The Great Gatsby Report

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During the Roaring twenties, social class was an important aspect of society. All different classes were for the most part separated by where people lived. In other words, by no means would anyone from a lower class be caught in an uptown setting. There are a variety of characters in the novel that come from different economic backgrounds. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully uses location to differentiate social status amongst his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide them.   Each character helps represent and support the differences of social class and the four main locations, The East Egg, the West Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York City.

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At the onset of this book, the reader is introduced to the narrator, Nick Carraway, who relates the past happenings that construct the story of Jay Gatsby and Nick during the summer of 1922. After fighting in World War I, or the Great War as Nick called it, Nick left his prominent family in the West of America for the North where he intended to learn the bond business. Nick was originally supposed to share a house in West Egg near New York City with an associate of his, but the man backed out and so Nick lived with only a Finnish cook. Right next door, Gatsby lived in a glorious mansion with expansive gardens and a marble swimming pool, among other luxuries. Yet Nick did not even hear about Gatsby until he went to visit his

After reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” you seem to find an understanding of the American Dream Jay Gatsby was chasing after, and at the end of the book, we seem to find out the consequences Gatsby faced for going after the American Dream.

In a time when virtually everything was fraudulent and scandal was ubiquitous, Jay Gatsby and many other men alike thrived off of their surrounding social structure. These men made it to the preeminent social hierarchy through dubious, at minimum, routes. Organized crime, such as bootlegging and fixings, were monumental to these men’s financial succession to the peak of the mountain. When Nick asks Gatsby how Meyer Wolfsheim managed to fix the 1919 World Series, he promptly responds, “He just saw the opportunity” (Fitzgerald 73). During this time, people saw opportunities to enhance their immediate situations, dealing with repercussions subsequently.

Fitzgerald is an eye-catching author but why? His childhood was an adventure no one else can take you on. Not to mention Mr. Fitzgerald lived in the roaring 1920’s, he, lived amongst the flappers, the rich, and the jazz age. Mr. Fitzgerald is an author, but not just any author. He was the author who created the great book known as The Great Gatsby.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."" The Great Gatsby". "God! Banish the thought. Why don’t you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody." "This Side of Paradise". "Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life." "The Beautiful and Damned". These are only some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels. Throughout his life he experienced the American Dream and failure in life.

Mady Henry Mr. Goar Honors English 8 February 2016 Modernism in The Great Gatsby While both history and literature effect society, literature affects history in many ways. The novel, The Great Gatsby written in the 1920s by F. Scott Fitzgerald popularized feminism, racism, prohibition, and even entertainment. Modernism in the 1920s popularized greatly throughout society and shaped the way society is today. “1900 was an age full of new technologies and discoveries and inventions. Technologies in this time, created a more fast paced daily life of the people”.

The most unpredictable thing on this planet is a human being. No matter how much a person may think they know another, they don't. The human mind is very complex, composite and cogent. However, I am not a very complicated person to understand. As humans, we are all divine actuality, but we are simular in more ways than we think. I have always been concerned about the outcome of my future. Moreover, this year my English Honors class read The Great Gatsby and that book made me stress about my future more than ever. Instigated by our society, we crave acceptance, love and triumph. Nevertheless, the journey to achieve each standard is strenuous. My goal has never changed. It has always been to be successful. However, just like anyone else my age, I don't know how move towards prosperity, or what it really

He had finished with his business in Anchorage, so he decided to catch a plane back to Portland a few days early. He was going to surprise Natalie. Take her out to an early dinner; Champagne and candlelight, back to their place for a night of love making, slip the ring into her breakfast and ask her to be his forever.

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922 New York City with the arrival of Nick Carraway, a young man from the midwest who came to the east to learn the bond business. The book was first published by Scribner’s Publishing in 1925. It was so very poorly in its first year. Fitzgerald died in 1940 believing that to be a failure and his work to be forgotten.

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The article I read was about marijuana legalization, and whether or not it should be legal in all states, and why it isn’t yet. It also explains how much the support for Marijuana legalization has skyrocketed in the past twenty years. The purpose that the article served, was to inform us, by using charts and showing the support for Marijuana legalization, in different groups. The first chart shows a general opinion on Marijuana legalization. The second shows support of legalization by political views which is liberals, moderates, and conservatives, followed by a survey of age groups and a body related issues group.

The United States makes up five percent of the world’s population, yet makes up twenty-five percent of the world’s incarceration rate. The United States has a large and long history of incarceration that far passes many other countries. This large history has resulted in negatives effect on many americans today resulting in it being a hot topic in this year's election. Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump it is obvious more than ever that american citizens do not care about who you are or about your political attributes, but they are more concerned with what you stand for and what issues you consider to be a priority. In this election where a perspective on an important issue like abortion, Black Lives Matter and