The Great Gatsby portrays 1920's life. ... Throughout the novel, moral decadence, frequent exploitation, and the unobtainable American Dream represent significant themes in understanding various interpretations of The Great Gatsby's storyline. ... Daisy shows a great lack of moral character when she quickly involves herself in an affair with Gatsby. ... When Gatsby dies, only Nick, one of Gatsby's guests, a few of his servants, and Gatsby's father attend the funeral (Fitzgerald 182-183). ... In conclusion, moral decadence, frequent exploitation, and the unobtainable Am...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby have many things in common. ... Gatsby, however, is not as ruthless as Tom is. ... Tom is selfish while Gatsby is selfless. ... In The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are portrayed as totally different people, but they do share many of the same characteristics. ... It's unfair, just like Gatsby's situation. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald uses the technique of conflicting, but somewhat similar characters in The Great Gatsby in order to demonstrate how pursuing one's desires can lead to both destruction and growth. ... As the title infers, Jay Gatsby is nothing short of great. ... Both Tom and Gatsby are motivated by a woman, whether it is Daisy and Myrtle for Tom or just Daisy for Gatsby. ... Although Gatsby and Tom are very much alike, Tom is a much more outwardly violent and aggressive man than Gatsby, making him much like a vision of Gatsby's evil alter ego. ... If placed in correct order, these o...

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The Great Gatsby Group Pressure on the Individual: An individual has many pressures put on him/her from society. ... When Gatsby had shown his face at the table. ... Nick starts to believe what Gatsby is saying after Gatsby presents a medal and pictures from his Oxford days. Then Jordan explains to Nick how Gatsby and Daisy together. ... Then Daisy heard Gatsby's name for the first time in four years. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the American Dream and the "foul dust" or the carelessness of a society that floats in the wake of this dream. ... 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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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby perfectly illuminates the American life of the Jazz Age. It stoof the test of time and has earned the distinction as one of the truly great American novels. ... The Great Gatsby delineates the diverse elements of high society during the Jazz Age through the following representative characters: Jay Gatsby as the nouveau riche, Tom Buchanan as the old money, and Jordan Baker as the reckless, detached modern woman. ... "In many ways, The Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald's attempt to confront his conflicting feelings about the Ja...

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The Great Gatsby The 1920s was a time in American History where the white-collar men and the socially elite lived a life laced with luxury. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel the Great Gatsby, morality played a huge factor in how the reader views the people of the 1920s. ... Gatsby's dream was not that of money and power actually. ... Even though the characters in the Great Gatsby, and man! ... Gatsby seemed determined to show off his wealth. ...

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In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. ... Gatsby. ... Money, or rather the initial absence of it has shaped Gatsby's life. ... Fitzgerald shows the reader what makes Gatsby so different from the rest of the characters - Gatsby did not become rich out of self-love, but to get the woman he loves. Jay Gatsby has a soul. ...

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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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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the American Dream and the "foul dust" or the carelessness of a society that floats in the wake of this dream. ... 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 Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the American Dream and the "foul dust" or the carelessness of a society that floats in the wake of this dream. ... 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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Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby show both similarities and differences throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Gatsby uses Nick Carraway to get to Daisy. As soon as Gatsby comes to know that Daisy and Nick are cousins, Nick receives an invitation in the mail from Jay Gatsby. ... Gatsby is willing to go to desperate lengths to reach Nick through his friend Jordan to persuade him to do Gatsby a favour and have tea at his house. ... Daisy adores the attention Gatsby gives her, but love is quickly overcome by wealth when she finds out more about Gatsby. ...

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The two novels, The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye, have two characters who are very similar but at the same time, different from each other. Tom Buchanan can be considered one of the antagonists in The Great Gatsby, and can be compared to the character of Stradlater from The Catcher in the Rye. ... Their relation makes one of The Great Gatsby's themes extremely evident, which is the falsity and hollowness of the wealthy class in the 1920's. ... This relationship between Tom and Stradlater makes The Great Gatsby's theme even clearer. ... Stradlater, from the Catcher in ...

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In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Materialism is also seen in Gatsby and other Neauveaux riche characters, such as Meyer Wolfsheim. ... Gatsby hesitated, then added cooly: "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919." "(78). ... No matter how much she may love Gatsby, she will not leave Tom because he has money and LOTS of it. ... Even Gatsby, the character we, the readers, are supposed to like the best, is materialistic. ...

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CENTRAL IDEAS IN THE GREAT GATSBY. ... CENTRAL IDEAS IN THE GREAT GATSBY. ... (p.24.) 4) HOW DOES GATSBY PERSONIFY THE DREAM? ... "No-Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams." Gatsby is destroyed by Tom: " "Jay Gatsby" had broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice." ...

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