... title The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby, formerly known as James Gatz, is an extremely wealthy young man, around thirty, who lives in a Gothic Mansion next door to the narrator, Nick Carraway, on West Egg. Gatsby had been born into poverty in rural North Dakota and after working for a millionaire; he dedicates his life to becoming wealthy, so that he would never ... except the fact that he held splendid, luxurious parties at his mansion every Saturday, which were actually held to attract Daisy. It wasn't until Gatsby started to confide in Nick Carraway that his childhood was slowly revealed....

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... , throughout the entire story he holds onto the same ideas that he can do and get anything he wants because he has money, and to him that equals power. Nick Carraway on the other hand develops very thoroughly in the story. The story, although narrated by Nick about Gatsby's life, is also a story of Nick's own development in the story. In ... ...

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... the love of a materialistic woman who happens to be another man's wife! These obvious facts raise the question, "What is so Great About Gatsby?" Fitzgerald himself tells us through Nick Carraway, the narrator of this novel just how great Gatsby is. " "They're a rotten crowd'... 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together" " (Fitzgerald, 162). (Abbott) We think of Gatsby ... ...

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... the kind of save, respectable money that echoes in Daisy's lovely voice."(Orstein 56). Gatsby in the end eventually loses his life from a chain of events that Daisy causes. Nick Carraway sees the potential of Gatsby, and urges him to stay away from Daisy and their social group. This can be seen in the novel when Nick states to Gatsby, "They ... ...

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... the story, a man by the name of Jay Gatsby tries to rekindle his relationship with a woman named Daisy Buchanan, whom he hasn't seen, but has loved, for five years. Nick Carraway is Daisy's second cousin and has befriended Gatsby; he is the eyes and ears for us in the story. The Great Gatsby can be considered a modern tragedy.* In the story ... ...

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... is created; there is also a much greater feeling of immediacy conveyed throughout the novel; also allows the reader to relate more accurately to the plot. It is narrated by Nick Carraway, his morality and neutrality causes the reader to be more sympathetic to his views. The structure of the story relates to the characters reaching for the American Dream and how ... ...

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