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    Bennett 1  Brad Bennett     Mrs. Beemer    English 11    2 December 2014    Great Gatsby Research Paper    The idea of the two sides of Gatsby with historical influence from bootlegging in  the 1920’s shows the theme of appearance vs. reality.  Bootlegging is defined as alcoholic liquor being unlawfully sold or made without  registration or payment of taxes. Prohibition is defined as ​ the prevention by law of the  manufacture and sale of alcohol‚ especially in the US between 1920 and 1933. 

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    Paizanis Gatsby Response Paper First person narrators are characters within the story telling the events of the plot from their perspective. Oftentimes‚ these characters deviate from the truth or have mental connections that limit their ability to tell the story inaccurately. When a story is inaccurate and not always consistent‚ the reader is forced to question the reliability of the narrator. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Nick is a first person narrator and

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    influencing the plot of The Great Gatsby. The first relationship introduced in the novel is Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Tom is a very powerful domineering man‚ very self-centered and self-absorbed. While Daisy is a charming‚ beautiful lady‚ with a thrilling voice‚ she is very self-centered as well. Tom and Daisy’s relationship is undergoing stress. When Daisy notices that her finger is hurt she says‚ "You did it‚ Tom… That’s what I get for marrying a brut of a man‚ a great big hulking physical specimen

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    Who is this Gatsby? People are left with an elusive impression about Gatsby’s personality and life. Should I make any judgements based on the party? Should I imagine what I don’t know? No‚ I will not follow the phonus balonus and stick to my belief of reserving all unnecessary judgements. Gatsby remains a mysterious person. It seems that everybody has got something to say about this guy and his unusual social skills. Oh‚ well. I know my onions! “Jordan‚ you seem to have changed overnight‚” I am following

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    Plaza Hotel in the movie “The Great Gatsby” closely depicts the way F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the scene in the novel. From the level of tension‚ the emotions expressed‚ and the dialogue used‚ the movie presents the same ideas as those written by Fitzgerald. In the novel‚ the tension begins to build from the moment the group enters the hotel room. Gatsby and Tom begin to make “pokes” at each other‚ rising the level of anxiety. Similarly in the movie‚ Tom and Gatsby openly express distrust and hate

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    completed them. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses success as being wealthy because it would help the main character‚ Gatsby‚ get the girl of his dreams‚ Daisy. He threw huge parties to show off his wealth‚ lied about his past and disowned his family‚ and died chasing after his dream girl. Instead he should’ve been telling the truth about his past‚ creating bonds to make friendships last‚ and pursuing the true happiness of living a rich lifestyle. In the beginning‚ Gatsby threw parties for

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    so we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past” The ending line in The Great Gatsby‚ spoken by the narrator Nick Carraway‚ who reflects upon Gatsby’s life‚ likening him unto a boat against the current of the times. Nick’s avid description of the hardships Gatsby faced has more dimension than the utter surface it surmises. Nick’s farewell is infused with Gatsby as a character that further examination pinpoints the underlying meaning that Fitzgerald clearly wrote. Gatsby’s

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    of the most renowned literature known to the United States. One of the famous books written in this time was The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Included in the Modernism Era were the focus on trends and the extreme effect materialism makes on the society of the 1920’s. With the materials that one might own‚ it became their new way of life. In The Great Gatsby there are many signs of materialism and love for manufactured goods. Gatsby’s brilliant and luscious house was built

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    Colors and Descriptions for Emotion Colors within the novel are also used to stir the emotion of the reader. Fitzgerald changes the color of the car used by Gatsby at first it is cream colored‚ but it later changes to yellow the color of corruption and greed after Daisy and Gatsby strike and kill Myrtle. When Fitzgerald writes‚ “With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky‚ admired the gardens‚ the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor

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    The “Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the best- written books of all time‚ the narrator Nick is a very well spoken storyteller when it comes to talking about a man named Jay Gatsby‚ who he introduces in the first few pages of the novel. Nick explains that Jay Gatsby is a rich man who earned all the money he could have hoped for‚ but he never reached his goal of making Daisy his lovely wife. Much of Jay’s early life consisted of being born on a farm with poor parents‚ he later

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