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    (Brainyquote). The novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a narrative of Nick Carraway. Nick recounts his time spent in New York with Jay Gatsby. Throughout the novel secrets divulge about Jay Gatsby’s background and who he actually is. These secrets compose the setting of the novel and create the storyline. Numerous rumors about Jay Gatsby arise as the novel progresses at opulent and drunken parties that Gatsby throws. These parties provided by Gatsby are to attract the presence

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    THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    Diction: In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald utilizes a heavily elegant and sometimes superfluous diction which reflects the high class society that the reader is introduced to within the novel. The speaker Nick Carraway talks directly to the reader. The diction is extensively formal throughout the novel using high blown language the borders on being bombastic. An example of this formal language is seen when Nick states‚"The truth was that Jay Gatsby‚ of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic

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    The novel 《The Great Gatsby》written by Scott Fitzgerald is often classified as a masterpiece about American dream,and it is believed to be written in 1925. It is a time that the entire  America was under the strong influence of the Roaring twenties,and as we know, Scott Fitzgerald is a distinguished representative of the Lost generation in America. As a result‚ this novel is influenced by the thoughts of the lost generation.The essential thought of the lost generation is loneliness and disillusion

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    Essay on the Great Gatsby

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    I have read the fictional story‚ The Great Gatsby. This novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and referenced United States history. This story is about a graduate from Yale and ex-veteran from World War I named Nick Carraway. He had decided to return home as his way of beginning a career. Being impatient‚ Nick had decided to move to New York so he could learn the bond business. Now we are in the setting of 1922 in West Egg‚ Long Island. Nick was then living in a rented house that is neighboring

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    Materialism Great Gatsby

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    obtains‚ as the amount of happiness a person enjoys‚ and as the amount of power a person controls over others. Many start to live in an illusion‚ that their life is tranquilized and perfect to hide the reality of all their dirty secrets. In The Great Gatsby‚ by Scott F. Fitzgerald‚ he describes a unique story of character development to display the difference of between classes of the social system in the 1920’s in America. Throughout the novel‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates how money and materialism deceives

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    The Great Gatsby Review

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    A Review on Fitzgerald By the time you finish your education you will have more than likely heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald the author. He wrote many books‚ but his most known is The Great Gatsby. His works live on through schools. Many schools around the world read his books and teach about his life. He’s a very celebrated writer and piece of American history. Although he has had some dark times there’s many reasons why he’s considered one of the best writers ever. First of all Fitzgerald is an amazing

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    Great Gatsby Analysis

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    Smithley Vil Mr.Haughey World Literature 10 October 2012 Gatsby Analysis Isolation is a significant and recurring theme throughout the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ that has had a great impact on its characters. A few in particular are Nick Carraway‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and “Jay Gatsby”. Nick who appears to be everyone’s closest friend and confidante when he is really the most alienated character in the novel. Daisy Buchanan who feels alone and ignored‚ even while married‚ with

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    the great gatsby poem

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    The Great Gatsby Imagine falling in love‚ with the beauty of innocence‚ mangled with the wisdom of experience.   It would make you strive to be better than anyone thought you could be his external drive only he could see   Imagine having anyone your heart could desire. Anyone to be won. All the money you could aquire.   But it will make you greedy‚ And greed causes loss.   Imagine wanting nothing‚ and getting it.   That was Gatsby. He wanted to be Daisy’s idea of perfect.   And there he stand‚ way

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby with no respect or acknowledgement to the gender‚ female. This book is filled with many examples of how women are treated as possessions‚ not people‚ they are made out to be evil and dependent people when they are not‚ and how men overpower women‚ causing them to feel dependent of a man. F. Scott can apparently write a best seller‚ but he however obviously has no respect for women. What’s more important in this world? Let’s first learn a little about this

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