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    Activity 11: "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 1. What impression do you have of the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ from his narration and actions? He seems like a very intelligent‚ smart‚ peaceful‚ but interesting man from the way he talks‚ describes things and interacts with Daisy‚ Tom & Miss Baker. 2. What do you learn about Daisy Buchanan from her dress‚ dialogue‚ and body language? That she might be very classy‚ but really she seems sensual and like a flirt. Chapter 2  3. How

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    Gatsby is an irrepressible dreamer who lives an extravagant life style but this persona is completely his own invention. He actually grew up poor and even changed his name to get away from his past. As you read in the book‚ you will find that the one reason he goes and tries to prosper is because he wanted to marry a girl called daisy but he couldn’t because he was poor. That’s were his dream comes in. Because he was born into a poor life‚ his dream was that he could one day become rich.

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    This book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ written by F Scott. Fitzgerald in 1925‚ is a novel dedicated to the inhabitants of wealth‚ power‚ and social status. It was mainly about this astonishingly wealthy man known as Jay Gatsby who dreamed of revitalizing the love that was once present between him and Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald has written this story as a connection to his past life to show that acquiring the American Dream is not always accessible. Throughout the story‚ the author has embedded many symbolic

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    power were the only things that the characters in The Great Gatsby cared about. Rolls Royce made more than half aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I. The Phantom I was the replacement for the Silver Ghost‚ presented in 1925 as "New Phantom". Rolls-Royce had a factory in Springfield‚ USA where at first the Silver Ghost‚ and then the Phantom I was built‚ too. The Phantom I was replaced by the Phantom II (Gruszczynski). Jay Gatsby possessed numerous of cars‚ one being the Rolls Royce

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    Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The novel begins when the main character Nick Caraway moves to a town in long island call west egg. He lives in modest home amongst extravagant mansions. His neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby‚ throws lavish parties almost every night. His cousin Daisy‚ and her husband tom‚ also lives in the west egg community. Once nick get an invite to one of Gatsby’s parties he become thirsted into the wealthy lifestyle of the people around him. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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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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    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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    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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    Thode Melum 8 The Great Gatsby Essay 6.4.13 In The Great Gatsby‚ we are faced with many interpretations of the American Dream. The American Dream is often seen achievable in different ways than others. The rebellious‚ middle aged‚ wealthy individuals have already achieved their own interpretation of the American Dream. Whereas the working class‚ in The Valley of Ashes‚ is still trying to obtain the motivation to find their own American Dream. Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ one might find that

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    In the book “The Great Gatsby”‚ arguably the finest work of art by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ none but a few people had the idealistic “American Dream.” To some characters‚ it seems that the American Dream has been replaced by just materialism and greed. What does the American Dream mean? What does it stand for? If a person has achieved their American Dream how should they go about living? The American Dream is the vision to be successful and to provide from our pocket to ourselves as well as our families

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