Fitzgerald, as a member of "the lost generation", publish his The Great Gatsby in 1925 and confirmed his status as a chronicler and poet laureate in the jazz age. ... As we know, books are the symbol of spiritual wealth, nevertheless, the fine books in Gatsby's library whose pages even hadn't been cut were just for decoration, which is very satirical. ... White is the symbol of purity and in Gatsby's eyes, Daisy "in white" is the pure goddess and his restless puisuit. ... The symbolism of the hero evidently plays a vital role throughout the story.From the legendary life of Gatsb...

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In The Great Gatsby, a theme widely explored by Fitzgerald is how class divisions that separate the wealthy from everyone else are presented. ... The wealthy elite are first presented in the first chapter of the Great Gatsby. ... This is shown in the Great Gatsby when Owl Eyes crashes the car at Gatsby's party in chapter three (p43), and how he knew "very little about driving.... Vile Bodies enhances the understanding of the Great Gatsby in this way through the satirical naming sense, suggesting that the names given in the Great Gatsby too have their own unique purposes. Indeed, i...

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In The Great Gatsby we have the protagonist Daisy Buchanan who is described as a lovely, beautiful, irresponsible, spoiled lady, who has shift to a self-fashioning female and is completely dependable on men. ... " Not married or engaged to anyone, Jordan represents the independent woman and often she is seen as an androgynous figure in The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald has created the "idea" of Daisy and Jordan who can be described as the unmarried version of Daisy. ... Additionally, Hemingway uses bullfighting as a symbol to describe Lady Ashly's destru...

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