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Red Carnation Rose Garden
1,642 words
In Willa Carther's Pauls Case Paul, the main
character, lives a life that may be compared to
flowers, which are so vividly and often referred
to in the text: just as flowers blossom and die,
so too does Paul. After living one week as the
kind of boy he had always wanted to be (Carther),
Paul finds the idea of returning to his ordinary
life unbearable. Paul had lived one splendid
breath and a losing game in the end, just as he
had referred to the flowers growing behind the
glass, in spite of the ...
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Carl Jung Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgeralds classic
story about the shallow aristocracy of the 1920 s
American society, is the topic of much
interpretation. This paper is a simple proposition
that the Roaring Twenties were years dominated by
an SP (part of Carl Jung's archetypal psychology
that will later be explained in more depth)
society and the characters in The Great Gatsby
reflect and were deeply affected by this fact.
Daisy will be analyzed herein, as well as the
effect that an SP society had ...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Moral Responsibility
508 words
The Great Gatsby is a story of Nick Carraways
growing up and development of moral
responsibility. Unlike Nick, Gatsby does not
mature. F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminates these two
characters and their changes throughout the course
of the novel. Nick Carraway is a character that
develops a sense of moral responsibility
throughout the novel. He is a tolerant,
understanding, and sympathetic man with high moral
values, such as being honest and reserving all
judgment: I am one of the few honest people t...
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Francis Scott Key F Scott Fitzgerald
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Many authors in American have worked to shape the
history that is America through their portrayal of
their age. F. Scott Fitzgerald used his writing to
shape America during the post-Great War America
and into the Great Depression. Through his
influential works, Fitzgerald defined the
turbulent 1920 s as the Jazz Age, reflecting his
life into those works that are still today seen as
defining pieces of American history. Fitzgeralds
life was reflected in his work, making his name
synonymous with th...
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Failed Dreams In The Great Gatsby
887 words
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
is about one mans pursuit of the American Dream
and his downfall as he tries to reach this
imaginary goal. Although the dream is different
for each person, the principal idea behind the
dream is if an individual is determined to reach a
goal, he or she has of chance of achieving wealth,
and the happiness that accompanies it. In The
Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby believes that one can
acquire happiness through the accumulation of
wealth and power. Jay G...
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F Scott Fitzgerald J D Salinger
797 words
There are many writers like James Joyce, Patrick
Kananach and Thomas Moore who use symbolism to
convey and support indirect meaning in their
writings. J. D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald
both use symbolism in similar ways. In both "The
Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby", the
authors used symbolism to convey emotions and
reality. In "The Catcher In The Rye", J. D.
Salinger uses Holden's red hunting cap, the
exhibits at the Museum of Natural History and
"kings in the back row" as symbol...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Nick Carraway
881 words
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' /
Gatsby's Desire for Daisy exploring why Gatsby had
such an obsessive desire for Daisy. The writer
purports that Gatsby began by pursuing an ideal,
not the real woman. In fact, he could not
recognize the type of person she had become since
they last saw each other. Gatsby lives in a dream
world and Daisy is part of that dream. As the
novel progresses, however, Gatsby's feelings
change. Bibliography lists Fitzgerald's The Great
Gatsby: The Role of Nick Ca...
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Fa Ade Color Green
585 words
The Great Gatsby Symbolism Essay The Hidden Story
in Green and White Color symbolism is really
popular in novels written during the 1920 s. One
such example is Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great
Gatsby. There is much color symbolism in this
novel, but there are two main colors that stand
out more than the others. The colors green and
white influence the story greatly. Green shows
many thoughts, ideas, attitudes, and choices that
Gatsby has throughout the story. White represents
the stereotypical ...
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Sense Of Morality American Dream
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Gatsby as the Great American Dream Scott
Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby, is based on
the dreams of a man named Jay Gatsby. Throughout
the novel, it is suggested to the reader that
Gatsby is a symbol for America. He represents the
possibilities of life on a level at which the
material and the spiritual have been confused
(Bewley 11). Gatsby's dreams, lifestyle and sense
of morality represent an American vision of life
at which the reality ends and an illusion begins.
First, to be an American...
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George Wilson Young Greek Gatsby
818 words
In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, there is a character who appears so
little, but yet is so influential. He is
responsible for so much action on the part of the
main characters, but he himself does very little.
The name of this character is Michaelis. He is
described as the young Greek who ran the coffee
joint in the Valley of Ashes, but a careful reader
might implicate him as the cause of Gatsby s death
and Wilson s in precisely three ways. He failed to
determine the right ...
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Fitzgerald Has Created Closely Resembles
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NICK CARRAWAY has a special place in this novel.
He is not just one character among several, it is
through his eyes and ears that we form our
opinions of the other characters. Often, readers
of this novel confuse Nicks stance towards those
characters and the world he describes with those
of F. Scott Fitzgeralds because the fictional
world he has created closely resembles the world
he himself experienced. But not every narrator is
the voice of the author. Before considering the
gap between author...
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Corruption Of The American Dream Repeat The Past
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Gatsby's Corruptive Nature The Great Gatsby,
written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a portrayal of
the withering of the American Dream. The American
Dream promises prosperity and self-fulfillment as
rewards for hard work and self-reliance. A product
of the frontier and the west, the American Dream
challenges people to have dreams and strive to
make them real. Historically, the Dream represents
the image of believing in the goodness of nature.
However, the American Dream can be interpreted in
differen...
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Lover Gold Hatted Lover Gold Hatted High Bouncing Daisy
432 words
Interpretive Essay Then wear the Gold hat, if that
will move her if you can bounce high, bounce for
her too Till she cry, Lover, gold-hatted,
high-bouncing lover, I must have you This poem is
about someones struggle to obtain a woman just out
of reach. He does everything for her. Then wear
the Gold hat, if that will move her, Shows even
the smallest things are done with her in mind. The
poem does assume that if everything is done for
her, then she will eventually be his. This is not
only the sto...
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Give The Reader Gatsby Funeral
887 words
Disturbing Things in The Great Gatsby Throughout
The Great Gatsby there are many disturbing
instances, events, and people. These disturbing
things put a lot into perspective such as an
individual person s character and the character of
society at the time. The society of the 1920 s as
described in the novel was a time of big spending
and materialism. The characters in the novel all
seemed to have dominantly bad traits except for
Nick. F. Scott Fitzgerald had a reason for putting
these things int...
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Death Of Gatsby Gatsby
783 words
Mr. Gordan, an esteemed English teacher, once said
" Literature is Life" . I had not been
able to grasp the reality of those words until I
read The Great Gatsby. After reading The Great
Gatsby, I understand that literature is written
through inspiration from our daily lives. In this
novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the themes of
morality and life versus illusion. Through his
excellent writing techniques, Fitzgerald reduces
most of the characters of the novel as seemingly
obsessed wi...
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Clash With Reality Hottest Day Dream
496 words
In Search of a Dream/Clash with Reality A dream is
a vision, a vision different for each man on the
earth. Some dream of the past, events they cannot
change, either with horror and shame at their
choices or resting content in the preludes to
their happiness and glory. Others, knowing their
past, look to the future for their greatness or
failure to come. One must be careful, though, that
these dreams, past or future, do not obscure
reality; that one doesn t only see what he wishes
to see. The con...
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F Scott Fitzgerald T J Eckleburg
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Life, like The great Gatsby Imagine that you live
in the nineteen twenties, and that you are a very
wealthy martha lives by himself in a machine, on a
lake and who throws parties every weekend. This
just the beginning of how to explain the way Jay
Gatsby lived his life. This novel, by F. Scott,
Fitzgerald is one that is very deep in thought.
Fitzgerald releases little clues along the way of
the novel that will be crystal to understand the
ending. For instance, heaves the blue coupe a very
import...
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Tom And Daisy Gatsby Funeral
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Nick versus Gatsby Mainframe computers analyze
information and present it so that the observer is
able to make accurate observations. In The Great
Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the
narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a story in which
Jay Gatsby tries to attain happiness through
wealth. Even though the novel is titled after
Gatsby, Nick, just as a mainframe computer,
analyzes the actions of others and presents the
story so that the reader can comprehend the theme.
Throughout the novel, Nick ...
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Paul Case Red Carnation
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Paul? s Losing Game In Willa Carther? s? Paul? s
Case? Paul, the main character, lives a life that
may be compared to flowers, which are so vividly
and often referred to in the text: just as flowers
blossom and die, so too does Paul. After living
one week as? the kind of boy he had always wanted
to be? (Carther), Paul finds the idea of returning
to his ordinary life unbearable. Paul had lived
one splendid breath and a losing game in the end,
just as he had referred to the flowers growing
behind ...
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Moral Decay Jordan Baker
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Colors in Symbolism Colors can symbolize many
different things. Artists use colors in their
paintings when they want you to see what they are
trying to express. Like if an artist is trying to
express sorrow or death he often uses blacks
blues, and grays basically he uses dreary colors.
You automatically feel what the artist is trying
to express. When the artist uses bright colors you
feel warm and you feel happiness. In the novel The
Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is like an
artist. He uses c...
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