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    Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the reader dives into the essence of the early 1920’s: lavish parties‚ intimidating men‚ beautiful women‚ and the strive to capture the “American dream.” The role of women in The Great Gatsby is paradoxical; although they appear independent‚ and at times daring in their romantic lives‚ the women of The Great Gatsby are vulnerable and driven purely by their economic situations. In the novel‚ three seemingly diverse characters‚ Myrtle‚ Daisy‚ and

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    Gatsby Essay In the 1920s the time when “The Great Gatsby” story is told‚ in that time there was prohibition for alcoholic beverages. It was a nationwide ban on the sale‚ production‚ import‚ and transport of alcohol. The effects of that ban‚ were that people would still buy alcohol just in secret places where they brought illegal alcohol or places‚ that for example in the novel we have the explanation how Gatsby got his fortune. He worked with Wolfsheim‚ an illegal alcohol seller. In fact‚ alcohol

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    Grendel as a sympathetic character in Grendel Can you imagine being born and automatically being considered evil? This is what happens to Grendel. Throughout the book everyone’s feelings towards Grendel is that of a bad person or creature. In Grendel my sympathy for Grendel fluctuates. Grendel starts out as a sympathetic character because he is an innocent curious child with a mother who doesn’t talk‚ and lives in a cave. As the story moves on Grendel is misunderstood then starts to make decisions

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    Constantly Changing Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there are many fascinating and dynamic characters. The character that appeals and changes most throughout the text is Jay Gatsby. At the beginning of the novel‚ when the reader officially met Gatsby for the first time‚ Gatsby is an attention-grabbing and confident man who is mysterious and is a complete enigma to the audience. As the novel progressed‚ the reader learned more and more about what type of man Gatsby is and the mysteries

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    Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet

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    December 13‚ 2013 Wealth is Not Always Great Money has always had an effect on people‚ throughout history people have always strived to achieve wealth. However being rich and wealthy is not all about money‚ it is about being happy. In the The Great Gatsby happiness is bought because the characters living in East and West Egg have an absurd amount of money. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the lifestyle and behavior of wealthy individuals in The Great Gatsby‚ illuminating the corrupting power money

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    conceived vision of life”(McAdams 112). F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby holds several characters responsible for living their lives in a lie. Fitzgerald writes

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    To what extend is the character Nick a reliable narrator in the book ’The Great Gatbsy’? Nick is a person with a number of contrasting allegiances within the book. For example he finds connections between himself and Gatsby‚ both serving in the War and that the both come from the ‘Mid-West’. However‚ Nick is also connected to the Buchannan’s: he is Daisy’s cousin‚ he comes from a wealthy background and he went to the same college as Tom Buchannan. Also‚ Nick says that his father told him to remember

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    Published in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby became an immediate classic and propelled its author to fame. The novel captured the spirit of the "Jazz Age‚" a post−World War I era in upper−class America. However‚ Gatsby expresses more than the exuberance of the times. It depicts the restlessness and corruption that pervades the novel and "infects" the story and its hero too. Because the novel is not just about one man‚ James Gatz or Jay Gatsby‚ but about aspects of the human condition of an era‚ and themes

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    The Great Gatsby essay The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about a man named Jay Gatsby who is living in the era which Fitzgerald referred to as the Jazz Age. The story is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway who characterizes himself as‚ “one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” Speaking of characterization‚ Fitzgerald writes masterfully to create morally ambiguous characters which have a huge impact on the story. Although George Wilson was morally ambiguous‚ Daisy

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