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The Antonym of Admirable
Admirable, worthy of admiration, inspiring approval, reverence, or affection. Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby represents the antonym of this definition. His manipulative, deceptive personality allows him to charm his way around the narrator, Nick Carraway. “He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s, but he was a tough one” (240). Nick lives with his own version of the story, while outside characters try desperately to reveal his true character. Jay Gatsby is all an illusion, ambiguous, and misleading. Tom Buchanan immediately recognizes Gatsby's questionable persona by saying “Who is this Gatsby anyhow?” demanded Tom suddenly. “Some big bootlegger?”(164). Nick disregards Toms statement and continues on, because he is already enchanted by the illusion that is Gatsby. Gatsby is a poser. For example, he has an entire library full of books, of which he’s never read. “What realism! Knew when to stop, too—didn’t cut the pages” (72). This represents his deceptiveness, and how precise his …show more content…

By partaking in criminal activities he justifies being a non-admirable person. His wealth comes from the drug business arrangement with Meyer Wolfsheim. “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts” (203). Shortly after, we learn Gatsby left Walter Chase to rot in jail for a month and Gatsby doesn’t even begin to help. “And you left him in the lurch, didn’t you? You let him go to jail for a month over in New Jersey. God! You ought to hear Walter on the subject of you” (203). After all of this happened, Gatsby continues his law breaking activities and Tom continues to say “but you’ve got something on now that Walter’s afraid to tell me about” (204). These quotes show how Gatsby treats people he can’t benefit from. He relies on the specific opinions he formulates to climb the social

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The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has many interesting characters. None are as interesting and complex as James Gatsby. The author used many character traits or ingredients to create this character. To bake this character the ingredients needed are seven cups of jealousy, three cups of naivety, four cups of determination, one half cup of mystery, four tablespoons of dissatisfaction, one bottle of whiskey, and two cups of lavishness. The first ingredient is seven cups of jealousy, this is because Gatsby was always jealous of Tom Buchanan and his life.

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In our world it is hard to indicate whether it is genuine when an individual is treated in a kind matter or being deceived in order to get exploited for something in one’s possession. It is quite unfortunate that in this world, homo sapiens use a gift such as kindness in order to deceive and get whatever they desire, instead of being genuinely kind to one another. A person should not have to doubt the truthfulness behind someone’s kindness towards them. The readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby experience this false goodness and deception, through the false belief that Jay Gatsby is a kind hearted soul, with a pure and white soul; Contrary to that false belief, Gatsby is in truth, foolish, pathetic and a man who repeatedly sin and prove he is not

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Gatsby believes that money can buy him whatever his heart desires. Gatsby’s misunderstanding of the way money functions in the society he lives in results in the failure of his attempt to gain both status and the

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Gatsby’s “Greatness” Greatness is showed by the choices we make in life. From how we see the circumstances and how we react to them. Gatsby is not as great of a man as Nick claims that he is. Gatsby makes foolish, childish and delusional decisions and not at all great.

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Cleopatra was the last pharaoh to rule Egypt, she ruled Egypt for nearly 22 years. Cleopatra was born in 69BC and died in 30BC, Cleopatra was last of the Ptolemaic dynasty which was a Macedonian Greek family. She ruled Alexandria with her brother that she also married until he sent her away, Cleopatra’s brother killed one of Rome’s generals and Julius Caesar was not happy and he threatened to take possession of Egypt but instead he restored Cleopatra to the throne. Cleopatra commanded armies at the age of 21 and spoke many different languages. Her first years where a bit of a struggle, there was a drought and famine because of the failure of the Nile to flood.

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The American Dream is what many set their goals in life to be based upon, money, family, peace, and love. Every character in The Great Gatsby is selfish, but the four main characters that present themselves as the most selfish are, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, the American Dream is present, but is overshadowed because of all the selfish people only wanting to become a higher class or show that they are of a higher class than everyone else around them. The Character that has the least amount significance to the story, but the most selfish is Jordan Baker. Jordan is described as an attractive, slender woman, small breasted and has a grey sun-strained eyes.

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Gatsby doesn’t really show what he really is to the public, and that makes him a different person from what the others think of

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Every story has a character that stands out. Tom Buchanan is an example of a character stands out for the wrong reason. Nick Carraway describes him saying, “Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body—he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage—a cruel body”(Fitzgerald,7).

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Humans, by our very nature, are always striving to achieve more in life. Unfortunately, our materialistic society, and that of the Roaring Twenties, interpret this as striving for wealth. That pursuit often becomes all-consuming, eventually hindering our pursuit of gratifying life goals. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts wealth as a fraudulent thief whose pursuit must be abandoned for the sake of tangible fulfillment. He illustrates the dangers of attempting to find gratification in wealth through the life of Jay Gatsby, who ironically sacrifices morality, identity, and love in order to gain wealth, which he attempts to use to justify his claim to these very things.

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“He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” In this paragraph Tom revealed Gatsby’s crime saying that Gatsby was doing illegal stuff, such as drugs and alcohol to make money. Gatsby is trying to become rich faster so he can be with Daisy because since her parents would rather have Daisy marry a rich man.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that depicts the American Dream; however, the American Dream cannot be established without running over a few people in the process. Gatsby the protagonist of the novel is known to deceive others and himself; however, his lies are not meant to hurt anyone. Gatsby is lost in his desire to be rich and have Daisy’s love, and in his desire forgets about how his actions may harm others. In addition, Gatsby only wanted to be more than his parents who were “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” (98). Gatsby’s deception goes as far as fabricating who he is, his financial standing in the past; including how he makes his money, lying to Daisy, and allowing others to tell rumors about himself.

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If his mind is not occupied by his mistress Myrtle, he is drowning in thoughts of Gatsby’s suspected crime-filled life. “Indeed, Tom Buchanan's sources appear most reliable in his characterization of Gatsby's drug store chain as ‘just small change’ compared to his stolen bonds” (Pauly 116). Buchanan is a hypocrite towards Gatsby. He denounces Gatsby’s life actions as being morally evil but Tom’s actions are no different than Gatsby’s in the sense that both men are unfaithful to themselves and their nearest relationships. Tom is competing with Gatsby through deception and treachery, and their dangerous habits wound them

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He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (7.127) Gatsby earned his fortune through the illegal sale and distribution of liquor. Rumors of Gatsby’s being a bootlegger circulated with partygoers in chapter four while indications that Gatsby may be involved in criminal activity are suggested in chapter five.

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The use and misuse of magic are of great importance in the play, A Midsummer Night 's Dream. It is a recurring theme that is mostly seen with Puck. The use of magic by Puck helps in creating conflict, humor, and balance in play. Shakespeare employs this device in his play to mainly build and establish the theme of love. The role of magic in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is seen as an interference with the human world, however it is still separate from the human protagonists (Noone, 2010).

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He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter... I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong. "(Source C). This reveals that Gatsby cheated his way to the top in order to become filthy rich, however even despite that he does not reach his true American Dream which is to live and marry Daisy. He dies an abrupt end

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