... Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby's past is revealed very gradually throughout the story. It is revealed shortly in a couple parts in the story, and then it is blown open in Chapter 6. This technique is used so that Gatsby can remain a "mystery" throughout the book. Also, it is used to keep Gatsby's image of being rich and famous ... , throughout the story. We first learn about Gatsby in the first chapter. We briefly get a description of Gatsby. We learn that he lives in the same place as Nick. They both live in West Egg, which is the place ... there that there is something fishy about his past. W...

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... Valley of Ashes disillusion themselves in this gloomy town. The narrator, Nick, first introduces the Eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg in the beginning of chapter two. At this point in the novel the eyes don't seem to represent anything of importance to him. At first sight, all he sees are ... doesn't discuss it any further, thus implying that he only saw it as an object and really didn't put much though into it. However, in chapter seven, Nick has a different outlook on the eyes. He states that, "The eyes were regarding us with a peculiar intensity- (pg 131) For ... by her selfishness. She ...

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... Spot." Most people perceive this setting as the perfect life, because it appears to be flawless -- no problems and no worries. The upper class would be a part of this "perfect life" as well. A person in the upper class has wealth, intelligence, and is somewhat superior to the other social classes. That, in ... has a life of perfection, yet he is still unsatisfied. His life is like a story working its way to the end. One chapter involves his riches and parties, while another chapter remains incomplete. Throughout the novel, the reader realizes that his true love, Daisy Buchanan, is what's...

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... Tom has gone down even lower. I think what he does with Myrtle is totally wrong. I also think Nick is a little bit more of an individual than I did in the first chapter. Differences: One scene is when Nick and Jordan are sitting down at a table with a drunken girl and man about Nick's age. When Gatsby had shown his face at the table ... of unsuccessful farmers who lived in the Midwest. He started calling himself Gatsby when he was seventeen years old ad saw millionaire Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor on a very dangerous part of Lake Superior. He also admits he was involved in some illegal ...

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... contemporary politics and other topical issues (dictionary.com). The Great Gatsby creates elements of satire within the narrative by using sarcasm, humor and irony. The use of sarcasm plays a big part in the novel when Fitzgerald presents sarcasm to display humor. "Sarcasm" is defined as the use of irony to mock or convey contempt (dictionary.com). The Great Gatsby ... George except to George himself. He exaggerates the fact that he is dumb and cannot see it for himself. Another example of exaggeration comes when Nick first meets Gatsby in chapter three. Nick comments on his smile and s...

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... San Francisco to hide the fact that he is simply a bootlegger. Additionally, he lies about where he got a lot of his money by posing that he had rich relatives. In chapter 2, rumours were floating around at one of Gatsby's famous shindigs. Mr. McKee deliberately says how Gatsby might be related to a wealthy man named Kaiser Wilhelm's. " 'Well they say ... ;' (Fitzgerald 21). Noticeably, then, it is plausible that Daisy feels it is better to be beautiful and immoral rather than to worry about things that actually matter; this testifies that part of Daisy is truly depraved by the illu...

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... levels. The novel tells the reader that both men, Gatsby and Nick fought in World War I, allowing some understanding for why money was so important to both of them. In chapter four of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald tells the reader that the American dream was originally about "discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness." (Fitzgerald) During the twenties however, this dream ... . The sun is a symbol for hope and vitality and growth. In its going down, so also was Daisy, the light that has always occupied Gatsby's life. Perhaps the most ironic part of the story is that while Gats...

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