Great? Or Not So Great? ... Kenny, author of "The Great Gatsby wasn't great at all- just a cheap little crook", states, "Fitzgerad's book at first overwhelms the reader with poetic descriptions of human feelings, of landscapes, buildings, and colours. ... Scrimgeour, author of "Against the Great Gatsby", has a similar outlook on the novel; however his feelings aren't as strong as Kenny's. ... Although not every critic agrees, there's no doubt that Fitzgerald is remembered as a great American author....

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The Great Gatsby - The American DreamThe Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... This dream has varying significances for different people but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... Life is a series of imperfections that can make living really great or very unpleasant. ... Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby, through his scintillating characters and unique style.Characters in books often mirror the author's feelings towards the world around them. ... Fitzgerald is not only a consequential author bu...

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However, after finishing only a few pages of The Great Gatsby by F. ... The family later moved to Great Neck Long Island so that Fitzgerald could be nearer to Broadway. ... This was the basis for the family's move to France in 1924, where Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby. ... The Great Gatsby gives the reader a dark and pessimistic view of the lives of its characters. ... Almost every successful piece of literature has themes and lessons that the author hopes the readers will obtain. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The Roaring-twenties, characterized the 1920's in American cities such a New York and Chicago, the setting for the novel, The Great Gatsby and the movie, Chicago. ... Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, was going through a rough time when he wrote this book, which reflects who the corruption can taint your soul and beliefs and how you deal with certain facts of life. In his book, Nick Carraway is the narrator but also implies that he is the author of the book. ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay throws fantastically wild, extravagant parties for the soul purpose of meeting Daisy ...

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The Great Gatsby portrays 1920's life. The novel's author, F. ... Daisy shows a great lack of moral character when she quickly involves herself in an affair with Gatsby. ... When one purposely intrudes on or withdraws from this bond, he or she shows a great deal of disregard, not only for his or her partner, but also for the laws of society and religion. These laws came into being ages ago, and when people begin to disobey them more frequently, it shows a great decline in moral values. ...

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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. ... Eliot for "the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James, because Fitzgerald depicted the extolled grandest and most boisterous, reckless and merry-making scene" through what he knew or indirectly experienced and discovered the disillusionment that "a generation grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faith in man shaken", what's more, he depicted the postwar unprecedented boom of material re...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The young author had a habit of falling in love with rich women. ... Scott celebrated youth in his novels and that's what made them so great. ... After Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, he became acquainted with Ernest Hemingway while in Paris. ... Fitzgerald was an author of dreams, love, and extravagance. ... As two authors who influenced American literature in a great way, both were very successful in their own ways. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and he was one of the greatest American writer of the 20th century. ... He wrote many notable novels in his career, and one of them is Great Gatsby. ... He also served in the Great War. ... The Great Gatsby was a wonderful movie and a book. ... The Great Gatsby shows an example of how failure people can succeed. ...

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A great deal of the adulterous and scandalous behavior described in The Great Gatsby is reflective of F. ... The Great Gatsby, a novel written by Fitzgerald, includes many autobiographical elements of the author's life. ... Jay Gatsby, the central character created by Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby grew up admiring the rich and has a strong desire for financial success, much like the author himself. ... In his article, "BOOK AND AUTHOR: Biography of F. ... As stated in Bower's article, "Author Biography: F. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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But he wouldn't have had it any other way, for he never wanted to live to be one hundred, to have great grandchildren or quietly retire. ... "Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves, that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives, experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time that anyone else has been so caught up and pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just that way ever before. ... His parents wee poor and longed for any connect to greatness....

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While the novel is loved by almost all who read it, it is fully understood by few, for to fully understand "Gatsby- one must know its author as well. ... Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillian, he was named after his second cousin three times removed, Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangle Banner ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 1). ... Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Character Analyses- 2). ... Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Character Analyses- 2). ... Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Character Analyses- 3). ...

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He said in "One Hundred False Starts" that: "Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves-that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time that anyone else has been so caught up and pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just that way before. ... He also gave great understanding of the chaotic period in time in which everyone was surrounded by(de Koster 11). ... On the other hand, Wescott points out: "The great thing about Fitzgerald was ...

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Society as a whole, its people ad events as well as the author's living environment, play a big role in how a piece of work turns out. One great example of this is in American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald's literary works. Fitzgerald uses this form of writing in his novel, The Great Gatsby. ... He then moved to Long Island near Great Neck and Manhasset Neck, the symbolic West and East Egg. ... Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. ...

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Many authors have attempted to recreate this disillusioned period after World War I; Ernest Hemingway and F. ... Scott Fitzgerald focused on the American dream and this is apparent in his novel masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. ... Scott Fitzgerald also depicts the rebellious young adults of the roaring 20's in his novel The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy Buchanan both are having love affairs. ... In The Great Gatsby the group decides to drink and socialize at a fancy hotel with air conditioning because it is so humid outside. ...

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In fact, through the experiences of characters in The Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Great Gatsby, a steadfast hope ultimately results in an inevitable death. ... Finally, The Great Gatsby epitomizes the negatives of an unwavering hope in love rather than a mantra or belief as shown in the previous stories. ... The hope and determination of the previously mentioned characters in The Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Great Gatsby all experienced a similar, and rather morose apex of their demise. ... Although, this concept may not be entirely popula...

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The tale tells how sometimes even with great motivation dreams cannot turn into reality. ... Within a few years, Dexter acquires great wealth and gets involved as one of Judy Jones' many affairs. ... The author depicts one of these dreams by stating, "He became a golf champion and defeated Mr. ...

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The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, The Adventures of Walter Mitty by James Thurber, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain show numerous examples of this throughout their storylines. ... In addition to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald exhibits a form of lack of conformity to society as well. ... He is set off as being more practical and down-to-earth than other characters, says CliffsNotes character analysis of Nick Carraway throughout The Great Gatsby. ... One other author from Gale Virtual Reference Library, Carl M. ...

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