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    Different Chuck and Gatsby By:Thineash Sivaananthan Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) and Chuck Ramikssoon (Netherlands) are not similar because they are the main characters of their respective novels but for the fact of how they act and behave in the novels as well. Both characters are similar because of their ability to be manipulative‚ and the need they have to make money illegally all while differing in how they are portrayed as characters to the readers. Both characters Chuck and Gatsby‚ although they

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    CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT In a novel the narrator is the vehicle‚ the one telling the story to the reader. Laying out critical information‚ describing the setting‚ creating mood and atmosphere‚ and generating information upon which we create our opinions on characters and events in the novel. These are classically what we associate the narrator with regard to the novel and its progression. The characters that the author describes are the major focus of the novel. Characters change and develop over

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ more information about Gatsby’s mysterious financial enterprises is revealed as Nick meets Gatsby and Gatsby’s eccentric friend Meyer Wolfsheim for lunch in a New York cellar. Throughout this odd interaction‚ Nick judges Wolfsheim to be a paranoid‚ suspicious‚ and notably nostalgic man involved in some sort of shady business‚ which leads Nick to believe Gatsby may also be such a man. Through Nick’s descriptions of the situation and Wolfsheim’s dialogue‚ Nick determines interesting

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    George Wilson’s character starts with humble beginnings‚ No one thinks to highly of him‚ but his circumstances‚ when tangled with the themes of the novel is what will lead to the climax of the novel. George Wilson’s purpose in The Great Gatsby is to show a contrast between corruption and innocence. He is the only passive character in this story and similar to Nick‚ has moral dilemmas. He is the opposite of the American dream shown through his low wealth and social status. However‚ as he does show

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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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    relationship with Zelda in both Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship with Tom. Although Daisy is fictional she seems to be inspired by Zelda.

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    The Great Gatsby The setting and location of one’s house can convey a great deal about a person because it represents the characteristics of their dwellers. In “The Great Gatsby” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters’ houses as a way to describe characters themselves and create a symbolic effect and advance the plot of the story. In this novel‚ each of the major characters’ lives in a house that reflects their personality and place in society. Nick Carraway acts as an observer and

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    The Great Gatsby Journal Chapter 1 Summary- In Chapter 1‚ the reader finds that Nick Carraway‚ a moral and tolerant man from the Midwest‚ narrates and takes the role of author for the rest of the story. Throughout the book‚ the reader looks at the happenings through Nick’s eyes and finds out what he is thinking. Chapter 1‚ like many chapter 1’s‚ starts out with someone or something explaining themselves and showing how their life has gone thus far. The Great Gatsby is no exception. Nick says that

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    known.”-Nick Carraway. Nick is an impartial‚ honest‚ and loyal character. He gives readers a detailed‚ accurate account of the events pertaining to Gatsby’s life. Nick spends time with Gatsby and Tom even though they do not like each other. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the color gray is continually used to show Nick’s impartiality to the characters and conflicts. Throughout the whole book‚ there is tension between Tom and Gatsby since they both want Daisy to love them. Nick acts

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    In the case of the characters Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan‚ in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ love is not the glue that holds their marriage together. Instead‚ the marriage of Tom and Daisy is crafted by wealth‚ social class‚ and carelessness. Through the narration of another characterNick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan is portrayed as being a smug man who has little regard for the feelings of others. We learn this as information is revealed regarding the affair in which

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