The book "The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald depicts the icon of wealth, happiness, social acceptance, women, politics as well as economics. ... Women in the jazz age were a mirror image of the characters of the Great Gatsby. ... This line is describing the hairstyle of the time which was kept short and masculine than having long hair past the shoulder. ... Not only does the Great Gatsby capture the view of women during the Jazz Age but also the commercial growth and society. ... Although The Great Gatsby is fiction, it provides readers with the veracity of how the other side live...

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The film "The Great Gatsby- begins its story with the introduction of Nick Caraway, a native of Minnesota. ... A short time later, Tom begins to grow suspicious of his Daisy and Gatsby's relationship. ... On the surface "The Great Gatsby- is a story of ill-fated love between a man and a woman. ... The recklessness that led to parties and wild jazz music "represented in "The Great Gatsby- by the parties that Gatsby throws every Saturday night "resulted ultimately in the corruption of the American dream. ... As a whole "The Great Gatsby- is a very strong film, but I did find on...

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Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (1925). ... Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is set in the 1920's, in Eastern America in a period well known as the "Jazz Age", during prohibition in America. ... He started out from a very poor mid-western background and worked hard to become nothing short of a millionaire. ... However in his short life Gatsby was never truly happy. ... This makes Gatsby very rich and allows him to live the extravagant lifestyle he dreamt of. ...

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This is the same case for the movie The Great Gatsby. ... Even from the first meet, the director is already portraying his own secretive "Great Gatsby."" ... It is a fundamental element that the director creates himself to give the audience a picture of Gatsby's profound love till death, another image of Gatsby that the director uses for his "Great Gatsby."" ... He appears in a short scene at Gatsby's party; other than that, he is nowhere to be seen in the library or at the funeral. ... Therefore, although The Great Gatsby movie originated from a novel, the movie has its own "Gr...

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The central conflict in "The Great Gatsby," (announced by Nick in the fourth paragraph of the book), is the conflict between Gatsby's dream and the reality that "the foul dust which floats in the wake of his dreams." Gatsby, Nick tells us, "turned out all right in the end"; the dreamer remains as pure, as inviolable, at bottom, as his dream of a greatness, an attainment "commensurate to man's capacity for wonder." ... Gatsby, Nick tells us, is "like an ecstatic patron of recurrent light." ... The light-dark symbolism is employed with great care. ... They were both in white, and ...

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In "The Great Gatsby", a novel written by Scott F. ... Gatsby believed in The Great American Dream in which individuals achieve their dreams with effort and determination. ... Gatsby pursued his vision with great intensity; the end of the novel recognized him as an admirable character. ... Gatsby was referred to as being great for reasons beyond his financial wealth. ... The loss of the fight does not, however serve to make Gatsby the great hero; it bears no relevance to his greatness. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a classical masterpiece produced by Fitzgerald invoking pleasure to the audience. ... One major theme of The Great Gatsby is about making money rapidly in the Land of Opportunity, which was where it assured the fate for success in acquiring great wealth. ... The stock market made the Americans rich in a short amount of time until the Great Depression came along. ... The love from Daisy to Gatsby was long lost when she married Tom Buchanan, her other unsympathetic half. ... The Great Gatsby can be such a classical pleasurable to read due to the reason that it conveyed ...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was wrote by F. ... Paul Academy, the Newman School, and had attended Princeton for a short while. ... The plot of The Great Gatsby was about Jay Gatsby's attempt to win back Daisy Buchanan now that he had attained money. ... 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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The great Gatsby Vs. ... One of his most famous novels was The Great Gatsby. ... Within the short story Winter Dreams, by Fitzgerald, there were many of the same themes as that in The Great Gatsby such as infidelity as well as similarities between the characters. ... Both The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams differ in part because of the way each ends. At the end of The Great Gatsby an unsuspected killer kills Gatsby. ...

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The Great Gatsby is a famous book that was written by F. ... The Great Gatsby can be considered a modern tragedy.* In the story, Gatsby is constantly pining over Daisy, everything is about her, and he never seems to realize that time has past and she has moved on. Gatsby fit's the role of the tragic protagonist almost perfectly. ... " Gatsby turned out alright in the end; it is what preyed upon Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short winded elations of men." ... Gatsby replies, ""Can'...

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The novel The Great Gatsby written in 1925 by F. ... Despite her marriage to Tom, Daisy showed great interest in Gatsby when she learned he lived nearby. ... Nick, Jordan and Gatsby planned for Daisy to see Gatsby again. ... There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. ... The Great Gatsby is a prime example of Fitzgerald's belief that the American Dream is corrupt and unattainable. ...

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Fitzgerald exhibits the moral deterioration, the desire to obtain the "American Dream", and how American ideals are different with the actual social conditions that exist in society, through Nick Caraway's eyes in the novel The Great Gatsby. ... Instead, her life was cut short by the world she wanted to be apart of. Gatsby, the mysterious neighbor and gentleman, turns out to be nothing more then a love crazed suitor of Daisy's. ... Gatsby fought to fit himself into another social group, the one of "old money", and made his fate rest upon it. Gatsby obtained the riches and admira...

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The Great Gatsby by F. ... Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand." ... Gatsby had a dream, a dream of being great, of being an example for others, and having love, passion, and loyalty thrive. ... Gatsby aspired toward fame, glory, and especially Daisy's love. ... However ridiculous Gatsby's reveries were, it's unfortunate that Daisy's contentment with her existing life was Gatsby's affliction. ...

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In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Daisy Buchanan was offered a life of satisfaction and love by Gatsby's standard. ... Gatsby lived a pathetic life trying to please a woman that could not and would not be satisfied. ... After returning from the war and a short stay at Oxford, he began operating drug stores. ... In The Great Gatsby, by F. ...

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In Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, symbolism sets up the reader to fully understand the plot and character's actions in the story. ... Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her " (93). When Gatsby and Daisy are finally together, Gatsby's ambition vanishes. ... By following the reappearance of the green light throughout the novel, one might conclude that this particular light directly parallels their relationship and guides the reader to grasp the entirety of The Great Gatsby. This reoccurring anchor...

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This usually leads to great unhappiness and regret later in life. Through his characterization in The Great Gatsby, F. ... However, Daisy falls short of Gatsby's ideals. ... Through his characterization of The Great Gatsby, F. ... It is wrong of the characters of The Great Gatsby to strive for wealth in the place of love. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby," some dreams are innately unattainable. Gatsby's dream, unfortunately, is the latter. ... Gatsby is a man with great audacity and determination. ... He claims, "No- Gatsby turned out alright at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men." ... Gatsby never truly possesses Daisy. ...

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Jay Gatsby was a very mysterious man, with a very mysterious past. He is young, about 27 or 28, with tan skin, drawn tight over his face, short groomed hair, which looks like it is cut every day, and very handsome. ... This is a turning point in Gatsby's personality in this stage of the novel. Gatsby turns from quiet and reserved, to needy and desperate Gatsby's longing to see Daisy started in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was originally from, not San Fancisco. ... The Gatsby nobody knew, was all of the sudden being exposed. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby' appears to be just another novel about post world war one America, but viewing it as such would only be scratching the surface of a much deeper, darker and depressing story. ... Gatsby and Daisy could be said to have an unhealthy relationship since Gatsby only had a short relationship with her, a relationship she soon got over, though he never did. ... Society The cast of 'The Great Gatsby' live in the jazz era of 1920's America which was a rather carefree era which is evident with all the lavish and wasteful and over the t...

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The Great Gatsby The year is 1922, the setting Long Island, New York. At West Egg live Jay Gatsby and his neighbor Nick Carraway; Gatsby in a elegant mansion, Nick in a small cramped cottage. ... For a short time Gatsby and Daisy share a happiness neither has known for a long time. ... The Great Gatsby is a true American classic. ... The Great Gatsby represents the dwindling of " the American Dream" and offers an alternative to it. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, the character of Jay Gatsby ignores this fundamental rule of human existence, choosing to live in a world of the past, created by his own memories, and avoid the changes of the present even as they cause his own demise. ... There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion." When Gatsby is finally able to make his dream a reality, it falls short of his expectations and all of his planning and the fantasy of his relationship begins to decay, "...and the i...

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"(50), Owl Eyes insists that Gatsby's house is one big fake to impress people. ... 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". By developing Gatsby slowly throughout the book, Fitzgerald has allowed the reader experience first hand how Gatsby's appearance in the book is all an act to cover up his true identity. ... 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 lifestyl...

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In The Great Gatsby F. ... Another female character in The Great Gatsby is Myrtle. ... She has no self respect, and chooses to be used and treated horribly, as Fitzgerald describes: "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (Fitzgerald, 1926 p. 39) Myrtle is a typical representative of a woman of the lower class of society of the 1920's. ... A feminist reading of The Great Gatsby reveals many issues existed in the society towards women in the 1920's. ... A close reading of The Great Gatsby would also reveal that not all women wanted ...

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Nick's role as observer and participant In the novel "The Great Gatsby", Nick is a narrator but also an active participant in the story. ... "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchannan broke Myrtle's nose with his opeh hand".... (pg. 117) Nick just restates what he has been told by Gatsby earlier. ... (p.172) Nick also tries to find some of Gatsby's family and friends. ... He makes a comment about Gatsby's party. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, sums up the American Dream of the 1920's. ... Gatsby's legal name was James Gatz. ... His American Dream was to become Jay Gatsby. ... After the war, Gatsby wanted to go home. ... When Gatsby returned to the states, he took a short-cut. ...

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