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    Great Gatsby Materialism

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    The Great Gatsby exemplifies the 1920’s as the age of deteriorated ethical beliefs‚ demonstrated through cynicism‚ self-indulgence‚ and a meaningless hunt for satisfaction. Careless glory in which followed to corrupt celebrations and crazy jazz music epitomized in The Great Gatsby. All resulting in the exploitation of the American dream‚ as the uncontrolled aspiration for money and desire exceeded additional self-sacrificing goals. Scott Fitzgerald presents the unique characteristics of the American

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    Great Gatsby Theme

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    The inspiring and Heartfelt story The Great Gatsby was written by F.Scott Fitzgerald . The Great Gatsby novel falls under the genre of ‘Romance’ Nick Carraway‚ is a young man from Minnesota who moves to Long Island New York in the summer of 1922. He rents a house in the West Egg district of long island. Nick’s next door neighbour in West egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan lives

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    The Great Gatsby Thesis

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    The 1920’s was filled with new ideas and concepts‚ much of which was disenchanted. Wealth and prosperity were two words that came to mind when one thought of the 1920’s. Anyone would love to have wealth and prosperity because it would provide them with better lives and would complete their American Dream. This era has many names such as‚ the Roaring Twenties‚ the Golden Twenties‚ the Jazz Age‚ and the Lost Generation. The Jazz Age‚ another name for the 1920’s‚ was the age when music became more popular

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    Great Gatsby Essay

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    Carraway Personality traits allow a writer to create vivid images of his characters. These traits are shown through actions because they are exhibited through behaviors. According to Physcology.about.com‚ “the trait theory suggest that individual personalities are composed of broad dispositions such as central and secondary traits” (Par. 5).Each character in a literacy work has a unique trait; however‚ multiple traits may occur more than just a single trait. Nick’s traits vary which are displayed

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    Great Gatsby Setting

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    "The Great Gatsby" Setting The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a popular novel that has remained one of the best-known literary works to this day. Set in the 1920s‚ the story is narrated by Nick Caraway‚ an easy-going bond salesman who lives next door to Jay Gatsby whom the story revolves around. Jay Gatsby is a man with a mysterious past‚ who lives in New York and is famous for his extravagant parties and fabulous wealth. The story is set during the summer in which Tom Buchannan‚ his wife

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    Jennie Character Traits

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    First her leg now this. The dresses so unbalanced‚ how can anybody walk in those dresses? Those stupid doctors the forced her to wear dresses. Jennie Hodgers was a soldier in the Civil War that dressed as a man to join. She is one of the most famous woman soldiers in the history of the war. Jennie was brave because even though she was a woman‚ she never once was wound in her 3-year of enlistment. Secondly‚ she was persistent in all her jobs she had and keeping her secret safe. Lastly‚ she was daring

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    Avery.W The Great Gatsby Quotations 1) “Gatsby turned out all right at the end‚ it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men” Importance: Although we don’t meet Gatsby until chapter 3‚ this quote allows us to know what Gatsby is like in chapter 1. Symbolism: “Foul dust” symbolizes the valley of ashes that is in between the east egg and west egg. The land symbolizes as

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    Great Gatsby Analysis

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    Throughout The Great Gatsby Scott F. Fitzgerald uses countless rhetorical devices to convey different tones and themes in the novel. While at Tom and Daisy’s house in chapter seven Gatsby and Nick discuss Daisy‚ more specifically her voice. Color‚ symbol‚ and metaphor are all rhetorical devices employed to signify the luxurious and somewhat cautious tone in the scene. This tone also leads into the theme; the influence wealth has on corruption. First off‚ the hestitation of Nick shows his caution

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    The Great Gatsby Essay

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    The Great Gatsby Essay By- Happy Bhoombla English- 3A Date-9/28/10 The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a story about a wealthy man named Gatsby. Gatsby lives a luxuriant life in West Egg of New York. Gatsby’s wealth has an unknown secret because nobody seems to know where his wealth emerged from. Despite of having so much fortune‚ Gatsby’s true American dream has not been achieved. In the great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald develops Gatsby as a failed American dream to show the

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    Great Gatsby Essay

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    narrator of the novel called the “The Great Gatsby”. He is a young man that came from Minnesota and was educated at Yale and fought in World War I. He moves to New York to work and learn the bond business. His father taught him to be an honest‚ and trustworthy person growing him up. He was also told by his father to reserve judgment of people. After moving to West Egg‚ Nick finds himself meeting people and finding himself a best friend and next-door neighbor Jay Gatsby. West Egg is a very wealthy neighborhood

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