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    The “Great” Jay Gatsby The word great has many meanings – outstanding‚ eminent‚ grand‚ important‚ extraordinary‚ noble‚ etc. - and varies along with the intent of the speaker and on the interpretation of the hearer. Someone may perceive something as great‚ and yet someone else may see that same thing as horrendous. The greatness of a being is not determined by themselves‚ but by those around them who experience‚ and perceive‚ their greatness through actions and words. In the book‚ “The Great Gatsby”

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    Viviana Arvizu November 29‚ 2011 Period 3. AP Senior Literature The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis The American Dream is an idea that has been present since American literature’s beginning. Typically‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ while accumulating such things as love‚ high status‚ wealth‚ and power on his way to the top. The dream has variations throughout different time periods‚ although it is generally based on ideas of freedom‚ self-reliance‚ and a desire for something

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    The Great Gatsby- Do s really love cars and money? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyGatsby attempts to be obtain his American dream with conspicuous consumption. Fitzgerald uses symbols of conspicuous consumption in money‚ cars and houses to show that the American dream of wealth and possessions doesn’t necessarily ensure happiness. The concept of conspicuous consumption is greatly exemplified in The Great Gatsby‚ by all of the characters being in possession of excessive amounts

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    successful with a great job‚ home‚ and a family. This dream embodies The Great Gatsby who is trying to pursue the American Dream through his life. Gatsby’s dream however was corrupted because of his pursuit of wealth and the negative power of money. In Fact Gatsby is blind to know that his money cannot buy him his happiness or his love for Daisy. Most importantly it would only bring him hardship in the end. The corruption of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby is how Gatsby made his money and

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    ” How important is the setting of a particular time and/or place to the development of the characters? The setting of a particular time and place is integral to the development of the characters. This can be seen through the book‚ “ The Great Gatsby”. The book was written in the 1920s America. It was the post World War 1 period and the time of extreme wealth and promise. It was also a Jazz Age‚ where women enjoyed a much less restricted lifestyle with newfound freedom. There was a legal ban

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    Is Gatsby Great? ‘Gatsby turned out all right in the end’ – a judgment that takes Nick Caraway some time to make‚ and one that not everyone would agree with. This essay states three reasons why the character Jay Gatsby from the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is not great. To some readers‚ Gatsby may seem like a great guy because he was doing anything and everything to make Daisy‚ the woman that he loved‚ love him back but Daisy has a husband‚ Tom‚ and Gatsby is with Daisy pursuing an affair and

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    Dreams In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby lives a very contradicting life style. Jay Gatsby lives a very extravagant lifestyle filled with money‚ cars‚ and houses‚ but he is missing one thing‚ his love Daisy. Daisy Buchannan is Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s only wish is impossible to achieve because what he wishes is to have the relationship with Daisy like he did 5 years ago. Even though Gatsby seemed to have it all he really didn’t. He was

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    Yellow Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby there are several symbolic meanings of colours that Fitzgerald has incorporated. Specific colours in the novel contrast several different meanings and representations. Yellow is one colour in the book that Fitzgerald has incorporated for many reasons. The main representation of the colour yellow in the book is death. Death contrasted in yellow has been a main factor during the novel as in the end‚ basically the only yellow thing that has not been a part

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    essay   The great gatsby‚ a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the loss of innocence and society’s downfall as they try to reach this dream. The goal is different for each person‚ as well as the loss. He or she has a chance of achiving wealth and happiness that sccompaniesit. The great gatsby believes that one can acquire happiness through the accumulaton of wealth and power. Fitzgerald uses images of the character Jay Gatsby‚ excessive wealth‚ and immoral actions with the characters to portray

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    The Great Gatsby Do you ever sometimes wish you have everything in life? In fact‚ each and everyone in the world wish or want something. Like love‚ hope‚ wealth and etc. These topics are seen in the book called “The Great Gatsby.” In America‚ as a whole‚ they have this “American Dream” where they all want to be independent and being optimistic about their future‚ pretty much everything great in life. But not everyone in America achieves these dreams because of the distraction around‚ sometimes

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