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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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    The mystery of Jay Gatsby is the only thing that keep me intrigued at times where the long-winded descriptions and adjectives became a bit too much for me. I did not get the concept of the book at first because I thought everything from the beginning to the end would be told from Jay Gatsby's point of view. No one seemed to know anything factual about this man, yet everyone knew of him because of his wealth and lavish parties. I was surprised at how low key the book or rather the author introduced

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    The Great Gatsby Is James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby truly great? Jay Gatz is born in North Dakota to a poor farming family. Jay Gatsby decides to leave the family to find his own adventure, hopefully living better than the rest of his family. Jay Gatsby goes into Lake Superior in a really bad storm to try and save Dan Cody, and that is when James Gatz decides to change his name to Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby starts all kinds of adventures throughout his life, including going to war. When Gatsby is

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    The life of jay-z/Shawn carter Do know about Shawn Carter's life . Well I’m going to let you know that is very interesting . Although all rappers seem to be the same jay-z is different from other rappers . Because he had a fall out with his brother then he went on to marry Beyonce Knowles and have two kids . The first thing I am going to tell you about JAY-Z is that he was in an argument with his brother . The argument got worse through the night and Jay-Z Went one to shoot his brother

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    Who is Jay Gatsby? Jay Gatsby is a person whose false love, materialism, and egotism led him to the tragic end. In the four adaptions there are different Jay Gatsby, and they all have the same motive but different approaches. A serious character with many flaws and they reveal his true character over time. Some people many say that Jay Gatsby has some issues with his Identity, wheras he is just trying to become a Man of wealth for daisy. Jay Gatsby surrounds himself with the most expensive things

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    In our novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby has been a very suave, clean cut character but he is also very inscrutable. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes Gatsby when Nick meets him at a party in this excerpt: “His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day” (44). The unfulfilled character, Jay Gatsby, is described as a handsome, spiffy, and a perfectionist. Gatsby has shown to be a man who’s perfected appearance has dazzled the residents

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    The 47-year old star Jay-Z, has won 21 awards for his rapping so far. These accomplishments were not a piece of cake to achieve. He is so prosperous as a result of the obstacles he faced throughout his childhood, career takeoff, and later years; not to mention he still faces many challenges even now, during his present years. Rapper Shawn Corey Carter ( stage name Jay-Z ) was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 4 1969. He went through a harsh time while growing up. “His father, Adnes Reeves left

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    Anthony Bradt Mr. Passudetti English 11 AP Period 5 17 October 2014 Jay Gatsby’s Fantasy World in The Great Gatsby Throughout the entire novel, Jay Gatsby always seems to hold Daisy in the highest regard as if there could never be anything wrong with her. As the reader discovers throughout the novel, this is not the case. Daisy does have many flaws which to the reader are very obvious, but to Gatsby they are simply dismissed as a figment of his imagination. This illusion Gatsby has carries on to

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    Jay Gatsby and the American Dream The Great Gatsby is a very famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that goes back to the 1920’s. The book is narrated by a man who actually witnessed the events and took part in these events, and his name is Nick Carraway. Through his narration, we learn about a man whose real man is James Gatz, but he goes by the name Jay Gatsby. He continuously calls people “old sport.” (Fitzgerald, 161) He lives in a mansion on West Egg near where Nick lives. He was raised on a

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    end of the Revolutionary War brought about new ideas, freedoms, and regulations in foreign policy between the United States and Great Britain. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” illustration could be used for the ideas portrayed in the articles. The Jay Treaty was an ordinance of twenty-eight articles created to dissuade any conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain. Washington’s Farwell Address conveyed his views and beliefs on foreign policy and informed the people that if they would remain loyal

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