However, the underlying message and themes that Wright includes in the novel are more difficult to comprehend. ... In comparing The Great Gatsby to Native Son, both Gatsby and Bigger must do something spectacular to excel beyond other's expectations. ... A second similarity of themes between Sartre's work and Native Son is when Bigger murders Mary. Throughout his life, Bigger has felt that his actions have reflected on other's expectations. When Bigger murders Mary, those expectations have been surpassed. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby are two prestigious novels that have made a tremendous impact on the literary world. ... The different time spans between these two novels prove that as time changes, so do the moral standards of the world and expectations of the people. ... For example, a constant theme in both novels is the propensity of man to lie and cheat to hide their own iniquities. ... Furthermore, if The Great Gatsby were to be written in second person many changes would occur. ... The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby are two well written novels t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some may have higher expectations than others, but no matter how high they, each and every person must take a step at a time in order to accomplish their dream. "The Great Gatsby", a novel by F. ... "The Great Gatsby" is being told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin, who moves into New York City making a living while selling bonds. ... "Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy of bay, just out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere, the great barnyard of Long Island Sound" (F...

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• Grade Level: High School

Exploring the theme of "appearance vs. reality" 18/4/03 in "The Great Gatsby" In "The Great Gatsby", the theme of "appearance vs. reality" is explored in great detail. ... He even compares her to money when he says, "Her voice is full of money" (The Great Gatsby 115). ... Finally, the American dream, which appeared to be that America, represented a land of promise and great expectations to the Americans. ... Thus, the theme of "appearance vs. reality" is one of the most important themes explored in this novel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The Great Gatsby by F. ... As a man with his values in the wrong order, Gatsby struggles to see his dream through and ends up being emotionally distraught because of his extreme expectations for life. With this in mind, one may see an aspiration as an impossible feat, while others the same aspiration as a great opportunity. ... As a main theme of the novel Gatsby's relationship with Daisy Buchanan plays an important role in showing Gatsby's excessive ignorance. ... His high and implausible expectations for the way he should live drove him off the deep end. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... 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 incarnation was complete" as Nick again comments. ... The interwoven themes of Gatsby's troubled character and the omnipresent influence of time on our lives leaves the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Common themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, James Thurber's short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and F. ... In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, protagonist Jay Gatsby assumes an alias and conceals his past in order to attain opulence, resulting in the equivocation of his identity. ... As per expected, when Judy falls short of expectations Dexter's fragile identity buckles: For the first time in years the tears were streaming down his face. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School