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    The Great Gatsby Failure

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    across the country‚ the 1920s served as the time of flourishing culture and endless opportunity. The American Dream surged through the veins of many people‚ giving them hope that they could succeed in life. With his novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Jay Gatsby‚ a man that resonates with many readers. Jay grows up poor‚ and after being exposed to places of wealth and love‚ he devotes his life to the conquest of these goals. He invests his time and effort into achieving his dreams‚

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    theme of the aspect of American values Such as the Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses a variety of characters that express the message of failure but Gatsby is one of the characters that focuses on the truth value of knowledge‚ claims about the past and the meaning it obtains. Gatsby uses his attempts to accomplish those dreams and expresses his reasons of why Failure is the most communicating theme throw-out the novel. The author Fitzgerald uses Gatsby a Character in the novel that communicates a message

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    Daisy In The Great Gatsby

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    To start with‚ she thinks Gatsby is wealthy and falls in love with him. But realizing the fact that Gatsby can’t give her a luxurious life‚ she chooses Tom as her husband without any doubt. However‚ Gatsby’s appearing with historic fortune and his true love to her seems to make her moved‚ then she tries to recover the

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    The Not-So-Great Gatsby

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    The Not-So-Great Gatsby The “Great Gatsby” is a man who knows what he wants. He is relentless in his pursuit for Daisy‚ the love of his life‚ and is determined to become the man he dreamt of being as a little boy. Many believe that his sense of hope and his determination make him great. But can a man who abandoned his parents and lied about his past‚ a man who mettles with crime and chases after a married woman really be “great”? I believe “The Great Gatsby” is not-so-great after all. James Gatz

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    The Great Gatsby Response

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    otherwise might. Avoid plot summary. The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922 following Nick Carraway‚ a bond salesman. Nick lives in a house in West Egg‚ an area for the‚ “newly rich‚” citizens. Next door is his a man he knows little about named Gatsby. Across the bay from where Nick and Gatsby live is a location called East Egg where the‚ “old rich‚” live. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband live at East

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    The Great Gatsby. The first betrayal that takes place is Tom’s betrayal of Daisy. Tom betrays his wife Daisy when he has an affair with a woman named Myrtle. The second betrayal is Gatsby betraying himself. Jay Gatsby could have easily been a very successful man and could have done a lot of great things with his life. He instead wasted all his potential chasing after Daisy and trying to get her to notice him. The last betrayal that takes place is Daisy’s betrayal of Gatsby. Daisy led Gatsby to believe

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    Lie In The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby Essay To be great is to be giving‚ honest and being devoted to doing the right thing. A person that is great is selfless‚ and puts others before himself. A great person does not lie or do wrong to others to benefit himself. In the novel The Great Gatsby by FitzGerald‚ the character Gatsby is the exact opposite of great. The title itself is merely a sarcastic statement and readers realize that as they continue reading the novel. Gatsby is not great because he is self-centered‚ obsessive

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    were beginning to work‚ pursue educations and careers; they were drinking openly‚ accompanying men while being unmarried‚ cutting their hair short and purposefully downplaying their femininity. In 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published his novel The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Dilemma The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is about a young man who has fallen in love with a young woman. But at the time they meet‚ they are unable to be together I think because of complications surrounding WW1. A few years later in the 20’s‚ they meet again‚ but Daisy married to a man named Tom‚ and has a child. Gatsby then tries everything to get her to fall for him and leave Tom. Gatsby gains money by unscrupulous means and buys a house

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    Great Gatsby Paper

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    January 2012 Many books have a specific theme. A specific theme in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is the American Dream. The American Dream is having material success‚ family‚ equality‚ and that you worked hard to earn success. The theme of The American Dream is shown in the main character in the book‚ Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The American dream offers faith in the possibility of

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