Exploring the theme of "appearance vs. reality" 18/4/03 in "The Great Gatsby" In "The Great Gatsby", the theme of "appearance vs. reality" is explored in great detail. ... He even compares her to money when he says, "Her voice is full of money" (The Great Gatsby 115). ... It appeared that your background, education or race did not matter, and as long as you worked hard, you will become a successful first class citizen. ... To summarize the main arguments in this essay, the appearances and the realities of Gatsby's and ...

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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. ... "...

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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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On September 24, 1896, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born into a middle class family in St. ... They were often about a poor man trying to win the heart of a rich girl. ... After Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, he became acquainted with Ernest Hemingway while in Paris. ... Mainly he wrote about sports since he was an avid hunter and sportsman himself. ... In fact, there are now competitions to award who can best imitate his writing style (Critical Essay Hemingway). ...

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