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    oblivious to the fact that a person might not feel the same way and that ended up hurting you even more in the end. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, a story of love, hatred, lies and scandal is seen through the eyes of Nick Carraway. Jay Gatsby changed his life around and lived a wild, expensive one while blindly chasing after his true love that he believed were destined to be together so he could achieve his desire of becoming old money. However, he was wrong and his false…

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    But in many ways he did change the rap industry. Kanye worked on many different albums with huge artist before his album debut album ‘The College Dropout’ , for example he worked with Jay Z Beyonce and other.Kanye was a producer on Jay Z’s album ‘The Blueprint’ which sold over 2 million copies in the United States and top 1 in charts in 2001 (Seth). Kanye would use old classic R&B melodies into his music and form of introducing his pace of the song but changed…

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    Jay Gatsby is a master of illusion, from his own name: “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent” (Fitzgerald 98), to the very shirts he wears that are grandiose enough to bring Daisy to tears. Right from the very first meeting with Mr. Gatsby…

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    For example, Daisy fell in love with Jay Gatsby while he did not have much money, and after he was sent to war, she found a wealthy man. After she met Tom Buchanan, a filter was placed over her eyes, and all she saw was jewelry, clothes, and a huge mansion. To Daisy, whether she knows it…

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    United States of America. The American dream, the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative, has driven immigrants and citizens to achieve great things. Jay Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, lived the American dream as stated above. Chris McCandless from Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, lived out his personal dream, but not the American dream.…

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    got wind from Tom Buchanan that it was Jay Gatsby’s car, this led Wilson to be after the West Egg mansion (Fitzgerald 140 and 141). George Wilson killed not only Gatsby days later, but also himself (Fitzgerald 161 and 162). That was the end of everyone’s problem. James Gatz was to blame for his own self seeing an end because of the life he chose and the people he dedicated his life towards. This book had a dramatic ending, but it speaks for itself because Jay Gatsby had so much love for someone…

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    with regard to “The Great Gatsby”. It defines the American Dream and how it is reflected in this novel with a view on success, wealth and social mobility. This essay is divided into two parts, for giving an answer to the research question: Why is Jay Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott…

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    in the novel, The Great Gatsby, the audience has a sense of why Jay Gatsby, the main character, does certain behavior. From the point of view of Nick Carraway, the narrator in The Great Gatsby, the audience sees the different events and actions Gatsby does to win back Daisy, his true love. While the two novels, are quite different in the point of view of who is narrating, the Underground Man is more revealing of his emotions than Jay Gatsby which hurts the Underground Man. While the narrator,…

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    Due to the fact that the novel is narrated from the perspective of Nick Carraway, the reader is only exposed to his viewpoint and his opinion. Although this is true, many underlying meanings are still present for each of the characters in the novel. Jay Gatsby is seen as the protagonist and main character of the novel. He is around thirty years old, and lives in West Egg along with the narrator Nick Carraway. His focus is mainly on Daisy Buchanan, a girl who he loved from the past. He is a man…

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    view on her husband, famous rapper, Jay-Z's affair scandal. Specifically analyzing, Sandcastles, the album's eighth song, the audience is able to comprehend a forgiving theme in the midst of the story. Jay-Z committed adultery and Beyoncé choose to walk out on him, together breaking their marital promises. Proof when Jay-Z's elevator scandal was released to the public, some video footage involving Beyonce's sister, Solange, entering a physical altercation with Jay-Z presumably about him with…

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