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    However, after closely analyzing the time period, one can see that because of their success, people overestimated their capabilities and chased unattainable fantasies. Therefore, the great accomplishments people experienced were the catalysts to terrible downfalls and great failures. This process is depicted in “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway joins Jay Gatsby through a trail of lies, love, and deception. Jay Gatsby lives perfectly across the bay from Daisy Buchanan with the green light at the end of her dock leaving a reminder. In the book, it looks like Fitzgerald portrays Jay and Daisy’s relationship to be like his and Zelda’s relationship. While showing the progression through the 1920s of wealth in the different social classes and how they viewed each other. The Great Gatsby

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    “You must know Gatsby,” couldn’t be a more applicable quote to generations of high school students whose required reading it has been, than to the characters Nick Carraway and Daisy Buchanan. The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald set in 1920’s Long Island. The story is told from the perspective of Nick Carraway, a young businessman thrown into the world of a man named Gatsby. The story encompasses the distinct cultural identity of the 1920’s while also giving

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    The corruption of the American Dream is a central theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The novel takes place in New York, with fictional provinces. East Egg is inhabited by the the families who have passed down their wealth for generations, such as the Buchanans. West Egg is also inhabited by the extremely rich, but by those who have built their own fortune, such as Jay Gatsby. Those in East Egg view themselves as morally superior to those in West Egg and separate themselves from

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    In the Great Gatsby, they’re three main women you will follow throughout the story. Their names are Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle. Daisy married a rich man named Tom Buchanan but have feelings for another man named Jay Gatsby. Jordan is a single rich golf player with a bachelorette way of living and Myrtle is the mistress of Buchanan in a unhappy, poor marriags. The women in this story were the ones who all the power, the men were just the ones with all the money and lavish gifts to offer the women

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    The novel The Great Gatsby is a story that takes place in the 1920’s. The story tells about Nick Carraway moving to New York and the actions that take place during his time in New York. The two main characters of the story are Nick Carraway who moved to New York and the other main character is Jay Gatsby who is Nicks new neboir and a very rich man who always has parties. The main conflict in the story is Gatsby’s long lost love who is Nick’s cousin, Daisy, reunite and her husband finds out about

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    Great Gatsby Themes

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    The Great Gatsby is a 2013 movie based on the 1925 novel of the same name, by Scott Fitzgerald and it stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), Tobey Maguire (Nick Carraway) , and Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan). The movie is about Nick Carraway, a failed writer who became a bond salesman (a form of debt security) and how he met the titular character Gatsby. The movie deals with various ethical themes such as faithfulness, lying, and class divisions, and the dissonance of the “American dream”. The movie

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    The Great Gatsby Analysis

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    In this novel The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald takes a very interesting approach to storytelling. In particular, the events are described by a first-person narrator Nick Carraway, who primarily acts as the observer of other people’s actions, but not as the major character shaping the development of the plot. This essay is aimed at evaluating his effectiveness as a storyteller. One should discuss the positive and negative sides of Nick’s view on other characters and their behavior. Furthermore

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    In The Great Gatsby, Scott F. Fitzgerald shows that the American Dream is a belief that if you work hard and act according to American Ideals, you will be able to prosper and life a happy full, rich life through the characterization of, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896 and passed away on December 21, 1940. He published The Great Gatsby on April 10, 1925 and it was considered his best work. It was based of off the 1920’s culture and the Disillusionment

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    Gatsby is a man who hangs on to his dreams and works toward achieveing them. When he meets Daisy again after five long years, he is ecstatic beyond belief. For Gatsby, being with Daisy is his dream come true and he experiences genuine happiness at the fact that he is with her. Gastby started out as a poor soldier, and, in order to impress Daisy and earn a position in society as highly ranked as hers, Gastby went through many different occupations, and dealt in illegal business to be able to have

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