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  • Idealization Of Daisy By Gatsby
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    The Great Gatsby: The Fa ade and Realities of Sight Sight is such an important sense to our everyday livings; not only to how we survive, but how we judge; the fronts we are meant to see, and the realities we are not. To see is to know the absolute truth, but to missed is to have the allusion of truth, which would eventually prove itself to be merely a cloudy fa ade. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel entitled The Great Gatsby, it is this seeing and mis seeing which is the crucial factor in making a...
  • Nick's Moral Development
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    MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN & THE GREAT GATSBY Moral Development, according to the Webster's dictionary means an improvement or progressive procedure taken to be a more ethical person, and to distinctly differentiate between right and wrong. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Great Gatsby, both pose as pieces of literature that vividly portray moral development through the narrator's point of view. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ...
  • Fitzgerald Contrasts Jay Gatsby And Nick Carraway
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    Materialism America has been labeled 'The land of opportunity,' a place where it is possible to accomplish anything and everything. This state of mind is known as 'The American Dream. ' The American Dream provides a sense of hope and faith that looks forward to the fulfillment of human wishes and desires. This dream, however, originates from a desire for spiritual and material improvement. Unfortunately, the acquisition of material has been tied together with happiness in America. Although 'The ...
  • End For Gatsby And Daisy
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchanan. He dreams that one day he and Daisy will get together. Gatsby has worked hard to become the man that he believes will impress Daisy. Even though he has an extravagant house, lots of money, and wild parties, he is without the one person he wants, Daisy. Even befriending Nick deals with Gatsby getting Daisy, because Daisy is Nick's cousin. In a meeting arranged by ...
  • Gatsby Worships Daisy And Nick
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    Have you ever felt that there were two of you battling for control of the person you call yourself Have you ever felt that you weren't quite sure which one you wanted to be in charge All of us have at least two selves: one who wants to work hard, get good grades, and be successful; and one who would rather lie in the sun and listen to music and daydream. To understand F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man and the writer, you must begin with the idea of doubleness, or two ness. Fitzgerald himself said in ...
  • Dream Gatsby
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    Fitzgerald's dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the 1920's through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed from a pure ideal of security into a convoluted scheme of materialistic power. In support of this message, Fitzgerald highlights the original aspects as well as the new aspects of the American Dream in his tragic story to illustrate that a once impervious ...
  • Daisy's Lust For Gatsby
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    In the post-World War I era, the American society faced a level of general disillusionment that led to a decline in morality and values. Though the Great War had changed the view of the United States in the international military arena, it had also defined the economic changes related to the war and favorable wartime conditions that were lost in the post-War era. Some historians have even attributed the stock market crash of 1929 to the culmination of economic changes following the end of the Gr...
  • Jay Gatsby
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    AND THE BAND PLAYS ON. Time tells us that success often comes with a price. Often money will create more problems than it can solve. The richness of a person's soul can be hidden in the folds of money. Such is the case of Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is constantly altering in the readers mind due to the various puzzling events that transpire in the novel creating a level of mystery. First off, Gatsby is a man who feels secure in his privacy and allows very few people into his personal life due to lack...
  • Gatsby Commands Attention In Other Ways
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    It is every writer's aspiration to write a literary work as deep and profound as F. Scott Fitzgerald has in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby. The novel alludes to an innumerable variety of themes; encompassing all of the symbolism, metaphorical traits, and masterful writing that an English teacher's favorite should have. In a novel of this caliber it is expected that there are many deep and well-developed characters. This book has them in spades. From all of the wide variety of characters portra...
  • Important Message Through Jay Gatsby
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    Nostalgia, the bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past, is the dominant feeling throughout The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is an eloquently written novel filled with intricate details and written to evoke the romanticism in anybody. The love affairs evolving throughout the story add substance as well as emotions to the author's message, a moral lesson concerning how people think and behave. I found numerous instances in the book that aroused soul-s...
  • Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby In Many Ways
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    The author's style from Ernest Hemigway's A Farewell to Arms differ from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in many ways. Fitzgerald uses a more reflective style of writing meaning that he makes his characters reflect and the theme also includes reflection from the reader as well as the plot. On the other hand, Hemingway uses a more self-interest style with its theme, characters, and plot, meaning that he makes this book on his own personal experiences that cause the theme, plot and characte...
  • Foreshadows The Death Of Gatsby
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    Foreshadowing and Flashback Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer by Jonathan Were " 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself. ' 'I hope I never will,' she [Jordan] answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you. ' " (Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan is explaining to Nick how she is able to drive badly as long as everyone else drives carefully. This quote represents the writing technique of foreshadowing, which is being used in one of its finest form. Fitzg...
  • Gatsby And Daisy
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    The Great Gatsby Essay In The Great Gatsby, there are three illicit relationships: Gatsby and Daisy, Nick and Jordan, and Tom and Myrtle. In some ways they are similar, and in some ways each is unique. In this essay, I will compare and examine each of the couples, and try to give some insight as to why none of the relationships worked out. The relationship between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan was probably the most one sided. The entire time they were apart, all Gatsby did was try to reach his g...
  • Nick And Gatsby
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    Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase, "American Dream" during the early infancy of our country, proposing this dream as, "That pursuit of a better existence... [and] a higher quality of life through hard work, determination, and devotion". While this may be what many of the characters in The Great Gatsby believe (Jay Gatsby in particular), one critical ideal is discarded in Fitzgerald's twisted refinement of Franklin's definition: morality. It is apparent that Jay Gatsby achieves his wealth and s...
  • Gatsby's Loneliness
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    The 1920's in the united States was a time of economic growth in which people lived frivolous lives by believing their money would make them happy. It was a time of alcoholic prohibition and a time of emancipation for women. Thus, it was a time of parties, drinking and wild women for those who could afford it. Those who were at the bottom of society were constantly striving for the top of the economic ladder. This time era, in Long Island, is the basis of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's book, The Great ...
  • Gatsby And Daisy
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    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby There are many types of symbolism in the novel The Great Gatsby. Probably the easiest to recognize were the colors and what they symbolized. The most obvious colors to point out would have to be green and white. Green supported feelings of many thoughts, ideas, and changes that Gatsby experienced throughout the story. It also represented peace and determination. White represented innocence and serenity. Another example of symbolism is when Gatsby broke the clock in ...
  • Nick As A Narrator
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    Human beings have a tendency to need some sort of tangible or perceivable proof in order to fully understand a concept. Most people will not take what is being told to them as true unless they are shown somehow that it is true. In a work of fiction, the author strives to create a tangible setting for the reader to captivate him in his reading experience. The author uses believable scenes to reveal character traits and various themes by showing how the characters act and react in different situat...
  • Feather High Into The Sky
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    I see a feather outside the window. It floats low, moving randomly from the sidewalk to the grass. As it is just about to land on the road, a car passes by the feather and gives it a push to fly even higher. A couple more blasts of wind would send it into the clouds. The feather lingers in the sky, above the houses and the trees. The sun shines brightly and the birds chirp loudly, but the wind is beginning to end. The feather gently sinks little by little, but it has not hit the ground yet. It a...
  • Gatsby's Actions Including The Parties
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    Fitzgerald kept numerous notebooks in which he wrote character sketches, story ideas and theories about life and writing. One entry in its entirety state: "Actions is character". This is quite a bold statement, and its implied that Fitzgerald meant a couple things by this declaration, saying it as if action were the only or best device for revealing character. Throughout the book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses action to describe three of his main characters: Gatsby, Nick, and Daisy....
  • American Dream
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    In his novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the 1920's through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed from a pure ideal of security into a convoluted scheme of materialistic power. In support of this message, Fitzgerald emphasizes the original aspects as well as the new aspects of the American Dream in his tragic story to illustrate that a once inviolable dream...

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