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    Fitzgerald’s Colorful Imagination The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an ever exciting story about a trouble-some wealthy man‚ Jay Gatsby. He spends his life creating a rich status for myself to allure people in. Among the people his wants to in his life‚ is his one true love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Color Symbolism plays a huge roll in describing characters and lending extra meaning to inanimate objects and descriptions of society. The use of the color green represents hope‚ envyness and

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    The Symbolism of Color in “Tulips” Sylvia Plath’s “Tulips” which was written on March 18th‚ 1961 and originally published in “Ariel”‚ is a poem written about a bouquet of tulips a woman received while recovering in the hospital from a procedure. While anyone recovering in a hospital would love to receive a loving “get well” gift from loved ones‚ the woman in this poem is quite bothered by them‚ preferring to be left alone in the still whiteness in her room. Plath uses two colors‚ white and red

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    in The Great Gatsby cared about. Rolls Royce made more than half aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I. The Phantom I was the replacement for the Silver Ghost‚ presented in 1925 as "New Phantom". Rolls-Royce had a factory in Springfield‚ USA where at first the Silver Ghost‚ and then the Phantom I was built‚ too. The Phantom I was replaced by the Phantom II (Gruszczynski). Jay Gatsby possessed numerous of cars‚ one being the Rolls Royce Phantom I. “It was a rich cream color‚ bright

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    corruption of the American dream in The Great Gatsby. He portrays the American dream as a goal to gain wealth and show it off extravagantly to gain social class. Fitzgerald successfully integrates symbolism and imagery into the novel to express his views of the American dream. An integral part of The Great Gatsby was the symbolism Fitzgerald used to get across his view of the corrupt American dream during the 20’s. The "pile of shirts" (Fitzgerald 97) that Gatsby shows Daisy is a significant symbol

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    are all simple things but widely symbolic. In the Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ he uses symbolism in the form of his characters and to develop a theme‚ the declination of the American Dream. Another theme that ties into the American Dream is class structure‚ which is demonstrated by the geography in the text. All of the characters are symbolic of different classes in American Society‚ from the richest to the poorest. The Great Gatsby offers a peek to all the hopes and dreams of people

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    The Great Gatsby “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald presents his audience with a novel with intricate symbolism. Nick Carroway‚ the protagonist‚ has recently moved from the Midwest to get his career started in New York. He lives on the island of West Egg the poorer side of town‚ across from East Egg the wealthier side of town. In East Egg are where his pompous

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    The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Essay In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald presents a novel with complex symbolism‚ even into the heart of the novel. Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all of his work in The Great Gatsby. He uses his life to create people and places. Fitzgerald used mostly his own experiences for this novel. Fitzgerald used many different real life people to build up his characters James Gats and Jay Gatsby for his book. He used his own life as a model for James Gats

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    By: Sarah Nealis A Critical Review: The Great Gatsby By: Sarah Nealis The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a universal and timeless literary masterpiece. Fitzgerald writes the novel during his time‚ about his time‚ and showing the bitter deterioration of his time. A combination of the 1920s high society lifestyle and the desperate attempts to reach its illusionary goals through wealth and power creates the essence behind The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ moves to a quaint neighborhood

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    perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy” (Pg 110) The Great Gatsby By ‚F. Scott Fitzgerald In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald ‚ he uses this particular quote to show the symbolism that Gatsby was trying to live in the past. Nick and Gatsby were talking about Daisy‚ Nick clearly tries to change Gatsby’s opinion. Fitzgerald He showed the motif of Time . And showed the theme of Reality‚ and the theme of memory. That Gatsby was living in a Fantasy instead of a reality‚ and that Nick

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    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 symbolism also with

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