and ambition. One man who has captured success in such a manner is Shawn Corey Carter‚ better known by his stage name Jay-Z. Carter is not an immensely prosperous and influential figure by mistake. He attained his fame by a prodigious desire to achieve success by any means necessary. He took nothing for granted while expecting nothing out of anyone besides himself. This is why Jay-Z now finds himself as one of the richest celebrities in the world with an estimated net worth of over $450 million according
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Jay Gatsby‚ otherwise known as James Gatz‚ (Fitzgerald 9899) is the definition of larger than life. He is the type of person that has a cool‚ calm‚ and collective personality that everyone wants to be around. Gatsby has an elegance about him that everyone craves to have. He has his own swagger‚ and more money than anyone could ask for. It seemed as if it was impossible for Jay to die‚ but he did. George Wilson shot him. Even though Gatsby died from Wilson’s bullet (Fitzgerald 161162)‚ he created
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Characterization of Jay Gatsby In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a successful‚ larger-than-life young man‚ representing the “American Dream.” He is a romantic idealist who wishes to fulfill his dreams by amassing wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the love of his life‚ Daisy. Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero in this novel‚ whose flaw lies in his inability to accept reality. His own corruption suggests the dishonesty of the current
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Ryan Parmer Ms. Martin English 12 January 17‚ 2007 Jay Z and his accomplishments He was born in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects‚ He got his first break when a fellow Marcy resident‚ The Jaz (Big Jaz) let Jay Z guest on a few tracks. When the deal came to an end Jay Z reverted to hustling the streets to make money. This period gave him his experience and formed some basis for some later material. Over this period of time he did keep his hands in the game he also featured in other music
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Tragic Jay Gatsby Many characters in novels may be considered to be tragic. These characters are considered tragic because of one character trait they possess that leads to their eventual demise. Jay Gatsby is a tragic character in a unique way. That is‚ he has many negative traits‚ but only one of these traits leads to his eventual downfall. Of all the character traits that Jay Gatsby possessed‚ his excessiveness in everything he did was what led him to his ultimate downfall. Jay Gatsby
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About the Music Video Both Jay-Z’s third single album “99 Problems” and its corresponding music video were released in 2004. Although Jay-Z is known today as a famous rapper and a producer of Roc-A-Fella record label‚ he did not start off with the most fortunate setting. The music video portrays the ghetto of Brooklyn‚ New York in the 1990s and illustrates the struggles that Jay-Z had to go through during his career in order to reach the top of the music industry. This hip-hop music video won
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In “The Great Gatsby”‚ one of the major characters that confronts a mystery is Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a man who believes that his dreams will turn into reality and his biggest dream was to win back the love of his life Daisy. Gatsby is presented as a distant and mysterious host of luxurious parties thrown at his mansion every week. These parties were filled with a lot of people he did not know. The thing that makes Gatsby very mysterious is that no one knows anything about his past and the parties
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The death of jay Gatsby confirms what we already knew. The American dream is nothing but the hope sustained for the hopeless. Jay Gatsby was never accepted by the east egg people because they were old money – meaning that they were more responsible for their wealth and did not throw it around‚ and he was the new money‚ meaning he was more eager to show off the fact that he was rich. Daisy and Tom and those type of people did not understand him because they did not work for their money‚ like he
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Shawn "Jay-Z" Corey Carter is one of the hip hop artists who own a business empire which includes: Roc-A-Fella Records‚ Roc-A-Wear Clothing‚ Roc-A-Wear Films‚ Armadale Vodka‚ and a sport bar called 40/40 Club. Recently‚ Jay-Z has also cooperated with watchmaker Audemars Piguet to produce limited edition watch. Born on April 12‚ 1969‚ Jay-Z was raised by a single mother‚ Gloria Carter. He had experienced the tough life on the streets of New York where he grew up. Fortunately‚ the streets life
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In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald he explains to the reader in a distinctive way who Jay Gatsby is. This new man who is secretly in love with Daisy and has lots of new money‚ is living in West Egg.‚ this mysterious character is revealed to us by the narrator Nick Caraway. Rumours and facts are revealed to us in the first five chapters. At the beginning of the novel‚ Jay Gatsby is described to us as a mysterious man who is really shy; we also know nothing about him.
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