and Daisy-- they smashed up things and creatures and the retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness‚ or whatever it was the kept them together‚ and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 180-181). In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the characters Daisy and Tom demonstrate the theme of carelessness. Tom and Daisy show carelessness through being foolish thus lacking a lack of good sense or judgment. Furthermore‚ they both show the theme of carelessness
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face. In the story The Great Gatsby i feel as if i relate to Nick as he learns that the people he’s been around for a while aren’t really the people he thought they were. By putting together the motifs of materialism and lies and illusion. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives an expression of a powerful theme that connects with the lesson I learned. In the beginning of the story Nick goes into town with Tom and they end up at Myrtle’s apartment who is Tom’s mistress. That’s when Nick starts to comprehend
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The book‚ The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ has some wonderful and extravagant lifestyles portrayed between the pages. The are examples of the many forms of life; the rich‚ high class: Daisy‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ and Gatsby; The middle class: Nick; and the Lower‚ blue collar‚ working class: George‚ and Myrtle. They all have their stories of what they came from and what they have become. Some have moved down; others have moved up. This movement may be large‚ it may be petite‚ but in either way they
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A book review on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The plot of the story was that Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan have an affair and her husband Tom Buchanan finds out and goes to confront Jay Gatsby. Meanwhile Myra is killed in a car accident cause buy Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby takes the blame. Myra’s husband finds out and goes over to the mansion owned but Gatsby and shoots him‚ and then himself. Killen them both. This Book makes you want to keep reading. The book does not grab your attention
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time of prosperity and startling contrast in American life. World War I was over‚ women got the right to vote‚ fashion took a liberal turn‚ and alcohol was outlawed‚ jazz filled the air and airwaves‚ and just about everybody who could afford it‚ went to the movies in roaring twenties. Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties had the reputation as a decade of play and prosperity. Unemployment in the twenties was low and many Americans were better financially; but real wealth was concentrated
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written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ as George Wilson realizes his dream will always be crushed and unable to obtain. George Wilson an ordinary everyday type of person‚ who was not known for being luxurious or elegant. Although he only ever wanted to get away‚ “ I’ve been her way too long. I want to get away”(Fitzgerald 122). George was locked in‚ never to get out of his tiny‚ old house or out of town. No matter how hard he tried‚ he just never had the money “But I need money pretty bad” (Fitzgerald 123).
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Famous in the Roaring 20’s "The Roaring Twenties”‚ "The Era of Wonderful Nonsense"‚ "The Decade of the Dollar" ‚ "The Period of the Psyche"‚ "Dry Decade" and the age of "Alcohol and Al Capone”‚ these slogans are all ways to describe the 1920’s in just a few words. (The 1920s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview) The 1920’s were a decade of parties‚ money‚ and extravagant lifestyles. The decade portrayed the American Dream of women‚ money‚ alcohol‚ music‚ and partying. In the twenties dresses were
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The Roaring Twenties‚ most of the things we hear about the twenties are of good‚ happy times and of advances in technology and medicine. When we picture the twenties‚ we picture people dancing‚ listening to jazz and driving Model Ts. Also‚ in the twenties‚ the pretty was quite prosperous. But‚ there was a dark side to the Roaring Twenties. Those years there were some troubling trends and events‚ which many forget when thinking of that decade; prohibition‚ organized crime‚ nativism and the return
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a child‚ much due to the encouragement and influence of her father‚ is extremely exhausted and unhappy with her new life. Moe realizes this and blames their unhappiness on Mashah even though he is selfish and doesn’t properly care and provide for his family. Sara’s fight with Mashah’s husband Moe is in many ways the climactic point where Sara realizes that traditional values for women and the pursuit of the American dream are not the same for her. Sara confronts Moe‚ telling him‚ “You married Mashah
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses the narrator Nick Carraway to provide the opportunity for readers to recognize and analyze themes and ideas portrayed throughout the novel. Whether it be text-to-self‚ text-to-text‚ or text-to-world‚ there are definitely many text connections that can be made after reading this novel‚ or at least half of it. While reading the novel‚ I noticed that I can very much relate to it. As a high school student‚ and being a teenage girl at that
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