but he pursues them to an abnormal extent to which many view him as “great.” Gatsby’s ultimate dream is to rekindle his relationship with Daisy‚ a girl that he viewed

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    Myrtle Wilson is a very important character in The Great Gatsby. Myrtle is‚ in her mid thirties and faintly stout but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can" (29). She is the wife of George Wilson‚ who buys and sells cars for a living. They do not have a lot of money and Myrtle is extremely unhappy. Myrtle is part of the lower class and does not have a lavish lifestyle like she wants. Myrtle never really loved George. She married him because she thought he was kind and a gentleman

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    The Great GAtsby The Great GAtsby Learners Name: Introduction: The Great Gatsby is a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in 1922‚ during the Roaring Twenties‚ a time of prosperity in the United States after World War I. The book received critical acclaim and is generally considered Fitzgerald’s best work. It is also widely regarded as a "Great American Novel" and a literary classic‚ capturing the essence of an era. This lesson will demonstrate the importance

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    The Great Gatsby: a linguopoetic analysis of extract 1‚ chapter 1. While reading the given extract for the first time‚ we may think that it is just the description of landscape. Nick Carraway is describing the area where he lives‚ calling it “one of the strangest communities in North America”. To support this idea of strangeness he uses a number of lexical means and synonyms. Thus‚ he defines the island as “slender” and “riotous”‚ attributes that are normally used in connection with some animate

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    The Great Gatsby is a classic tale that has been interpreted very differently throughout time. One prominent source of constant debate lies in the main character‚ Jay Gatsby. In the novel’s title‚ Gatsby is misleadingly referred to as being “great”. However‚ the events that transpire within the novel paint a very different picture of this man. Despite the title of his story‚ Jay Gatsby is dishonorable‚ immoral‚ a phony‚ and is‚ in fact‚ very far from greatness. To elaborate‚ when Gatsby meets Daisy

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    and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of the Great Gatsby details the rich and American values. The second chapter is where the valley of ashes is introduced. Fitzgerald portrays this landscape in such specific words that helps the reader capture the ambience of the plot. The valley of ashes influences

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is set in 1922‚ a time period commonly referred to as the ‘the Roaring twenties’ or the ‘jazz age’. This period in American history reflects the extremities of both romanticism and materialism‚ as well as a time of prosperity and the classic ‘American dream’ due to the conclusion of world war one. Love‚ hope and morality are reflected through the naivety of the time. Although a time of great societal change‚ 1840’s England still held traditional values

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