... from a hopeless fantasy. As Robert E. Hughes puts it, America was built by "hard-working entrepreneurs who believe[d] in the reality of their dreams- (Quotes). For every successful American who experiences the fruits of their wishes, there is another man who never accomplishes his life goal. America is driven by the notion ... his dreams -- not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. (101) Gatsby becomes so fixated with Daisy that through his years of desiring and mentally conceiving her, he has created an ima...

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• Grade Level: High School

... more than he was. When James was taken under the wing of Dan Cody, a product of the silver fields, he got that opportunity. Now Jay Gatsby and a young officer at Camp Taylor in 1917, he fell in love with Daisy, then Daisy Fay. He was sent overseas, and she had eventually ... Egg. From here he could look across the bay to the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. In an effort to "run into her", Gatsby begins throwing large, extravagant parties at his home. When she never comes to any of them, he asks Nick, her distant cousin, to arrange a meeting ... Gatsby can be sensed. We later find ...

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... " If you want anything old sport, just ask for it". Those are the quotes of Mr. Jay Gatsby. There are many words that can describe the character traits of him, but Dependable seems to stick out the most. Jay Gatsby is faced with many challenges in his life and how he deals with them in ... tie hurried in". Colors reoccur often like gold, white, green and silver. All these colors obviously make money stand out as something important in Gatsby's world. Jay Gatsby surrounds himself in light of his success with a white mansion in the west egg, surrounded by the greenest of green yards and fl...

• Word Count: 599
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• Grade Level: High School