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    A marvelous novel, “The Great Gatsby” written during the 1920’s by F. Scott Fitzgerald proposes a question about the truth of being “great”. The novel's protagonist, Nick Carraway grows close to Jay Gatsby; a rich, party man. Carraway strongly believes that Gatsby deserves to be known as “great.” Nevertheless, Gatsby should not be considered “great” for many reasons. To list a few, Gatsby does not do anything extraordinary to earn the title of “great”, does not work hard for success, and pretends

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    Is Gatsby Really Great? What makes someone great? What makes them remembered as being great? Or, how did they become great? One way to answer these questions is first know what the word great actually means. Great: the ability to make others see oneself differently or above the rest in class as well as being prestigious; or being fairly well off from the average person. As the qualities are described previously, it can be seen that the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has

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    be great if you care enough about something that you are willing to do anything for it. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, he illustrates this idea. Gatsby was truly great because he did everything for the one he truly loved, which was Daisy despite how he made his money. Gatsby conveys how truly great he is by his never ending desire to get back together with Daisy. Daisy was the one that he truly loved and all he wanted was to be together again. In attempt to get Daisy back, Gatsby chose

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    The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, greatness is a key factor of Gatsby's life. Gatsby is a mysterious man who keeps to himself, but he was well known for his parties that he threw. In this novel, people use him for his wealth. This shows that Gatsby is so great because he works hard and is respected. Gatsby is great because he has fame, money, and a good heart. Gatsby was famous around New York because of all the parties he threw. Everyone talked about these parties. Not

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    The Great Gatsby: Great or Grating? It is a well-known fact that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most notorious novel is The Great Gatsby. The novel was published in 1925, following Fitzgerald’s considerable success from his previous novel, The Beautiful and Damned. However, upon the novel’s publication Fitzgerald received negative feedback from the readers. It is supposed that the lack of positive reaction is due to the absence of a female protagonist in both the novel and the film adaptations. Among the

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    The Great Gatsby The "Twenties" was an exciting time in American history, when being a "flapper" and rebelling against the common say of society was all the rage. As in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a popular yet mysterious "flapper," whose image is created through the life of Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald portrayed his life, problems, and triumphs, through his image of Jay Gatsby. The correlations between the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the life of his character Jay

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    similarly every action has a reason behind it. “The Great Gatsby” is a novel written by Fitzgerald in 1920s. The story is voiced through Nick’s perspective and entails aspects of this time period and many other concepts such as the truth of the American dream.The significance reveals his perception of “the man who gives his name to the book”. It is in a way ironic because as the story progresses, Nick learns that there is nothing “great” about Gatsby. He came from nothing and in a sense his master illusion

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    What makes someone or something great? Greatness is an idea that is hard to achieve, but authors of “great American novels” make it possible through the use of numerous criteria that exemplifies the culture of Americans in a specific period of time. Great American novels echo United States history, discuss obstacles that address a social issue or values of the time period, and are written by American authors. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a well known American novelist who often writes about the Jazz

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    The Great Gatsby is by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is one of the greatest authors of all time even after his death. Everyone has opinions about the novel, the settings, and characters that make up the book. Some might say that the Great Gatsby wasn’t at all what they expected, and thought it should’ve ended differently. Others might say the book is perfect, even though there were a couple of characters who people didn’t agree with, but overall it was an amazing book.There are so many thoughts, and opinions

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author describes the struggles of Americans during the 1920s. In the 1920s, many Americans were torn from the recent war and because of this many Americans started to do things recently seen as abnormal. Consequently, this is how this time in American history became known as the roaring twenties. In Addition to the 1920s being called the roaring twenties, the 18th amendment was passed and many Americans could no longer drink legally. Many

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