... few obvious motifs to depict what his notion of the American Dream is. One of the motifs used was dishonesty, more specifically, dishonesty of the rich. In Chapter 3, Jordan mentions that she cheated in a golf tournament to win and Nick thinks about what kind of person she is: "Jordan Baker avoided instinctively clever, ... to be able to stay bathing in wealth, which shows that people will do anything to obtain/maintain the American Dream. Another motif used was cars. In Chapter 4, Gatsby drives over to Nick's house to take him out for lunch, and Nick encounters Gatsby's car: "It was a r...

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... story you can see that he really does love Daisy. He is not so willing to give her up when he and Gatsby argue over her in chapter seven. He knows that they have had a deep past together, but he did not really appreciate it until somebody else wanted her. He also defends ... Daisy's respect when Myrtle keeps repeating her name in chapter 2. You also have to respect him for not completely losing his temper and fighting Gatsby, or hitting Daisy, when he found out about the whole cheating incident ... , although it seemed kind of cowardly the way he did it. For the most part, Tom is a pret...

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... their money. Through the cars, houses, and money in general, Fitzgerald successfully portrays a very selfish society. Veblen's idea that "In order to be reputable it must be wasteful," (Chapter 4, Conspicuous Consumption) is evidence. They believe that the only way they can create and maintain a strong reputation is to constantly show off the items they wasted their money on. Jay ... that he excessively spent his money on. Another example would be his yellow Rolls-Royce. Gatsby is consistently wasting his money to show Daisy the power he withholds in this part of New York. Nothing good ...

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... in describing the characters and events in the Great Gatsby. There seems to be no fear of consequence or judgment on the part of the characters. This setting begs the question of who is doing the judgment? That is, in part, what the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg are intended to do. The eyes are always mentioned whenever Nick is there. They look over ... of these crimes go unpunished. So the eyes look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they forget to have for what they have done. The beginning of chapter two dives directly into the symbolism of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg. Fitzgerald descri...

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... love with her. According to Jeffery Steinbrink, "Gatsby's dream obscures his vision of the world as it is and clouds his understanding of the historical process. " At one point in chapter three, Nick Carraway has to tell Gatsby that he cannot change or repeat the past " the past is the way it is and there is nothing he can do ... repeating the past with her. He says that the past can be repeated, but Nick Carraway reputes him, saying that the past cannot be repeated, at which Gatsby scoffed. Another part of Gatsby's personality, which happens to be a great flaw in his character, was the...

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... will become his most popular works. In 1929 is when his true experience of writing shows with the Taps at Reveille, a collection 18 short of stories each one being a different part of his life time. This book showed how well he excelled as a writer and created connections/relations in his works of art that distinguished him from any other writer. Fitzgerald ... maps into his stories to bring paths and connections together to find a far greater meaning than what is implied. An example of his unique sentences of the fourth paragraph of chapter one of The Great Gatsby he says, "If personal...

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... Fitzgerald's use of symbolism and double meanings. The first symbol that becomes apparent to the reader is the green light that Gatsby is seen staring at in the end of chapter one. When the reader first becomes aware of the green light in the book, Nick Carraway sees Gatsby "emerge from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with ... seats symbolize all that the green light at the end of the dock symbolizes. As previously stated, the green shows hope, for Gatsby's hope for Daisy's love, and for wealth. Part of the reason why this car is such an important symbol to this boo...

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... I experiences, and puts him in the center of a neighborhood which holds the most extravagant lie that has ever quite possibly been imagined. Nick, a humble bonds clerk begins this upside-down chapter of his life meeting his cousin for dinner I myself have always imagined a bonds-clerk as a sickly, unhappy man with a family and no time for parties. But Nick is the polar ... seen for no other reasons than that they fed the poor and housed them as well as created entertainment for these people. And of course, they were for the most part very well-dressed and better mannered than the crimin...

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... I experiences, and puts him in the center of a neighborhood which holds the most extravagant lie that has ever quite possibly been imagined. Nick, a humble bonds clerk begins this upside-down chapter of his life meeting his cousin for dinner. I myself have always imagined a bonds-clerk as a sickly, unhappy man with a family and no time for parties. But Nick is the polar ... seen for no other reasons than that they fed the poor and housed them as well as created entertainment for these people. And of course, they were for the most part very well-dressed and better mannered than the crimi...

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... important aspect of any tragic work "tragic flaw. Does Gatsby indeed have a "flaw of character- which leads him to his death? We first encounter Gatsby at the end of chapter one from a distance, stretching "his arms toward the dark water in a curious way."" He is staring intently at a small green light across the water, and the reader gets a distinct feeling ... Daisy, his girlfriend back before the war. Since that time she has moved on and married Tom Buchanan, but Gatsby refuses to accept that she is no longer an integral part of his life. Gatsby is longing for Daisy, as well as what ...

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... watched over the affair with Tom and Myrtle from beginning to end, as Myrtle died in the valley of ashes. Emphasising the theme of seeing, the eyes also witnessed in chapter 7 that Tom "saw" the true relationship between Daisy and Gatsby and George "saw" that Myrtle was having an affair. Although the billboard has no true significance in the real world ... novel have great significance however the most prominent is the green light at the end of Gatsby's dock. The green light represents Gatsby's desire for Daisy as well as becoming part of the rich upper class of East Egg, which he striv...

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... great American type. (Cohen) I tend to agree very strongly with Cohen's view of Gatsby. Is it not every American's dream to achieve their full potential? We are given privy in Chapter IX to a schedule and list of resolves made by Gatsby, then James. His writing, dated September 12th, 1906 shows us that even as a boy, Gatsby was dreaming and planning, to ... his dream of capturing Daisy's heart. How can an individual with a dream as noble as true love be as "evil" as Tom would make him out to be? As much a part of the novel as Gatsby's dream itself, is the symbol Fitzgerald uses for it, ...

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... . The character of Jay Gatsby is shrouded in illusion. The beginning chapters of the novel allude to a Gatsby that differs greatly from the Gatsby that the reader eventually meets in chapter three. Gatsby himself is a master illusionist. He transforms himself from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, from poor farm boy to wealthy Oxford scholar. Through the character of Gatsby the author ... gossip."Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once." The reader's first impressions of Gatsby are quite different from the lovesick, naive young man who emerges during the later part of the novel. Gatsb...

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... and neighbor. F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of life in the 1920s is much more than it appears to be, though. Even such things as the colors used in description play a crucial part in the "big picture" of the entire novel. Symbolism adds a whole other level of comprehension to the story. Even from the smallest pieces of the puzzle, this symbolism broadens the ... , that the face overlooking the ash heap should represent God. The billboard was obviously created by an ambitious doctor just out to make money. The ashes reappear throughout, especially in chapter two, as a visible symbol of mora...

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... love with her. According to Jeffery Steinbrink, "Gatsby's dream obscures his vision of the world as it is and clouds his understanding of the historical process." At one point in chapter three, Nick Carraway has to tell Gatsby that he cannot change or repeat the past - the past is the way it is and there is nothing he can do about ... repeating the past with her. He says that the past can be repeated, but Nick Carraway reputes him, saying that the past cannot be repeated, at which Gatsby scoffed. Another part of Gatsby's personality, which happens to be a great flaw in his character, wa...

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... dry, desolate place where the ashes form shapes roughly resembling hill, housing and ugly gardens. Its lined down one side with a river described as "foul". This area plays an important part in relation to the themes. It represents the destruction caused by the pursuit and gain of material wealth. As it is a dumping ground for the wastes of, in respect to ... in his grasp -after meeting Daisy again- he starts to "run down like an over wound clock" and eventually dies. We first see Gatsby at the end of the first chapter, emerging for the "shadows". He is seen looking at the starts then c...

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... essence of Gatsby's character and is used to represent 2 of the main themes in the story: Hope and Money. The introduction to the color green comes at the end of chapter 1, when Nick Carraway sees Jay Gatsby for the first time standing in front of his house. "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far ... here can also represent envy that Gatsby may have for those who are wealthier that live around him, as well as for Tom, who has Daisy. Symbolism plays an important part in the development of a story and its characters. In The Great Gatsby, color symbolism...

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