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    Amy Zaragoza Mr. Crook AP Language and Composition Period 1 August 29, 2014 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 180 Pages 1925 Point of View The Great Gatsby is told in first person, through the eyes of Nick Carraway. Nick Carraway is the protagonist of the novel. By having Nick Carraway as the narrator, readers get to experience what it is like to live in a wealthy, elegant world. Carraway utilized his point of view by showing readers the point

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    Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby portrays a man of wealth and class, but as the story progresses, Gatsby’s madness and unwavering love for Daisy reveal his true self. Jay Gatsby is not the man everyone believes he is, and throughout the novel, his past is questioned by not only Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan, but also his friend, Nick Carraway. Gatsby has a talent for self invention, which allows him to create a new identity from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, but this also creates a

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    may share similar experiences. This applies to the characters of Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green, who progress throughout The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams to achieve the lifestyle that they always wanted, but fall short when it comes to love. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams. Both of these stories give an insight to what life was like in the 1920s. Jay Gatsby is one of the major characters in The Great Gatsby. He came from a poor family and eventually becomes extremely wealthy

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a story about a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby and his love for a young woman named Daisy Buchanan. Jay uses everything he can to win over the heart of Daisy, Tom’s wife. While in the middle of trying to find ways to get to Daisy, Jay meets a young man named Nick. Nick is a cousin of Daisy’s and also the narrator of The Great Gatsby. Nick takes memories from the past and tries to make them live in the present and future. One of the major themes in The Great

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    My cover for the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald features the symbol which would be the green light that is mentioned in the story book. The symbol, which again is the green light, symbolizes Gatsby’s unrequited love for the beautiful and fair Daisy. Jay Gatsby likes to look up and gaze at the twinkling stars, until he saw the green light that is in Daisy’s house that is across from his own house. Gatsby does not realize this at first because he thought that the green light was a star

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    Jay Gatsby doesn’t deserve the title the great Gatsby In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, why is Jay Gatsby given the title the great Gatsby? The great Gatsby takes place in the 1920’s, in New York on Long Island, in two areas known as West and East Egg. Jay Gatsby is a self made man, he owns a mansion in West egg where he holds elaborate parties hoping that one day his love, Daisy Buchanan would attend. However slowly Gatsby's true character shines through. He is young and wealthy

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    People change and life goes on. To Jay Gatsby time is frozen still, and people remain the same. Time is an important attribute to Jay Gatsby and his life. He is stuck in the past trying to bring it into the present. According to Jay Gatsby time is the most important mortif about him. These can be observed with Gatsby trying to changing his past and not accepting the past, his desire to relive the past, and his unwillingness to believe people never change. Jay Gatsby is a good liar about his past self

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    The Inaccuracy of the Title The Great Gatsby Often times a reputation of a book comes from the title itself. F. Scott Fitzgerald titled his work The Great Gatsby which suggests that there is some aspect of Gatsby that makes him great. Some people argue that The Great Gatsby is an epic love story between Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby builds up his reputation in the hopes that Daisy will notice him. However, when Daisy does notice him and starts to spend time with him, her husband catches on and this ultimately

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    McGowan English 11A, Period 4 9 January 2014 The Great Gatsby Individuals who approach life with an optimistic mindset generally have their goals established as their main priority. Driven by ambition, they are determined to fulfill their desires; without reluctance. These strong-minded individuals refuse to be influenced by negative reinforcements, and rely on hope in order to achieve their dreams. As a man of persistence, the wealthy Jay Gatsby continuously strives to reclaim the love of his

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    The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, composed the novel, The Great Gatsby, in 1925. There are many motivations to why he composed this novel. One reason F. Scott Fitzgerald composed the novel was on account of he was impacted by a specific occasion that occurred in his life and it has changed him. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. He was named after his second cousin, whom is the author of the National Anthem, of the United States of America. He was born into

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