... I, Nick moves from Minnesota to New York in 1922 to learn about the bond business. He moves next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby who is in love with Nick's married cousin, Daisy Buchanan. After becoming friends with Gatsby, Nick helps him reunite with his long lost love. Nick possesses a very high tolerance level, he is a good listener, and he can keep ... the story, Tom immediately shows as a harasser and bully for his racist options and lack of moral standing; he has an affair with Myrtle Wilson and treats her badly by physically hitting her and he treats her innocent husband, Georg...

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... area of Long Island called West Egg, directly beside a more fashionable area of Long Island called West Egg. Across from him lived a rich man named Jay Gatsby who also was a World War I vet. Not far away lived a married couple Daisy and Tom Buchanan which he knew relatively well. It was at ... Jordan Baker, who was to become his good friend and later his girl friend. Carraway soon became a good friend with his rich neighbour next door, Gatsby, and soon was exposed to many rumours about this man which caused him to question his relationship with him. A rumour that explained why he was so ...

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... witnessed Dan Cody anchor his yacht in Lake Superior. Gatz rented a row boat and pulled out to Tuolomee, Cody's yacht. He gave the name of Gatsby and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour. To Gatz, the yacht represented his American Dream. The ... there was no going back. He knew that someday, he must obtain wealth as well. This backed up what was already manifesting as his American Dream. Gatsby later became a soldier in World War I. While stationed in Louisville, Kentucky, he met a young, popular woman by the name of Daisy. Daisy was ... be complet...

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... Buchanan is another illusion. It is not realty based, and therefore unattainable, much like the illusion that material wealth alone can bring true happiness. Jay Gatsby is a fake, but a good one. In his pursuit of Daisy he discards his true self and turns himself into a man that he believes ... now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition." Gatsby's re-invention of himself as someone of not only wealth and education, but also possessing a history of wealth and tradition is immediately s...

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... tie hurried in". Colors reoccur often like gold, white, green and silver. All these colors obviously make money stand out as something important in Gatsby's world. Jay Gatsby surrounds himself in light of his success with a white mansion in the west egg, surrounded by the greenest of green yards and flowers, stone ... drive ways for his guests to arrive on. Parties with laughter, dancing, music and people usually complete the package of a quite popular man. Transparent Jay Gatsby has always wanted to be rich, his main motivation in gaining his fortune was his love for Daisy Buchanan. He...

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... , he had what was considered "new money", and he tried to hide his wealth from people so that Daisy will not find out. When Gatsby and Daisy first met, Gatsby was in the war and was very poor. He came from a middle-class family from the Midwestern United States. Daisy came from a wealthy ... family and because of the views of society, these two were not able to pursue their feelings for one another. Gatsby then dedicated his life to becoming wealthy so that one day he could possibly have Daisy to himself. He bought a gigantic house that appeared later to ... of his house, which is in We...

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... , drawn tight over his face, short groomed hair, which looks like it is cut every day, and very handsome. The narrator describes early in the story that Gatsby lives in a gigantic, gothic mansion in the West Egg, on Long Island. Also, he lives directly on the bay. In the beginning chapters of the story, outside ... enjoyed themselves. The only notion people had about him is that he most likely became so wealthy through bootlegging. As the story progresses, it is revealed that Gatsby is not the man that people thought of him. He finally opened up to Nick, telling him some truths and some ...

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... his life. Much has been made of Fitzgerald's relation to his characters. Many of his characters in his novels are based on people from his life. Within the characters Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway and even Tom Buchanan, we see the dueling parts of Fitzgerald's personality. We learn of the many similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his main character, Jay ... Fitzgerald are alike by both being self-made men who have achieved financial success. Similarly, they both achieved their financial success for the love of a woman. Gatsby felt that he needed wealth to win the hand of Daisy. For ...

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... I. A wide variety of new and experimental forms and techniques arose in architecture, dance, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. B. They novel The Great Gatsby reflects this style of "modernist- writing, as well as the characters in the novel. II. Characters A. Jay Gatsby 1. Represents the perfect modernist hero 2. He belongs to the lost generation of WW1 3. Has a dream that is torn and deferred A. In ... 1. Narrator 2. Represents Fitzgerald's voice in the novel 3. Gives the audience the realization of moral depletion in this era 4. Characteristics a. Tolerant b. Open-minded c. ...

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... , a German foreign minister sent Mexico a telegram telling them to attack America to get America distracted from more German submarines being put out into the ocean. Wilson soon found this out and decided it was time to go to war. On April 2, 1917 he asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. ... Finally, almost two years after America joined the war, Germany surrendered. Soon there would be a meeting to finalize the terms of peace in Paris. Woodrow Wilson was the first current president to go to Europe. He was greeted with open arms, flowers, screaming fans, and love. Peop...

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... Trade Commission authorized to order companies to cease and desist3 from engaging in unfair competition. Later came the Clayton Anti-trust Act, which outlawed a number of widely practiced business tactics. Wilson's' New Freedom domestic policies produced what turned out to be four constitutional amendments. The 16th amendment assembled a graduated income tax beginning on incomes over $3,000. The 17th achieved direct ... League of Nations, but when he returned home with the treaty, he found resistance to him and it. A group of senators refused to accept the treaty as a package, as Wilson ...

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... did not support their leader. The election in 1918 resulted in a clear Republican majority for the Senate and the House. This led President Wilson toissue a public appeal for the election of a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress in order that he might be wholly unhampered in the ... . This gave Lodge an enormous amount of power because in treaties, the President would negotiate but the Senate must approve.? The senate accused Wilson of compromising too much with Clemenceau and George. They believed that this treaty infringed on American sovereignty and would later commit them ...

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... Congress very effectively in his presidency. On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. Massive American effort slowly tipped the balance in favor of the Allies. Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to pronounce American war aims through a a series of ideas he had known as the Fourteen Points, this would establish a general association of nations indubitably ... guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. After the Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build an ...

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... of a "community of power"-a League of Nations- that would guarantee the self-determination of all nations and therefore eliminate the cause of wars." This quote exemplifies how Wilson wants conquer the war and to keep the world safe as we prevent future and upcoming wars, then make a group or "community of power" that would be able ... to create peace within the nations. In addition, Pastor illustrated Wilson as a proponent who was very important. Pastor illustrates how "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarante...

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... was to become, just and opening to the League of Nations. From the very first day that Congress had a chance to vote it became obvious to Wilson that the League had a very slim chance of being passed in Congress, and without all of the World Powers, the league had a minute chance of ... surviving. On November 11, 1918 an armistice was declared in Europe. Wilson saw the opportunity to form an international organization of peace to be formed. He acted rather quickly. On January 18, 1919 he released his fourteen points. ... France, and Britain did not want to work with the defeated nation o...

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... the world. However, a great opponent of this "Wilsonian League" was Henry Cabot Lodge, a Republican opponent. Ultimately, many of the obstacles Wilson faced could have been over come had he publicly admitted he was not running for reelection once his prominence grew if the League was authorized. He ... at home the voters did the opposite. With Republicans in Control of both houses opposition was immense. Once the Senate denied the League, Wilson returned to Paris for modifications, but once again he faced resistance. France was looking to obtain the German Rhineland; likewise France and...

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... more democratic governments in Europe defeat the autocratic governments, such as Germany, Austria and Turkey. At the beginning of the Great War Wilson approached the notion of America joining the war as incomprehensible, partly because of his strong feelings to resolve things by peace and partly ... British propaganda. Some American citizens felt that they should defend democracy and some people formed groups, such as the National Security League. Wilson was personally appalled by the German attack on neutral Belgium, which was bound to add to the persuasive factors urging him to enter...

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... of friends who approved his ideals but trusted in slower or modified processes This was shown more during his time of presidency at Princeton University. Wilson's more conservative student body and faculty showed a dislike towards his radical ideas. He did not like the ideas of changing the teaching style and ... no matter if they were rich or poor He presented many new proposals to congress and often he presented these new proposals in person. Wilson also created new agencies such as the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission. He was also responsible for the ratification...

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... both Byrn Mawr College and Wesleyan University. In addition he worked as the president of Princeton University and as a lecturer on politics. President Wilson remains the only president to earn a doctorate and the recipient of the many honorary degrees. During his two terms in presidency he was very ... way of life, however, these practices can also be thought to have been only in the president's beliefs, not the countries opinion. Even Wilson admitted this in his message on April 2, 1917 "The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested ... foundati...

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... seems to be stated as a typical account of the unrelenting aggression the Germans were capable of. Upon US entry into the war, President Wilson was to make an address to Congress on January 8, 1918 that is know as The Fourteen Points. The statement addressed specific aims and goals ... the first point, in which open, public diplomatic negotiations are stated as necessary for maintaining peace. Some would see the campaign put forth by Wilson as a failure in establishing its goals. Others, in retrospect, saw The Fourteen Points in a different light. Although the Treaty of Versailles was .....

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... In the years previous to the war, humans had begun to develop technology at the fastest rate in history. As the war ended, President Wilson and the rest of the Allied leaders were faced with an unenviable challenge; these men were responsible for putting Europe back together the way one ... enforce its degrees? ...The proposition is force to destroy force, conflict to prevent conflict, militarism to destroy militarism, war to prevent war." (Document A) Wilson's description of the future under the League of Nations was not a pleasant one: "[The founders of the Government] thought of Ameri...

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... had a reasonable ambition to make the United States the world's most dominant economic power. One of the reasons that so many people still disagree about whether Wilson was a realist or an idealist may be because he was a combination of both. Some of his plans and goals were realistic, while others were not ... century, Americans had prided themselves in their isolationism and neutrality in foreign affairs, but all this ended with the American intervention in Europe. Wilson may have been unrealistic in going into the war with the idea that this would be "a war to end war" "to make the wor...

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... born on December28, 1856 in Stanton Virginia. His parents were Joseph and Janet Wilson. His father was a minister and his mother was a daughter of a minister so he grew up in a religious family. His name was Tommy but used his middle name ... was still a child. When he was growing up the civil had started and his mother worked as a volunteered a confederate army hospital healing wounded solders. After the war Woodrow Wilson would always remember the day he saw general Robert E. Lee travel as a prisoner through the town that Woodrow was living in. Woodrow went to his local high school and...

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... business and finance, and his manipulated views on relationships and love. No doubt do these factors play a major role both in Gatsby's moral substance and the novel's main theme. Gatsby enters the novel as the mysterious new resident in a high class neighborhood. Not long after he takes residence there, he hosts elaborate ... parties every night in his enormous mansion. It seems as if Gatsby would associate himself with his guests. After all, it is he who is hosting these outrageous parties night after night. It doesn't take the locals, ... this man is and why he is conducting himself...

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... Cruz and by supporting constitutionalist Venustiano Carranza. Mediation by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile helped to prevent a general conflict and led to Huerta's resignation in July 1914. A year later, Wilson recognized Carranza's provisional government, and in 1916 he intervened again after Carranza's rival, guerrilla leader Pancho Villa, had raided a town in New Mexico, killing several Americans. In 1915 ... peace program, inspiring the peoples of the Allied powers while undermining the confidence of the Germans. Germany made its peace overture in the hope of obtaining just treatment un...

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