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    know what happens to Gatsby ? He dies a tragic death by George Wilson or that's what most people would think but if you look deeper into his death it’s more than just simply all Wilson’s doing. Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby himself had a big part to play in his death. Daisy being the one who originally ran over Myrtle, Tom being the one who sent Wilson after Gatsby, and Gatsby himself and his crazy dream of being with Daisy are core reasons why Gatsby ended up dead in a pool. Gatsby had a huge part of his

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The novel is a highly symbolic meditation of America in the 1920s, focusing particularly on the disintegration of the American Dream in a time of unprecedented prosperity and material excess. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby, George and Myrtle Wilson, and Nick Carraway to illustrate that the American Dream is unnatainable, and striving for it only creates an disasterous ending. George and Myrtle Wilson are two characters in The Great Gatsby representing

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    The Great Gatsby leaves several questions unanswered after the novel is finished. One of the huge questions that everyone is left wondering is, who is actually responsible for Gatsby’s death. It leaves the assumption that there isn’t any one person that can be fully blamed for his death. Daisy, Tom, Myrtle, and Gatsby are all, in part, responsible for Gatsby’s death. Daisy plays an important part in Gatsby’s death. Daisy is a careless person, and she seems to forget that everything she does

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    A great amount of people have issues with relationships, their social status, and families in life and become very stressed which could lead to bigger problems. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys the hardships of Tom and Daisy’s relationship, the dissatisfaction of wealth between the Wilsons, issues with Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship, and also Gatsby’s rough past. These issues with the characters lead to even bigger problems including the death of Jay Gatz, Myrtle Wilson

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    After Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom leave Tom’s house along with Nick and Jordan, they end up going to a suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York City (Fitzgerald 178). Tom starts arguing with Gatsby about Gatsby’s bad habit of calling everyone “old sport.” This leads to him accusing Gatsby of lying about Gatsby actually attending Oxford. Gatsby gives him permission to ask him any question he would like after he informs Tom that he went to Oxford for five months because he was in an army program. Tom, angry

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    The Great Gatsby: Tom’s Behind It All In the dazzling time of the roaring twenties, where masks hid truths and champagne flows like secrets, the world witnessed the demise of the mysterious Jay Gatsby. There was a tragic event that occurred in the story, prompting us to explore the deep responsibility behind his death. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit to get back together with the love of his life, Daisy. After Gatsby left to fight in war, Daisy

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    The Great Gatsby are all connected in some shape or form. Each character is influenced by the other. This intricate web is what makes pinning one particular person for the deaths of Myrtle and Gatsby very difficult. The deaths of Myrtle and Gatsby is truly to be blamed on all of characters since they are all careless and reckless in their actions. Even though this statement may be true, there is however one person who can slightly blame more for each of the deaths. The death of Myrtle Wilson should

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    The American Dream in The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald’s idea of the American Dream is having enough cash to buy expensive vehicles and enough whisky to crash them. The dream is living a joyful and luxurious life, minds are set that only wealth could bring such a blessing as happiness. Fitzgerald views the American Dream as something hard to obtain, and portrays it rather dishearteningly. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby chases his dream of romance for years, climbing the stairs of class and wealth

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    everyone deserves, not only men. The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about rich people that lived in New York during the Jazz Era. The Great Gatsby is about a rich man named Jay Gatsby who tries to win his love back from someone through his power and wealth. The role of women in The Great Gatsby is important because it talks about the amount of freedom and power they have compared to men. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, women are given no respect, controlled

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    Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a very inquisitive story and leaves many people questioning small details. In this novel, death, love and loyalty are key elements. In the summer of 1922 strangers had met once again feeling the love they felt years ago. Gatsby and Daisy were once lovers until war came between them and their love came to an end. Years passed and Gatsby and Daisy met once again feeling the same about each other but not being in the same positions. Gatsby is now rich and lives

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