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    Throughout American history‚ the West has been seen as a land of promise and possibility—the very emblem of American ideals. Tom and Daisy‚ like other members of the upper class‚ have betrayed America’s democratic ideals by perpetuating a rigid class structure that excludes newcomers from its upper reaches‚ much like the feudal aristocracy that America had left behind. Valley of ashes: gray industrial dumping ground between west egg and NYC Tom: aristocrat East Egg represents the old aristocracy

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    The Great Gatsby Essay Alaura Gartner What are personal desires? How do we make the decision to decide between our desires and choosing to conform? When making a decision between desires and conforming it is a difficult choice that we all face in our lives. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzerald it demonstrates the difficult conflict between what we want and conforming. When we have personal desires it can be difficult to conform. The first way in which Fitzgerald shows the idea

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    The Vapidity of the American Dream: Characterization in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald’s seminal work‚ The Great Gatsby‚ offers insights into the use of literary devices in combination with brilliant narrative development. A good deal of the novel’s true genius rests in the character descriptions. For the most‚ they are not pleasant or sympathetic. Indeed‚ Wilson stated‚ “The only bad of it is that the characters are mostly so unpleasant in themselves that the story

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    Section: CURRENT BOOKS IN REVIEW The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli (Cambridge University Press‚ 1991. lvi + 226 pages. Illustrated. $27.95) Even if Scott Fitzgerald is‚ as someone suggested years ago‚ essentially a one-book author‚ only a prig would dispute either the stylistic beauty or the cultural importance of The Great Gatsby. With so much of the novel’s plot achieved through motif and symbol‚ with so much of its atmospheric intensity concentrated in the

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    The Great War‚ America promised a limitless amount of both social and financial opportunities for anyone inclined to pursue a hard working lifestyle--An American Dream. But for others striving and realizing for the dream had altered them‚ as they acquired wealth to only pursue the pleasure. In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the lives of three characters present the emptiness that result when wealth and pleasure have ended in themselves. These characters Jay Gatsby‚ George

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    “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking‚ in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby Love‚ love‚ love; the only thing everybody talks about. Every movie‚ every series‚ every story talks about how two people fall in love and live happily ever after. All stories get to the conclusion that the love the couple shared was unique and that the two lovers matched perfectly together. But what happens when two lovers do not belong to the same social

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    Great Gatsby The American Dream is generally defined to achieve a better way of living. Fitzgerald shows what a person may go through to achieve his or her American dream. In the book the character Gatsby strives to make the American dream his reality made him into shell of a man‚ full of corruption rather than happiness. Gatsby is blinded by money and can’t see that you can’t buy happiness or love.  In the book Gatsby American Dream is symbolized by the green light on the docks. “Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby Essay The American dream has a different meaning to every United States citizen. For some it is the dream of equality and freedom‚ for others it is a dream of a fulfilled life or even a dream of fame and wealth. In general‚ the American dream can be defined as being the opportunity and freedom for all citizens to achieve their goals and become rich and famous only if they work hard enough. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald proves‚ through the characters Myrtle‚ Daisy and Gatsby‚ that

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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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    Broken Dreams In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby lives a very contradicting life style. Jay Gatsby lives a very extravagant lifestyle filled with money‚ cars‚ and houses‚ but he is missing one thing‚ his love Daisy. Daisy Buchannan is Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s only wish is impossible to achieve because what he wishes is to have the relationship with Daisy like he did 5 years ago. Even though Gatsby seemed to have it all he really didn’t

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