Rick Fei Mr. Ireland English III 1/10/2013 Take home test 1. Gatsby is a great guy‚ Gatsby is deeply fall in love with Daisy‚ compare to Tom’s love his love is selfless that he can put away everything he has for Daisy. Tom has a mistress outside and never care Daisy’s feeling‚ Gatsby is rich man who can get everything he want but he still deeply love Daisy. “There is always a halt there of at least a minute‚ and it was because of this that I
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January 18‚ 2012 Great Gatsby Essay Most people get out of bed with ambitions of accomplishing goals and dreams for themselves for the sense of fulfillment. But rarely you’ll find people who don’t; instead you’ll find people who just can’t let go of the past‚ which could easily just lead them to a horrendous death. On Long Island in the summer of 1922‚ Gatsby is a perfect role model of exactly that. Gatsby grew up a poor Midwesterner and fell in love with
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Analyse how the setting helped developed an important theme? The novel ’The Great Gatsby’ by Scott Fitzgerald was considered by many to be an icon of its time. Fitzgerald uses the setting of the roaring 1920s in America to develop the theme of the corrupt American dream. He does this through exposing corruption underlying Gatsby’s wealth‚ desire for constant entertainment and the contrast between rich and poor in this era. Fitzgerald firstly develops this theme through exposing what happens
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give him lasted only a few short weeks. The rich act in a manner that is hard to learn without experience. Gatsby was part of "new money"‚ he had acquired his money and some of his behavior was uncommon to the upper-class community. The upper-class community did not appreciate Gatsby wealth and status. Jealousy and ignorance from people like Tom made Gatsby feel as if he was not wanted. Gatsby felt uncomfortable and treated like an intruder. He was always considered an outsider looking in. Money is
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation
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Nick’s Perspective About Gatsby In the Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby represents the American Dream through Nick’s eyes‚ which is the belief that any person can rise to success no matter from where they came from. Nick doesn’t approve of Gatsby’s lifestyle and the way he earns his money however‚ he thinks he is superior of those who surround him. Nick also admires the hope that motivates Gatsby to pursue his dreams even though his hopes of being happy with Daisy are deteriorating before
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Literary Analysis Fitzgerald uses many symbols in his novel. These are used to develop characters‚ evoke emotions‚ reveal his personal feeling about the Jazz Age‚ develop a setting‚ express duality or differences between two groups of people (rich/poor‚ East/West‚ new money/old money‚ etc.)‚ and express Gatsby’s dream. Using the Color Chart and Symbolism Chart you have been completing while reading the novel‚ choose a combined total of 4 symbols and
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Tragic of respected Naval Commander: Eruption causes terror and destruction in bay of Naples. A great explosions happened for an unknown reason about a week ago. The air became polluted and poisonous . The eruption caused the death of about 20‚000 but most importantly the naval commander " Pliny the Elder". The bay of Naples is now a complete disaster. At the bay of Naples in Italy a tragic scene happened‚ the huge mount Vesuvius erupted. The reason for the eruption is unknown however some
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Murder. Kill. Slaughter. Death. Abortion. On average‚ a person that has committed murder will spend 15 plus years in jail. According to www.weasalzippers.us since abortions was legalized in 1973 almost 50 million babies have been legally murdered and not one of those women has served any time in prison. Mother Teresa once said "We must not be surprised when we hear of murders‚ killings‚ of wars‚ or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child‚ what is left but for us to kill each other?”
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Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little‚ and he looked at Gatsby‚ and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago.” Why did you choose this scene to illustrate? This short scene from Chapter 7 essentially describes the feelings and emotion in the Chapter. Daisy and Gatsby both had an affectionate moment together. Tom witnessed this moment and realized that Daisy and Gatsby love each other. However‚ Tom does not let this get to him and immediately
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