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    Activity 11: "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 1. What impression do you have of the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ from his narration and actions? He seems like a very intelligent‚ smart‚ peaceful‚ but interesting man from the way he talks‚ describes things and interacts with Daisy‚ Tom & Miss Baker. 2. What do you learn about Daisy Buchanan from her dress‚ dialogue‚ and body language? That she might be very classy‚ but really she seems sensual and like a flirt. Chapter 2  3. How

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    Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are destroyed

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    hustle of society into the new age of the 1920’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby is a social commentary on American society in this golden age. His novel presents the betrayal of the "American Dream" through the illusion of money‚ materialism‚ and social status. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to show that The Dream of wealth and social acceptance can corrupt the most innocent of people‚ as Gatsby uses illegal means to obtain wealth in his pursuit of unattainable desires thus leading him

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    The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s obsessive attachment for his dream to come true is his downfall and ultimately leads to his death. The Great Gatsby is book that explores a man who wants to make his unrealistic dream a reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses drama and imagination to draw the readers in. Gatsby’s dream is very unrealistic because it depends on other peoples actions‚ daisy’s love for tom‚ and because his dream would only work in a perfect world.             Gatsby’s dream is unrealistic because

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    Interview "the REAL Jay Gatsby" Reporter: Mr. Gatsby‚ is it true that you have connections to Meyer Wolfshiem‚ a known criminal and head of illegal industries ? Gatsby: If by "connections" you mean a friendship purely private and not business-related‚ then yes I do. Reporter: How about the rumour that you only moved to East Egg‚ to make it easier to keep your illegal alcohol business under control ? Gatsby (laughing): Unfortunately neither of this is true‚

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    the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ a selfish and careless woman‚ is the person with whom Jay Gatsby‚ the protagonist‚ is infatuated. When Gatsby first met her‚ she was a rich girl and he was just any other guy. To him‚ she was a goddess‚ and amazing woman he felt was above his standing. He was willing to do anything for her. Daisy is not capable of measuring up to Gatsby’s expectations. Contrary to Gatsby’s idealized view‚ Daisy is a self-centered girl. When Gatsby was called off to war

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    Classes divided because some people had inherited wealth and other had work hard to earn their money. In The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ these controversies that divided the generations of the 1920s included prohibition‚ and the right to personal freedoms and compares and contrast new money versus old money and modernism versus traditionalism. In The Great Gatsby‚ there is social dividing line that separates the aristocracy and those who are "would be" aristocracy. That diving

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    the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the fate of Jay Gatsby is important in conveying the writer´s theme‚ which is the American Dream and its failure. Gatsby´s American Dream is Daisy. He builds up his whole life around her‚ and he is willing to do everything for her. To achieve his dream Gatsby believes that he has to be wealthy and have a lot of money. He is so overwhelmed by luxury that he does not see that the money cannot buy him love and happiness. Gatsby thinks that if he can

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    The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age‚ the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay‚ as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations‚ the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy‚ is the main force driving the plot of the novel‚ The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving

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    The Great Corruption of Gatsby The 1920s was the time of the Jazz Age when money was abundant. Most people were trying to impress others rather than living their own life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the theme was “love of money leads to corruption.” Money is not the problem in the story‚ but the love for it is what causes problems. Gatsby’s grand dream for wealth leads to his downfall. Nick Carraway stated to him‚ “ You can’t repeat the past”(111). He was throwing extravagant

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