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    great gatsby Character |Behavior |Consequences | | |Jay Gatsby | He had a overzealous need for| He lost daisy because of his eagerness for money | | |money and would sacrifice | | | |anything to get it | | |Daisy Buchanan | Never attached her self to

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    Sefa Ocak Period 1 10/16/2014 The Great Gatsby Theme Essay Dissatisfaction Many people aspire great fleets and affluence and live lifestyles that only millionaires can afford; millionaires such as Jay Gatsby. From the outside he’s practically living the American dream. He has an extravagant mansion‚ butler‚ Rolls-Royce‚ and weekly parties. At these parties of his‚ people all from different parts of the state come to enjoy the many rooms of his estate‚ the elaborate pool in his yard‚ and the live

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    The Great Gatsby- Chapter 6 A. 1. Fitzgerald’s use of a flashback is more effective than chronological order because it made Gatsby a mystery at the beginning of the book‚ until now‚ about half way through. 2. As Dan Cody’s assistant‚ Gatsby was employed under the title’s of steward‚ mate‚ skipper‚ secretary‚ and sailor. Cody had a tendency to drink a lot and knew what kinds of things he did when he was drunk‚ so therefore put more and more trust in Gatsby. He had come to be this employee when

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    Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The novel begins when the main character Nick Caraway moves to a town in long island call west egg. He lives in modest home amongst extravagant mansions. His neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ throws lavish parties almost every night. His cousin Daisy‚ and her husband tom‚ also lives in the west egg community. Once nick get an invite to one of Gatsby’s parties he become thirsted into the wealthy lifestyle of the people around him. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Gatsby lives an illusion that his wealth will lead to satisfaction and friendship. Gatsby has people all around him‚ going to his parties‚ yet no one truly knows him. Born a poor man and son of a farmer‚ James Gatz desires living the "American dream". Because of this dream‚ he creates a false Identity‚ Jay Gatsby‚ "So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end"(104). He wastes his life trying to

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    Final for The Great Gatsby: The final for this book will be a written essay using evidence to prove your point. You will also be showing off your abilities to use academic English (vocabulary and sentence structures) and functional grammar. You will be required to use at least one example of parallelism and use both the semi-colon and colon. Choose from one of these prompts to write your essay: a. Is F. Scott Fitzgerald writing a love story that embraces American Ideals‚ or a satire that

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    Candace Dodson The Great Gatsby The four settings in the Great Gatsby can changes the image on the overall plot. Each one of them makes a different tone and enhances the image of the story line. East and West Egg are both wealthy places but‚ since they are located on opposite sides‚ their ideals are different. The Valley of Ashes is what everybody looks at as a burned out Hell. Manhattan would be best described as the purgatory on earth. These settings represent the distance between the classes

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    Analyse how the setting helped developed an important theme? The novel ’The Great Gatsby’ by Scott Fitzgerald was considered by many to be an icon of its time. Fitzgerald uses the setting of the roaring 1920s in America to develop the theme of the corrupt American dream. He does this through exposing corruption underlying Gatsby’s wealth‚ desire for constant entertainment and the contrast between rich and poor in this era. Fitzgerald firstly develops this theme through exposing what happens

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ the narrator describes the scene at a large and lavish party he attends. The author uses vivid language to capture the atmosphere and feeling of the party. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure and descriptive word choice to convey the endless excitement of the party. Fitzgerald uses varied sentence structure by using polysyndeton and asyndeton. He also uses lengthier sentences with less punctuation throughout. Polysyndeton is used in the quote

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    Gatsby is an irrepressible dreamer who lives an extravagant life style but this persona is completely his own invention. He actually grew up poor and even changed his name to get away from his past. As you read in the book‚ you will find that the one reason he goes and tries to prosper is because he wanted to marry a girl called daisy but he couldn’t because he was poor. That’s were his dream comes in. Because he was born into a poor life‚ his dream was that he could one day become rich.

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