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Jay Gatsby is a rich man of the early twenties and Holden Caulfield is a young man whose brother, Allie had died of leukemia. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In my opinion, Holden Caulfield is phonier than Jay Gatsby because Holden isn’t living a lie that he told himself and to other people, he also lies more often than Gatsby and, he has also lied about his age for many reason The fact that Gatsby lies about his life as a rich man from…

that Fitzgerald and Jay would do anything for their beloved. Some critics may argue that the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, is a common fictional character from The Great Gatsby, however, there are many examples from the novel that prove Fitzgerald mirrors his personal life through his portrayal of Gatsby. In the novel, parallels are drawn between Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby, making himself a reflection through a fictional character. As an impoverished young boy, James Gatz, known as Jay Gatsby, lived…

Green light flashes on the dock. A figure moves forward, he moves toward to the end looking out at the bay, looking across the bay, looking at the light, watching it flash on and off, on and off. Such as the character Jay Gatsby in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it’s amazing to think when looking at that light how much that light connects to his character. Just as that light was unattainable so was that person behind the light, young Daisy his long lost love. By comparison…

Jay Gatsby is usually a controversial character on whether he is defined as a tragic hero or a romantic hero. From my point of view, one thing being certain is that Gatsby is a romantic character drowning in the world of reality. Gatsby funded everything he has in the purpose of winning Daisy Buchanan, a woman in his dream. In the book The Great Gatsby, the protagonist, Gatsby, is a romantic hero in a modern era of realism since he is dominated with the pursuit of the American dream, completely…

characters, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, play roles against each other. French philosopher, Albert Camus, describes Gatsby best by saying, "I know of only one duty, that is to love" (BrainyQuote). Gatsby's quest to find love throughout this story is the catalyst for many tribulations. Daisy causes polarity between these two that is rivaled through the story. With Gatsby, being an idealist, and Tom, being a realist, opposite forces clash to create a war for the heart of a woman. Jay Gatsby was a…

2016 Jay Gatsby & the Green light We all experience loss, heartache, and sorrow, nobody wants to go through these emotional pain, but it is something you can’t avoid, it is just part of our life. The past, it is something you can’t leave behind, but sometime it is up to some to decide if it is important to hold onto or not because when someone holds onto the past they are living in the past nor are they enjoying the present. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby, the title character Jay…

and understand the reasons behind certain actions? This is the life of a man by the name, Jay Gatsby. A man whose actions caused people to view him in a negative way, and This Paper is about a man named Jay Gatsby who people saw as a rich man who only cared for himself. Throughout the paper you will come to realize that Jay Gatsby was a good man, who was just a bit misunderstood. Some people believe that Jay Gatsby was a man who cared for nothing but himself. People assumed that he was just…

Jay Gatsby and George Wilson fail to see the reality of the world around them, which inevitably leads to their tragic deaths. Gatsby’s illusion is that of romance and ambition. He spent all his post-war time creating a new persona and acquiring wealth solely to fit into Daisy’s sophisticated world of money and to gain back her love. All of his actions are strongly focused on attaining what he had in the past that he cannot face the reality that he cannot have Daisy. Even when Daisy admits that…

experiences his life through dreaming? In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, concern the life of a mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his ambitious American dream. Under the discriminative society, as ordinary people lose their direction to their American Dream in the turbulent trend, Jay Gatsby continues pursuing the satisfaction of spiritual level. However, the dream that Gatsby dreamed embodies a meretricious, unsophisticated, great…

characters, who act differently, have different values, and care about different things. Amongst these, the ones who stand out to readers are those demonstrate intense emotions, and hence act upon these passions, sometimes in an ill-advised manner. Jay Gatsby, from the novel "The Great Gatsby" is the epitome of a passionate character. His unwavering determination to grasp his dream- reuniting with his former love Daisy Fay- pushes him into some behaviour that, while questionable, we can still…