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    “The Great Gatsby” is a fictional novel that was published in 1925 and written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel takes place during the summer of 1922 and revolves around the lives of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and Tom Buchanan, living in East and West Egg. In the novel, through Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald writes on the characteristics of the Capitalists, Middle Class, and even the working class. However, there is a particular group of people in the working class Fitzgerald fails to

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    The novel The Great Gatsby is a story that takes place in the 1920’s. The story tells about Nick Carraway moving to New York and the actions that take place during his time in New York. The two main characters of the story are Nick Carraway who moved to New York and the other main character is Jay Gatsby who is Nicks new neboir and a very rich man who always has parties. The main conflict in the story is Gatsby’s long lost love who is Nick’s cousin, Daisy, reunite and her husband finds out about

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    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by a renowned American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The magnificent tale is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway and it is through his perceptions of characters that influence our thoughts of the entire story. Fitzgerald allows Nick to see both worlds and sides of conflict, as he is the moral center of the book. Even though the protagonist can be considered as an unreliable author, readers tend to agree with his sincere perceptions distinguishing between

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    The novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald's, is based off people's perception of the American dream in society. In The Great Gatsby money is the center of many of the characters lives; but they soon see that money isn't everything and it can't buy love or happiness. Fitzgerald uses distortion to make people see how twisted the “American dream had gotten”. The American dream was something that many had hoped and prayed for. The American dream was on every American's and non Americans mind to

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    The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald it talks about a man name Nick Carraway and how he meets a man name Gatsby and describes his life and how he is in love with a women name Daisy. The story takes place in East Egg and West Egg and a little bit in New York.Through the whole story Jay Gatsby tries to win daisy’s love by throwing her parties and showing her materialistic things in hopes of her leaving her husband Tom Buchanan. The story Great Gatsby it is about wealth

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    things, and proffers them prosperity in life. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald delves into the American Dream and it’s demise. Fitzgerald focuses on the character of Jay Gatsby to materialize the false image that the American Dream created in the 1920’s. Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel, and is famous for throwing massive parties regardless of the secret life that he lives. The narrator, Nick Carraway, dives into

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    In The Great Gatsby, a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is in love with Jordan Baker, George Wilson is in love with Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Regrettably, all of these women are unworthy of the love and affection bestowed upon them by these men. Throughout the course if this essay, the love between these individuals will be analysed and the reasons why these women are unworthy will be highlighted. Nick Carraway is initially introduced

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    The Great Gatsby is often referred to as the great American novel; a timeless commentary on the American Dream. A dream that defines success, power, love, social status, and recreation for the American public. It should be mentioned that this novel was published in 1925, which is a time when the American public had recently experienced some significant changes, including women’s suffrage, which had only taken place 6 years prior to the publication of this novel May of 1919. The women of this era

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    book, one such case is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; a classic novel that gives us a glimpse into the vivacious 1920s. The story begins with Nick Carraway (the narrator) explaining the backstory of his life. He lives in a fictional town on Long Island, named West Egg, across the bay from his cousin Daisy Buchanan and next to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, whom he rarely sees. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a hypocritical and arrogant man of old money. Gatsby on the other hand is an

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    The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is the major character of the novel. He is young and he is very mysterious. Because no one knows where he comes from. He loves parties and money. He was born in the name "James Gatz" but he uses Jay Gatsby instead. He fell in love to a woman named Daisy Buchanan which i'll tell next. He was so in love with her because of this he would do everything to win Daisy. Nick Carraway Nick Carraway is from Minesota and educated at Yale. He is an open minded, tolerant

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