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    Daisy in the Great Gatsby

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    Is Daisy really worth it? Is anyone? Answer: No. “I tried to think about Gatsby then for a moment‚ but he was already too far away‚ and I could only remember‚ without resentment‚ that Daisy hadn’t sent a message or a flower.” (174) Gatsby’s life was entirely dedicated to pursue one dream. He wanted to be with Daisy. He wanted her to love him like she said she would and how he still did. "I don’t think she ever loved him. You must remember‚ old sport‚ she was very excited this afternoon...Of

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    Great Gatsby Assignment

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    Following the accident a man Known as Jay Gatsby has been found shot dead at a pool side. It is to be said that the women ran over in the car accident and the man involved in the shooting have links. The police have been told by local residents that George Wilson Husband of Myrtle Wilson who died in the car accident has been looking for Jay Gatsby as he is rumoured to be the driver of the car that hit Myrtle Wilson. Soon after the shooting of Gatsby‚ Wilson was found dead himself‚ after a team

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    The Great Gatsby Outline

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    American dream on the Great Gatsby - What can we learn from the Great Gatsby? References Nick Carraway  Novel’s narrator‚ from Minnesota  Educated at Yale  Fought in W.W.I  Learns bond business.  Honest‚ tolerant  Gatsby’s neighbor Nick Carraway by Tobey Maguire‚ the Great Gatsby movie 2013 Jay Gatsby  Protagonist  Fabulously wealthy  Has opulent mansion on Long Island 

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    Great Gatsby Letter

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    To‚ Fellow classmate Published in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby became an immediate classic and brought its young author to fame he had never seen before. The novel captured the spirit of the "Jazz Age‚" a post-World War I era in upper class America that Fitzgerald himself gave this name to. It is the view that Fitzgerald was writing about the traditional American belief‚ and the usefulness of accepted myths. The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it’s unavoidable critique of the "American

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    The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age‚ the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay‚ as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations‚ the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy‚ is the main force driving the plot of the novel‚ The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving

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    femininity. In 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published his novel The Great Gatsby

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    Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the unfortunate reality of loneliness consumes the lives of the majority of the characters. The time period portrayed in this novel‚ the 1920’s‚ had brought about several changes for people. It was highly common for large groups of people to join together for parties with endless drinking‚ dancing and celebrating. However‚ when the night was over and the festivities finished‚ most people were forced right back into their regular everyday lives feeling

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    a place where people can recreate themselves without being categorised and judged on their place in society. In this setting‚ the socioeconomic division created by the W.A.S.P society is slowly closed‚ as characters from Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ unite with one another confidently‚ without any fear of being judged. Geographically close‚ yet far away from Manhattan is East Egg; a place where the association of the “rich” and poor is unheard of‚ in fact‚ a place that closes themselves off

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    Great Gatsby ESSAY

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    is  something  we  are  well  aware  of‚  but   we  pretend  like  it  does  not  affect  us  as  humans. During the Great Depression  people  would  refuse  to  get relief in fear that they would be seen as poor  or needy‚ even today the  word  “poverty”  is  said  many  times  but  no  one  seems  to  find  a solution to this ongoing problem.  After  reading  ​ The  Great  Gatsby  ​ by  Scott  Fitzgerald‚  it  appears  that  the  solution  upper  class  has  found  is  to  act  as  if  poverty 

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    Great Gatsby Analysis

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    The Great Gatsby Critical Analysis In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ symbolism is used quite often‚ but sometimes left to the readers on how to interpret it. Using colors in the novel was one big way that Fitzgerald used symbolism and quite possibly used it because of how the readers could interpret it. Looking at the colors in a symbolic way explains a few things that the reader my not catch on to by just reading the story. Yellow and gold‚ blue‚ and grey are only a few named colors

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