“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone‚ he told me‚ “Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” Starting off chapter one the book‚ “The Great Gatsby introduces the narrator‚ Nick Carraway. Pages one to three‚ Nick begins by explaining his own situation. He has moved from the Midwest to West Egg‚ a town on Long Island‚ NY. The novel set around WWI. Nick has moved to east to try to become a bond trader on Wall Street. Nick is a graduate from Yale
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possible. In Conclusion‚ the idea behind achieving the American dream has been drastically miss constructed. Our goal as Americans should be to find a passion and pursue happiness through work and family. However‚ somewhere along the line the beauty of this idea has been corrupted due to the influence of money‚ adults have chosen to sacrifice happiness in hopes of the ability to purchase the American dream. Truthfully money cannot determine individual success or worth. If money
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Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain emotion in his literal work. It usually is an object‚ person‚ and situation to refer a bigger picture and idea other than just an object. The green light on Daisy’s dock‚ represents Gatsby’s ultimate goal of reuniting with Daisy and having her love forever. It acts as a beacon to him‚ reminding him of his goal and focusing all of his attention on achieving it. He literally cannot take his eyes off of the beacon
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The journey of man‚ the Age of exploration‚ driven not only by pursuits of wealth‚ glory‚ and freedom; but also of human curiosity. An ambitious endeavor; a path filled with peril and failures‚ leading to fulfilment of dreams. A dream in which each man conquers the world around them‚ accounting for their experience of success‚ perseverance‚ obstacles‚ and failures which in a multitude of ways reflects the ideas of the American Dream: a dream of being able to grow to fullest development as a man and
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chapters 1 2 3 4 Chapter four opens with Nick attending another of Gatsby’s parties. Nick uses this as a starting point and begins recounting some notes he claims to have taken‚ listing some of the more notable people he encountered that summer. His point is to prove that Gatsby’s party attract the most notable people of the time. He also describes one man‚ Klipspringer‚ who never seems to leaves Gatsby’s parties and has come to be known as the "boarder‚" which suggests he is living in the
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power of the individuals who are considered “old-money.” Although the social hierarchy established by the classification of individuals as either “old-money” or “new-money” made attaining a different status an elusive task‚ Gatsby chooses to ignore this reality. He instead begins to live in the illusion that he will be able to obtain the wealth and power necessary to fit in with the elite “old-money” individuals. In order to achieve his goal‚ Gatsby creates his own persona. His fabrication of ‘Jay
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Time is a continuous aspect of life where many take certain events from their lifetime and organize them into the past‚ present‚ and future. Although people live present time‚ it is astonishing to believe that one may be trapped in one of these blocks because of their personal ambitions. For example‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby continues to live in the past particularly because of his many “mistakes” of not getting what he wanted. Because of the many things Gatsby wanted to change‚ Gatsby transforms
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decision of stopping Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy as a life lesson. Setting an example that making bad choices in order to achieve your goals in life will not make them come true‚ but in fact make them less obtainable.The evidence needed to support this is based on the novel’s details.. Gatsby’s wealth is gained by cheating and illegally making his fortune . For those of which contradict the American dream’s way of achieving goals and dreams. As mentioned in the novel the most prevalent rumor is
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but not in their heart.” When people gain a lot of wealth most of the time the start to look down on people but in the end it doesn’t matter because we all end up the same. Dead. “We all gonna die‚ we bleed from similar veins.” Tupac Shakur explains this perfectly‚ no matter who we are we’re going to die because we are the same‚ human beings. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how wealth creates social class which can ruin relationships. Wealth corrupts if you don’t be careful. One example
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The Great Gatsby was a good book. It was about a seemingly educated‚ wealthy‚ and perfect man who in the end‚ ended up actually living a scandalous life. He gained his wealth by illegal activities. There are still people today that gain their wealth by scamming and committing illegal actions. I felt sorry for Gatsby in the end‚ because he was madly in love with Daisy and he ended being killed for something he didn’t commit. Tom lied about who hit his lover because he was mad at Gatsby about the
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