In his book "The Great Gatsby-, using the character of Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby's dream led to his irresistible need for material wealth, ultimately leading to the death of a great man. ... Gatsby was a great man. ... Gatsby was not born a great man, he became one. ... Even in death Gatsby was seen as a great man. " If he'd of lived he'd of been a great man-(176). It was not only his personality and accomplishments that made Gatsby so great, his dream also contributed to his greatness. ...

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As Jay Gatsby displays throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, he will do anything and everything to rekindle the love he had with Daisy including changing his social status to please her. ... Throughout the novel, Gatsby waves his gold hat in order to impress Daisy. ... Gatsby throws lavish parties for which people long to be invited. ... The bouncing of Gatsby isn't physically but emotionally. ... What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?" ...

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Dear friends and family, We are gathered here today to grieve the death of the Great Jay Gatsby. A leader of course, who rose to fame and fortune as a result of hard work, Gatsby was a determined man. ... Not many knew his true foundations or even bothered to ask, but as probably one of Gatsby's closest friends, I knew. ... Many took advantage of his fame, fortune and hospitality to spread rumors about him, which would normally destroy a man, but only made Gatsby stronger. ... Gatsby wasn't a fool only a fool for love. ...

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Scott Fitzerald's novel The Great Gatsby reflects many of these. ... (pg.137) Daisy and Gatsby fell in love during their youth, and she promised to wait for Gatsby until the war was over, but during that time she married Tom Buchanan because of his power and wealth. ... Therefore, Medieval Troubador tradition is a romance present in The Great Gatsby. ... Thus, Gatsby's love for Daisy is an example of Courtly Love. ... In conclusion, F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby portrays many romance traditions like Medieval Troubadors, Courtly Lov...

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The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. ... The romance of money lures the characters in The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). ... struction of their morals, is Jay Gatsby. ... Gatsby makes it his life's mission to become rich, thinking this will be sure to win Daisy over. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how the morals of society have been destroyed. ...

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Great Gatsby is a difficult book to interpret, particularly because of the style in which it is written. ... However, even though we know that Nick as the narrator, reflecting back on that summer, did not see the three to be honorable people, he still spent a great deal of time with them. ... When offered a job by Gatsby, Nick quickly declines: "I've got my hands full. ... However, he remains Gatsby's ally and defends him to the end, just because he admires Gatsby's "extraordinary gift for hope (Page 6)" and "romantic readiness (Page 6)." ... He revered Gatsby's optimism an...

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The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is very strong. Gatsby and Daisy love each other deeply. The two were separated for a while because Gatsby joined the army, but after he returns, Gatsby devotes his life to be reunited with Daisy. ... After Gatsby leaves, time passes and things change. ... Gatsby meets Jordan at one of his parties and finds out she knows Daisy and Daisy is Nick's cousin who happens to be Gatsby's neighbor. ...

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This usually leads to great unhappiness and regret later in life. Through his characterization in The Great Gatsby, F. ... He is the subject of a great deal of gossip throughout New York and is already a kind of legendary celebrity before he is even introduced to the reader. ... Through his characterization of The Great Gatsby, F. ... It is wrong of the characters of The Great Gatsby to strive for wealth in the place of love. ...

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Gatsby is a mysterious, fantastically wealthy young man. ... A "magician" in a world of sordid appetite and cowardice, Gatsby's dream is doomed to failure. ... Gatsby is very rich and he uses his money to buy friends. ... Gatsby wants Daisy to see his house to impress her. ... Gatsby didn't really seem a part of the party even though he was the host. ...

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Great Gatsby- Destruction of Morals The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. ... The romance of money lures the characters in The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). ... struction of their morals, is Jay Gatsby. ... Gatsby makes it his life's mission to become rich, thinking this will be sure to win Daisy over. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how the morals of society have been destroyed. ...

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Gatsby's motivation comes from a love, deeply rooted within him, for Daisy. ... First of all Gatsby's motivation is pretty obvious, Daisy. ... Gatsby's great house located just opposite of Daisy and his extravagant parties, not just frivolous actions, but happenings brought about by a deeply rooted motivation of one man's innocent love. Innocence, this is a certain something Gatsby has that no other character possesses. Gatsby seems to be blind to the horribleness of reality throughout the book. ...

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This is probably the best essay about the American Dream/Great Gatsby. ... For Jay, in The Great Gatsby, the interpretation of the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... Generally, when people get married it is because they love one another, but in The Great Gatsby, the upper class' weddings are mainly for social purposes. ... As was shown in The Great Gatsby, the characters always wanted more of something, no matter what it was or what they had to do to get it. ... The Great Gatsby illustrates how the pursuit for happiness through materialism cannot ...

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Gatsby vs. Bodega Willie Bodega, from Ernesto Quinonez's Bodega Dreams, and Jay Gatsby, from F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby both experienced a strong love for a woman, and yet could not get that love returned to them. ... (Pg.79) Like Bodega, Gatsby also lost his potential soul mate. ... (Pg.157) After he returned, Gatsby saw that the only way to get Daisy back was to acquire a great deal of wealth of his own. ... Nick was shown just how strongly Gatsby felt for Daisy when he inquired if Daisy was driving the car that had killed Myrtle, Gatsby's only reply was, "Yes. ...

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The mysterious character of Gatsby is kept concealed from the social life in many occasions. ... Gatsby is madly in love with this figment of his imagination, not the person. ... Gatsby knows that in order to win Daisy he will have to go about to earn money. ... Gatsby wants too much to late. ... Gatsby is set with what he wants. ...

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She chose Gatsby to ride in the car with, she made frequent visits to Gatsby, and at the one party at Gatsby, which she attended, Nick noted to the reader that the only part of the evening that he believed Daisy enjoyed was the time she spent sitting on the steps talking to Gatsby. ... answered that she had loved both Tom and Gatsby. ... The Great Gatsby, by F. ... When Nick confronted Gatsby telling him that he cannot repeat the past, Gatsby makes his feelings clear, when he says, "Can't repeat the past? ... This was what led to Gatsbys" demise; while all those people with the long hai...

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The poem "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" (Kirszner and Mandell 313) and the story The Great Gatsby are no exception to this historical fact. ... As said on page 6 in The Great Gatsby, Gatsby has a "heightened sensitivity to the promises of life." ... In The Great Gatsby, it seems that Gatsby and his love shatter the lines of society temporarily. ... Gatsby is not ready to have his wishes come true as was said on page 156 in The Great Gatsby: "he had no right to touch her hand he let her believe he was fully able to take care of her. ... On pages 140-141 in The Great Gatsby, when Gat...

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The Great Gatsby was a very interesting book. ... Money" because in the book, every couple, had some kind of problem and with love and money, like Tom and Daisy, Gatsby and Daisy, and Tom and Myrtle. ... Next, in this story, if there was a couple who I think was truly in love was Jay Gatsby and Daisy. Yet, Jay Gatsby destroyed the thought of a realistic love and turned it into a fantasy love. ... Even, Jay Gatsby had said it in the book, that money will bring happiness and bring Daisy to him. ...

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Fitzgerald's characters in "Winter Dreams" and Great Gatsby had money, but not satisfaction throughout their life. ... A car is a machine with great power and can also satisfy one with air conditioning on a hot day. ... Providing all of the things above that can be satisfying Nick, Gatsby, and Dexter are three characters from Great Gatsby and "Winter Dreams", that would have an opinion on them. ... Gatsby is a firm believer in the American Dream of self-made success. ... Nick knows that Gatsby was a great man, "... and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth i...

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Gatsby was a leader among men who rose to his greatness in the economic world due to hard work and sheer determination accompanied by great loyalty and enormous amounts of kindness and generosity. ... He wasn't born rich like many people thought he was but instead he was born a poor farm boy with great aspirations for the future. ... There are many among us who had taken advantage of Gatsby's fame along with his fortune and hospitality and in the end not given him anything back or even have the courtesy of attending the funeral of such a great friend. ... Gatsby and Daisy were in ...

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The Great Gatsby by F. ... She is in love with Gatsby but would prefer to be with Tom because of the security that he can offer her. Gatsby could only offer her money, which was said to be made in an illegal way. She told Gatsby repeatedly that she loved him but still in the end preferred to be with Tom. ... Both Tom and Gatsby had money but only one of them offered her security. ...

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This essay will analyse character, symbolism and societal settings in the texts, 'Slumdog Millionaire' by Danny Boyle, 'The Great Gatsby' by F. ... In 'The Great Gatsby' by F. ... Shown through Gatsby's dialogue, "Can't repeat the past?" ... Jamal and Gatsby are two persistent characters, both with delusional views on love. ... Mitchell is portraying how, similar to clouds, love is dual-faced with the potential to bring not only great joy, but also pain and despair. ...

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She appears innocent and harmless, when actually she is an overall weak character for she puts material matters before her morals, depends on men, and hides her real selfish, uncaring personality under a fake character; therefore falling short of the greatness of Gatsby's dream of perfection. ... She loves him to increase her reputation; this truly does not make her worthy of a great man like Gatsby. ... She at one moment will love Gatsby and the next will love Tom. ... Gatsby wants true love. ... Daisy will not even tell the truth about Gatsby to her husband, which inevitably...

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