The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that illustrates American Culture in the 1920's. ... Fitzgerald paints a vivid portrait of a land ruined by greed and wastefulness. ... Fitzgerald depicts life among the ashes as no life at all. ... In the Great Gatsby the monochromatic world, known as the "Valley of Ashes," is really a symbol of both a wasted land and exhausted people of an industrial society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author develops the idea that money can control a person's actions and attitude, through imagery and the shallowness of the upper-class. ... Fitzgerald also illustrates that even with money you can not hope to achieve your goals and dreams. ... Gatsby house could represent the American Dream that he wished to obtain, but failed to do so. ... Fitzgerald demonstrates in The Great Gatsby that money is valued over things like marriage, children, family, and love. ...

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The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is a famous peice of English literature. ... I think that the movie "The Great Gatsby" is sucessful in capturing the work of the author on screen. I think the movie we watched in class does a nice job at capturing the mood of The Great Gatsby. ... One thing that bothered me were the changes made to the movie "The Great Gatsby" from the book. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, the corruption of the American dream is a major theme throughout the book. ... In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses many clear symbols to help portray the corruption of the American dream. ... American author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, the corruption of the American dream is a major them throughout the book that Fitzgerald shows through symbolism, materialism, and the romantic dreams and hopes of the characters. ...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald states this quotation through Nick Carraway's narration in The Great Gatsby. ... Fitzgerald's use of individual speech patterns that define the characters in his novel aids in furthering the renowned characterization in The Great Gatsby. ... Finally, Gatsby's carefree attitude is clearly demonstrated through the lavish parties that he throws, "Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park" (Fitzgerald 41). ... These clandest...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

F. Scott Fitzgerald used the imagery of colours in his book The Great Gatsby. ... To Gatsby, Daisy represents innocence and purity; however, Fitzgerald uses different shades of white to hide her corruption. ... Fitzgerald used green most frequently to symbolize Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan. ... In The Great Gatsby, colors are employed throughout the pages to convey impressionistic, but important, images to the reader. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I have just recently picked up The Great Gatsby again from the liberty and decided to read what's called the " greatest American literature". ... F. Scott Fitzgerald said that shortly after he wrote The Great Gatsby. To me, Gatsby's deception of himself is a tragedy in the novel. ... Ironically, Daisy does not appreciate what Gatsby has done and he ends up in tragedy. ...

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. ... Fitzgerald criticizes the American Dream using multiple symbols in his book, The Great Gatsby. ... The eyes and the green light and the characters houses are all symbols that Fitzgerald uses to critique the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick was the American Fool. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925 incorporates many aspects of his life, especially those of his love life. The biggest inspiration for the writing of The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's relationship with a woman named Zelda. ... This decisive period of time in Fitzgerald's life, where he is forced to evaluate the value of Zelda's love, is mimicked within The Great Gatsby by two of the main characters, Daisy and Gatsby. ... Throughout the multiple themes for Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Daisy is used to emphasize the common theme of disillusionment throughou...

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