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    happiness because even the richest‚ most powerful person in the world‚ at the end of the day‚ is not satisfied without people to share their life with. Everyone needs that one special person that helps them and supports them. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby has a lot of money‚ but isn’t really happy because he has created a vision of himself and Daisy is living in a perfect world‚ which lead him to destroy his own life because he is refusing to see the truth. One night after the party

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    Gatsby‚ Nick & Daisy go to Gatsby’s house & sit in his room‚ the three were sitting in a room made up of mirrors. As soon as Nick leaves the room‚ the director focuses on them through the mirrors in the room‚ especially when Nick leaves and Daisy and Jay starts looking at each other. On the other hand‚ this technique was used when Tom was laying on the bed & his lover Myrtle was putting some make up on her face. The director related the reflected scenes into the fact even they are so close to each other

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    analysis F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel‚ The Great Gatsby which has recently been adapted into a movie from Baz Lurrhman and I will discuss the immorality in the character Daisy Buchanan when she hit Myrtle Wilson her husbands mistress with Jay Gatsby’s car kill her instantly and knowingly drove off without stopping. Then allowing Gatsby to take the blame for it and the subsequently an unexpected punishment. The character Daisy is loosely based of Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda Fitzgerald. Daisy

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    Sakti Aditama English 201 August‚ 4 2014 Sister Lesuma Jay Gatsby and His American Dream The Great Gatsby novel is one of the famous books in the US. This book also have been made into the movie and became one of the greatest movies in 2013. But‚ this response paper will talk about the critical lens in the new historicism view from this novel. According to Merriam Webster online dictionary‚ new historicism is a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by relating it

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    most appeal and influence to younger generations. Music videos provide its viewers with images and sounds simultaneously to convey a message and a meaning. Some of the most famous musicians that have the most popular videos are people like 50 cent‚ Jay Z and P Diddy. All three of

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    love that ’s growing inside of me‚" hinting to the world the news. She then dropped her microphone and opened her tuxedo to reveal her growing belly after. The revelation led the audience into a triumphant reaction. Since power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z tied the knot in 2008‚ many chat show hosts and presenters have questioned the power couple on when they would start a family. There have been years of pregnancy rumours. Nevertheless in June 2011‚ an interview with Piers Morgan lead to speculation

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was full of deception and lies‚ mainly from the female lead‚ Daisy. Daisy repeatedly lied and deceived both her husband and her lover. Daisy begins her path of destruction with her husband‚ who wasn’t all the innocent. Although Daisy married him‚ it wasn’t long until she fell out of that love and was craving more. Daisy was stuck in a loveless marriage with a daughter she couldn’t leave. To try and make things better‚ she lied. She lied to everyone; her husband

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    want‚ but she is not completely satisfied with her life. When Jay Gatsby‚ her past love‚ reenters her life‚ she once again becomes romantically interested in him. Through stories of Daisy’s past life‚ it is presented that she married her husband‚ Tom‚ because he was wealthy suitor. Daisy’s cupidity for fortune deteriorated her chances for happiness by marring Tom for money rather than true love. One of Fitzgerald’s main characters‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is a character who “…sprang from [the] platonic conception

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    Fitzgerald‚ the character Jay Gatsby always has an air of mystery surrounding him. Is Jay his real name? How did he get all of his money? What is he doing in New York? No one knows‚ that’s what makes him mysterious. Being ambiguous is a big trait of the color orange. However‚ that is not the only trait of the color orange. Optimistic attitudes‚ Impulsiveness‚ and Risk taking are also common traits of the color orange. After analyzing the story‚ it becomes blatantly obvious that Jay Gatsby displays every

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    in giving up his self respect and morals for the pursuit of monay and status. The green light on the dock represents the distance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy. A physical distance because thought they were once deeply in love‚ Daisy felt inclined or was internally forced by social expectations to marry a man with money‚ Tom‚ and not a “poor boy” at the time Jay. He spends his time and money attempting to get Daisy’s attention and impress her by flaunting his money. She still considers him to be a

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