... meets Daisy Buchanan "whom I scarcely knew at all" (p. 11) and Daisy's friend, Jordan Baker. Nick's impression of these two women in particular, as well as the others he encounters during his brief stay in New York, are noteworthy in that they demonstrate the vapidity and emptiness of the wealthy ... of what the consequences of achieving the American Dream held for Americans. The Great Gatsby is, in some respects, somewhat autobiographical in that Fitzgerald relied on his life experiences to form certain aspects of the novel. Just as Nick moved to New York to pursue the ... her life. M...

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• Grade Level: High School

... is desperately chasing after a false dream and his failure to realize this ends up causing his demise. His failure to accept the fact that he can't he cannot change the past causes him to deceive himself into thinking that he can attain the unattainable. He takes this obsession to the point that he declares to himself " I"m going to fix everything just the way it ... with such conviction no one is aware of the falsehood in his story. He tells of his life saying " I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe- Paris, Venice, Rome- he creates his character so well that James Ga...

• Word Count: 1461
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• Grade Level: High School