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    The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald captures the disparity between the poor and wealthy in New York City in the Nineteen-Twenties. In this novel there are many images that help to pull the story together. Three of those images I feel are very significant to the story. The single green light on Daisy’s dock that Gatsby spends countless nights staring at across the lake is‚ in my opinion‚ the most significant image in the book. The light represents Gatsby’s unattainable dream to be with Daisy

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    Color Essay In The Great Gatsby there were countless areas in the book that had emotions‚ feelings‚ and many other characteristics represented by various colors. Gatsby was one of the characters that had some of these colors representing his different characteristics. Gatsby was referenced to many colors‚ but a couple that stood out more than the others were yellow‚ green‚ and pink/red. Yellow has a lot of possible meanings‚ however‚ the ones pertaining to Gatsby include his moments of criticality

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    Valentinis-Dee Jr. Ms. Morris 11th English- 1st Period 6 December 2017 Color Symbolism F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He died of a heart attack in 1940. 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

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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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    “How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 1 of ‘The Great Gatsby’?” Fitzgerald opens the first chapter introducing us to Nick Carroway‚ who is clearly of first person narration and he is telling the story from the future. By telling the story as though it has already occurred‚ Fitzgerald has created the illusion that his main character has already experienced the events that are unfolding. This ensures that Nick is a retrospective narrator throughout the book but also obviously a bias story

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    How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 7? Chapter 7 starts by Gatsby firing all his servants and then shows up at the Buchanan’s house with Nick and Jordan there. They all decide to go into town‚ and hire a suite of the Plaza hotel‚ where there is an intense argument between Gatsby and Tom about Daisy and who she’s in love with. On the journey home Myrtle Wilson gets hit by the motorcar in which Daisy is driving. Prior to the climactic moment of the Plaza suite scene‚ Fitzgerald uses heat

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    "The Great Gatsby" is a book full of symbolism. On a large‚ political scope the book itself is a symbol of the materialism of the twenties. Many of the symbols in the book are given their meaning by the characters - who are symbols in and of themselves. To make this last point‚ it is only necessary to look at Gatsby himself. Gatsby is‚ in a nutshell‚ the American Dream corrupted. He has worked hard to obtain everything he owns‚ often using illegal means to do so‚ but can enjoy none of it because

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    every aspect?) Authors often use color symbolism in their writing to show a deeper meaning ‚often these colors associate with a particular feeling of object‚ or to portray a character. Fitzgerald is no different in his work‚ “ The Great Gatsby‚” it is obvious that Fitzgerald uses a multitude of color references in his writing. For example‚ the color white is mainly used to show innocence‚ purity and class. Since the very beginning of the story‚white is being use to describe the grandiose house

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    weighing down their own white dresses" (p.115) Many novels often use colors symbolism similar to the quote to represent characters’ personalities and characteristics. In the Great GatsbyFitzgerald uses the colors green‚ gold/yellow‚ grey‚ and blue to exemplify the characteristics of a person or place The most used color of the whole novel is green. Green symbolizes money. In the story money is the center of the characters’ lives. Gatsby thinks that having a lot of money will win over Daisy. Which

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    may not realise that they all instinctively follow the same basic guidelines‚ whether it is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1926 novel The Great Gatsby or Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Within these novels it can be seen that similar semiotic techniques have been employed to foreshadow specific plot points in the narrative‚ particularly when noticing their use of place and setting. Thus‚ both Fitzgerald and Austen utilise the place and setting of their novels as a catalyst or mode of attraction

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