century the Jazz Age was a period that temporarily bloomed in the 1920`s. Essentially‚ the Jazz Age was a time period of economic prosperity‚ where the economic prosperity was increasing‚ though in contrast‚ the moral values of individuals were decreasing. In the literary classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his characters to explore this morality. This is clearly apparent through the character Nick Carraway‚ who represents a symbol of honesty‚ and Jordan Baker‚ who represents
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Wealth‚ Love‚ and the American Dream It has been said that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is about the pursuit of the American dream. It has also been said that the novel is about love‚ ambition‚ and obsession. Perhaps both are true. Combined‚ these themes may be understood in their most basic forms among the relationships within the novel. After all‚ each character’s reason for belonging to a relationship speaks very strongly of what really makes him tick; each character’s manifestation
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Daisy Buchanan‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Jay Gatsby‚ they are never alone but always isolated. Daisy Buchanan uses her need for attention and people to adore her most likely to cover up her fear of isolation. From the beginning Daisy has virtually been alone. Her husband Tom was not even there for the birth of their only daughter. “Well‚ she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling...” (21). She was very isolated from Tom at that
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The Symbol I have chosen for the cover of The Great Gatsby is the green light that Daisy Buchanan has on her pier. The green light symbolizes the hopes of Jay Gatsby getting Daisy back after 5 years of being in the military. He hopes for their relationship to be the same as it did when they first got together‚ but that’s not possible since she’s married to Tom Buchanan and has a daughter. Gatsby has moved to west egg and has bought an enormous mansion right across the bay and throws huge parties
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The Great Gatsby: Prohibition The Great Gatsby is set in 1920’s which is the heart of the gangster era in America. Along with gangsters comes organized crime specifically bootlegging alcohol during prohibition. Prohibition was brought about in 1920 by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution‚ and it ended in 1933‚ it was ratified by the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution. Bootlegging in the 1920’s is the way many people got rich‚ including the main character in The Great Gatsby‚ Jay
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Topic Sentence: On symbol developed in The Great Gatsby is a green light. Developing Sentences: The green light symbolizes hope. On the night Nick Caraway came back from Daisy’s house he saw Jay Gatsby watching a green light in yearning‚ which suggests a desire Jay has. The green light was at the end of the dock in East Egg and Jay lives in the West Egg‚ which shows the distances between the two Eggs. Introduction of Evidence: Nick sees the longing Jay Gatsby has for the green light‚ which is highlighted
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Thesis: The pursuit of the American Dream is a dominant theme throughout The Great Gatsby‚ which is carried out in various ways by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ how the author represents this theme through his characters and their actions is one small aspect of it. Fitzgerald’s dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the1920s through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway‚ the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed
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what the great Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ believes a drama must have to be great‚ which he explains in his essay Poetics. Aristotle believed that it was possible to categorize works of art‚ namely dramas‚ as being better than another by the use of his “rubric.” Basically‚ Aristotle says that to be a great drama‚ the drama must: have a clear protagonist that the audience identifies with‚ the protagonist must have a downfall and while watching
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in The Great Gatsby Lizhe I．Introduction: 1. About the novel: The Great Gatsby‚ the exemplary novel of the Jazz Age‚ stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing‚" as well as Fitzgerald’s sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald’s "best work" thus far. The Great Gatsby was published
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idea that a person should use his life to make it the best that he believes it can possibly be‚ no matter what is done to achieve it. Two books that accurately portray this idea are The Sea Wolf by Jack London and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The characters of Jay Gatsby and Wolf Larsen validate the theory that life is created to live and grow into the most dominant form of that person in order to survive and thrive. In the novel The Sea Wolf by Jack London‚ the character of Wolf Larsen
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