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    Before he died he wrote great pieces of literature. Some of his masterpieces were The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is the Night. His most popular masterpiece was The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ color symbolism is a very important key factor of the book. In the book color symbolism expresses a person’s personality‚ their way of living‚ their wealth‚ and their emotions. Color symbolism is represented by the color pink. In The Great Gatsby pink was used to symbolizes

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    Lauren George Honors Eng. IV Mr. Ark The Great Gatsby vs. “Winter Dreams” In F. Scotts Fitzgerald’s works‚ “Winter Dreams” and The Great Gatsby the reader cannot help but to notice how alike the characters. From desire starting at a young age for fabulous things to the extravagant women they will never possess‚ Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green‚ are modeled right after one another. The women they have an undying love for are also alike. The reader can pick up on the many similarities the minor characters

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    unbearable. In literature‚ many authors use heat as a symbolic device to represent elements such as love‚ confusion and anger. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald also uses the sweltering heat to enhance the mood and setting of the novel. The novel starts in spring but the climax occurs during the hottest days of the summer. In this essay‚ I will attempt to show that Fitzgerald effectively uses heat to show the passion between Daisy and Gatsby‚ the increasing tension between Gatsby and Tom and the difference

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses color to reveal underline dreams and aspirations that character themselves might not be aware of. Jay Gatsby the main character of Fitzgerald’s novel spends the majority of his time contemplating a green light at the end of his dock that he appears to long for. The colors Yellow and gold show the separation of the classes while grey represent downfalls. Fitzgerald slips theses colors in‚ to create an undetectable understanding of the novel for the reader. The

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    changes may seem more drastic than others. The American society sees and example of this cultural revolution as a result of the first World War. New technology and ways of living were introduced by a fresh generation‚ as old ways of living were left in the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known to be one of the most influential authors to come out of the early 1900s. He is most well known for his novel The Great Gatsby‚ which is considered to be an American classic to this day. Fitzgerald chronicles

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    o’malley). In the Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald Jay gatsby is a dirt poor farmer who took advantage of the prohibition to sell illegal alcohol over the counter to get closer to a long lost love. In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden caulfield is a sixteen year old prep school dropout who goes through life ignoring everyone and hiding his emotions because he will never like anyone as much as his brother. Gatsby is the phonier than holden because gatsby lied about his past

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    symbols that Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby is Gatsby himself. He symbolizes the heroism of the world. Throughout the entire novel‚ Gatsby acts as a heroic figure by trying to win Daisy’s love back. He is determined and will do anything to make sure that happens. The green light on the dock of Daisy’s house can have many different meanings for Gatsby. For one‚ it symbolizes hope. Gatsby has a lot of hope that he and Daisy will make their way back to each other. Gatsby thinks that the green light

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    The effective use of setting in The Great Gatsby profoundly contributes towards the establishment of distinctive zones‚ through which Fitzgerald portrays the contrasting values of certain characters‚ as well as their tendency to develop hostility towards one another. By implementing such geographical motifs‚ Fitzgerald crafts a dystopian vision of 1920s America‚ which exposes the moral corrosion of society‚ social stratification‚ as well as the muted hierarchy that is regulated by the hollow upper-class

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    The American Dream is like a fingerprint. Everybody has them but they are all so different. These dreams represent the inner thoughts‚ hopes‚ and goals of the people. Often the American Dream is portrayed as unattainable or as a tool used by industries to manipulate the lower and middle class. The reality is‚ the American Dream is not the same American Dream as it was when the country was founded in 1776. It has morphed to shape citizens and immigrants as individuals. My American Dream is to live

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    Gatsby Essay Rough Rough Draft What colors mean anything to you? Do certain things stand out from the ordinary to you in a way that brings back a specific memory or a certain trait of yourself or someone you know? In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses color as a symbol throughout the novel. Colors can be used as foreshadowing in stories‚ commonly used to depict feelings of a character. These colors are used to create several settings throughout the book‚ along with several moods and are most definitely

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