The film "The Great Gatsby- begins its story with the introduction of Nick Caraway, a native of Minnesota. ... An important character in the film is the title character and protagonist, Jay Gatsby. ... On the surface "The Great Gatsby- is a story of ill-fated love between a man and a woman. ... The ills of the characters parallel the ills of society. As a whole "The Great Gatsby- is a very strong film, but I did find one weakness. ...

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Does Fitzgerald portray Gatsby as the one who is "Great" or is Nick Carraway the true hero of the novel? ... Nick is a critical narrator, casting an unattractive view of all the major characters, except for Gatsby. ... As one critic states: "Although he is defeated, the dream gives Gatsby a dignity and a set of qualities lacking in other characters," and it is this which ************Our liking of Gatsby is encouraged by the narration of Nick Carraway. ... Fitzgerald has given him this set of characteristics to show that he's not perfect, that no one within "The Great Gatsby" is. ... ...

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What are the specific things that a character has to make them unique in a novel? ... 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). ... In The Great Gatsby, by F. ...

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Gatsby...Great? ... The greatness of Jay Gatsby was evident to others in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The novel tells a tale of upper-class members of society, of which Gatsby is, and their flaws in their character. ... Another part of Gatsby's personality, which happens to be a great flaw in his character, was the fact that he always wishes to attain what is unattainable. ...

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Written during the 1920s, The Great Gatsby accurately depicts lives of excess and false hopes during that time. The moods, tones, and themes of The Great Gatsby obviously reflect the 1920s culture in America. ... The main theme of The Great Gatsby, the moral and social decay of the 1920s, represents Fitzgerald's view of his time. ... The mood of The Great Gatsby, hot in the middle of summer, reveals something about why characters act the way they do. ... In conclusion, The Great Gatsby somewhat accurately portrays many different aspects of the 1920's. ...

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In the Great Gatsby, almost every character had a desire for something. The characters in the story were corrupted by greed. Jay Gatsby, the stories main character, is the first example of amorality. ... Tom is another key character in the story. He is married to Daisy, Gatsby's love interest. ...

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Timed Re-writing: The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the character Jay Gatsby is neither a tragic hero nor a hero at all. ... A hero would do something great that will benefit others rather than his self. ... Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker, in my opinion, is not responsible for the death of Gatsby because the two characters just happened to be present and are dragged, although by choice, to be involved with this entire tragedy. ... By having Gatsby to take responsibility for her actions, sets Gatsby up for trouble. ...

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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 two fictional peninsulas on Long Island known in the novel as east and west egg. ... This is where Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, also two main characters, live. ... The novel, The Great Gatsby is a depiction of the Jazz era. ...

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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. ... The four main characters of the story were Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. ... 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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Gatsby's Revelation When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, he used a unique writing technique. ... The protagonist in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, was revealed to the narrator, Nick, gradually throughout the course of the novel. ... The style Fitzgerald used in writing The Great Gatsby was unique and interesting, because the reader learns about things at the same time the narrator learns them. ... This way of learning about Gatsby was particularly appropriate, because of the nature of Gatsby's character and how he became that way. ...

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The Great Gatsby By F. ... The Character's in "The Great Gatsby" are very interesting. The main characters consist of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Jordan Baker, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Myrtle and George Wilson. ... Nick may not approve of Gatsby, yet he still thinks of him as great, and looks up to him. ... I really liked "The Great Gatsby"; I got caught up in it and ended up reading it in three days. ...

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"The Great Gatsby," written by F. ... Fitzgerald's careful use of diction makes every character come to life, especially Jay Gatsby. ... Gatsby was consumed by Daisy. ... Furthermore, Gatsby was a respectable man. ... Overall, Gatsby was an essential character for the story and it would not be as captivating without him. ...

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Aspects of Tragedy in The Great Gatsby Francis Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel brimming with various tragic elements: love, ambition, hope and the loss of hope, and, of course, death. ... Tragedy is most commonly defined as a "dramatic composition dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction- (Webster). Many of these defining elements can be found in The Great Gatsby. ... Does Gatsby indeed have a "flaw of character- whi...

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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. ... They are two different characters in morality and in action. ... 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 between Gatsby and Nick. ...

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Aaron Fulbright February 20, 2003 The Great Gatsby Essay An ideal life consisting of wealth, fame, and love were the essentials of the foundation of The American Dream in the 1920's. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Jay Gatsby, the novel's title character, exemplified The American Dream through his accumulation of substantial wealth, however shadowed from the public were his true means of acquiring immediate fortune. ... Gatsby's mysterious figure brings about abstract hearsay concerning his character. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgeral...

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Great Gatsby is a difficult book to interpret, particularly because of the style in which it is written. ... However, even though we know that Nick as the narrator, reflecting back on that summer, did not see the three to be honorable people, he still spent a great deal of time with them. ... When offered a job by Gatsby, Nick quickly declines: "I've got my hands full. ... However, he remains Gatsby's ally and defends him to the end, just because he admires Gatsby's "extraordinary gift for hope (Page 6)" and "romantic readiness (Page 6)." ... He revered Gatsby's optimism an...

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There are numerous characters in The Great Gatsby, many of whom are represented by different colors throughout the book. The color of each character also helps us to understand their inner motivations. As much as Jay Gatsby's "verandas are gaudy with primary colors," " (p. 40) so too are the pages of The Great Gatsby itself. ... The characters have their colored pairs: Tom Buchanan matches the power of red; Jordan Baker has yellow hair; Daisy Buchanan, as her name might indicate, has a yellow center and white on the outside, and Jay Gatsby covers himself in blue. Jay Gatsby, the titular...

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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... The American dream is different for every individual, but Jay Gatsby, the main character of the novel, believes the American dream is eternal happiness through love. ... Gatsby exploits wealth and power to reach this goal. ... The love falls between Gatsby and Daisy. ... The total power of Gatsby's obsession is understood when one of Gatsby's servants says, "Gats! ...

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The Great Gatsby's American Dream The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. ... This dream is different for different people, in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... The Great Gatsby is about what happened to the American Dream in the 1920s, a time period when the many people with newfound wealth and the need to flaunt it had ruined the dream. ... Jay Gatsby, is the one character that looks back at the past....

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On the superficial level, The Great Gatsby tells the story of a young middle class man who happens to get mixed up in the chaotic affairs of his wealthy cousin and neighbor. ... These pieces of the puzzle come even from the characters themselves when viewed merely as symbols and the setting when analyzed more closely. The character of Jay Gatsby himself is a symbol of the "American dream." ... Another symbol of great importance is the ladder dream that Gatsby has about himself and Daisy. ... This shows that Gatsby is really no better than any other of the characters are. ...

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The greatness of Jay Gatsby was evident to others in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The novel tells a tale of upper-class members of society, of which Gatsby is, and their flaws in their character. ... Another part of Gatsby's personality, which happens to be a great flaw in his character, was the fact that he always wishes to attain what is unattainable. ... This speech, as well as the other things that make Gatsby "great ", become evident throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby. ...

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And "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald is a strong contender. ... At once when one start reading "the Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald you are introduced to the decadence and carelessness of the wealthy people living on Long Island, a great setting for a novel detailing the corrupting power of money. ... Out of the rich characters in the book Jay Gatsby is the only one who hasn't been corrupted by wealth, this is because he simply doesn't care about it. ... His entire life is dedicated to change and become the character that she will love. All the characters in this book are in some way...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... Jay Gatsby, the main character of the story, is a character that longs for the past. ... Gatsby doesn't rest until his American Dream is finally fulfilled. ... Gatsby is a prime example of pursuing the American Dream....

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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... But, two unaccounted characters are Nick Caraway and George Wilson. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick is portrayed to be Gatsby's best, and only, friend. ... In the novel, Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to develop Nick Carraway as a character. ... Both of these characters experience change that is motivated by, or at least the result of, other characters in the novel. ...

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At first, the reader is introduced to Gatsby as just the talk of the crowd. ... Gatsby's illusion goes as far as that his name is not really "Gatsby". ... With the character of Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald may have mirrored his own life in the jazz age of the 1920's. ... Like Gatsby, he goes through great pains and holds jobs that he hates, such as writing short stories, in order to satisfy his love's extravagant lifestyle. ... Gatsby is a character that is brilliantly created to present a theme of the book as well as a hint toward the author's own life. ...

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