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    After reading ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ I was inspired to write a literary piece with the purpose to inform and entertain the young adult reader about a materialistic distortion of the American Dream of self-determination and self-improvement‚ as the theme of identity was foreseen by all characters and with the help of stimulus texts such as ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Diamond as big as the Ritz’‚ I incorporated some of Fitzgerald’s ideas of mysterious characters by choosing what sides of the characters’

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    “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can” ~Jay Gatsby The latest version of The Great Gatsby‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ uses many of F Scott Fitzgerald’s original descriptions and dialogue. It respects the fact that the book is told from the point of view of Nick Carraway‚ cousin of Daisy‚ the woman who Gatsby loves. It carefully reproduces various details‚ such as the clock Gatsby drops when meeting Daisy again for the first time since she married Tom Buchanan five years earlier. It follows

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    While The Great Gatsby in modern day literature is revered for its intriguing story about class‚ love‚ and society‚ it was once left to squander in the 20s. F Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author of The Great Gatsby‚ never had much success within his actual lifetime‚ despite writing over 150 pieces of literature. Born into an unsuccessful family‚ Fitzgerald found himself at the heels of other people‚ claiming inferiority based upon his wealth‚ status‚ and even his intelligence. Oftentimes‚ Fitzgerald would

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    Essay Response The essay we read confused me‚ I didn’t get what photographs and pictorialists had to do with The Great Gatsby. I didn’t see the relevance of their views. Pictures may have small things to do with The Great Gatsby‚ but I don’t think there was enough to ramble on and on for nine pages. I feel as though by the end of the essay they weren’t even talking about The Great Gatsby at all‚ but photos and how they show the unseen. There were parts of the essay that did stick out to me.

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    Truth in the Great Gatsby

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    Seth Shearer English III Mrs.Hausberger Truth in The Great Gatsby The Golden Age‚ a time when money was abundant. Wealthy family’s always demanded to impress others rather than living their own life. How did wealth seem to develop with scandals and how would dreams contribute to destiny? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby" Nick Carraway’s great American dream was to controlled the truth in which he lives his life. Money

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    Summary of “The Great Gatsby” The Great Gatsby is a book about rich people that are fighting about women‚ money etc. After I read this book I realized that even if you are rich you don’t have to be happy. There are two main characters: Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby‚ both rich men. Here’s the story in a short version... Nick Carraway is a young man from a wealthy family‚ living in a Middle Western city. The Carraway’s are something of a clan actually

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    The Great Gatsby by Scott F Fitzgerald is a book about a millionaire named Jay Gatsby who seeks to be with his lover‚ Daisy‚ even though she is already married. The book is narrated by Gatsby’s neighbor Nick Caraway‚ who observes Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy and the conflicts Gatsby faces along the way. Gatsby lives the American dream of being popular and wealthy‚ while Nick is a shadow who watches Gatsby’s and the other characters’ actions. As an outsider‚ Nick is able to observe the main characters

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    Great Gatsby Setting

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    The Great Gatsby By: Ashley Williams Setting In the first quarter of this book the setting is evenly split between two different places‚ West Egg‚ NY and New York City. The author described his new town on page 10. “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs‚ identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay‚ jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere‚ the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.” This gives readers a beautiful image of where

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    is it about The Great Gatsby that keeps people gasping for air? That’s a simple question: the triangle of three main characters of course. Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Nick are a triangle of events themselves. What causes this? Many things‚ but everything begins when Nick meets Gatsby and reunites with Daisy. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel of numerous uncontrollable twists and turns. In this novel Gatsby is trying to reconnect with Daisy through her cousin Nick. Gatsby‚ Nick‚ and Daisy

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    Light In The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby is a remarkable story of hope‚ dreams‚ and truth. The narrator Nick tells us the story of Gatsby and his journeys with Gatsby through his eyes. What shapes this novel is the use of dark vs. light throughout major events of the novel to create the scene and feelings of the events occurring throughout the novel. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald uses the leitmotif of dark and light to creates an overall feeling of hope or despair in Gatsby’s character during events throughout

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