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    William Faulkner once said that in order for a work to be considered good writing, it needs to display a conflict within the heart. The three summer reading books, Jane Eyre, The Great Divorce, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all certainly present some internal conflict within major characters. Through these conflicts, the major characters have to make decisions in the books and these decisions have grand consequences. These decisions teach the readers very valuable moral lessons. Through displaying

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in Long Island, New York. Long Island is split into two districts known as the West and East Egg. Those who live in the West Egg have recently earned money. They have worked hard day and night to acquire their money, whereas those from the East Egg come from generations of wealthy families. The characteristics of those from the West Egg and East Egg are antithetical. The West Egg is home to Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby, and

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    The desire and importance of time in The Great Gatsby is that time is the main focus of the novel. For instances gatsby is trying to pick things up where they were ended in the past. He buys a house across the bay that incidentally is across from daisy's home as well. As well as the extravagant parties that he throws in hopes of daisy showing up so they can meet again. As time progresses throughout the novel characters are being revealed. Fitzgerald focus on time as a way of life instead of an element

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    It shows more than what is on the surface, that we as a society can learn even now. All from a man named Jay Gatsby, who makes these mistakes that teaches its readers important life lessons. This is why The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald should be saved rather than any other book. The Great Gatsby shows distinct themes with various life lessons, such as love is more important than materialistic possessions, not everything is what it seems, and it shows that pride derives from hardwork and dedication

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    Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, incorporates deeper meaning within the story to display the importance of dreams, goals, and most importantly, ideals in Jay Gatsby’s life. With idealism being the most prominent factor that Gatsby deals with for the duration of the story, its effects on his life, in terms of his dreams and goals, must be closely analyzed. Gatsby’s dreams and goals for his life eventually begin to resemble a utopia, in the sense that he envisions a perfect life in

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    The Great Gatsby was published during the nineteen twenties by the author Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald the author lived in the United States during this time period. In this time, the world at this time had just gone through the First World War and the economy was rising and the America was changing from a rural farm based nation to a more an urban based nation. During this time the really important events that shaped the society were the ban on Alcohol, the Great African American migration and this new

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    information can affect other people. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick displays how retaining knowledge can affect people in detrimental ways. Some knowledge he keeps delays the inevitable while some other knowledge he knows stops what could happen. This is displayed through Nick not telling people about Tom’s and Daisy’s affairs, Nick not telling people about the murder, and how everyone is deceived or lied to. In the novel The Great Gatsby, many different forms of lies and deceit

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    The selected passage from The Great Gatsby begins at the start of the book, when character development is crucial. The characters begin to foreshadow important themes and messages that the reader will quickly bypass because the importance is hidden underneath the text. The scene begins at Daisy and Tom’s dinner party, and Nick and Jordan are the guests. Nick is Daisy’s cousin, and he has just moved nearby to her from out West to a luxurious island near New York City called West Egg. Nick is working

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    students to think critically and actively engage in the texts through their own interpretations. The Great Gatsby does just that by including symbolism which allows the students to think deeply and go one step further about what they are reading. Fitzgerald offers many opportunities throughout the book to teach symbolism to high school students, to which they can support on their own. In “The Great Gatsby in the Classroom: Not Just Because It’s a classic” Prosser quotes Norris and says

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    successful in life. Fitzgerald's definition of The American Dream is being happy and having lots of money, he shows this by having the green light symbolize Gatsby's happiness with Daisy. Gatsby is also very wealthy in the book. When it comes to The Great Gatsby, status plays an important role in society and each character lives up to it. This book shows Gatsby's using status by making him the title of the book and the most well-known wealthy man in the book, shows him reaching his goals, and trying

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