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    Whether it’s the lavish parties or immoral behavior of the upper class‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ in the beginning of the story seems to be going for the shock value. The books repeats and focuses on how much the rich don’t care for societal norms‚ and shows the reader just what happens when a normal person tries to become like them. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby as an attractive personality that doesn’t bother following the rules if it means achieving his dream. However‚ that isn’t all

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ portrays society as a desolate wasteland‚ immune to morality‚ punished by the decadence of the main characters. Throughout the novel‚ Gatsby pursues a life with Daisy‚ a married woman‚ who left him earlier as a result of his lack of wealth; thus‚ Gatsby sought to reap the benefits of affluence through illicit‚ unscrupulous means. Once Gatsby completes his quest for opulence‚ he hunts for his former lover‚ Daisy‚ who is married to Tom Buchanan: an aristocrat

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    Themes In The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel that focuses on many darker themes than most books would have for the time period it came out. One main theme that recurs again and again‚ shaping the plot to fall the way it falls‚ is the decline of the American Dream. The American dream shows up time and time again throughout the novel‚ but as the novel progresses the readers get to watch as the dream crashes into a downward spiral along with many of the main characters‚ and with the

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    The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Owl Eyes discovers the legitimacy of Gatsby’s books symbolizing the constancy of the watchful eye and illustrating the ironic clash between reality and deception. Fitzgerald uses eyes as a fundamental symbol throughout the novel to demonstrate that all actions are observed by others. Owl Eyes is a character who immediately realizes that Gatsby is “a regular Belasco” (Fitzgerald 45) putting on a show. Just like Belasco‚ a theatrical producer‚ Gatsby uses

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    COMPREHENSIVE DELIVERANCE MANUAL The manual is not intended to: 1. Turn your whole ministry into solely a deliverance ministry. We live in a day when many ministers claim that God has called them to preach only a specific part of the gospel. We have been called to preach the WHOLE COUNSEL of God [Acts 20:27]‚ be it Salvation or Sanctification or Baptism of the Holy Ghost‚ Prosperity‚ Faith‚ and Deliverance etc. etc. We must be balanced and be careful of not to overemphasize or

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    the West promises. In The Great Gatsby‚ the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the disillusionment of the Western dream through Jay Gatsby’s loss of identity‚ the lifestyle‚ and his legacy. Since he was young‚ Gatsby changes his identity in order to mold himself into the epitome of Western culture. In many instances‚ Gatsby attempts to conceal his initial poverty‚ such as when he claims‚ “[his] family all died and [he] came into a good deal of money” (65)‚ while in

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    The Great Gatsby Theme

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    The Great Gatsby explores a number of themes‚ none is more prevalent than that of the corruption of the American dream. The American dream is the concept that‚ in America‚ any person can be successful as long he or she is prepared to work hard and use their natural gifts. Gatsby appears to be the embodiment of this dream—he has risen from being a poor farm boy with no prospects to being rich‚ having a big house‚ servants‚ and a large social circle attending his numerous functions. He has achieved

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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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    It was once said by the great abstract artist Pablo Picasso that colors‚ like features‚ follow the changes of the emotions. That is exactly what F Scott Fitzgerald shows and does in his popular novel The Great Gatsby. Readers follow the journey of Nick Caraway‚ a new comer to New York City‚ where he learns of the rags and riches of the 1920’s. Scott sprinkles symbolism throughout the book to get his readers thinking. He particularly likes using colors to fulfill this deed. Fitzgerald uses the colors

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    parts of the book The Great Gatsby is whether Gatsby was really great after all. He really isn’t great at all but he works hard to try to me others believe he really truly is great. He live is a world of fairy tales‚ over romanticized details‚ and surrounds him self with people who puss up his over sized ego. Being a great‚ good honest person was not at all Gatsby. I think Gatsby was great to the people that got to know him‚ but to most Gatsby was just a GREAT mystery. Gatsby become obsessed with

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