The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. ... I think that the movie "The Great Gatsby" is sucessful in capturing the work of the author on screen. I think the movie we watched in class does a nice job at capturing the mood of The Great Gatsby. One example of the movie showing the mood described in the book were Gatsby's partys. ... One thing that bothered me were the changes made to the movie "The Great Gatsby" from the book. ...

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How is The Great Gatsby a portrait of the times? The book Great Gatsby explains in a clear way how life was during the 1920's in America. ... In "The Great Gatsby", life is portrayed during the 20's. ... When Gatsby and Daisy first met, Gatsby was in the war and was very poor. ... Gatsby's money is what is known as "new money." ...

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Jay Gatsby, a character created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the novel The Great Gatsby, is a character whose "personality determines his fate" or future and to talk of his personality will "bankrupt the universe" because he is a debatable character. ... A great scholar once said, "action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities," (Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavad Gita As It Is). ... However in the end when Gatsby asks her to choose between Gatsby and her husband, she chooses her husband. ... In The Great Gatsby, by F. ...

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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... Gatsby exploits wealth and power to reach this goal. ... The love falls between Gatsby and Daisy. ... Fitzgerald writes, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (79) Gatsby uses his wealth to move himself closer to the American dream. ... The total power of Gatsby's obsession is understood when one of Gatsby's servants says, "Gats! ...

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The Great Gatsby is an excellent novel, which greatly depicts the roaring twenties, and what is was like during the Jazz age. The Great Gatsby was written by Scott Fitzgerald, an odd, interesting but greatly intelligent man, who wrote the popular book shortly after he married his wife Zelda. ... In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes and contrasts the difference between east and west egg, shows the separation of the upper class and provides some insight with the use of symbolism of color. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes and contrasts the two fictional p...

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Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (1925). ... Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is set in the 1920's, in Eastern America in a period well known as the "Jazz Age", during prohibition in America. ... However in his short life Gatsby was never truly happy. ... Gatsby's determination to succeed came from his love for a girl, Daisy, a girl he was not worthy of because of his financial status. ... This makes Gatsby very rich and allows him to live the extravagant lifestyle he dreamt of. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a classical masterpiece produced by Fitzgerald invoking pleasure to the audience. ... One major theme of The Great Gatsby is about making money rapidly in the Land of Opportunity, which was where it assured the fate for success in acquiring great wealth. ... The stock market made the Americans rich in a short amount of time until the Great Depression came along. ... The love from Daisy to Gatsby was long lost when she married Tom Buchanan, her other unsympathetic half. ... The Great Gatsby can be such a classical pleasurable to read due to the reason that it conveyed ...

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Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. ... Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway are the main characters in the novel. ... When Nick and Gatsby become acquainted, Gatsby tries to hide his real identity from Nick by lying to him and making him believe that he is, "the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West- all dead now. ... Nick also had his doubts about Gatsby's personal background and says," Gatsby sprang from the swamps of Louisiana or from the lower East side of New York. ... In essence, The Great Gatsby was a novel that showed the friendship be...

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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man known as Jay Gatsby is seen to some as a "great" man. ... Gatsby's "greatness" was all a lie and so was he and it is just one of many reasons why he is not the "great" person that is mentioned in the title of the novel. ... In conclusion, Gatsby's blind commitment blinds him from reality and his race to Daisy's heart included too many mistakes which leads him to his downfall, thus proving that Gatsby is not actually great. Gatsby's many flaws are reasons why he is not the great man ...

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In The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. ... The dream was embodied in the ideal of the self-made man, 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. The corruption of the American dream in the 1920's era is shown in The Great Gatsby through symbolism, materialism, and romantic dreams and hopes. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses many clear symbols to help portray the corruption of the American dream. ... Scott Fitzgerald w...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was wrote by F. ... The plot of The Great Gatsby was about Jay Gatsby's attempt to win back Daisy Buchanan now that he had attained money. ... Gatsby says it himself, "Can't repeat the past? ... In conclusion, The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's masterpiece work of literature that will always be a classic. ... The Great Gatsby was a classic of the twentieth century, and will probably be a classic for many more years to come. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a book about class, wealth, and social standing. ... Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a man of great wealth and social standing. ... Scott Fitzgerald uses in "The Great Gatsby". ... Throughout the book, "The Great Gatsby", F. ... The author used symbolism to convey the way that things should be, as far as morals, and to give light to the immoral acts that occur in the book "The Great Gatsby"....

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Scott Fitzgerald got his inspiration from Al Capone when writing The Great Gatsby. Either way, The Great Gatsby has proved to be a great American novel "with its dynamic cast of characters, rich symbolism, portrayal of the speakeasy life, and a catastrophic love triangle. ... Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin, lives next door to Gatsby and narrates the story. ... He is biased towards Gatsby and acts like his puppet at times; allowing Gatsby to use him to get closer to Daisy. ... Gatsby, however, is oblivious to Daisy's motives for caring about him again. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald illuminates "The Great Gatsby" with light, highlighting the glitz; similarly, the absence of light accentuates the grit of the novel. ... There is an interplay between light and every individual in The Great Gatsby. ... Fitzgerald thus uses light to add temporal dimension and an edge of uneasiness to The Great Gatsby. ... In a way, Fitzgerald may be compared to the great Impressionist painters, who considered light and its inconstant nature one of the key elements in an image. ... Apart from the characters, the presence or absence of light also helps to intensify the various ...

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The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald was the quintessential example of literature that displayed the corruption in the 1920s. The main quality I liked about The Great Gatsby is was the way Fitzgerald was able to take a story that seemed like a normal love story and turned it into much more. ... The book discusses a battle between "new money" being bootleggers like Gatsby and "old money" being the traditional family that Daisy comes from. ... The Great Gatsby was the first thing that came to mind when I read the assignment because it accurately portrays the spirit of the times. ... Those p...

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In "The Great Gatsby," the American Dream is not only a myth but a disgusting hoax. ... In The Great Gatsby, old money people looked down on the newly rich. ... He says this to Nick, behind Gatsby's back. Tom hates Gatsby even before Gatsby tried to take Daisy from him, because of the traditions of old money. ... In The Great Gatsby, that the American dream is not only a myth but a disgusting hoax. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, three characters show that sometimes it does, and others it does not. ... Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. ... This is seen when Tom tells George Wilson where Gatsby lives and when Daisy did not show up at Gatsby's funeral. Gatsby is also a product of the American Dream. ... As one can see, the corruption of the American Dream plays an important role in The Great Gatsby. ...

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How does Tom's behavior and Gatsby's behavior toward women reveal their values? The Great Gatsby by F. ... Gatsby had a dream, a dream of being great, of being an example for others, and having love, passion, and loyalty thrive. ... Gatsby aspired toward fame, glory, and especially Daisy's love. ... However ridiculous Gatsby's reveries were, it's unfortunate that Daisy's contentment with her existing life was Gatsby's affliction. ...

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The Great Gatsby by F. ... Fitzgerald criticizes the American Dream using multiple symbols in his book, The Great Gatsby. ... For example, the Valley of Ashes in the Great Gatsby is an appalling place between New York City and the eggs filled with poor, hopeless people who haven't been so fortunate. ... The eyes and the green light and the characters houses are all symbols that Fitzgerald uses to critique the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick was the American Fool. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald used the imagery of colours in his book The Great Gatsby. ... When Gatsby entertains this wealthy class, the orchestra plays "yellow cocktail music". ... The most important symbol, however, is Gatsby's car. ... Fitzgerald used green most frequently to symbolize Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan. ... In The Great Gatsby, colors are employed throughout the pages to convey impressionistic, but important, images to the reader. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, one ideology critiqued is the American Dream. ... The settings are symbolic of the great divide between rich and poor. ... After the tragic death of his wife, George falls victim to his emotions and kills Gatsby. ... The green light at the end of Daisy's dock is shown as a beacon of hope to Gatsby. ... However, the colour green represents wealth - and this shows how Daisy is not only someone Gatsby loves, but someone who is a symbol of wealth to Gatsby. ...

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The Setting in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. ... "It took me (Gatsby) just three years to earn the money that bought it ( his mansion) " Gatsby's mind evolves around the American Dream , he thinks that with money , he could buy back loss time and love between Daisy and him , even though their relationship has ended five years ago and Daisy is now married with a child. " "Can't repeat the past" he (Gatsby) cried incredulously ."Why of course you can ." " We can understand Gatsby's personality by looking at his house and the parties he throws . ... "I've never see...

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I have just recently picked up The Great Gatsby again from the liberty and decided to read what's called the " greatest American literature". ... Scott Fitzgerald said that shortly after he wrote The Great Gatsby. To me, Gatsby's deception of himself is a tragedy in the novel. ... Ironically, Daisy does not appreciate what Gatsby has done and he ends up in tragedy. ... Gatsby is being fabricated and dishonest; therefore, his deception is certainly a tragedy in the book. ...

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The Great Gatsby The Corruption Of The American Dream "The Great Gatsby" is a novel written by F. ... I am going to show how effective Fitzgerald is at portraying the materialism in the American society throughout his novel "The great Gatsby". ... The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s "The Jazz Age", in the very rich areas of West and East Egg- these two adjacent egg shaped land formations, contrast each other. ... Gatsby tells Daisy to leave Tom for him, she makes Gatsby believe she will but she has no intention of doing so. This is tragic for Gatsby and his Dream. ...

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The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Over the years, Gatsby imagines Daisy as the perfect girl that he once knew before the war. ... Although Gatsby refuses to relinquish his obsessive dream of Daisy as the ideal girl, events throughout the novel portray to everyone except an oblivious Gatsby that Daisy possesses a true nature of raw carelessness. ... Despite Gatsby's unwavering love for her, she continues play with his feelings. ... Osborn 3 Fitzgerald intentionally does not include a single respectable female character within The Great Gatsby. ...

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