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    Rise Of The Great Gatsby

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    One occurred. Recently, we have read “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in English. The…

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    Sapphire of Push and F.Scott Fitzgerald of The Great Gatsby do a great job of depicting these breaking points of main characters Precious and Jay, one of whom seeks life and the other death. The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story focuses on the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession for Daisy…

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    In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald examines the reasons that caused Jay Gatsby to abandon his lavish lifestyle while in pursuit of the selfish, shallow and hurtful, Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald’s purpose is to prove Gatsby will do anything to get Daisy to love him. In order to present Daisy and Gatsby’s love to his readers, Fitzgerald switches between tones throughout the novel. Fitzgerald also effectively uses different styles including dialogue and imagery in order to create…

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    and Gatsby, the main focus of the novel is to bring out the concept how the American dream has got corrupted. It brings out the historical fact how the life of people in America had an unrestrained desire for money and pleasure. It tells how people left the conventional values and followed their own values to become rich. It shows the sudden rise of stock market in America after the World War I, which made the country rich and wealthy. In the novel, the ‘old money’ people like Nick and Gatsby…

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    Authors use symbolism in their stories in order to make a certain theme prominent to the reader. The use of symbolism in a story allows the reader to make assumptions about what the symbols mean, which in turn, makes the read a more interesting experience. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, was an instant success, due to the mass amount of symbolism he used. This makes the reader engage in the story more than ever before. Without the symbolism he used, the theme of the crashing…

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    Color In The Great Gatsby

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    wasn’t always green she originally was made of shining copper. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional book, The Great Gatsby this idea that color can mean many different things is frequently applied. The book itself describes a man named Nick Carraway’s experience in New York. Where he comes across a man named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is madly in love with a married woman named Daisy Buchanan, who Gatsby went every…

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    The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of Nick Carraway, who moves next door to a man by the name of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, in love with the woman he was once with, Daisy, climbed the social ladder to fame and riches in an attempt to win her back. The novel follows Gatsby’s progress to a relationship with Daisy, then his downfall when she rejects him. The Great Gatsby explores fallen dreams and the emptiness of wealth, through the display of violent actions of humans and the…

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    Colours are one of the most prominent and powerful uses of symbolism in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A wide array of colours are alluded to, continuously, throughout the novel, holding deep symbolism while being presented at face value. Characters like Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby yearn to be those whom are the elite of society, The Elect, reflected in colours. Other characters such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s socioeconomic status consistently manifests itself in the…

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel about the “Roaring Twenties” and how people wanted to achieve the “American Dream.” Fitzgerald uses many different elements to describe the destruction of the American Dream. Symbolism is used as a key element throughout the novel to add complexity and suspense, requiring the reader to decipher what is meant and put the symbolism into context. Fitzgerald’s major uses of symbolism are the green light, the Valley of Ashes, and the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg. The…

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    Error" (American). Jay Gatsby and the Buchanans come to realize that having all the money in the world does not fix everything, and isn 't necessarily all it 's cracked up to be. By having such singular, money based goals, they might be losing more than they are gaining. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses setting, character, and symbolism to demonstrate both the good and evil that comes with Achieving the American Dream. One exampe of symbolism is Gatsby 's home, which…

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