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    In Scott Fitzgerald’s title‚ The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s of the elite American society that was established at the time. It was a time for America’s boundless economic success and opportunity to achieve a dream of glamorous and luxurious life. Life wasn’t always about money‚ but the individual who can reach self-determination through an uphill battle from opportunity life and settling for a prosperous life. A character in the novel‚ specifically‚ Gatsby played a role for Fitzgerald to criticize

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    The Great Gatsby Color

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    often times think of it meaning or signifying envy or sadness but that is not always the case. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many different colors used that signify much deeper things than just using the color to describe something. Fitzgerald’s emphasis on the green light throughout the novel plays a large role in relation to the love that Jay Gatsby has always had for Daisy. Throughout the novel the color green is brought up quite frequently. Fitzgerald uses

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    “Modernist literature is characterized chiefly by a rejection of 19th-century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader”- Chris Baldick. In all‚ modernism is a rejection of tradition and a hostile attitude toward the past. In The Great Gatsby it is a first person narrator. Vision and viewpoint became an essential aspect of the modernist novel as well the way the story was told became as important as the story itself." (Kathryn VanSpanckeren‚ 2003). Nick Carraway is not very reliable

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    Great Gatsby Symbolism

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    The symbols in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in chapters 6-9 suggest that not everything is always as it seems and people may believe they know the whole truth‚ but that is not always the case. In chapter 6 of the Great Gatsby‚ everyone created a false sense of happiness in their lives‚ but in reality no one‚ but the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg were the only ones that saw the harsh truth. T.J Eckleburg’s eyes symbolizes that not everyone knows the whole truth but the eyes of Eckleburg

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    Faces In The Great Gatsby

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    Faces of Jay Gatsby In the film and novel The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is a character with many faces‚ but essentially he has a few characteristics that do stand out. Gatsby shows the characteristics of a virtuous‚ enigmatic‚ and buoyant man. These characteristics shows Gatsby’s true self. Although he may seem corrupt and deceitful‚ Jay Gatsby distincts himself as a virtuous man. Gatsby created a belief in which he considered himself as an innocent‚ pure human being‚. Gatsby conserved

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    their happiness‚ they sometimes have to ignore everything that is obvious or real to the human eye. Sometimes having faith in things beyond the normal comprehension is greater than settling for what is known to be realistic. Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby is shown to be one of a few who possess this special quality by creating an entirely different image of himself and clinging to the hope of being reunited with the one he loves most despite what others believed. Through Gatsby’s

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    Symbolism in Great Gatsby

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    through here to get to New York‚ when they pass through here the characters need to betake themselves to the lower status‚ that are located here in the Ashes. The valley of ashes differants the rich from the poor‚ however it also symbolizes moral and social decay which is made from unrestricted pursuit of wealth. This is where the Wilson’s live‚ and is not high standard of living. The Valley of Ashes is the example how the rich indulge in nothing but for their own pleasures. The Wilsons lose their excitement

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    beginnings of America‚ such as the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ which is an example of this set in the 20’s. The characters in this novel are too fixed on material things‚ losing sight of what is really important. The characters in The Great Gatsby take a materialistic attitude that causes them to fall into a downward spiral of empty hope and zealous obsession. Fitzgerald contrasts Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway to display how the materialistic attitude of the 1920’s leads

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    THEY RELATE TO ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM • DISCUSS VARIOUS ART AND LITERATURE PIECES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS A FICTION NOVEL WRITTEN IN 1925 BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. ( SCOTT‚ 1925) THE GREAT GATSBY THE GREAT GATSBY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THEMES OF EXPLOITATION‚ FANTASY‚ CONFLICT‚ SOCIAL TURMOIL‚ AND EXCESS. TOGETHER‚ THESE CREATE A PICTURE OF THE ROARING 20’S THAT HAS BEEN LABELED AS AN ADVISORY TALE REGARDING THE AMERICA DREAM

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    Great Gatsby Essay

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy Buchanan is possibly the most mysterious and perhaps disappointing character. She captures the hearts of both Tom Buchanan‚ her unfaithful‚ though providing husband and Jay Gatsby‚ her lover from five years prior. Many disastrous incidents occurred in all aspects of the novel. It would be easy to blame all of them on Tom‚ because she was cheating on Daisy‚ or even Gatsby‚ because he lured Daisy in with his elaborate house and fancy shirts. But‚ all of the unfortunate

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