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    21 November 2013 Money in The Great Gatsby Gatsby has it all‚ the money‚ lavish parties‚ fame and many connections. But money can not buy love‚ class and happiness. Class is what separates the old money East Egg and the Nouveau riche west egg that is described as the "less fashionable" (Fitz-Gerald‚ 7) and although Gatsby has an equivalent amount of money as the Buchanans’ he is still known as the "newly rich" of Long island and couldn’t buy class that would impress the rather demanding Daisy

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    Period 1 10 December 2012 The Great Gatsby The novel the Great Gatsby is a very well written book by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is probably the most known out of his novels. In the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald shows us that in the 20’s money was a huge part of how you are viewed by everyone. Money determined how you were viewed and how people perceived you.People felt like they could alter how people viewed them by having a lot of possessions. In the novel Jay Gatsby has to resort to Daisy’s materialistic

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    embodies The Great Gatsby who is trying to pursue the American Dream through his life. Gatsby’s dream however was corrupted because of his pursuit of wealth and the negative power of money. In Fact Gatsby is blind to know that his money cannot buy him his happiness or his love for Daisy. Most importantly it would only bring him hardship in the end. The corruption of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby is how Gatsby made his money and achieved his wealth. In the book Gatsby is extending his arms

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    begins chanting Daisy’s name. Tom responds by breaking her nose‚ bringing the party to an abrupt halt. Nick leaves‚ drunkenly‚ with Mr. McKee‚ and ends up taking the 4 a.m. train back to Long Island. Chapter 3 Summary One of the reasons that Gatsby has become so famous around New York is that he throws elaborate parties

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    "Isolation of man" are two main themes for the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme but i support that reality versus illusion is more a dominant theme in the book because the situation of Gatsby being isolated is due to his own illusion. One reason that readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby is because Gatsby always find himself alone after his party. Even though he

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    Fandom I. Introduction Have you ever seen a show where the main character gradually transforms into a fragment of their former self and becomes the show’s villain? This is exactly the case in AMC’s television drama series‚ Breaking Bad‚ which shows the transformation of a hardworking family man into a maniacal drug kingpin. This series‚ created and directed by Vince Gilligan‚ is quickly becoming one of the most popular and compelling television shows ever created. With each season‚ the fandom behind

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    maintain society‚ everyone is expected to follow rules of it. If someone breaks that rule‚ other people determine if the person is heresy and may try to exclude the person. Same pressure works in the world of literature. In Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge‚ and Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ all three protagonists dare to do what society tells them not to do‚ although they all understand what they are doing is immoral As a result‚ their own desire led them to death.

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    Brandenburg Taylor Gatsby Essay (Prompt 5) 26 August 2013 The Harsh Reality "Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then‚ but that’s no matter – to-morrow we will run faster‚ stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning –" The last sentence of The Great Gatsby. Leaves so many questions unanswered‚ leaves so many possible ideas about what it could possibly mean. There are many potential reasons as to why Fitzgerald leaves

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    Jasmyne Lundy Summer reading assignment The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is romance novel based in the 1920’s. in this book money makes everything happen and is the center of everyone’s lives. The money they posses is to buy them the best and most expensive things to try and impress everyone else. The money can buy everything but it doesn’t seem to be buying anyone happiness. “’Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone’ he told me ‘ just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had

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    person’s past can be the ideal driving force and motivation needed in order to move up the ladder of success as displayed in F Scott Fitzgerald’s short novel‚ The Great Gatsby A man’s past‚ filled with poverty and desperation‚ very analogous to Jay Gatsby’s‚ can only drive him to become successful in everything he does or attempts. Gatsby distant relationship with Daisy as motivation to attain superfluous wealth and fame in attempt to win his soul mates heart back. Everything he owned was subliminally

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