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    in “The Great Gatsby” In “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ he uses symbolism in such detailed way. Fitzgerald integrates symbolism into the book so well that it is necessary to read it several times to fully understand it. Maureen Corrigan quotes “Many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power.” Even a critic on the book itself had to read the story many times to fully understand all that the book has to offer. Fitzgerald focuses on three main themes in “The

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel from the 1920s that shows the corruption of the “American Dream.” The novel shows modernism in its unreliable narrator‚ iconic symbols‚ and theme of wealth in the time of prosperity. Modernism is the rejection of social‚ political‚ or religious views‚ often with the basis of science explains everything. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ Daisy’s cousin who had close experiences with Gatsby. Everything in the story is what Nick Carraway saw‚ his opinions of what happened

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    Money cannot buy Happiness The Great Gatsby is a classic novel in which many characters lives revolve around money‚ however money cannot buy happiness. F. Scott Fitzgerald pursued many things writing the book The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald offers many themes in the book he shows power‚ greed‚ and betrayal. Fitzgerald showed Gatsby as a Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups but‚ in the end‚ each group has its own problems to contend with‚ leaving a powerful reminder of what a

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    but to represent certain ideas and themes the author is trying to portray. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he uses a variety of character types to do just that. The characters in The Great Gatsby give the novel diversity and help show Fitzgerald’s prominent ideas about the sinfulness‚ and the integrity of human nature in their own ways. A few characters noteworthy of illustrating these concepts are Tom Buchanan‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and Jay Gatsby. Tom Buchanan is a character who strongly

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    decades‚ the personal values of a person have been influenced by the time. Whether that person is 8 or 38‚ they are influenced by their surroundings dramatically. In the 1920’s‚ money and status were two things that influenced what one did. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s‚ during a time of prohibition. Many of Fitzgerald’s character are rebellious of the prohibition and they can get around the law a bit easier because they have money. The theme of the novel is revealed

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    The Great Gatsby was written by American Author in 1925 one of the literature’s most read book. Moreover‚ we see the lives of Nick Caraway a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York City to learn the bond business. Then meets Gatsby the man whose name is in the title a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Tom‚ Daisy‚ George‚ Myrtle‚ and many more characters are introduced. In the book‚ the author glamorizes the American dream by writing about Gatsby and how he

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    Moral Decay Paul L. Fuentes We Filipinos are very sensible. Look how the recent putsch was lambasted in the newspaper. Lettersfrom the readers swarmed indicating that we cannot tolerate the cowardly and senseless killing of soldiers and civilians‚ wasted ammunitions‚ and budding economyagain jeopardized. We condemn the former regime‚ its havoc upon our lives. We condemn graft and corruption‚ so rampant; we condemn the violation of human rights allegedly committed against the leader of Alliance

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    Love in the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald presents many themes in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby. A theme Fitzgerald used was love and how it affects everybody around one another. This theme is expressed throughout the book by how the energy changes when one doesn’t like another person they are with. The motif of weather shows when a relationship is a little unclear it rains and when there is tension it becomes very hot. The first reference showing the connection between the weather and love was

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    Gatsby Analytical Essay In the Great Gatsby the theme of love is often used‚ motifs are utilized by Fitzgerald to advance that theme. A common motif used by Fitzgerald is the weather which he uses to express the theme of love through the use of rain or sunshine depending on the mood of the relationships he is reflecting. The first demonstration of the connection between love and weather is when Gatsby and Daisy are getting ready to meet for the first time in 5 years. Their relationship‚ now very

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    A central revolving theme in The Great Gatsby is the virtue of honesty‚ at one point in the book Nick says "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known". Whether this statement is true or not is slightly questionable. There is no substantial evidence that convicts Nick of being a dishonest person and he seems to be pretty straight forward throughout the book. Towards his associates Nick is an honest person just trying to figure out this mystery of Gatsby‚ but in his need to figure out

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