Scott Fitzgerald states this quotation through Nick Carraway's narration in The Great Gatsby. ... Fitzgerald's use of individual speech patterns that define the characters in his novel aids in furthering the renowned characterization in The Great Gatsby. ... Gatsby uses his catchphrase the very first time he meets Nick, "I thought you knew, old sport. ... Like Gatsby, Daisy's speech is specific to the wealthy of New York. ... These clandestine speech mannerisms characterize Daisy An emphasis on the use of speech patterns and mannerisms of the characters in the Great G...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These issues such as consumerism, corruption, cynicism, and social class divisions were brought to light by the characters and actions in The Great Gatsby, through Fitzgerald's depiction of the 1920's as an era of deteriorated social and moral values as well as the American dream and its demise. ... Consumerism, excessive material wealth, and cynicism is portrayed in The Great Gatsby through the obsession with material purchases, the enormous homes on long island, extravagant cars, and lavish parties. ... The lavish parties, jazz music, and nightclub culture shown in The Great Gatsb...

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For those settlers who were not so religiously inclined, America was still a fairyland, a land of great possibilities. ... In a way The Great Gatsby" is also a comment on this condition. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel about what happened to the American dream in the 1920s, a period when the old values that gave substance to the dream had been corrupted by the vulgar pursuit of wealth. ... Gatsby must have his enormous mansion before he can feel confident enough to try to win Daisy. What Fitzgerald seems to be criticising in The Great Gatsby is not the American Dream itself but the corr...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate