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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Jay Gatsby always has an air of mystery surrounding him. Is Jay his real name? How did he get all of his money? What is he doing in New York? No one knows‚ that’s what makes him mysterious. Being ambiguous is a big trait of the color orange. However‚ that is not the only trait of the color orange. Optimistic attitudes‚ Impulsiveness‚ and Risk taking are also common traits of the color orange. After analyzing the story‚ it becomes blatantly

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    his self-named “double-vision” to describe setting‚ characterization‚ and values across the events of the three nights; he does this by using vivid adjectives and descriptions. In Chapter 1‚ the first specific night the reader is introduced to is Tom Buchanan’s party. This party only has 4 physical guest and a “fifth guest” on the telephone. The atmosphere is described as “tense” and racist discussions “broke out… violently”. Dichotomizing this is Gatsby’s party in the 3rd chapter. The narrator

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    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus‚ The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence‚ idealism‚ resistance to change‚ social upheaval‚ and excess‚ creating a

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    Daisy‚ the girl Gatsby persuaded all his life‚ was not worthful. She was the representative of money worshipers; even her voice “is full of money”. Maybe she loved Gatsby once‚ but her love was not real‚ not persistent. As Gatsby went to war‚ she kept silent a while‚ but she became active soon. “she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men.” Because she “wanted her life shaped immediately-and the decision must be made by some forces-of love‚ of money‚ of unquestionable practicality

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    In the Great GatsbyTom and Daisy are a wealthy couple who currently live on East Egg on Long Island. They often to drift “wherever people played polo and were rich together” (page 6). As individuals‚ Tom‚ born into wealth is arrogant‚ cruel‚ racist and an adulterer. He feels superior because his money goes back generations. He does crazy things like transport “a string of polo ponies” east‚ and spends “a year in France for no particular reason” (page 6). He has a mistress who he flaunts around

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    novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald describes numerous messages that are vital to the novel. In The Great GatsbyJay Gatsby is this mysterious character that spends his entire life trying to win over the love of his life Daisy Fay. But‚ Gatsby fails and his dreams are crushed which leads to a series of disastrous events. Because of characters’ tragic deaths‚ Fitzgerald makes it prominent that the American Dream is unachievable and it can ultimately lead to one’s destruction. Jay Gatsby’s

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    a place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off

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    displaying this is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The main protagonist of the book‚ Jay Gatsby is an iconic character for his bad relationships and involvements with different people. Such relationships include Gatsby and TomGatsby and Nick and Gatsby and Mr Wolfshiem. Most notable

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    Four Guys and a Drunken Lady: The Great Gatsby and Drink Niallan Collier Myler Wilkinson English 111 12 April 2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote himself into much of his work and many of the noted symbols and patterns that appear in The Great Gatsby are based on Fitzgerald ’s own experiences. Wealth‚ status‚ and east versus west are some of the more commonly discussed patterns and symbols in the book. However there is one that curiously is rarely discussed and that is drinking. In a life

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    so we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past” The ending line in The Great Gatsby‚ spoken by the narrator Nick Carraway‚ who reflects upon Gatsby’s life‚ likening him unto a boat against the current of the times. Nick’s avid description of the hardships Gatsby faced has more dimension than the utter surface it surmises. Nick’s farewell is infused with Gatsby as a character that further examination pinpoints the underlying meaning that Fitzgerald clearly wrote. Gatsby’s

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