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    The Great Gatsby Paper Fitzgerald's view of Jay Gatsby’s unique vision of the Twenties American Dream appears to be criticizing not the American Dream itself but the corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream is based totally on the idea that any person of any race or religion working hard in life can achieve success and happiness. The term “success” is used with the idea that the unbiased guy can win. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald examines and assesses Jay Gatsby’s vision of…

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to be a classic American novel, and is read by high schoolers all throughout America. The books commentary on the American dream during the 1920’s and how it does not bring happiness made it become very popular several years after Fitzgerald’s death. It may have good commentary on the American dream, but that may be one of its few redeeming qualities. The plot of the book is solid, but it is strung along by shallow characters that have no depth or…

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    The Great Gatsby was written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. In this novel, there are many examples of color symbolism. Colors play a big role in what is going on in the book. Sometimes it may be hard to pick out, but it is there. They can represent many different things. Yellow and gold are two of the most prominent colors in The Great Gatsby. A few symbols shown by these colors are “old” money, death, and God’s eyes. Gold represents old money by being classic. Yellow is supposed to symbolize…

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original book, The Great Gatsby introduced many characters who progressed significantly throughout the events of the story. Characters such as Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway were created by the words of Fitzgerald's, as he breathed life into the characters with his pen and parchment. Baz Luhrmann took the characters that Fitzgerald’ created and gave them new life within his film adaptations of The Great Gatsby. At its core the book and the reincarnated movie are essentially…

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    The Three Houses In Francis Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, the houses of the three main characters represent different characteristics of their dwellers. Jay Gatsby a flashy and superficial man with a one track mind. Nick Carraway a simple and observant person. Nick 's half cousin Daisy Buchanan, who lives across the water from Nick and Gatsby with her husband Tom Buchanan. The Buchanans a cold and unloving couple both seems to care about themselves more than anyone else. How…

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    Entering chapter three of Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, one will encounter the everlasting protagonist of the story, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has only been mentioned by name throughout the book, however he is revealed in chapter three and is quite different than one would think. Gatsby is notorious for throwing lavish parties and still sustaining a life of wealth, almost as if to gain reputation. Yet, Gatsby is a humble man who sticks to the sidelines at his own parties. Even the storyteller,…

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    affects how you are feeling and it could be the main component that determines your mood. We can see this take effect on the story the the Great Gatsby, about the young James Gatz transforming himself to be the well known and profound Gatsby through criminal ways to obtain the love of his life, Daisy, after leaving him for the Tom Buchanan. In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald capitalizes/exploits this universal idea to hint how the characters are feeling during the chapter using rain and the intense…

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    People who are desperate for wealth create an illusion that they can receive benefits from breaking the law. Wealth is considered having a great sum of money or valuable possessions. In The Great Gatsby and Wall Street, both of the main characters demonstrate illegal actions to get out of a poor situation and start achieving their goals. In the book The Great Gatsby, James Gatz was born into a poor life. His parents were farmers and barely making ends meet. James never believed that lifestyle…

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    Sunset Boulevard vs. The Great Gatsby What is disillusionment and why is it so significant to American literature? Well, it goes hand in hand with the American dream, which was the concept that you could achieve success and wealth in America by starting fresh. At a first glance this seems ideal. However, as many famous literary works have shown, the American dream is very different from its unfortunate reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby lets its readers into the lives of the 1920’s…

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    I. Social class The Great Gatsby talk about the story that Gatsby pursue the bigwigs, but it end up with him death. For Gatsby tragedy, the society has inescapable responsibility. In a word, the social class imply the Gatsby’s tragedy was inevitable. Gatsby was born in a poor family at the Midwestern United States, his life was very difficult in the childhood. After he suffered from the poverty, he desire to become a rich man and he also have a big ambition: he don’t want to do a ordinary…

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