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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby isn’t like any other New Yorker‚ he is from the West‚ and gives respect to everyone that comes upon his presence because he has one goal he focused on as he went to the war and one common goal that every American wants to achieve. He was friendly to many people‚ not by talking or knowing them‚ but by the use of his money. He threw enormous parties every weekend for one reason‚ they were all for his one dream‚ to fall in love with Daisy Buchanan

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    Jay Gatsby can be characterized as a war veteran who is simply desperate to regain his young love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby has spent many years changing his life in order to win Daisy back‚ but when they finally meet again‚ “… Daisy tumbled short of his dreams” (Fitzgerald 95). Gatsby spent years building up an elaborate imagination of what he thought Daisy would be like when he finally met with her again. Not only does he spend many years thinking about her‚ he uses his time becoming the man he thinks

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    the Rye” to illuminate your understanding of the core text. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was first published in 1925 where attitudes towards women were changing as they were getting more jobs and freedom; their behaviours were becoming more rebellious due to the new American Dream. In “The Great Gatsby” women are presented as decorative figures. They are shown to be seemingly fragile but are often vain‚ ruthless‚ destructive and commonly described as “careless”. Fitzgerald through his

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    of The Great Gatsby (Draft) Can money buy happiness? This age old question is a recurring theme in the novel The Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel we see that wealth creates loneliness‚ isolation and corruption in people. Through the examination of the main character’s behaviours present in The Great Gatsby‚ it is clear that wealth negatively impacts people. First of all‚ Gatsby’s amount of wealth causes him to be isolated from others. Nick observes this when “.. [his] eyes fell on Gatsby‚ standing

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald’s main innovation was to introduce a first person narrator and protagonist whose consciousness filters the story’s events. This device was not a total invention since a character through whose eyes and mind the central protagonist is discovered is to be found in two of Conrad’s books : Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. As usual with this device‚ the main protagonist remains strange and shady. This technique reinforces the mystery of the characters. The second advantage

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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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    Gatsby’s American Dream In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is portrayed as being an admirable‚ wealthy‚ kind‚ and genuinely impressive man. However‚ that being said‚ he is also portrayed as pretentious‚ deceptive‚ criminal‚ and most importantly to the plot‚ completely insatiable. Even though the novel’s narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ heavily sympathizes with Gatsby‚ he has many character flaws that ultimately assure the failure of his “dream”‚ and even lead to his

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    Shakespeare Present Caliban As A Sympathetic Character To You? In the play "The Tempest"‚ Shakespeare introduces us to several different characters‚ each identified individually with their contrasting attitudes‚ nature and prior circumstances that have brought them to a deserted isle in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. Shakespeare creates characters that exemplify the relationship between human nature and contemporary civilization and the distinction between men and monsters. The character of Caliban

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    It was his hope that drew Nick Carraway in. Jay Gatsby’s money‚ his grandeur palace‚ his fancy cars‚ his lavish parties‚ his sumptuous possessions all failed to excite Nick‚ yet Gatsby’s hope sang a siren’s song‚ drawing him nearer and nearer with peaked curiosity. It was in Gatsby’s hope of the future that Nick understood love and pain‚ honesty and deceit‚ honor and cowardice‚ respect and disdain. However‚ from Gatsby’s great hope‚ Nick comes to forever be tortured with the realization of the struggle

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    THE GREAT GATSBY What are your first impressions of Daisy‚ Tom & Nick? Within the first line of the chapter there is a rich sense of imagery‚ for example ‘..white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered alone the water’ the line gives the impression that this novel is set in a city full of wealth and the positive attitude towards the place provides us with strong content imagery. The first paragraph describes how the narrator is going to visit his friend and cousin; by describing such a glamorous

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