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    Color creates change in the setting and the mood. The colors in The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald define the Character Jay Gatsby. The colors that are used to define Jay’s character is blue, green, gold and yellow. In The Great Gatsby blue and green show Jay Gatsby’s real character and how he is as a person. “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. (p.43)” Blue is often symbolized by depression. Jay’s house is surrounded by

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    the novel (The Great Gatsby) By F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby’s death was caused from three primary people. The most crucial person for Gatsby’s death would be George Wilson, who was prompted by two other conspirators, Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Deceit and coercion both play a role in Gatsby’s tragic death. Tom Buchanan was a very important character that helped contribute to Gatsby’s death. Tom had always had a hatred for Gatsby, especially when Daisy confided in her love to Gatsby. It was cowardly

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    The Great Gatsby, a novel ubiquitous with an attitude of luxury, delves deeply into the crumbling American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald offers commentary on the way of life for the affluent, with their needless spending and flighty attitudes, through his characters’ careless dispositions. The focus on wealth as the be-all end-all of the society further shows the corruption of the upper class, and this corruption’s morphing of the American Dream into something far less pure. The novel is not only commenting

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    by those who are drenched in wealth. Unknowingly he moved beside the great Jay Gatsby who is known for his extravagant weekend parties. We are soon introduced to Daisy, Jay Gatsby’s greatest and only love, and Nick Carraway's closest cousin. Upon arrival Nick Carraway becomes close to Jay Gatsby without knowing that Gatsby already knows his identity. Nick soon realizes that he is in the midst of a great love triangle when Gatsby and Daisy’s past relationship is revealed. The problem with the now

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    The great sacrifice for love and money.this essay is about the sacrifice these characters made for love, money and image.Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby,and George Wilson all had an influence in Gatsby's death. Daisy had her own part in Gatsby's death. In chapter 8 it explains “it passed, and he began to talk excitedly to daisy, denying everything,defending his name against accusations that had not been made,but with every word further and further into herself, so he gave that up,and only the dead dream

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    Faulty Perceptions in The Great Gatsby: Your perception of someone isn’t always true. In the summer of 1922, a man named Jay Gatsby lives in a mansion where he throws huge parties filled with people. He has spent his whole life in love with Daisy Buchanan and he believes that she has waited on him to come back from war. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows readers how false perceptions can lead to false realities. The main character, Jay Gatsby, creates a false perception

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    talking about The Great Gatsby with Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan. And now, seems to me, here is Jimmy Kimmel! Jimmy Kimmel: Welcome to Jimmy Kimmel Live and thank you for coming. Nick Carraway: Thank you for having us. It is a pleasure to be here. Jimmy Kimmel: Just to confirm here, Tom and Daisy, you guys are husband and wife correct? *Daisy about to reply. * Tom Buchanan: Correct, Daisy is my wife and we live in East Egg. Jimmy Kimmel: Nick and Gatsby, you guys are

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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an influential novel that shows the importance society puts on money and that people often lose track of themselves because their eyes are focused on money instead of happiness. The book is narrated by Nick Carraway, a man who worked on Wall street. Nick tells the story about the main character Jay Gatsby who comes from nothing, then gets involved in the illegal alcohol business and makes millions. Jay Gatsby has fallen

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    in literature. Before reading The Great Gatsby, it was just a book about a man who had great wealth and threw many extravagant parties to get the attention of a woman named Daisy Buchanan. After further analysis, I discovered there was a deeper meaning to almost everything that I had read. The whole plot of the book The Great Gatsby has an entire different meaning if you look past the surface of the book. Throughout this story you go past the surface of Jay Gatsby's life and learn about the symbolism

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that takes place during the decadent and tumultuous roaring 20s’. With a wide cast of characters and a thrilling story that ultimately ends in the titular character, Jay Gatsby’s tragic death. It begins with the midwesterner Nick Carreway moving to New York City to get into the bond business where he meets the newly rich and immensely wealthy Jay Gatsby who convinces Nick to help reignite an old flame he had with Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan

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