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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was written and set in the 1920’s‚ a decade known as the "Jazz Age." Fitzgerald described it as a time when "the parties were bigger‚ the pace was faster‚ the buildings were higher‚ the morals were looser." 1 It was just after the 1st World War and the young generation began to rebel. The young women (known as the flappers) would have their hair styled into short bobs‚ would wear clothes that were much shorter than before and smoke of

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    similarities. "The Great Gatsby" and "A Million Little Pieces" are both novels that have characters who live in a world where friends are loyal to each other‚ how love plays a big role and effects a person in a good or bad way‚ and where hardships are faced on an everyday life. The Loyalty

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    novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott. Fitzgerald‚ love and money are big concepts that are shown. Love is rather superficial and not pure between Tom and Daisy. The days leading up to their wedding Tom put on quite a show for Daisy to prove he had money‚ “He came down with a hundred people in four private cars‚ and hired a whole floor of the Muhlbach Hotel‚ and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars” (75-76). Later on‚ Daisy gets drunk

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    events that have been occurring in my life. You may believe that the loss of your father‚ King Hamlet‚ and your mother’s hasty marriage may be all of end all. All of those events in your life aren’t compatible with all the sorrow I’ve received from Daisy‚ Tom‚ and everyone who I’ve been associated with throughout my entire life. All of the people I thought were my friends‚ never attended my funeral. It was clear that all the wealth and luxury I achieved throughout my lifetime never brought me the happiness

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    In the novel of the Great Gatsby‚ two main characters named‚ James Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan used to be in a relationship in the past. Their love for each other was so valuable‚ but Gatsby wasn’t the right type of man Daisy was looking for‚ and he knew it was best for him to leave. Unfortunately‚ both went their separate ways. During the novel‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald mentions how the love Daisy and Gatsby once had was very special. Their love for each other was described as a love that nobody else had

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    live in the East Egg are generally more well off and would most probably live a hedonistic lifestyle whereas the people in the West Egg are more likely to be less well-off and unable of living the hedonistic lifestyle‚ expect in rare occasions e.g. Gatsby. Continuing with the setting‚ the Buchanan’s house is also described as quite a luxury. ‘A sunken Italian garden‚ a half-acre of deep‚ pungent roses‚ and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.’ This description shows the beauty

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    In his novel the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. His life being as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen‚ yet Gatsby still has a dream of becoming wealthy man. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out alright at the

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    Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are

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    Gatsby was a man who had wounded love‚ but only loved one woman. The novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ draws a tragic life of him. Gatsby failed on his first love with Daisy‚ whom later married a rich man named Tom. Gatsby resents himself without money. Naturally‚ he obsesses earning money and authority. Afterward‚ he hosts a colossal party every night. He achieves the aspiration waiting to meet Daisy again. However‚ Daisy betrays Gatsby putting the guilt of car accident on Gatsby made by her. One surprising

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    Who is Daisy Buchanan? She can be described as superficial‚ shallow‚ fake and ditzy. However‚ there is another part of her‚ a deeper part‚ that she hides from everyone‚ including herself. Beneath the surface‚ there is a pool where not even light dares to go. That is her character‚ and it takes Jay Gatsby to churn the waters and bring the purest form of Daisy to the surface‚ if only for an instant. At a first glance‚ Daisy is an utterly flat character‚ she came from wealth‚ she is currently wealthy

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