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    Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott. Fitzgerald‚ love and money are big concepts that are shown. Love is rather superficial and not pure between Tom and Daisy. The days leading up to their wedding Tom put on quite a show for Daisy to prove he had money‚ “He came down with a hundred people in four private cars‚ and hired a whole floor of the Muhlbach Hotel‚ and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars” (75-76). Later

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    she sees in her relationship with Tom. Tom provides Myrtle hope in which she can use him to receive money. Ironically‚ Myrtle neglects to see with her blue eyes the true nature of the Tom. While in contrast‚ George does not have a strong sense of desire in wealth or a passion for the future and instead focuses on what is around him at the moment. He focuses on what he has rather than what he desires to have. Fitzgerald describes Gatsby’s gardens as “Blue gardens men and girls came like moths” as to

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    The Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Lizhe I.Introduction: 1. About the novel: The Great Gatsby‚ the exemplary novel of the Jazz Age‚ stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing‚" as well as Fitzgerald’s sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald’s "best work" thus far. The Great

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald has made effective use of symbolism. The Great Gatsby‚ is about Jay Gatsby and his quest for his own American dream‚ the love of his life‚ Daisy. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ a young man who moves in next door to Gatsby and becomes friends with him. The Great Gatsby has three main themes. These are materialism and wealth‚ the american dream and appearance and reality. Fitzgerald has used symbolism and theme along with other techniques

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    and jazz and movies and more. In particular‚ the automobile became a symbol of the technological advancement of the decade with Henry Ford’s novel assembly line allowing the middle class to afford cars. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great GatsbyFitzgerald employs the automobile as a symbol to represent American society in the 1920’s. Cars became a necessity during that time‚ less of a luxury and more of a need. The stark divides between social class becomes clear through the style of car one

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    The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel filled with symbolism with different meanings. The Great Gatsby is written in Nick Carraway’s perspective‚ who was once Gatsby’s neighbor in West Egg. The story begins when Carraway moves into West Egg from the Midwest to seek out his fortune as a bond salesman. Nick then meets Gatsby on his dock long towards West Egg from East Egg. With the help of Nick‚ Gatsby finally reunites with his past love‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ who is married to Tom

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    Use Of Symbolism In "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby" There are many writers like James Joyce‚ Patrick Kananach and Thomas Moore who use symbolism to convey and support indirect meaning in their writings. J.D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald both use symbolism in similar ways. In both "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby"‚ the authors used symbolism to convey emotions and reality. In "The Catcher In The Rye"‚ J.D. Salinger uses Holden’s red hunting cap‚ the exhibits

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    always used in novels to help readers understand the story in-depth. In Francis Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ symbols are widely used for Jay Gatsby and George Wilson’s character development. Symbols such as the area where these two characters lived‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg‚ and the cars in this story were all used for this. This novel was filled with symbols and symbolism‚ which try to convey Fitzgerald’s ideas to the reader. Symbols were constantly used in Fitzgerald’s novel to help develop

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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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    success by hard working and determination. In the book‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream in a different way. In 1920s‚ instead of heading towards a change for the better‚ they were thirsty for money. Which the immoralities and the downfall toward the American Dream. This shows how the people of the roaring 20s‚ cares more about how to earn money faster by corruption‚ then working hard and earing it themselves. In The Great Gatsby‚ it represents the loss and demise of the American Dream in

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