The "Great- Gatsby? Jay Gatsby is the title character and the protagonist of the novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Even though as the story progresses, Gatsby is found to be dishonest and phony, his optimism, determination, and power and ability to transform his dreams enables Gatsby to live up to the title The Great Gatsby. ... Gatsby first enters the novel in a speaking character in Chapter Three as a mysterious, extremely wealthy man who already has a celebrity type reputation before he was even introduced. ... The rest of his past of how he made his fortune still remained a mystery unti...

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Jay Gatsby is the "new money". ... The Great Gatsby accurately portrays the rich during the booming 1920's. ... In the first two chapters of The Great Gatsby, its title character is quite mysterious - an enormously wealthy, fun-loving local celebrity with a suspicious past who throws lavish weekly parties. ... As the novel progresses, we see that the myth of "the Great Gatsby" was created by Gatsby himself. ... Gatsby has literally created his own character, even changing his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby to represent his reinvention of himself. ...

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The title of this F. ... Gatsby was neither great, nor Gatsby. ... (Abbott) We think of Gatsby as great, because of his dream. ... It is during the conversation between Gatsby and Nick that we are told about Gatsby's dream of once again being with Daisy. ... We are given privy in Chapter IX to a schedule and list of resolves made by Gatsby, then James. ...

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The title comes from his neighbor, Jay Gatsby who owns the mansion across the street in which wild parties are thrown every weekend. ... In chapter four of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald tells the reader that the American dream was originally about "discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness." ... Gatsby makes an attempt to defend himself, but to no avail. ... Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby was considered a bootlegger by Nick, who lost respe...

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The Great Gatsby by F. ... It was translated into English with the titles The Wanderer and The Lost Estate (Conradt, 2013). ... she cried to Gatsby. ... Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away" (Chapter 1) The green light is described as 'minute and far away' which shows how it's impossible to reach. ... To Gatsby, the green light is unique only because it's something special to Jay Gatsby. ...

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Gatsby, the Player -----Character Building of Great Gatsby Gatsby's greatness lies not in his prospect of his future, but in his uncompromising insistence to "repeat the past"(116), when he irremediably fell in love with Daisy. ... Gatsby's tragic play isn't a tale told by an idiot. ... That is the case with Gatsby. ... Gatsby's answer is San Francisco. ... When she sees Gatsby, her voice assumes "a clear artificial tone"(91) when she greets Gatsby. ...

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The Great Gatsby, written by F. ... Whatever the reason may have been, the 1920's in America have been awarded the title of the Roaring Twenties. ... Gatsby was a remarkable exception to this pattern. ... Gatsby based the final chapters of his life on this premise; he would have hope, and he would make what he needed happen by whatever means he could. Gatsby was a unique man. ...

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Ethan Frome, the title character, constantly feuds with himself over his own feelings, especially in the area of love. ... In every chapter of this book, morality is a major contributor, whether it is Ethan's controversy with himself over his love and his wife, or the villagers" strong sense of morality in the gossiped involved with the telling of this "legend". ... The Great Gatsby, a classic novel written in approximately the same era, shares many distinctive qualities with Ethan Frome. ...

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