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    Akankwasa Aryabaho Mrs. Kutschman English 3s 3/17/2016 The Great Gatsby: To understand The Great Gatsby‚ By F. Scott Fitzgerald a reader will find it helpful to know some details about Fitzgerald’s life and experiences. F Scott Fitzgerald fawned on the rich; that he was a mongrel of letters; that being tarred by his self-destructive relating this to Gatsby who is also rich and mainly wanting love.(an american sublime) Throughout the novel Daisy appears to be very flighty and nervous ‚ but she is very

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    Name: Sherin Khawaja Class and Section: 11SD Q: Compare and contrast Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. How are they similar and how do they differ? Given that Tom is portrayed negatively‚ why does Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby? In the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ two men‚ Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan‚ fight over Daisy‚ an upper-class woman from an old‚ wealthy family in the time after the first world war during the age known as

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    Tyler Simms Great Gatsby Essay Accelerated English 11 Mrs. Cameron F. Scott Fitzgerald constructed his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by sculpting numerous situation and character contrasts together through out the novel to create and deliver a magnificent work of art. Although Fitzgerald contrasted numerous characters and situations through out the novel‚ there are three that are very pungent; the characters Tom Buchanan and George Wilson and Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Not only were

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    of The Great Gatsby‚ everyone’s wrongs begin to come to light‚ but punishment varies. Gatsby‚ a character the novel attempts the reader to like‚ announces his love of Daisy and his intent to take her away from Tom. This leads to a series of events which include him being murdered by Wilson for killing his wife‚ while Daisy is actually responsible for that. Daisy‚ a character set up to be pitied by the reader‚ also plans to leave Tom for Gatsby‚ but she kills Myrtle and ends up getting Gatsby murdered

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    girl named Daisy who he cheats on with Myrtle. In this story he is the antagonist to Gatsby by keeping him from getting Daisy. He is known to be unfaithful‚ prideful‚ and a hypocrite. He does this by going behinds his wife’s back to be with another girl. He is prideful because he will do anything from tarnishing what people are thinking of him. He is a hypocrite because he gets angry with Daisy for doing stuff with Gatsby‚ but does worse behind her back. "And what’s more‚ I love Daisy too. Once

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    Does Gatsby love Daisy or the aura of wealth that she owns? The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece about various themes such as class‚ love and wealth. One of the themes highlighted is romantic affair between two main characters: Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby is clearly obsessed with Daisy‚ however‚ it is doubtful that those strong feeling is a proof of love. This essay advocates that Gatsby does not love Daisy but the wealth she symbolizes. Firstly‚ wealth is the origin of

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    novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby falls in love with Daisy Buchanan‚ who is unhappily married to Tom Buchanan. This unhappy marriage leads Daisy feeling unsure who she should be with. Although at one point it seemed like she was leaning towards the side of spending her life with Gatsby‚ he ultimately fails in his attempt at ‘winning’ Daisy. He does this by being too obsessed with Daisy‚ by losing his temper with Tom‚ and by going about things too fast First‚ Gatsby ultimately

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby "Does it sink like rotten meat or crust a sugar over like syrup sweet?" jay gatsby he want to be with daisy but he just dont realize that his dream was not complete and tom and daisy they was careless people they aint care about nobody else. Jay gatsby suffered "repetition compulsion" he wanted to repeat certain actions in particular the best one’s of his life with daisy. "Cant repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. Why of course you can" jay gatsby talked alot about

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    Daisy has been described as ‘selfish and shallow’. How far would you agree that this is how Fitzgerald portrays her? Daisy Buchanan‚ in Fitzgerald’s 1920s American novel: ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ is the love of Jay Gatsby and the person he has devoted the last five years of his life to. Initially‚ Fitzgerald portrays her as pure‚ attractive and innocent‚ but gradually reveals her selfish and shallow personality. Ultimately‚ the reader feels that she is not a worthy objective of Gatsby’s dedication.

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    with Daisy Buchanan in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel‚ as a whole‚ is an intricate love story between them. Both characters live off of their romanticism and realism that has controlled every decision and motives they have made. Gatsby’s sole dream is to focus on trying to get what he had in the past with Daisy‚ as the narrator tries to pull Gatsby to reality and face the present‚ he retorts “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!"(Pg. 116). As for Daisy‚ she

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