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    worlds of two famous transcendentalists‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau‚ and the contrary world of The Great Gatsby. Thoreau developed his own world by becoming a recluse and secluding himself from society. Emerson built his own world on firm beliefs of self-reliance and God. However‚ the world which exists in The Great Gatsby proves to be very dissimilar. The Gatsby world can be described as a distorted one. All of the characters that construe the world are false. Throughout the book

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    great gatsby Character |Behavior |Consequences | | |Jay Gatsby | He had a overzealous need for| He lost daisy because of his eagerness for money | | |money and would sacrifice | | | |anything to get it | | |Daisy Buchanan | Never attached her self to

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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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    Thode Melum 8 The Great Gatsby Essay 6.4.13 In The Great Gatsby‚ we are faced with many interpretations of the American Dream. The American Dream is often seen achievable in different ways than others. The rebellious‚ middle aged‚ wealthy individuals have already achieved their own interpretation of the American Dream. Whereas the working class‚ in The Valley of Ashes‚ is still trying to obtain the motivation to find their own American Dream. Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ one might find that

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    Great Gatsby & Atonement Explore how Fitzgerald presents doomed love in ‘The Great Gatsby.’ How does ‘Atonement’ illuminate this key aspect of Fitzgerald’s novel? In your response consider the authorial use of form‚ structure and language‚ context and some critical views. Give primary focus to the core text. 1920’s America was very much a materialistic society revolving around money‚ love being a simple emotion‚ unimportant and always coming second to luxury. This obsession with wealth

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    Final for The Great Gatsby: The final for this book will be a written essay using evidence to prove your point. You will also be showing off your abilities to use academic English (vocabulary and sentence structures) and functional grammar. You will be required to use at least one example of parallelism and use both the semi-colon and colon. Choose from one of these prompts to write your essay: a. Is F. Scott Fitzgerald writing a love story that embraces American Ideals‚ or a satire that

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    Joshua DiFabio AP ELA O’Toole Block 2 The Great Gatsby Film Essay Two film adaptations exist of Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the A&E version made in 2000‚ and the Warner Brothers depiction in 2013. Both versions contain their share of faults as well as moments that do justice to the book‚ but the latter far outweighs the former in the newer presentation. The 2013 cinematic perspective of the book presents a greater understanding of the

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    Is Gatsby Great? ‘Gatsby turned out all right in the end’ – a judgment that takes Nick Caraway some time to make‚ and one that not everyone would agree with. This essay states three reasons why the character Jay Gatsby from the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is not great. To some readers‚ Gatsby may seem like a great guy because he was doing anything and everything to make Daisy‚ the woman that he loved‚ love him back but Daisy has a husband‚ Tom‚ and Gatsby is with Daisy pursuing an affair and

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    Guervio Charles October 9‚ 2014 English 4 The Great Gatsby Color Essay In his novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism in most parts of the novel as character developments. Colors are an important part of the world around us‚ they can send messages and express emotions‚ belief that words cannot express. In the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color yellow as immorality and readers can also see that it stands for corruption. F. Scott Fitzgerald also uses the color

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    ENC1101 Evaluation Essay Outline-Evaluation Essay The Great Gatsby I. Introduction Thesis: The major motion picture The Great Gatsby is an amazing film due to its superb special effects‚ wondrous wardrobe‚ captivating characterizations‚ and modern and moving musical score. II. Arguments for the Judgment a. Superb special effects b. Wondrous Wardrobe c. Captivating Characterizations d. Modern and moving musical score III. Counterarguments a. PG-13 Rating b. Old Fashioned IV. Conclusion

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