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. ... In the novel, immense wealth provides many of the characters with material items. ... In conclusion, moral decadence, frequent exploitation, and the unobtainable American Dream represent significant themes in understanding variou...

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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. ... This quasi-evil includes all characters in this story, including Gatsby himself. ... If placed in correct order, these observations show a culmination of his understanding of Gatsby, and the growth of his sensitivity of Gatsby's greatness. Nick is really the only character that understands Gatsby and his situation. ...

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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. ... The characters and the people of the 1920s were willing to do anything they needed, whether it was consciously or subconsciously, to achieve their dream, however it was especially notable in the character of Jay Gatsby. ... Even though the characters in the Great Gatsby, and man! ... Gatsby was unlike many of the other...

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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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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby perfectly illuminates the American life of the Jazz Age. ... 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. ... Also, the way he came about his millions is somewhat less admirable- "although Gatsby seems very kind, he is not afraid to be unscrupulous to get what he wants" ("Character" n. pag.). ... Within the character of Jay Gatsby...

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In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. ... By creating this setting Fitzgerald is trying to make the reader understand that a character like Gatsby needs a certain environment to exist. ... Gatsby. ... It is interesting that Gatsby is the only character who is although very rich, is not depicted as a bad person. ... 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. ...

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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. ... Perceptions: the characters that thought that being an oxford man is important were; Nick, Tom Buchanan, daisy Buchanan and , Jordan Baker. ... Characters" Characteristics: Gatsby: "Old Sport" I chose that saying because he always said that phrase. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby have many things in common. ... These two characters also symbolize the corruption of the American Dream in the novel. ... 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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This is probably the best essay about the American Dream/Great Gatsby. ... The true meaning of the American Dream is lost by the characters in The Great Gatsby, and leads them to the downfall of their life trying to obtain it's illusionary goals. For Jay, in The Great Gatsby, the interpretation of the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... Characters, including his close friend Nick, do not see why Gatsby is chasing the past. ... As was shown in The Great Gatsby, the characters always wanted more of something, no matter what it was or what...

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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 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 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). ... For example, Tom Buchanan, easily the most materialistic and empty character in the entire book, reached his developmental "peak" while in college. ... Even Gatsby, the character we, the readers, are supposed to like the best, is materialistic. ...

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