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Figurative Language In The Great Gatsby

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How might you describe the flower situation at Nick’s house?Nick’s garden is untamed and grows wildly, until Gatsby sends over his gardeners. How does Gatsby look?Gatsby looks nervous and uneasy, something he never seems to look. How does Gatsby act while waiting for tea? Cite two examples. Gatsby is very uneasy and edgy, such as when he tries leaving before Daisy arrives and how he keeps looking out the window. In the last paragraph (lines 44-49), identify two literary terms. There is a metaphor and a simile in lines 44-49. II. Comprehension: 5. How would you describe the beginning of the tea party?The beginning of the tea party was very quiet and awkward. 6. Why does Nick scold Gatsby? Nick said Gatsby was acting like a child and said the both Gatsby and Daisy were nervous. 7. Once Gatsby …show more content…

Explain the duality of the symbolic use of the color white. White is symbolistic of the pureness and the corruption in their world. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 6: The Least You Should Know... Explain the importance of Nick’s statement: “You can’t repeat the past.” This discredits all of the effort Gatsby has spent trying to “repeat the past”. What is revealed about Jay Gatsby aka “James Gatz”? This shows that Gatsby isn't the great man he says he is and that he lied about his past. What was Dan Cody’s flaw? How might this relate to Gatsby? Dan Cody’s flaw was that he drank too much and this is the reason why Gatsby doesn't drink. What did Dan leave Gatsby? What happened?Dan left Gatsby $25,000 but, Gatsby didn't know the legalities of the process and didn't receive the money. When Nick next sees Gatsby, surprisingly who is with him? Tom is surprisingly with Gatsby Gatsby invites Tom to stay for dinner. What is the reaction and response? Tom says that he can't stay because East and West egg cant mix. How does Nick feel at Gatsby’s party? What does Nick notice? Nick feels like the party is different from the rest. Nick notices that there was an unpleasantness in the

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In James’ teenage years he worked around lake superior doing any job that would provide him food and a bed. James had envisioned an alternate persona, where he was wealthy Jay Gatsby, and this persona sprung into action when Dan Cody anchored his yacht in Lake Superior. 2. What was Dan Cody’s flaw? How might this relate to Gatsby?

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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a significant difference between Jay Gatsby’s parties and his funeral. The main difference is the people who came to the events. Before reuniting with Daisy, Jay Gatsby is best known for his extravagant parties that hundreds of people attend. After his death, there are only a few people who cared enough about Gatsby to attend his funeral. Gatsby’s parties and his funeral had some similar and some very different kinds of attendance.

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The book The Great Gatsby is about a man trying his very hardest to find the love of his life five years ago and rekindle the fire they once had. After finally reuniting with the help of a trustworthy neighbor, the woman sets him up. She uses her past love to make her husband jealous. After a great incident between the husband and his secretive mistress, Gatsby gets killed. I personally think it’s everyone’s fault

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1. It is the symbolism of the green light across the way as it pertains to Gatsbys reaching out to something better or something that he wishes to have. To him it represents a need in which he cannot obtain even with his vast wealth, friends and family. Even with all this there is still something missing. Something important.

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1. Why does Gatsby deliver so many goods and services to Nick's house? Gatsby wants everything to be perfect and also he kind of wants to impress Daisy when she arrives. 2.

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Gatsby has a good statement but nick's statement the most realistic and true. Nick's attitude forwards things are more blunt or dull you could say, while Gatsby is full of life and sees endless possibilities. In chapter 6“ about nick “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.” (6.6-7)This lets the reader know how his life has been and where his mind set comes from.

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The Great Gatsby uses progression and time to reveal characters and their changes from how the narrator, Nick, views them in his own mind. The longer he stays in New York he becomes more and more disillusioned of Daisy, Tom, and even Gatsby eventually to the point where he simply sees the misery and sadness in each one’s lives. From Daisy’s lack of character and decisiveness to Tom’s issues of commitment and eventually to Gatsby’s belief that he has the ability to change the past. When Nick first arrives in New York he knows no one and nothing of the people and the city itself, he knows only of his cousin Daisy who married the rich Tom Buchanan and lived happily ever after, and that he lives as a small man surrounded by giants. However as

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Gatsby’s Tragedy: Falling for a Minx The Great Gatsby, like the Great Houdini, is an illusionist. Similar to the Great Houdini, the Great Gatsby has a tremendous rise to fame and an outrageous reputation. Jay Gatsby's tragic flaw does not seem horrendous at first when compared to Willy Loman, Macbeth, and other tragic characters in literature, but his love for Daisy shows that the power of love outranks all other flaws. During Gatsby's youth, he met a girl named Daisy, who he immediately fell for.

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If one is honest, they are to be free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere. The quality of being honest is honesty. Although characters in The Great Gatsby are quite sincere, they fall short in the possession of honesty. The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which depicts how American life was during the Roaring Twenties.

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Title The Great Gatsby is a book that contains an abundance of motifs. F Scott Fitzgerald uses these motifs very masterfully to enhance the novel The Great Gatsby. One of the motifs that he uses is that money corrupts. The corruption is shown in many different ways and through many different people.

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In the story "The Great Gatsby" Nick has a favorable opinion of Jay Gatsby. In the first chapter of the book Nick states "When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction- Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. " The book gives many examples of Nick thinking of Gatsby as the "Great" such as Gatsby 's smile, what Gatsby was willing to do for Daisy, and what Gatsby did for himself.

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Successful futures cannot be justified by the unethical actions of the past. In chapter 6, Gatsby tells us the truth about his past how he changed his last name and worked for a man who left Gatsby with some of his money when he died but, Ella Kaye stole it. He worked with Dan Cody and started to realize his obsession with being wealthy. He wanted to become wealthy himself one day.

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Nick is beginning his new eastern life for the first time. Also, it is a similar situation with Gatsby as his life seems to restart as well as he attempts to regain Daisy’s love for him. Joy and fun come along with the chaos that summer brings. All the parties Gatsby throws in his house are not your typical house party. “People were not invited--they just went there.

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Tom’s and Gatsby’s party differed in almost every aspect possible. While Tom’s party was a small party to assert his dominance to his mistress and friends, Gatsby’s party was to lure and impress the love of his life. Tom’s party displayed his snobby old money ideals by not spending much money and effort, while Gatsby’s party symbolized new money with its excessive and flaunting spending and grandiose show. The level of intimacy at both parties differed significantly. Despite Tom’s party being small, it was far from intimate with all the guests budging into all conversations, Nick couldn’t even have a talk with Catherine long enough without Ms. Mckee budging in.

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Jay Gatsby, the title character of the novel “The Great Gatsby” is a man that can not seem to live without the love of his life. Trying to win Daisy over consumes Gatsby’s life as he tries to become the person he thinks she would approve of. What most readers do not realize is that Jay Gatsby’s character mirrors many personality traits and concerns that the author of novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, had. In fact, Gatsby and Fitzgerald are similar in that they both had a girl they wanted to win over, took a strong stance on alcohol, and ironically both had similar funerals, also, both people also symbolize the American dream.

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