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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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 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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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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In The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Gatsby house could represent the American Dream that he wished to obtain, but failed to do so. Gatsby set out to reinvent himself so he got the money, cars, clothes, and the house, and all for what? For Daisy who he wanted nothing more to be with him, but in order to get Daisy Gatsby had to change who he really was. Fitzgerald demonstrates in The Great Gatsby that money is valued over things like marriage, children, family, and love. ...

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We see all three of these aspects perfectly portrayed in The Great Gatsby, a novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In this novel, the main character Jay Gatsby is shot by George Wilson. ... This set up Gatsby as the target to Wilson's revenge. Daisy's husband, Tom Buchannan, also partook in Jay Gatsby's murder. ... Although there were many other characters who contributed to Gatsby's death, the one who got himself into this whole mess was Gatsby himself. ...

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"The Great Gatsby" is a novel that explores the dynamics of life within various social classes in the 1920s. ... The biggest inspiration for the writing of The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's relationship with a woman named Zelda. ... This decisive period of time in Fitzgerald's life, where he is forced to evaluate the value of Zelda's love, is mimicked within The Great Gatsby by two of the main characters, Daisy and Gatsby. ... Throughout the multiple themes for Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Daisy is used to emphasize the common theme of disillusionment throughout American...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. ... In the Great Gatsby the monochromatic world, known as the "Valley of Ashes," is really a symbol of both a wasted land and exhausted people of an industrial society. ...

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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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