... rich and win over Daisy. By looking at his early life decisions through a marxist lens one can see that Gatsby became just another paper doll addicted to paper money. He would draw all over his paper doll body in order to cover his past so that he could fit in with the richer materialistic class of society. In fact, Gatsby got so ... a drug. This money is eventually revealed to hinder Jay Gatsby's personal relations with others, while ensuring his destruction of self. However his dream becomes an obsession and his figurative paper doll body cannot take the pressure anymore. After all th...

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... the superiority of the white race as well as his secret affair with Myrtle Wilson. "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (39). Myrtle speaking of Daisy's name was enough to enrage this "hulking" man, as Daisy describes Tom (17). To add, Jay Gatsby appears as a more approachable, harmless man. Jordan ... later that the favours he asks of Nick are only to get closer to Daisy. " 'He wants to know' " continued Jordan, " 'if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over' " (63). Gatsby is willing to go to desper...

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... I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out" (39). Myrtle has hoped for money however, all that her husband gave her was eleven years of miserable life in poverty. Although Fitzgerald does not shed any light on Myrtle's feelings ... sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. Her hand, which dangles over the side, sparkles cold with jewels. Gravely the men turn in at a house --- the wrong house. But no one knows the woman's name, and no one ca...

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... her nose with his open hand. Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain" (39). One of the main differences between Daisy and Myrtle's relationship with Tom is Tom loyalty and sophistication when he is with Daisy in public; however, with Myrtle in public, he ... ...

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... - the amalgam was never complete in my mind- (qtd. in Burnam 106-07). " Fitzgerald invests Gatsby with many of the characteristics of the heroes of myth and romance . . ."" (Rose Gallo 39). Matthew J. Bruccoli pointed out that "in Gatsby's name the pun on gat, the slang term for pistol is obvious- (208) and the "old sport- saying Gatsby uses was taken from ... ...

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... realize this the search for such an ideal turns deadly. " The Hollow Men " by T.S. Eliot depict a world without hope when he refers to it as " the dead land" (Eliot line 39). It is like purgatory, a place where ambitions and dreams are shattered by reality. He sees the people " As the hollow men the stuffed me " (Eliot lines 17-18). The are ... ...

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... includes countless examples of imagery to convey issues concerning the upper class and the American Dream. Fitzgerald's most obvious concern is that of the upper class. The novel is basically a criticism of this prestigious' upper class of which everyone wants a part. He depicts the members as immoral and hypocritical. Gatsby has used illegal means to obtain his expansive wealth, in a way ... ...

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... that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity." This was evident in the novel because The American dream meant that one had lots of money, a large house, and beautiful wife. The main theme of the book was about Gatsby and the American Dream. The American Dream is what was supposed to give happiness ... a small portion of this dream. Firstly, a considerable amount of the American Dream is having wealth. Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness as shown threw his house, clothes, and Daisy. Jay Gatsby, formerly James Gatz, was raised on a farm in North Dakota. He was raise...

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... , and malicious man who is a former star tight end at Yale. Daisy sent a request to Nick and Gatsby for an invitation to eat lunch at their house. Tom insisted to have lunch with Gatsby and everyone else. It was a hot day and Daisy demanded to go to town on a beautiful day. When everyone ... on his actions. On a rainy afternoon in West Egg, Nick invited Daisy to come over to his house for tea and calls Gatsby to attend too but Daisy doesn't know he's coming. The grass of Nick's house was awful and unpleasant, so Gatsby hired a crew to take care of his lawn for Daisy's arrival in ... (68...

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... symbolizes Daisy in the eyes of Gatsby. Gatsby's effort to find Daisy and subsequently his purchase of a home that is across the bay from her house shows his pursuit of Daisy and his desire to reunite with her. The "green light" symbolizes Daisy, far from Gatsby but in his sight, leading ... carefully hid behind his uniform to conceal the truth. Fitzgerald makes the difference between Daisy and Gatsby clear when he says, " She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby "nothing" (157). It is clear that Daisy enjoys a large amount of wealth, but its importance ...

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... answer to all of his problems and obstacles which he encounters throughout his life. Since Gatsby thinks money can bring happiness, he buys the fanciest cars, the largest house, and the nicest clothes. Gatsby has the best of everything. He has everything except the one thing he actually wants, Daisy. He believes that he can ... United States. As Gatsby became richer he moved on to the West Egg in New York, which was directly across the bay from Daisy's home. Gatsby's house was built just for the purpose of impressing Daisy with his material objects, which is a sign of how the corruption ...

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... tracked down Daisy yet again, and moved to New York. He found a mansion across the bay from Daisy's so he could keep an eye on his dream. This house became the hot spot for social gatherings and lavish parties. His goal was to lure Daisy in with a party. All he managed to do was lure leaches that took ... over his house and did what they pleased. He made his catch when he invited his neighbor, Nick Carroway, over and discovered he was related to Daisy. This was his chance ... of the past and created a new path for the future of the two. Gatsby had become wealthy and successful all for h...

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... his pursuit of the dream. He moved to New York and bought his very expensive mansion because of Daisy. Jordan Baker said, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(Fitzgerald 83) He held many expensive parties in the hope that Daisy might show up at one of ... want to do anything out of the way!"" he kept saying. ""I want to see her right next door."""(Fitzgerald 84) At Gatsby's reunion with Daisy at Nick's house, his nervousness shows his inability to handle adult situations. "Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

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... and the desire for money and materialism. Fitzgerald accomplishes this through the use of symbols such as the Valley of Ashes, the Green Light, Gatsby's house, and the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Mid-way between West Egg and New York City, the Valley of Ashes lays. It is described as ... with the character Gatsby, and so all that people consumed themselves with was to make more money. Another symbol of great importance is Gatsby's house. This image serves as a key symbol of aspiration, reflecting both Gatsby's success as an American self-made man and the mirage of an identity ... , the ...

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... a pig-stye. She has clothes all over the place. I don't see how she knows when her clothes are dirty and when they are clean. Since their house smells so badly like dog and cat pee all their clothes and bodies smell like it too. Special Scenes: I think it is a really weird scene. The McKee ... table with a drunken girl and man about Nick's age. When Gatsby had shown his face at the table. Another scene is when Nick walks across the lawn towards his house away from a chaotic scene where a car with one wheel ripped off has landed in a ditch in front of Gatsby's thinking of Jordan Baker. Ni...

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... also of importance in the novel, as Fitzgerald shows that Gatsby does not want for much for himself, yet for some reason, has this magnificent house in this prestigious area. It becomes apparent that Gatsby is a simple man when it comes to the accommodation and the physical possessions he requires: "His ... under a thin beard of raw ivy and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion." Clearly a magnificent house, a "mansion" no less, but an extravagance for a man who was once content, and to an extent still is, with the simplest of poss...

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... The novel's narrator, Nick Carraway, is a man from Minnesota who ventures to New York in the summer of 1922 to become a bondsman. He rents a house in West Egg, a district of Long Island where the unfashionable wealth resides. Nick is different from his neighbors since he has social connections in East Egg, ... which is where his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, live. Fitzgerald begins his novel at a dinner party in Daisy Buchanan's house, where Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a beautiful woman who Nick is attracted to immediately. Jordan Baker is a competitive golfer who...

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... The green light exemplifies Jay Gatsby's ultimate aspiration, which is to attain the love of Daisy Buchanan. Nick sees Gatsby for the first time at his house, looking at the green light. Nick states, "But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden imitation that he was content to be ... to gain wide-spread recognition in order to impress her. Yet, Owl Eyes, a minor character who attends Gatsby's parties, compares Gatsby's mansion to a house of cards. Owl Eyes states, "that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse." Ultimately, the inevitable collapse occurs, as G...

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... money seems cheeped with green, flimsy bills. This contrast divides Daisy and Tom with their "old money", and Gatsby with his "new money." Even in Gatsby's house the sight of gold goes almost unnoticed. "Except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold" (97), or when Gatsby wears his "gold ... Jordan at East Egg, appearing, "both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house" (8). Here, the color is used to describe the two women as authentic and beautifully pure. Later, Dais...

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... try to gain her heart by using his charm and romance. Instead, Gatsby has full intentions in regaining Daisy through the most prominent way possible, money. He buys an expensive house and a new yellow car. When Daisy and Gatsby meet for the first time in five years; Gatsby tries to surprise her with his wealth by having piano music in the ... advance towards his dream. When Gatsby finds out that Nick is Daisy's cousin, he uses Nick by conducting a date for tea at Nick's house in pursuit to acquaint Daisy of his achieved wealth. Gatsby sends a guy to Nick's house to cut the lawn and set ...

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... eyes of others is characteristic of Gatsby throughout the novel. Gatsby also feels the need to display his wealth. To Nick, Gatsby says, "my house looks well, doesn't it? See how the whole front of it catches the light- (95). Gatsby uses this statement to seek reassurance from Nick ... on the appearance of his house. This statement once again reiterates Gatsby's need for others to his excessive wealth and extravagant lifestyle. Nick says in his narration, "he hadn't once ... ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it d...

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... difficult to respond to. The definition of the American Dream varies from one person to another. It is safe to say, however, that one of the stereotypical American Dreams is "a house surrounded by a white picket fence where Dick and Jane play with their dog, Spot." Most people perceive this setting as the perfect life, because it appears to be flawless -- no ... a while, he really did not attain the unattainable. Fitzgerald not only tells a story within The Great Gatsby, but also contradicts the stereotypical perfect life. He shows that everything is not "a house surrounded by a white p...

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... are relatively unrelated to the action to generate emotions regarding that action. For instance, at the beginning of the book, when Nick Carraway is shown in to the Tom Buchanan's house, Fitzgerald describes the room into which Carraway has just walked as a prelude to introducing Daisy: "We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bound into the ... house by French windows at either end."" (12). The descriptors in this sentence apply, literally, only to the room, but it is impossible not to notice that all of them are ... , I met Gatsby for lunch."" (73...

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... rich". That is simply a term that means the people that live there have acquired their money recently, or it was not inherited. We also learn that Gatsby stands outside his house, looking across the bay at a single green light. This technique of learning of Gatsby is a really good one. Nick never really sees Gatsby, he only sees his shadow. That shows ... if any of them are true. That is why Fitzgerald wrote the book this way. It is a mystery for us to solve. In chapter 3, we get to see what his house is like, and what his parties are about. He has a Rolls, a station wagon, 2 boats, aqu...

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... owned and what he could do for them were the same people who could not be bothered to attend his funeral. They even went as far as to call his house to see if they could gather possessions they had left there. The selfishness of Fitzgerald's characters makes us disgusted with them by the end of the novel. Hypocrisy is the ... society and ourselves. The excerpt I've selected for the literature anthology is page 180 through page 183. This scene is preceded by Jay Gatsby's death. Nick has returned to Jay's house to find Jay's father there. Because Nick has never heard mention of this man, ...

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