... . Nick Carraway, too, was seeking his piece of the American Dream by moving to New York from the Midwest to take job as a bond salesman " I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everyone I knew was in the bond business- (p. 7). However, Nick is only person pursuing a better and larger life who doesn't get caught up in the shallow, materialistic notions of most ... stature, Myrtle is only able to imitate the American Dream life she reads about or gleans from her amorous interactions with Tom Buchanan. During the party at the apartment, Nick notes Myrtle's behavior: "The intense ...

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... rural North Dakota and growing up with poor parents, Gatsby came to despise of poverty. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby notes that Gatsby is the son of a "shiftless and unsuccessful farm people."(104) He also notes that Gatsby "never accepted them as his parents at all." (104) As an ambitious sixteen year old, Gatsby composed a series of plans for ... as Jay Gatz. Cody took him on the yacht to a trip in Barbary Coast and West Indies, where Gatsby gained a window into the life of the wealthy and famous. Nick notes that Cody and his yacht represented to Gatsby, "all the bea...

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... , as he manages to drift off into his past experiences. "And another one on the other side How can they whip cheese?" illustrates Willy re-entering into the present speech. Music plays a crucial role in aiding his memories, as do people pushing through barriers, to symbolise an imagined scenario. A pitiful scene is when Willy is speaking to Ben; "was rich! That ... ideals of the dream, but this shows that not everyone in society can accomplish it, there has to be a "top dog", and some people must also be losers. "Only the music of the flute is left on the darkening stage as over the hous...

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... take responsibility for. Although their dreams are very common to most Americans of that time, George and Lennie believe that they can obtain them because unlike others they have a strong bond with each other and their dream. George and Lennie while on the ranch they develop their plans to obtain their dream farm. After teaming up with another farmhand named Candy ... ...

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... and causes him to become lost. "He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered- (151). Daisy was like a virus that utterly and completely consumed Gatsby. He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. At night Gatsby would step outside his house and perform a ritual, "he stretched ... ...

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... still hesitantly, agreed with him, as to not hurt an old man's feelings; as apparent by the following quote: "If he lived, he would have been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He'd of helped build up the country. That's true, I said, uncomfortably. (Pg. 164) Tom, who is at the other end of the rope, is very careless about what he ... ...

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... the mockingbird represents innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Miss Maudie explains this symbolism of innocence when she says, "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." In retrospect, innocence is first and ... ...

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