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The Great Gatsby is successful in that his comments are a readily accessible feature of his book, through the use Of contrast and symbolism. The web article ” Miss Betty Bowers” criticizes modern day celebrities and the Catholic Church through the use of exaggeration, puns, language and tone. The movie American Beauty is a strong…

In The Great Gatsby, the narrator vividly describes a large and lavish party, capturing its atmosphere and feeling through varied sentence structure and descriptive word choice. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses polysyndeton and asyndeton, as well as lengthier sentences with less punctuation, to convey the endless excitement of the party. Polysyndeton is employed in the quote,…

In Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby,” Nick Carroway first meets Tom Buchanan in person. This encounter provides a clear impression of Tom. According to Nick, Tom is described as a “violent body,” indicating that he is a man of action who relies on his actions to speak for him. Additionally, Nick observes that Tom…

The Great Gatsby ? Chapter 1 ?Worksheet 1. How does Nick see himself? Nick sees himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant. 2. What does the Buchanan house look like? It’s elaborate, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. There is a lawn started at the beach and ran toward…

Fitzgerald’s novel is set during the 1920s, an period of American history known as the “Roaring Twenties” and the “Age of Wonderful Nonsense. ” America had emerged from the First World War as an economic giant, resulting in a general increase in wealth in the population. Pretty soon, Americans indulged in extravagances like never before…

Graduating from high school- I chose graduating from high school, because graduation signifies that I had accomplished something and moving on to the next step. As a child I attended other people graduations, but I did not really get the meaning to why it was so important. Some people do not graduate due to health…

Those may be the facts, UT they don’t actually give us much insight into his personality. We learn more about him from the way he talks than what he says. Like this: we find out that he’s connected to wealthy (as opposed to simply well-to-do) and important people, like his cousin Daisy and Tom, a…

Gatsby entire dream revolves around his love and attempts to see daisy again. ” You’re just supposed to invite her to tea” (Fitzgerald 85). Gatsby dream relies on others actions and how they respond to his requests. This quote is a perfect example as Gatsby asks Nick to bring Daisy over for tea, so Gatsby…

In The Great Gatsby, the Valley of Ashes prominently displays the color gray, symbolizing despair in this desolate location. Fitzgerald describes it as a peculiar farm where ashes grow like wheat, shaping ridges, hills, and strange gardens. The ash-gray men tirelessly swarm with heavy shovels, forming an impenetrable cloud. The Valley of Ashes is inhabited…

Although set In vastly deferent cultures at different eras within American history, a common theme can be established when comparing The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both novels, for example, examine the dichotomy between reality and appearance as well as the conflict between individual and social values….