The Great Gatsby, often considered F. ... In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald does a stunning job of combining many characters that are complete and total opposites but still interact with the same sort of mysterious nature and passion for life itself. ... He becomes somewhat poetic, describing her voice as "the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again" (9). ... When Tom and Gatsby confront each other and Daisy is involved in the conversation, Gatsby realizes this about Daisy's charm. ... When Tom and Gats...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has endured as a classic glimpse into a period of time that is now referred to as the Roaring 20s - an American decade marked by extravagance, self-gratification and indifference. ... On its simplest level, The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway's narration and recollection of events stemming from his meeting and subsequent interaction with Jay Gatsby during the summer of 1922 in Long Island, New York. ... The Great Gatsby is, in some respects, somewhat autobiographical in that Fitzgerald relied on his life experiences to form certain aspects of the n...

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• Grade Level: High School