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    Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby seem like they are completely different, but they actually go through some similar events. Both Myrtle and Gatsby have goals of acquiring money and being accepted into the lifestyle of the upper class lifestyle that the Buchanans were living and ended up falling victim to them. However, Gatsby’s goal of being accepted was to be accepted by Daisy while Myrtle’s was purely for money. Although Gatsby and Myrtle appear to be vastly different

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    In the Novel “ The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald,they blame Gatsby for the murder of Myrtle. Tom goes and tells George that the Yellow car belongs to Gatsby so he walks over to Gatsby's house and fires a bullet at him then, he shoots himself. Imagine if someone is driving a car that belongs to you and they end up committing vehicular manslaughter with the car. Then when you hear about it you are blamed for the crime. Someone tells the victim’s family member and that person goes and kills

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    Relationships in the Great Gatsby The American dream has been desired by many. It is an idealistic vision of absolute success that can be found in America. Many men in the 1920s dreamed of attaining large amounts of money by owning businesses or trading stocks. Women, however, had to come from a wealthy family or marry a rich business man. F. Scott Fitzgerald explored this concept in his famous novel The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby chronicles the events of one fateful summer in 1922s New York

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    The Death of Gatsby In The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, the main character Jay Gatsby was killed. However, the killer was least responsible for the death of Gatsby. Many factors came into play before he was killed. This included past relationships and growing tensions between several characters. The murderer George Wilson and the one who told George who “killed” Myrtle, Tom, were highly responsible for the death of Gatsby. But in the end, Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy is what set him up

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    Some movies however, manage to incorporate all the intricate details in the literary work. “The Great Gatsby”, directed by Baz Luhrmann, sadly does not accommodate all information, and slightly varies from the American classic on which it is based, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The screenplay differs from the book within the characters, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, and Jay Gatsby, and the inclusion of the mental health asylum. It is important for movies to encompass all details

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    Myrtle's American Dream

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald discussing the hopes, dreams and lives of the American society in the 1920's. The commentary Fitzgerald is making is that the American dream gives the illusion that you have an equal opportunity to achieve it as everyone else, but in reality it is unattainable and pursuing it leads to your downfall caused by those born into the dream. This can be displayed through Myrtle, Wilson and Gatsby pursuing their dreams, but ultimately failing.

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    Gatsby’s Love The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a tragic love story set in the immoral and unsure post WWI 1920s. The focus of the novel is on Jay Gatsby - a young, rich man who lives on West egg in New York - and his former lover from five years ago, Daisy. Throughout the five years during which the two were separated, Gatsby’s love for Daisy never waned, and he loved nobody but her. However, Daisy married another man - Tom Buchanan - in Gatsby’s absence. In any case, in an age of anxiety

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel that was published in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in this novel he writes about the Jazz Age in language that marvelously evokes music. The Great Gatsby is a romantic and cynical novel about wealth and he portraits characters in the novel who maneuver themselves in complex or difficult situations. The character Tom Buchanan, is Daisy Buchanan’s husband, which Daisy is cheating on him later with Gatsby whom I’ll explain who he is in a bit, and also Daisy is the main character’s

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    Cars In The Great Gatsby

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    social class. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the continuous motif of cars in the novel relates to the wealthiness of the characters. In the novel the main characters have cars, which are very important in the story. Between New Money and Old Money in New York, which is the type of money a person has, people have a various amount ofvexpensive cars. The cars define them, who can afford what, and what stands out. Therefore, with the use of car motif in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the

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    horrific death of Jay Gatsby was both expected and astounding, especially since his shooter wasn’t his real killer. “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short novel about the journey of Jay Gatsby and his ambition and dream. It takes you through Gatsby’s love life, extravagant lifestyle, to his melancholy demise. Tom Buchanan is responsible for the death of Gatsby because of his dislike towards Gatsby, his affair with Myrtle, and it was him who told Mr. Wilson about the car. Tom Buchanan

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