English 015 November 1‚ 2013 Admiration I believe Jay Gatsby a character in this story‚ The Great Gatsby‚ is an admirable man. Nick tells Gatsby‚ “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” claiming that he’s worth more than all these ultra-rich people‚ including Daisy and Tom. Throughout the whole story‚ Gatsby‚ was the only one who stayed true to nick. Gatsby still pursued his dreams of repeating the past to have Daisy fall in love with him all over again; repeating the past is what Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist writings were influential in that they expressed social concerns and criticized the upper class of the 1920s. What made Fitzgerald so unique was his ability to connect to his audience using real life‚ domestic stories‚ while at the same time‚ arguing widespread ideas. Some of Fitzgerald’s most popular works include The Great Gatsby‚ The Beautiful and the Damned‚ This Side of Paradise‚ and Tender is the Night. They all convey messages regarding social flaws. In the
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It was a close to ending day in Ikebukuro. The sun was slowly beginning to rest on the horizon as the hustle and bustle still continued. It was a very city-like atmosphere as always and though it could be considered as a bunch of noises being emanated from cars‚ people and a lot of other things‚ to one particular informant who was walking down the streets of this said city‚ it was his paradise. This man loved humans‚ or so he says‚ so it could only be logical that in a place such as this he would
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Gatsby‚ so she ended up marrying Tom Buchanan. Gatsby came back from the war when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip. We come back to the present where Nick now has to go to work. Before he goes‚ Nick tells Gatsby that He is “worth the whole damn bunch put together.” Nick is so disturbed by what has happened‚ he does not even want Jordan Baker to visit him‚ nor does he want to see her. We now go to another scene where Wilson is talking to his friend‚ Michaelis. Wilson tells Michaelis about
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Gatsby? I don’t believe he is. First of all‚ he has a common tendency of contradicting himself‚ an everyday thing for most people‚ however when telling a story‚ the mere fact that he contradicts himself suggests that he is not always telling the whole truth‚ just the version in his mind that can easily be distorted by his thoughts and feelings towards other characters. The first crucial statement he makes is when he says that he was “inclined to reserve all judgements”. This statement is contradicted
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government is going broke. Prisons are realistically criminal training grounds. If you put a bunch of car thieves in a cell together for three to five years‚ what do you think they’re going to talk about? How to get a legitimate business started? Aannnnntt. Wrong. They’re going to talk about better ways to boost cars and not get caught. Over 50% of prisoners are repeat offenders. Obviously the whole sit there and think about your actions approach isn’t working. There are
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constant use of negative language made Holden seem mean and more of a realist because he didn’t use bad words for good things or bad things‚ he just used those words to describe the things in front of him. For instance in the opening lines Holden said “whole school except me was there‚ and scrawny and faggy on the Saxon Hall side‚ because the visiting team hardly ever
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The Great Gatsby still relevant to today’s society. One of the more popular themes of the 20s is materialism. Materialism became popular during the 1920s when the average American had more money to spend. This led to people buying things they didn’t necessarily need. Such as new clothes new shoes‚ buying a car. The invention of the refrigerator caused the average Americans to go out and buy extra food and store it for later in the week making grocery stores more popular. Now that most of the populations
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Lennie. For example‚ he tells Lennie to jump in a river when he can’t swim. C. George tells Slim about how he used to abuse Lennie all the time‚ saying‚ “One day a bunch of guys was standin’ up around on the Sacremento River. I was fellin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says‚ ‘ ump in.’ An’ he jumps. Couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get him” (Steinbeck 40). D. George would abuse Lennie’s weak intelligence by telling him to do dangerous things‚ knowing that Lennie
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end Nick and Gatsby were always together. They went to lunch together‚ rode in Gatsby’s hydroplane together‚ and went to the city together. Nick liked Gatsby so much he said “They’re a rotten crowd‚” I shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”(154) Nick also tells Gatsby’s father that “We were close friends.” (168)
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