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The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is a reflection on his life. In the book F Scott Fitzgerald is putting parts of his life in Jay Gatsby and Daisy is like his wife. Zelda Sayre. Jay Gatsby has a couple colors he is associated with with green, Yellow, Purple, and Red. The reason I associate Jay with these colors is because for green he is hopeful. He is hopeful that daisy will marry him and leave Tom. I associate him with yellow because of happiness and cowardly. He is

Has there ever been people in your life who are so self-absorbed they destroy everyone around them mentally and physically? In the historical fiction story, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, a man by the name of Jay Gatsby is in love with a married girl named, Daisy. The character Daisy Buchanan is a pretty girl in the 1920’s who is married to a rich man, Tom Buchanan. Tom Buchanan sneaks around with a mistress named, Myrtle Wilson. As you would guess the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy

Sandra Cereceres Mr. Walt Grudzinski English 102 14 December 2015 The Pursuit of Wealth The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a well-known novel written during the 1920’s that paints the tale of what the American dream meant during that time period. The novel is about a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby whose obsession to win back his former love ultimately leads to his final death. Gatsby, a man who was once poor, accumulated his fortune by the means of illegal distribution of alcohol

The Great Gatsby is a novel that shows the story of past love and how an individual changes his social class for love. Race and ethnicity is masked in The Great Gatsby which reinforces the stereotypes characters make toward others; this is essential as it creates a sense of hierarchy among individuals which allows for characters to rationalize the negative attitudes and behaviours they display. In the novel Tom Buchanan believed he was of the better race and of better class, which then reinforced

The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby, many things revolve around money. This book is about a man named Jay Gatsby who longs for a relationship with Daisy. Gatsby lives in an outrageous mansion on the water and also throws insane parties. The reason for his luxurious lifestyle is his love for Daisy. Because of this, he gets himself into sticky situations that would risk his life. Three characters who live a materialistic lifestyle and had self-destructive behaviors that eventually

The Great Gatsby is about the way societal class effects the views and perspectives of those amid these two ranks; lower and upper. Fitzgerald uses these two societal classes to express just how one in upper class would act, and how one who was in lower class worked their way up to upper class only to be taken for granted by the one person they worked their very best for. The story grasps around the idea of doing anything for love only to be betrayed and left for dead, literally. But the way it is

The Great by:Azjshai.F Gatsby Essay In The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the weather as an expression of gatsby’s emotions, which paints a bigger picture for the reader to understand what gatsby is feeling. The first appearance of weather being used as symbolism is when gatsby and daisy have a reunion at nick’s house, it’s cloudy and raining when gatsby is confused and not sure if he should talk to daisy but as soon as daisy and gatsby talk the clouds and rain go

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary work, The Great Gatsby, creates an artificial world in which the main characters desire the clout of money; where the characters, the plot, and the setting are deeply immersed in a capitalistic vow to shatter the American Dream, allowing certain socialistic aspects to emerge with regularity. This oppression of power framework can be connected to a Marxist Theory of belief through power struggles amongst characters. The main characters face oppression against one another

The Great Gatsby Essay: The Decline of the American Dream Most books are written with a direct purpose that is conveyed through the story by the author. The Great Gatsby has many purposes, and although it is disguised as a tragic love story, the main theme Fitzgerald wanted to convey is the decline of the American dream. Fitzgerald uses different rhetorical strategies to develop this topic, such as symbolism, personification and simile. Fitzgerald uses a lot of important symbols in The Great

In comparing the novel to the movie, “The Great Gatsby,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, these both took place in the city of New York during the 1920’s after World War I. Many people were in search of an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through working hard. This was called the American Dream. This novel/movie centers around the decay of the American Dream. Fitzgerald portrays this decay in many aspects which are evident in the so called, Valley of the Ashes. He uses this setting