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    intriguing exchange between Nick and Gatsby takes place near the end of Chapter Six: “I wouldn’t ask too much of her‚” Nick says “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” Gatsby cries out. “Why of course you can!” (p. 110). How does the past impinge upon the present in the lives of both Nick and Gatsby? Should we see Gatsby as eccentric in his view that one cannot merely repeat‚ but change‚ the past by starting over? Past and Hope in The Great Gatsby Mason Scisco “So we beat on‚ boats

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    a series of imperfections that can make living really great or very unpleasant. Living the American Dream is living in perfection‚ and that by definition is not possible‚ thus deflating our precious American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby‚ through his scintillating characters and unique style. Characters in books often mirror the author’s feelings towards the world around them. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period

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    I feel us as a society at least need to change the way the lower and upper class are recognized as. I enjoyed the connection that was made to the story‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ “the fact that Gatsby has made a great deal of money isn’t enough to win Daisy Buchanan back. Rich as he has become‚ he’s still ‘Mr. Nobody from Nowhere‚’ not Jay Gatsby but Jimmy Gatz.” (Michaels pg. 674). Our Society may have gotten much better at race diversity‚ but we still have a huge problem with the way we see and treat

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    Cinematic Attempts and Successes of The Great Gatsby Most bookworms know that the movie adaptation is almost never as good as the book. With a classic such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ it can be hard to really do it justice on the big screen yet somehow a couple directors have done just that. Jack Clayton’s 1974 version of Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 version drawl together old and new aspects of the roaring 20’s to bring to life “The Great Gatsby” in their own unique ways. To focus

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    however‚ multiple traits may occur more than just a single trait. Nick’s traits vary which are displayed. For example‚ Nick’s humble traits symbolize sincere respect‚ apprehensive assertiveness‚ and self-effacing demeanor showing maturity within The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Sincere respect induces deep consideration and honest reverence in display Nick’s obedience. For example‚ deep consideration illustrates honesty making better friendship. Having deep thoughts‚ Nick possesses a strong concentration

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    The settings and backdrops in The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ are essential elements to the formation of the characters‚ symbolic imagery and the overall plot development. Fitzgerald uses East and West Egg communities to portray two separate worlds and two classes of people that are technically the same their status‚ but fundamentally different in their ideals. The physical geography of the settings is representative of the distance between classes of the East and West Eggers. Every

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    The Vain Gatsby The American Dream is pursued in vain by the characters in The Great Gatsby‚ while the novel serves as a prophecy for The Great Depression. Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness appear to be for sale to Tom and Gatsby‚ yet this only is an illusion. They end up destroying everything in their path to reach their goal. In this way‚ the novel predicts the looming Great Depression‚ through the waste of money and unsupportable lifestyles of Americans. Gatsby wastes all his money

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    In this article‚ Barry Gross talks about The Great Gatsby as one of the colossal disastrous works of American writing. He trusts that the durable advance of Gatsby lies‚ partially‚ in the American peruser’s ready response to the novel’s disastrous legend. The Great Gatsby was distributed in 1925 and has turned into a social archive. Gross incorporates into the paper that Nick perceives everything in telling the story from his discernment and how Gatsby is a disastrous legend in the novel. A collection

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    In the book‚ “The Great Gatsby” the readers are able to see how F. Scott Fitzgerald uses multiple characters to create his story. These characters were important because they not only entertain the people‚ but they also contributed to the overall theme. One of the themes Fitzgerald was trying to convey was how the American Dream is not attainable or achievable. Each character’s actions in this book contributed towards the theme whether their part was big or small. The character’s actions and how

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    Why the Great Gatsby isn’t very great and isn’t very Gatsby The choices made by director Baz Lurmann while creating the adaptation of The Great Gatsby make certain aspects a lot more obvious than the book‚ which is good for the audience‚ but ultimately make the movie version of Gatsby very different from the book version. But I’m not saying that it is bad for movies to stray from the books that they are adapting; it just gives the movie a different feeling than the book. Luhrmann’s choice in characters

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