Critical Reading‚ Analytical Writing Mr. Douglas Ray The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby is a pillar of the American literary canon and has been woven over generations into the very fabric of American culture. You should read this text carefully and interactively – annotating your text so that‚ during class discussions‚ you are able to find and reference meaningful passages. On the second day of classes you will turn in a well-crafted‚ thoughtful essay of 3-6 pages. Your essay must be
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Anthony Jimenez 9/4/2013 The Great Gatsby - Writing Prompt 1 The 1920’s were a time of dramatic changes that affected the economy‚ society‚ politics and popular culture. The nation’s total wealth doubled between the years of 1920 and 1929. As modern cities began to develop new buildings and advanced technology‚ many Americans began to move into the city and started to abandon the rural farm life. This brought a wave of new technologies that could make the modern consumers life easier
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Practice Assignment: The Great Gatsby October 1917 Dear Diary‚ I believe that there comes a time in every young woman’s life in which they believe they have fallen in love. For a long time I thought this was something that would just not happen to me‚ that was until I met him. He introduced himself as Jay Gatsby‚ a military officer in World War I. I must say he was very alluring and intriguing. We talked‚ just talked. It was nice‚ to just talk about life with someone‚ a stranger almost. I was
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over 3 years now. 3 years later and all that I’ve moved on from‚ or thought I’ve moved on from‚ is haunting my every thought. Gatsby. What Gatsby? The once upon a time‚ ravishing man who loved me. But love was just not enough for me. Just being in Louisville alone brings back a monstrosity amount of memories from that summer. Mostly of which are memories of Gatsby. What Gatsby? The one who had invited my cousin Nick and I to his gaudy mansion on this very day‚ three summers ago. The one who was just
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Creative Writing: My Summer Off Memory can be so fickle. Like some great book that is slowly loosing its pages‚ you begin with an entire novel full of details and descriptions and‚ if you’re not careful‚ you end up with nothing more than the cover and the brief synopsis on the back page. My novel on the subject of the end of summer school debate has lost its share of pages but the back-cover synopsis‚ the essence of the entire experience‚ is still with me. "We are about to begin our annual
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the media’s akin to buzzing bees ; constantly sucking the nectar out of every blooming news story they could find. twisting truths‚ exploiting lies ... you name it‚ they store deep it in their hives. of course‚ jacob keeps up with it if it pertains towards his men or himself. name printed in bold typeface‚ shadowy candid of his apparent GETAWAYS ... delightful. if he’s not caught picking and choosing his articles‚ his men do. this is how he’d heard of the american
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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Jeremy Wu Eng073 3-4-13 Great American Novel What book should be consider as the great American novel? The Great Gatsby is a book that should be consider as the great American novel because F. Scott Fitzgerald lived through the 1920’s and he pull his own life experience in the book to make it more realistic than other novels. And the novel talks about the American dream‚ which you can start from scratch and becoming rich. The writing style of this book is very creative and have a lot of
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world renowned novel The Great Gatsby. Aspects of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal life‚ along with the culture of the roaring twenties‚ inspired the famous novel The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born the son of Mary McQuillian and Edward Fitzgerald (“F. Scott”). Fitzgerald started his writing career in high school and continued it at Princeton University (Willet). It was at Princeton University when Fitzgerald decided that he should make a career out of writing. After being placed on academic
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The Great Gatsby In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there were many symbols used to resemble the characters ideas and the novel’s story line. Some very important symbols throughout the book were Dr. T.J Eckleburg’s eyes‚ the green light‚ the valley of ashes‚ and the colors. I thought that the most important symbol explained in this novel was the green light. The green light was mentioned numerous times throughout the story and stuck with us while we tried to figure out if Gatsby was right for Daisy
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