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Great Gatsby Themes/characters

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With everything that goes on in the novel The Great Gatsby, by Scott F. Fitzgerald, many different themes come about as a result. Out of all the themes that pop up, such as wealth, social status, and love, the one that stands out the most is dissatisfaction. All of the main characters have a part of themselves that is not happy with where they are at in life and it is a major key in the reason why they do what they do throughout the book. Tom Buchanan resorts to cheating on his superficial wife and Myrtle Wilson cheats on her husband because she wants out of her poor life. Jordan Baker seems to not be all that happy with herself, just like how Nick Carraway worries over his future as well as his want to get away from all of the corrupt people in his life.

The Great Gatsby A.P. English Assignment

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Josh Wein The Great Gatsby ? Part 2 A.P. English The main themes that I have found in The Great Gatsby involve the hiding and twisting of facts, how the rich use their social positions to their advantage and others disadvantage, and forgiveness. Chapter 1 ?I waited, and sure enough, in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face, as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged? This is the first case in The Great Gatsby where the rich; in this case Daisy, asserts their position over the less privileged people. In their minds they are higher and better than everyone else and part of a ?rather distinguished secret society? that only they were good enough for. Chapter 2

The Great Gatsby Study Guide

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The Great Gatsby Study Guide Chapter One 1. Explain what Fitzgerald achieved by using Nick?s point of view to tell Gatsby?s story? He?s able to analyze and criticize. 2. What do we learn about Nick Carraway in the introductory section of the novel? From a good family, in bonds. 3. In discussing East Egg and West Egg, Nick states: ?To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.? Indicate what the ?dissimilarities? might be. Type of people that live there, type of homes they have. 4. Compare the home of Nick, Gatsby, and the Buchanans. How does each home reflect the personality of its owner? Nick?s is inexpensive; Gatsby?s is showy; the Buchanans? represents old money.

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