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    Literary Work Literature by definition may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ as well as on original imagination‚ such as polemical works as well as autobiography‚ and reflective essays as well as belles-lettres. The Great Gatsby has the following particular characteristics of a literary texts: The first literary element of the novel is the plot‚ the protagonist is Jay Gatsby‚ a young‚ wealthy man in love with a society girl from his past. He

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    The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit

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    The Great Gatsby My assignment was to compare the novel The Great Gatsby to the movies which were made in 1974 and 2000.While the basic idea of the book was expressed in both movies‚ I choose a version of 1974 because it seemed to have more noticeable details than the version which was realized in 2000. In my opinion the 2000 version didn’t do a better job in expressing the ideas of the book. The 1974 version did an excellent job in portraying the Jazz Age. The scenes of Gatsby’s party

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    The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby has a list of ordinary character flaws‚ though Gatsby’s flaws are only revealed through the telling of the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book’s plot revolves around the history of Jay Gatsby and his undying love for Daisy Fay. Did the downfall of Gatsby’s character leave him to be an innocent victim‚ a foolish dreamer‚ or a guilty imposter? The downfall of this main character was destroyed by love and money‚ when Gatsby and his lavish life eventually

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    Social status plays a big role in every society. Everybody wants to achieve some form of social status. In the movie The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby sole purpose in life was to achieve a very high social status and not live as his parents did. With Jay’s vision of himself‚ along with the love he poured into Daisy and his insistence on reliving the past his Gatsby’s ultimate down fall. Jay’s own vision of himself started out at an early age‚ he even denied his own parents since they were not of the

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby a classic twentieth-century story that talks about the quest and shows a vision of the American dream‚ there’s as well a lot of symbolism and a lot of depth. Even that most subtle thing can mean something huge. However‚ one of the least subtle themes in the Great Gatsby is the separation of social classes. There are different social classes that are represented in different ways which create distinct social classes; old money‚ the new money‚ and the no money

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    The Great Gatsby Book Report Project by Dylan Davis For my book report project I chose to do a graffiti wall for the book The Great Gatsby. I made a brick wall out of red poster board and drawn on lines for the bricks. I chose five words that I thought related to the book and spray painted them onto the wall to create a graffiti look. The five words I chose are party‚ dream‚ love‚ eyes‚ and death. Here are the reasons why I chose each of these individual words: Party: I chose the word party because

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    A Study of the Use of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Abstract The Great Gatsby was written by a famous American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Firstly published in 1925‚ it was one of the greatest novels in the history of American literature [waste of space to restate common sense knowledge]‚ for it truly reflects the life of different classes in America and the decline of American dream during the Jazz Age. In order to display these moral degeneration and corruption lying deep under the surface

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    far-reaching novel The Great Gatsby‚ he presents us some crucial realities related to American society. One important aspect of these realities is crime. Every Saturday‚ Gatsby throws a party at his mansion: all the great and luxury of the young fashionable world come to show his extravagance‚ but he builds his fortune through distributing alcohol‚ gambling and bootlegging. However‚ the reason for Gatsby to take such great risk is neither money nor fame‚ for Nick has observed that Gatsby” grew more correct

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    Criticism of The Great Gatsby “This patient romantic hopefulness against existing conditions symbolizes Gatsby” - Edwin Clark‚ 1925 for the New York Times “The queer charm‚ colour‚ wonder and drama of a young and wreckless world”- William Rose Benet‚ 1925 “Their idiotic pursuit of sensation‚ their almost incredible stupidity and triviality‚ their glittering swinishness—these are the things that go into his book.”- H.L Mencken 1925 “Fitzgerald gives us a meditation on some of this country’s

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