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    In the book The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald the plot condemns a common theme throughout the story of, the “American Dream”. The American Dream to many , is this vision of becoming successful through trials & tribulations in our free land, that anybody could achieve whatever it is they want if they work hard for it . The time decade in which the story is written in is referred to as “The Roaring 20’s”. The 20’s were notorious as it was a time of rapid economic growth,the introduction

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    Money Money Money 47854 AP English Hagar 3/28/15 Jay Gatsby, an exotic millionaire philanthropist, has everything and anything a man could ever need. He lives a life most could only dream of. A life full of massive parties, sports cars, mansions, and booze. Yet he is missing something, he is missing the only thing that could make him truly happy, to live a life with Daisy Buchanan. "He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind

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    America’s new definition of prosperity. This term, the American Dream, defined the migration towards New York City for innovation and creation that had capabilities to prosper into the wealthy “American Dream City.” Exploring these opportunities, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrays the unattainability of this dream through the fantasies of Jay Gatsby’s character as well as the underlying judgmental tones of society. Gatsby portrays the unattainability of the American Dream through his love

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    marriage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby. The main theme which brings A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby together is the idea of how love and marriage is presented. Shakespeare, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Austen all portray love and marriage as being two separate issues, which rarely intertwine. The different contexts in which these texts are written have all had a huge impact on the way in which love and marriage is portrayed. The

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    The 1920s, also known as the roaring 20’s was a time of great prosperity and happiness for many middle and upper class people. This was a time also of prohibition, a time which alcohol was banned for it was known to be poisonous to one’s health. Still, industries were booming and people were buying fancy cars and were truly enjoying their lives. The upper and lower classes tried to achieve this myth of the American Dream, something that doesn’t actually exist, but has been invented by people from

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    literature contribution to Lost Generation genre. In one of his famous books, the Great Gatsby, he expressed multiple phenomena that reflected its social context through multiple ways. F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in 1896, was a paradigmatic writer in the Jazz Age and a representative of the Lost Generation authors. As F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed some time in America, he then moved to France and made friends with other American expatriates, one of them is another famous Lost Generation writer, Ernest Hemingway

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    The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it is possible to achieve the American Dream. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby had a second opportunity in changing his life. Growing up, Gatsby was different from everyone else. He had a big dream and knew what would be the best for himself. He believed that wealth, material possessions, and power are the core principles of the American Dream. The pursuit of a better life led countless

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    For many celebrated authors, the meaning of their work comes from a collection of opinions and outlooks on life that the writer has accumulated throughout his or her life. In the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald, this statement could not be truer. In fact, much of Fitzgerald’s most famous work feature plots that closely parallel events from his life (Lathbury 10). For example, his novel This Side of Paradise includes a young man who is rejected by the love of his life on the grounds of his social status

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    Douglass 1 Morgan Douglass Mrs. Fry 3B Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author known for his best-selling book, The Great Gatsby. The story is about a man, Jay Gatsby, who was in love with Daisy Buchanan. Daisy was married to Tom, but Tom was cheating on her with Myrtle Wilson. There were two islands the story took place in: East Egg and West Egg. East Egg was the “old money,” or money passed down from ancestors, while West Egg represented the “new money,” or self- made

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    Jordan Baker informs Nick Carraway that Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby and Daisy were in a relationship before she was married to Tom Buchanan, which eventually had to end when Gatsby went off to war. Half a decade later, Gatsby has situated himself in West Egg to be close to Daisy. Jordan, acting as a messenger, tells Nick that Gatsby would like him to invite Daisy over for tea, where Gatsby would then surprise and join them. Nick is baffled that Gatsby would go to the trouble

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