Rick Fei Mr. Ireland English III 1/10/2013 Take home test 1. Gatsby is a great guy‚ Gatsby is deeply fall in love with Daisy‚ compare to Tom’s love his love is selfless that he can put away everything he has for Daisy. Tom has a mistress outside and never care Daisy’s feeling‚ Gatsby is rich man who can get everything he want but he still deeply love Daisy. “There is always a halt there of at least a minute‚ and it was because of this that I
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words depict the atmosphere of the great expansion and hustle of society into the new age of the 1920’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby is a social commentary on American society in this golden age. His novel presents the betrayal of the "American Dream" through the illusion of money‚ materialism‚ and social status. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to show that The Dream of wealth and social acceptance can corrupt the most innocent of people‚ as Gatsby uses illegal means to obtain wealth
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Brittany Patterson Period 5 English 3 Influence Being influenced can sometimes be an accident. To where everything around you is one big drama problem. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Nick being the narrator‚ “accidently” gets influenced to join a love circle‚ but the thing is that nothing actually involves real love. Just for money and all the luxuries they each have. Nick still seems to see himself as a good Midwestern boy with high standards for everyone he meets‚ including
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and Admirable Characters In The Great Gatsby there are both admirable and despicable characters. Daisy Buchanan lives in East Egg‚ which is the place in town where all the people with old money live. Daisy Buchanan is the most despicable character in the book. She gives herself the traits of being careless and selfish. Daisy can be described as a selfish woman because she only cares about herself and money. Gatsby can be considered the most admirable character in the book. Jay Gatsby is a wealthy
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Willis The Great Gatsby Character Analysis: George Wilson “Wilson was so sick that he looked guilty” (Fitzgerald 138 ). After a car strikes his wife Myrtle‚ George Wilson passes the blame to himself out of longing and guilt. Instead of pointing a finger‚ Wilson diligently accepts the circumstances in the novel The Great Gatsby. Focusing on the prosperity and grandeur of the 1920s‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book depicts the affairs and personalities of the era’s lavishly rich. A minor character in the novel
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January 18‚ 2012 Great Gatsby Essay Most people get out of bed with ambitions of accomplishing goals and dreams for themselves for the sense of fulfillment. But rarely you’ll find people who don’t; instead you’ll find people who just can’t let go of the past‚ which could easily just lead them to a horrendous death. On Long Island in the summer of 1922‚ Gatsby is a perfect role model of exactly that. Gatsby grew up a poor Midwesterner and fell in love with
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In the case of the characters Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan‚ in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ love is not the glue that holds their marriage together. Instead‚ the marriage of Tom and Daisy is crafted by wealth‚ social class‚ and carelessness. Through the narration of another character‚ Nick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan is portrayed as being a smug man who has little regard for the feelings of others. We learn this as information is revealed regarding the affair in which
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The Great Gatsby Chapter IV: Revealing Gatsby’s mysterious past Main points: 1. The list of Gatsby’s guest 2. Gatsby career 3. The story of Jay Gatsby 4. Who is Meyer Wolfshiem 5. The letter 6. The story of Gatsby and Daisy in the past I‚ Summary: Nick writes a list of all people that attended Gatsby’s parties Nick has a plan with Gatsby that they will go for lunch by Gatsby’s car Gatsby tells Nick his background as they drive to the city At the lunch place
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The Great Gatsby- Chapter 6 A. 1. Fitzgerald’s use of a flashback is more effective than chronological order because it made Gatsby a mystery at the beginning of the book‚ until now‚ about half way through. 2. As Dan Cody’s assistant‚ Gatsby was employed under the title’s of steward‚ mate‚ skipper‚ secretary‚ and sailor. Cody had a tendency to drink a lot and knew what kinds of things he did when he was drunk‚ so therefore put more and more trust in Gatsby. He had come to be this employee when
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it. The novel The Great Gatsby is an interesting tale of two cities really. Nick Carraway; the narrator‚ represents all that is good an wholesome in the great midwest. He is a well-educated man who aspires to be a bond broker. His character is conflicted internally and externally throughout the novel but really culminates into a loathing for all things eastern. Carraway’s farmboy charm and doe-eyed innocence is put to the test when he meets The Great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby represents all things
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