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    In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby Nick is invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties. He arrives only to find he doesn’t know where Gatsby is‚ and then he runs into Jordan Baker. Together they set off to find Gatsby and they head to the library where they find “Owl Eyes”‚ a drunken man trying to get sober. After talking to “Owl Eyes” for awhile they head outside again where Nick unknowingly starts a conversation with Gatsby. After revealing himself‚ Gatsby tells Jordan that he would like to speak

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    entire life and works.¨ This quote says that being rich is the promise life and the key to happiness. To the people the ´´American Dream´´ means that if you are nothing or poor you can pull yourself up and work hard to become rich and famous. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F-Scott-Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is something that could be achieved‚ but not easily and has died through the use of symbolism and the character Jay Gatsby. For example uses gatsby parties ‚ the green light at

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    from the eyes of the public. In Fitzgerald’s avant-garde work‚ The Great Gatsby reveals the Roaring Twenties a time were the world was coming back to normalcy after World War I. Time period were woman redefined themselves‚ jazz blossomed‚ and mob illegal operations increased. James Gatz is driven by love to transcend and become Jay Gatsby in order to win the affection of Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s over the top parties attracted great amount of rich and pompous people that came without invitation and

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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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    Many of the characters display their need to find happiness and craving to be accepted by the upper social class‚ including Gatsby himself. Jay Gatsby’s extravagant life as a wealthy‚ charismatic man living in the West Egg Village of New York City. Gatsby‚ the main character‚ based his love for Daisy on a young girl he met before going to war. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock is symbolic‚ where America was perceived as a land of opportunity with limitless possibilities which could be obtained

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the three main female characters Jordan‚ Daisy and Myrtle with different values and interests. They females look at life in different views and points‚ and are total opposites of each other. They are all treated differently by the men they date. Daisy is the complete opposite of Myrtle‚ just like how Jordan is the total opposite of Daisy. Daisy is shown as the woman with all the riches‚ but is still searching for happiness. She is the innocent lady

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    Fitzgerald’s use of flashback in The Great Gatsby proves to be an effective tool in order to reveal information from the characters’ past. These flashbacks are effective because they allow the reader to know and understand the character better before a situation in the novel arises. Three examples of flashbacks that Fitzgerald uses are when Jordan explains to Nick how and when she first met Gatsby on page 79‚ when Nick explains to the reader how Gatsby got his name and what his childhood was

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    The Linguistic Style of F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby As The New Lexicon Webster ’s Dictionary of the English Language tells us‚ linguistics is the scientific study of language or languages whether from a historical and comparative (diachronic) or from a descriptive‚ structural (synchronic) point of view. Linguistics is concerned with the system of sounds of language; for example‚ sound change (phonology)‚ its inflections and word formation (morphology)‚ its sentence structure (syntax)

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    Paul Long Dr. Dennis Eng. 3 Gatsby Research Paper People from all over the world come to the United States all seeking to better their lives by gaining this so-called “American dream.” There is no clear definition of this dream‚ and everyone’s idea of it is different. In the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald makes one thing very clear about the dream‚ and that is that it is destroyed by money. The dream cannot survive if the pursuit of wealth and riches is also in the agenda

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    Great Gatsby The beginning of the book originates during the summer time and changes seasons as the book goes on until finally ending at the start of fall. The change of seasons represents the agonizing emotional draws between the characters as their personalities evolve from the sadness of the rainy season in the spring and then heating up to the hot weather of the summer. Throughout these season changes‚ Jay Gatsby reveals the outcome of his belief in “the green light‚ the orgiastic future

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