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    individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream are destroyed by the corrupt vulgar pursuit of wealth. Fitzgerald

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    Assignment Nine: The Great Gatsby 1. Why do you suppose Daisy is always dressed in white? Is it symbolically important? There is a great deal of color symbolization within “The Great Gatsby‚” and Daisy’s clothes are just one example of symbolically important color. In the beginning of the novel‚ Daisy is always dressed in white‚ which is a representation of her innocence and purity. Through Gatsby’s eyes‚ Daisy is void of any imperfections‚ and much like an angel‚ she glows white in his eyes. Fitzgerald

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    videos- TOPIC: The state of education depicts the growth of nations development. (for the motion of topic) INTRODUCTION In the modern times education is most effective tool of empowerment. You empower a man with this magical wand and he will create his own world of idea and imagination .It is this tool which has changed the topography of world from scrambled mass of continents to a global village. Great men like Abraham Lincoln used this weapon of mass awakening to create a country which believed in social

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    novel The Great Gatsby‚ refers to the exhaustive efforts Gatsby undertakes in his quest for life: the life he wants to live‚ the so-called American Dream. The novel is Fitzgerald’s vessel of commentary and criticism of the American Dream. As he paints a vivid portrait of the Jazz Age‚ Fitzgerald defines this Dream‚ and through Gatsby’s downfall‚ expresses the futility and agony of its pursuit. Through Gatsby’s longing for it‚ he depicts its beauty and irresistible lure in a manner of which the Philosopher

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    Morals and American Idealism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of morals and American idealism‚ this being a major theme of the book‚ which is corrupted by using materials as its means. Nick‚ the narrator as well as one of the main characters of The Great Gatsby‚ has moved to the East coast from the West to learn the bond business. He rents a mid-sized bungalow on West Egg‚ where most of the other residents

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    The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit

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    progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the south during World War I. The character is based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer Max Gerlach‚ according to Some Sort of Epic Grandeur‚ Matthew J Bruccoli’s biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have

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    Great Gatsby: Chapter two feb‚18th‚2013 PLOT -Tom Buchanan takes Nick to George Wilson’s garage‚ which lies at the edge of the valley of ashes. - He then meets women named Myrtle‚ who Tom is having an affair. - Nick‚ then is forced to travel with Tom and Myrtle to the city. There‚ Tom and Myrtle decide to have a vulgar party with Myrtle’s sister‚ Catherine‚ and a couple named McKee. - The group gossip about Jay Gatsby. There rumors start to stir up when Catherine begins to tell the

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    Paul Long Dr. Dennis Eng. 3 Gatsby Research Paper People from all over the world come to the United States all seeking to better their lives by gaining this so-called “American dream.” There is no clear definition of this dream‚ and everyone’s idea of it is different. In the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald makes one thing very clear about the dream‚ and that is that it is destroyed by money. The dream cannot survive if the pursuit of wealth and riches is also in the agenda

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    Original cover art The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of art in American literature.[9] It depicts disembodied eyes and a mouth over a blue skyline‚ with the image of a naked woman reflected in the irises. A little-known artist named Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. The cover was completed before the novel‚ with Fitzgerald so enamored of it that he told his publisher he had "written it into" the

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