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    "Death of a Dream" Any American is taught a dream that is purged of all truth. The American Dream is shown to the world as a belief that anyone can do anything; when in reality‚ life is filled with impossible boundaries. In the novel‚ The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the upper class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through the narrator’s dealings with the upper class that the reader is shown

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    efficient and cost-effective solutions to meet our clients’ needs through innovation and technological advancement. 1 DELIVERING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS LEADING THE WAY GROUP FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS KEY FINANCIAL DATA for year ended 31 December (S$’000) Revenue Profit before tax Profit after tax Profit attributable to shareholders Shareholders’ equity Total assets Net assets Net asset value per share (cents) (1)(2) Earnings per share (cents) (2) 2007 192‚786 38‚693 36‚645 32‚949 239‚772 549

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    How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 5?During chapter 5 Gatsby is reunited with Daisy and it becomes clear to the reader that Gatsby’s emotional frame is out of sync with the passage of time as the novel explores the coming of love of the past into the present. The chapter starts with the return of Nick from his date with Jordan whose relationship seems very impersonal and surface deep compared and contrasted to the passionate and fulfilling relationship of that of Gatsby and Daisy that

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    Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness In The Great Gatsby‚ The Sun Also Rises and The Catcher in the Rye all have main characters that identify as one sexuality but can be seen as the other. They are also all trying to reach The American Dream in some way even if they don’t live in America. Some might already have the money aspect of the dream‚ but do they have the happiness that comes along with it? That can be debated for the majority of the characters in all three of the books. The Marxist

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    Wow! What can I say; I have read the book The Boys In The Boat‚ Nine Americans and Their Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics‚ by Daniel James Brown. This is about a guy named Joe Rantz. He went through many obstacles‚ to name a couple‚ he saw his mother die in front of him at the age of three. Another is that he got abounded at a very young age. I have also watched a outstanding movie called The Great Gatsby. Which is takes place twenty miles east of New York. The movie and the book are very

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    Symbolism is big part of F. Scott Fitzgerald work in his most successful romance‚ The Great Gatsby. Symbolism happens when symbolic meaning is attributed to objects‚ figures or characters. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald utilizes many symbols such as characters‚ places and colors. His use of symbolism ads meaning to a certain object‚ character or place. The Valley of Ashes is a symbolic place located “ Half way between West Egg and New York” (Fitzgerald 23); it is a place of industrial trash “ a

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    Any attempt to relive the past could only be accomplished through one’s memories and mementos. However‚ in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the protagonist and tragic hero‚ Jay Gatsby‚ refuses to surrender himself to the constraints placed upon him. He aims to reinvent the past and build a life for himself in which he and his lover‚ Daisy‚ can live happily and in love. Gatsby crafts himself a new and dazzling future and by doing so he convinces himself that he can change his past as

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ exposes the corruption and greed of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald is able to captivate readers’ attentions through his employment of color symbolism. Fitzgerald portrays important messages in the novel by his symbolic use of colors. Colors play an important role in Fitzgerald’s descriptions of the lives of Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway and many of the other characters in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the colors white‚ yellow‚ and green to express

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    things in the Great Gatsby‚ the most prolific one is most definitely the green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock. There is much thought and analysis about exactly what it represents. It could mean anything from Gatsby’s inability to let go of the past‚ to an unattainable dream ‚ or the American dream. In the first chapter Nick notices Gatsby staring out at the light and reaching for it. At first it’s like what is this crazy fool doing is he insane. Well...yes in a way‚ Gatsby is so fixated on

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    thought that perhaps‚ the only colour in real life is white? White light is indeed the bearer of all colours. The colours we see are reflections bouncing off an object or are the light source itself. The light sources change and the colours with them. Colour is not a stable affair. Colour is light alone‚ but our experience is so direct that we trust our eye and believe that a colour is inherent to an object. Imagine living in a world where everything is white in colour! However‚ the world we live

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