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    In The Great Gatsby‚ a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Nick Carraway is in love with Jordan Baker‚ George Wilson is in love with Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Regrettably‚ all of these women are unworthy of the love and affection bestowed upon them by these men. Throughout the course if this essay‚ the love between these individuals will be analysed and the reasons why these women are unworthy will be highlighted. Nick Carraway is initially introduced

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    Colors are all everywhere and are used everyday. Artists use colors as a tool to make their art more lively. The author F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ used many colors such as gold‚ green‚ and white in his novel to make it more visual Gold in the novel represents old money and wealth. “With Jordan’s slender golden are resting in mine‚ we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.” Jordans are being golden means that she’s old money‚ while the girls dressed in yellow are new money. Gold means

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    Everyone has an American dream‚ but not everyone is satisfied when it comes true. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Gatsby aspires to be a wealthy man. He wants to show the world that he is on top of society. If there is one way to prove that‚ he thinks it is money. Lots and lots of money. Gatsby‚ however‚ has an ulterior motive in earning all this money--he only wants the money to win over a woman‚ Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby has been chasing this dream for a while now‚ but will it come true

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    Gatsby and the Complexity of the American Dream F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is an exploration of the American dream in modern society‚ in which money and prosperity are significant factors and it may not be as simple as you think; and the movie Citizen Kane is another example of the complex issues relating to the American dream. First‚ we will explore the American dream‚ in which it is to make a great deal of money because it provides for a comfortable living‚ and characters in the novel

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    to all of their questions. Jay Gatsby and Blanche Dubois in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ respectfully‚ give away everything they have in order to attain what they believe to be the ultimate form of happiness: the American Dream The American dream is a notion that states that anyone can achieve what they desire if they simply work hard enough for it. However‚ when speaking of the American Dream the question arises “Can anyone achieve the American Dream no matter their circumstances

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    In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s cynicism about the american dream in the 1920s is represented by the characters Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ and Nick. America was changing because in the 1920s an era of unexpected prosperity and material excess. Decayed social and moral values. Rising stock market equals lots of newly wealthy people spending money at unprecedented levels. These changes affected fitzgerald’s belief because he believed people had grown cynical‚ greedy‚ and obsessed with the empty pursuit

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    In “The Great Gatsby‚” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s use of language serves to develop the characters of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald’s use of specific details‚ particularly the juxtaposition of those details pertaining to Myrtle‚ portrays her as contradictory and superficial and Tom as a bullish and arrogant. Fitzgerald’s diction‚ dually connoting prosperity and deficiency‚ conveys Myrtle’s false sense of egotism and affluence and enforces the narrator’s disdain for both Tom and Myrtle. Myrtle’s

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    The Symbolism of Colors in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby Throughout the book‚ “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A lot of colors are used to symbolize personalities‚ places or even foreshadowing. The colors chosen were white‚ yellow and red. They can have different meanings but in the book they are known for: purity‚ decay and blood. The author of The Great Gatsby uses the color white to represent purity and innocence. “She dressed in white and had a little white roadster

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    novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many instances where symbolism is used. For sample‚ the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock represents the hope that Gatsby has that someday he and Daisy will finally be together. Symbolism also helps bring the theme of the novel to light. The most notable theme in this novel is love can make a person blind. Love plays a major role in the novel. All the actions of Tom‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy are in direct relation with who or what they love

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    The American Dream is often misleading because it makes one believe that if they obtain the fame‚ fortune‚ and a new beginning‚ it will bring happiness; only to realize it causes one pain. The American Dream is often deemed as the main goal of the American culture‚ and is the one of the many reasons why people come to America today. In the American Classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby‚ a man of many mysteries‚ is madly in love with Daisy‚ a woman from the past‚ who is now

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