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    Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/jltr.1.5.662-667 Stylistic Analysis of The Great Gatsby from Lexical and Grammatical Category Xiangqi Liu Qingdao University of Science and Technology‚ Qingdao‚ China Email: shirley780204@yahoo.com.cn Abstract— The thesis tries to adopt the method used by Leech and Short in their book Style in Fiction to make a relatively overall and objective analysis of the novel’s language from lexical and grammatical Category. As far as the lexical features are concerned

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    period of grieving. She goes for long walks at night. She stops speaking. The kids at school ask Nomi if her mother is crazy. When Nomi goes to visit Travis at the Museum she discovers him sharing a joint and laughing behind a sod hut with Adeline. Reflection: Blood is brought up as a motif in these scenes‚ whether it be as simple as a Nomi accidentally hurting herself to blood being in an egg. The blood in the egg symbolizes an impurity‚ a faulty egg. These eggs can be humans

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    (narrator) — a man from the Midwest‚ a Yale graduate‚ a World War I veteran‚ and a resident of West Egg. He is Gatsby’s next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. Easygoing‚ sarcastic and optimistic‚ this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed

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    Linking Sonnets From The Portuguese to The Great Gatsby 1. The Theme of Love Sonnet 1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her

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    Great Gatsby Tatiana Rios Assignment Questions 1. Who is morally responsible for Gatsby’s death? In The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy and Tom Buchanan are the two most responsible for Gatsby’s death. At the hotel in New York‚ Tom became hostile towards Gatsby and began to question him about his business practices as well as his past‚ calling him a fraud. Gatsby responds by urging Daisy to tell Tom that she does not love him. As the tension began to rise Daisy emotionally removed herself from the confrontation

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    Is Gatsby Great?

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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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    interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people at work.    True    False |   7. | The three levels of OB analysis are individual‚ business‚ and strategic.    True    False |   8. | OB knowledge is derived exclusively from organization theory.    True    False |   9. | Organizational behavior is a vertical discipline functioning in the human resource realm.    True    False |   10. | Organizational behavior is a specific job category in most organizations.    True    False

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    The Great Gatsby‚ Ch‚ V. Find para beginning ‘His bedroom was the simplest room of all’ and read from there until ‘…such beautiful shirts before’. How does this passage relate to the novel as a whole? In this paragraph Gatsby has recently been reunited with Daisy and is leading her through his mansion. This ultimately results in Daisy breaking down and crying. The concept of materialism is encapsulated in this passage specifically‚ a theme which is recurrent throughout the novel. The extent

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    Jay Gatsby

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    to kill the American Dream‚ you should call a man named Jay Gatsby of West EggLong Island‚ New York. I think he’s found it. Jay Gatsby is a wealthy man who lives in one of the ¨Eggs¨ in New York. Jay Gatsby’s real name is James Gatz‚ and was originally born in North Dakota on a farm. While he was a young boy he had always thought that he was meant to become something more than a farmer from North Dakota. Because of this he leaves his home and meets a man named Dan Cody. They meet while he is working

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    Great Gatsby “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald presents his audience with a novel with intricate symbolism. Nick Carroway‚ the protagonist‚ has recently moved from the Midwest to get his career started in New York. He lives on the island of West Egg the poorer side of town‚ across from East Egg the wealthier side of town. In East Egg are where his pompous

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