their identity. This is shown through Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel the Great Gatsby. The way in which Gatsby speaks is false. Gatsby‚ “whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd” (132)‚ spoke in such a matter to win Daisy. Gatsby repeatedly uses the phrase ’old sport’‚ which seems fake and unnatural coming from his lips. He uses this phrase to present himself as upper class and of ’old money’ to impress Daisy. Even though Gatsby may be rich‚ he does not come from old money
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Gretchen Hintze Araby and The Great Gatsby Essay AP English P.9 In “Araby‚” an allegorical short story from his compilation‚ Dubliners‚ author James Joyce depicts his homeland of Ireland as a paralyzing and morally filthy environment. The young protagonist is an unknowing victim of society’s preoccupation with materialism‚ and in his rush to grow up accepts its distorted views of wealth and love as truth. Conversely‚ Jay Gatsby‚ from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ tries to win back the heart
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The novel 《The Great Gatsby》written by Scott Fitzgerald is often classified as a masterpiece about American dream，and it is believed to be written in 1925. It is a time that the entire America was under the strong influence of the Roaring twenties，and as we know， Scott Fitzgerald is a distinguished representative of the Lost generation in America. As a result‚ this novel is influenced by the thoughts of the lost generation.The essential thought of the lost generation is loneliness and disillusion
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I have read the fictional story‚ The Great Gatsby. This novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and referenced United States history. This story is about a graduate from Yale and ex-veteran from World War I named Nick Carraway. He had decided to return home as his way of beginning a career. Being impatient‚ Nick had decided to move to New York so he could learn the bond business. Now we are in the setting of 1922 in West Egg‚ Long Island. Nick was then living in a rented house that is neighboring
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THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light
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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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In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses his book to portray and critique many male-female relationships. Some of these relationships are marriages‚ while others are not. There is the relationship between Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker‚ Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson‚ Myrtle and George Wilson‚ and Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Some of these relationships had the ability to affect many other people‚ even if the two in the relationship did not mean
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The Great Gatsby Essay To be great is to be giving‚ honest and being devoted to doing the right thing. A person that is great is selfless‚ and puts others before himself. A great person does not lie or do wrong to others to benefit himself. In the novel The Great Gatsby by FitzGerald‚ the character Gatsby is the exact opposite of great. The title itself is merely a sarcastic statement and readers realize that as they continue reading the novel. Gatsby is not great because he is self-centered‚ obsessive
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people‚ could never fully understand the world‚ themselves‚ or others. In The Great Gatsby‚ the characters are all very troubled. They cheat on their spouses‚ commit murder‚ do dirty business‚ yet the characters never see these issues in themselves and only partially recognise the issues with others. Gatsby never comes to understand himself and though Nick understand Gatsby‚ he is blind to himself. Nick and Gatsby’s
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a place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off
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