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    the train. Tom takes Nick and Myrtle to New York City‚ to the Morningside Heights apartment he keeps for his affair. Here they have an impromptu party with Myrtle’s sister‚ Catherine‚ and a couple named McKee. Catherine has bright red hair‚ wears a great deal of makeup. The group proceeds to drink excessively. Nick claims that he got drunk for only the second time in his life at this party.The ostentatious behaviour and conversation of the others at the party repulse Nick‚ and he tries to leave. At

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    unattainable; thus‚ one may often compromise or modify his dream in order for it to match or perhaps justify the practical. This imperfect reality generates an unattainable dream. Jay Gatsby’s disillusionment in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby permits Gatsby to imagine that which will never exist. When his reality and fantasy collide in such a way‚ his fantasy perishes‚ and additional conflicted dreams and imperfect reality ensue. Gatsby’s passion is an exercise in futility because

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    Published in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby became an immediate classic and propelled its author to fame. The novel captured the spirit of the "Jazz Age‚" a post−World War I era in upper−class America. However‚ Gatsby expresses more than the exuberance of the times. It depicts the restlessness and corruption that pervades the novel and "infects" the story and its hero too. Because the novel is not just about one man‚ James Gatz or Jay Gatsby‚ but about aspects of the human condition of an era‚ and themes

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    Jay Gatsby is one of the most interesting and memorable males in fictional literature‚ even though he is not a dynamic and changing character during the novel. In fact‚ Jay Gatsby has changed little since he was a teenager. Born as James Gatz to poor farmers in North Dakota‚ he decided at an early age that he wanted more out of life than North Dakota could offer. He leaves home to find excitement and wealth. While lounging on the beach one day‚ he sees a yacht docked off the coast. He borrows a boat

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation

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    adaptation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the director uses several visual techniques to emphasize and heighten the illusion of the American dream. These visual techniques include: Framing‚ color‚ lighting & space. The most interesting type of framing repeated al throughout the film is the use of mirrors in trapping the characters in their surreal reflection. The director used this technique in more than one scenes‚ nevertheless this framing was used when Gatsby is about to meet a

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    American Lit. Essay The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Five characters are introduced to us as they go through life in New York. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway; the main character‚ Jay Gatsby; Tom’s wife‚ Daisy Buchanan; Daisy’s husband‚ Tom Buchanan; and Jordan Baker‚ the tennis player. These characters spend money that doesn’t need to be spent‚ drink way too much‚ perform meaningless actions to make themselves happy‚ and are careless. This novel shows the culture

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    GREAT GATSBY ESSAY Can chasing an ideal blind us and prevent us from seeing the truth? Sometimes ideals can become such a big driving force in our life that they cause us to overlook the truth and ignore reality. Reality and ideals are contrasted through the goals in life of the characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy. Through contrasting ideals and the reality of a situation‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald suggests that chasing an ideal without recognizing the truth will not allow an individual to attain their

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    temporarily bloomed in the 1920`s. Essentially‚ the Jazz Age was a time period of economic prosperity‚ where the economic prosperity was increasing‚ though in contrast‚ the moral values of individuals were decreasing. In the literary classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his characters to explore this morality. This is clearly apparent through the character Nick Carraway‚ who represents a symbol of honesty‚ and Jordan Baker‚ who represents a symbol of dishonesty. To begin‚ Nick Carraway

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    live in the East Egg are generally more well off and would most probably live a hedonistic lifestyle whereas the people in the West Egg are more likely to be less well-off and unable of living the hedonistic lifestyle‚ expect in rare occasions e.g. Gatsby. Continuing with the setting‚ the Buchanan’s house is also described as quite a luxury. ‘A sunken Italian garden‚ a half-acre of deep‚ pungent roses‚ and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.’ This description shows the beauty

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