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    another‚ but in “The Great Gatsby” it’s much different. The author‚ Francis Scott Fitzgerald‚ fell in love with a girl‚ Zelda‚ well she ended up leaving him because he was poor‚ and she would be living a lifestyle she’s not used to. When Fitzgerald gets money‚ and becomes well off Zelda comes running back‚ they get married‚ travel together‚ and have a kid this is when he wrote “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is not in love with Daisy‚ he loves the idea of being with her. Jay Gatsby is obsessed not in

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    her. At the outset Gatsby is rejected by Daisy because of his class. He thus thinks that outbidding Tom will enable him to own Daisy. Protagonist and antagonist have the same economic and moral characteristics – they are hollow‚ greedy men pursuing women financially ‘at a cost’ to those women‚ others‚ and themselves. These capitalists have sacrificed their anima for money‚ and ironically‚ seek the idealised female ‘grail’ – the Other - financially. Deception in The Great Gatsby There are

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    The Symbol I have chosen for the cover of The Great Gatsby is the green light that Daisy Buchanan has on her pier. The green light symbolizes the hopes of Jay Gatsby getting Daisy back after 5 years of being in the military. He hopes for their relationship to be the same as it did when they first got together‚ but that’s not possible since she’s married to Tom Buchanan and has a daughter. Gatsby has moved to west egg and has bought an enormous mansion right across the bay and throws huge parties

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    The Great Gatsby- chapter summaries: Chapter1: Nick Carraway is the narrator of the novel. He tells us about events that happened in the summer of 1922.He moves from Minnesota in the Midwest to the Northeast to further a career in the finance industry. He works in New York but he lives just outside the city in Long Island. He moves to an area called West Egg – the nouveau riche part of Long Island – and finds himself living next door to a mysterious man called Gatsby. Nick has connections to

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    in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway’s narrative of his experiences with Jay Gatsby‚ his wealthy and mysterious neighbor in West Egg‚ Long Island. Set in 1922‚ a turbulent time in American history‚ Nick is a veteran of World War One who moved from his native Midwest to New York City to sell bonds. This novel focuses on Nick’s intense admiration for Gatsby who befriends Nick and leads him through a strange new world. In their travels‚ Nick and Gatsby encounter

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    Truth In The Great Gatsby

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    For Jay Gatsby idealism and truth play important roles in how he chooses to live his life as well as how others view his life. Every individual holds different ideals and matters of what they believe to be the truth. For individuals existence and truth pertains to only what the person knows and believes in; therefore‚ how one perceives things to be is how they exist. For Gatsby the only Daisy that exists is perfect and the embodiment of everything he desires. For the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ the way

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    (Brainyquote). The novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a narrative of Nick Carraway. Nick recounts his time spent in New York with Jay Gatsby. Throughout the novel secrets divulge about Jay Gatsby’s background and who he actually is. These secrets compose the setting of the novel and create the storyline. Numerous rumors about Jay Gatsby arise as the novel progresses at opulent and drunken parties that Gatsby throws. These parties provided by Gatsby are to attract the presence

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    hope the great gatsby

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    Hope In the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ written by Fitzgerald‚ hopefulness plays an immense role. Hope is something that Fitzgerald utilizes as what transfers characters and allows them to have the will to keep searching for their dreams and ambitions. What Fitzgerald shows that helps Jay Gatsby gain all his hope is the love he has for Daisy Buchanan and The Green Light. Fitzgerald reveals many obstacles Gatsby has to face in order to pursue his ambitions and also shows how he stays hopeful in order

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    The Great Gatsby Summary

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    The Great Gatsby Summary Nick Carraway is a young man from Minnesota who moved to New York in the summer of 1922. He rents a house in West Egg‚ a district of Long Island. It is a wealthy area populated by people called the “new rich”‚ who include those that have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections. Nick’s next door neighbor in West Egg is Jay Gatsby‚ a mysterious man who lives in a mansion and throws massive parties every Saturday night. Unlike the others in

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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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