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    Daisy is a girl that has a brother with severe autism who cannot make the slightest peep in her house. She has a hard time trying to cope and not be afraid of him but it’s hard not to. He does not speak‚ think or handle any minor situations. She’s also falling in love with a bad boy and he is to. She is having difficult time letting go of her brother when her parents make the family splitting decision to send her brother to the Holland House‚ a house that helps kids with autism. She’s decides to

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    Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic

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    THE THEME OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY The 1920s or “the Jazz Age” was the era of the American Dream – the era of equal opportunities (or at least it was thought so) and the times when economy started rising with an enormous speed. The Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is situated in this era and it offers a great insight into what was happening in that time as the novel shows that the values changed and that in that time the American Dream became a synonym for

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ portrays Gatsby and Daisy’s nostalgia for their past love‚ but not for the lies that accompanied it. In the past‚ James Gatz‚ Gatsby‚ was poor and lived in a more austere environment than daisy; because of this disparity‚ they were unable to be in a relationship. This nostalgia causes drama and tension between them‚ leading to Gatsby’s death and Daisy’s departure from the East Coast. Gatsby’s nostalgia causes him to rekindle old flames with

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    Gatsby gets murdered due to him wanting to control his life. He was a very controlling person‚ he liked to have control of how people view him as a person. Gatsby wants to control his life so it is perfect. While Gatsby tries to control his life‚ certain events don’t go his way causing him to lose control. Through his attempts to have a perfect life‚ the theme is shown that no one can control their lives. Gatsby attempts to control his life to be perfect‚ the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ The theme in both the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and movies directed by Jack Clayton in 1978 and Baz Luhrmann in 2013‚ were portrayed differently in a certain way. Both author and directors did this to match a certain type of style‚ but they all shared a common theme of the” American Dream”. As this is something in this time period strived for‚ they all wanted to become “something out of nothing”. In the movies and the novel‚ Gatsby was able to achieve longing American

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    written task have written for part 4‚ will be based on The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. For this creative assignment I have rewritten a section of the novel from Gatsby’s point of view‚ instead of Nick’s. The section I have chosen comes from chapter 5. Gatsby and Daisy have not seen each other in years‚ and Gatsby has arranged to meet Daisy at Nick’s house. I have chosen to rewrite this scene because I believe that the way Gatsby is portrayed by Nick is very different from the way he actually

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    Chapter 1 Analysis – The Great Gatsby What words or phrases suggest that Nick is initially optimistic about going East? As Nick travels East his views on his surroundings contrast considerably to those he observed as he was travelling through the west‚ where he lives. As he enters the East his initial description uses words such as ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Cheerful’ which is a deep juxtaposition to the words used to describe the West i.e. ‘superficial’ or ‘bizarre’. His optimism in travelling East is

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    were careless and rebellious. Many upper class in individuals were able to spend money thoughtlessly. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts it thought his book in The Great Gatsby. He portrays the upper aristocracy with their expensive cars‚ polo ponies‚ and lavish parties. Fitzgerald uses the motif parties throughout the book which help him unfold the theme of society and class and that goes on to show the charterer’s personality. The first party that appeared in the novel was at the house of Tom Buchannan in

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    a beautiful little fool." The quote means to me that it is a man dominated world‚ and there is little hope against it. The world appears to be filled with people not having decent values‚ nor honest actions to allow prosperity. In the 1920s‚ the Great War leaving its scars on Europe‚ America‚ and as always‚ the people. No matter the time period‚ or the location for that matter will change people‚ much less their nature can be changed. My points lie with the truth that the Jazz Age‚ and I believe

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