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    How Does Fitzgerald Tell The Story In Chapter 8 Of The Great Gatsby? In the beginning of the chapter‚ we are made aware of Nick’s discomfort and anxious attitude regarding Gatsby and what is to become of him‚ suggesting that he should get away for a week‚ but naturally‚ Gatsby refuses. He then goes onto describe the way that he and Daisy had first met and their relationship that had ensued‚ before Gatsby proposes he and Nick use the swimming pool for the first and last time that summer; Nick has

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    See What I’m Saying Paper I loved the film See What I’m Saying; it was filled with new insights about deaf culture and people. This movie follows the life of TL Forsber‚ singer; Bob Hiltermann‚ drummer; Robert DeMayo‚ actor; and CJ Jones‚ A Deaf Icon. Once I got home from school‚ I quickly checked Netflix to see if Netflix carries it. My hopes were crushed. There were not many things about the film I did not like‚ are how hearing people treated deaf people and what troubles follow four deaf

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    Dream was something most Americans shared in common with each other‚ although each person’s dream varied slightly from one another. Some saw wealth and fame‚ while some wanted to live a good life‚ Fitzgerald saw the American Dream very corrupted and broken. In Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyFitzgerald uses different symbols throughout the novel to express his feelings concerning his view on the corrupted American Dream. The first examples are West Egg and East Egg. East Egg is the rich side of

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    the development of characters or to display themes in novels and plays. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism heavily in his text "The Great Gatsby"‚ as does Tennessee Williams in "The Glass Menagerie". Various symbols appear throughout the respective texts that allow the reader to gain insight into character’s personalities and also add value to major themes and ideas in the texts. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" is a text that is reflective of the Period in which it was written‚ the ’roaring’

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    Sendra Mrs. Marullo English I 17 January 2011 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the social rejection of the Prohibition in the 1920s. Prohibition‚ the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol‚ made millionaires out of bootleggers like Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald was driven to write many novels because of his love for Zelda. Great Gatsby‚ a novel written by Fitzgerald‚ portrayed the lavish lifestyle of the rich in the 1920s

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    states that ‘I don’t know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney island’ yet he speculates what Wilson is thinking at the end of Chapter 8 exposing his narration to be fallible as it shows that a lot of the narrative could be speculative and therefore unreliable. Nick also speculates at the end of the chapter‚ ‘there must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams’‚ however due to the sense desperation that starts to oose out of Gatsby as he states with ‘automatic quality’

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    Style Analysis; Hemingway V.S Fitzgerald Fitzgerald and Hemingway both derive from the same literary time period‚ creating two pieces work. When it comes to Fitzgerald’s and Hemingway’s work they both differ on subject matter; coming down to eloquent fixtures of work‚ well structured sentences‚ complex sentence‚ elevated diction‚ and innumerable more‚ Fitzgerald sweeps the floor. Hemingway on the other hand has a gritty‚ down to earth attitude with his writing‚ but continues to have that similar

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    Many characters in the Great Gatsby parallel to Fitzgerald life. For example‚ Daisy‚ the women Jay Gatsby has been basing his whole life on‚ is similar to Zelda Sayre‚ who would not marry Fitzgerald at first because of his lack of success. Gatsby and Fitzgerald both met vital women to their lives at dances‚ and both while they were stationed at camps in the army. Gatsby met Daisy at Camp Taylor in Illinois‚ where they danced and fell in love. However‚ after Gatsby went off to war‚ they never got

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    1. What brought about the Red scare in the US? What effect did it have? * Fears still existed of red Russia years after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 * Started a Communist party in America * At the end of the war an epidemic of strikes resulted in high prices and frustrated union organizing drives * People jumped to the conclusion that labor troubles were formented by bomb and whisker Bolsheviks * US had a great fear that communism could spread throughout the country *

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    In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ he expresses the American Dream: the search for love and money. There is a rich‚ handsome‚ young man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who lusts after the wealthy and beautiful woman‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ whom Gatsby lost when he was drafted into the war. The novel is also known for its critique of the Jazz Age. Gatsby comes from a poor family; growing up‚ he became a bootlegger to earn all of his money. Throughout the book‚ Gatsby has extravagant parties to

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