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Fitzgerald uses the color blue to show that Gatsby's depressed. One time this is shown when Gatsby cant get daisy's attention; A way that Fitzgerald explains how extravagant these parties are when he says, “ No thin five piece affair but a whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums” (44). He throws multiple parties just to try to get her to come over to his house, but he spends an abundant amount of money every weekend and she never comes to them. Also Gatsby asks Nick to try to get Daisy over to his house so that he can “run into her” and try to impress her with his house. Another Example of this is when Gatsby is standing alone on his balcony; A quote that helps with the
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1. Gatsby has large and rapid mode swings for example, he “literally growled” and immediately after “without…exultation” radiated “ a new-well being”, which suggests he is emotionally unstable (95). 2.Gatsby gives off mixes signals, for he implies he wants alone time with Daisy when he looks between Nick and her with “tense unhappy eyes”, although when Nick leaves, giving the pair some privacy, Gatsby follows him sharing that he thinks, “[the meeting] is a mistake” (85). 3. The “faint flow of thunder”, which is present outside while Gatsby is meeting with Daisy, foreshadows flow of the pair’s relationship; where many small events will lead to a large burst of pent up emotion, just like thunder is the precursor to a storm.

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Chapter 3- Analysis of Character Trait, recklessness Grace has had a problem with being very reckless. Throughout the book, you will see examples of Grace acting without thinking, and usually getting in trouble after. Most of the recklessness had to do with catching the scarred man, but I noticed that some of them had to do with other things as well. Something I noticed about the other times that Grace was being reckless that didn’t have to do with the Scarred Man was just Grace being the hero.

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Tom Buchanan, is the husband of Daisy in F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby that has a big lack of morality throughout the book. Tom has a cruel; strong body tone and he lives in East Egg. In the novel, Tom Buchanan takes the role of the antagonist because he prevents Jay Gatsby from living happily ever after. This is in two ways first it's in Gatsby's head which happens throughout most of the book and then by actually denying him from being with Daisy and he also takes actions which lead to Gatsby's death. Tom Buchanan is first introduced as an excellent sportsman but he's wealthy, restless, and cruel, which is a terrible combination.

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A Daisy by Any Other Name Every great story needs both a villain and a hero, and the greatest stories are often characterized by their abilities to blur the line between the two. In The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott F. Fitzgerald set in the Eggs of New York, a line can be drawn between Daisy and Gatsby, Daisy and Nick, or even Daisy and Tom quite easily. Though a reader’s first impulse may be to cast Daisy as the villain, she lands the role of the victim rather than the tormentor.

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Reckless parties, vehicular manslaughter, and the unwarranted death of a man who is innocent all describe Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. This novel is set in the roaring twenties in the New York City/Long Island area, and it displays the divisions of social status and the division of the divisions of social status during this time in the United States. Nick Carraway takes the reader through his journey of moving to the East Egg of Long Island from the western United States, and during his journey he witnesses the reunion of past lovers, the struggles of the American dream, and the untimely death of two people who just wanted wealth and love. While it is commonly accepted that Jay Gatsby is a hero, it is very evident that he lacks

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First off, Fitzgerald uses the color green to symbolize Gatsby’s money and love

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Fitzgerald uses the color Blue & Grey to display that too much hope isn't always a good thing to hold on to, and could corrupt one person. Fitzgerald displays Gatsby's hope for being with Daisy once again but his hope was too much and was corrupted. " She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me.”

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By the end of the novel though, Daisy is beginning to be described as careless and is acting more impulsively. This can either mean she was never innocent in the first place or that even the most innocent people can become corrupt. Blue represents Gatsby's and Daisy’s relationship and the misconceptions and illusions that Gatsby has about. Many things in Gatsby’s life are blue. " In his blue gardens men and girls came and went" and in his garden, “ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves”.

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In reality being blind is not a choice. A person can not just wake up one day and physically ask to be blind, but in the novel, The Great Gatsby, the characters do choose to be blind to certain things. In this novel there are many variations on blindness and of seeing and not seeing that help lead to the theme of Fitzgerald's book. The theme of the novel is understood to be the disintegration of the American dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess, (SparkNotes). This theme is easily understood with the writers emphasis in the books of all the different cases of seeing and not seeing.

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~Jake picked up Georgette because he had a “vague sentimental idea” as he thought it would be nice to eat with someone as it has been a while since he has dined with a poule. (Page 24) I had picked her up because of a vague sentimental idea that it would be nice to eat with some one. It was a long time since I had dined with a poule, and I had forgotten how dull it could be. ~What it would take to be “one of us” is to be involved or affected by WW1 and other wars/revolutions that occurred throughout the twentieth century as Brett says that the Count was “one of us” since the Count stated that he has been involved in seven wars and four revolutions and shows his arrow wounds and scars in which he had those Abyssinia when he was 21 years old

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Gatsby’s life is filled with various colors which signify the messages Fitzgerald is trying to convey. Color symbolism plays an important role through the novel, The Great Gatsby. In the novel, the color green detonates Gatsby’s hopes and dreams, but in other characters it represents envy, jealously, and money. When Nick returns home from his cousins house, he spotted Gatsby outside on his dock: “—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing but a green light, that might have been at the end of a dock” (Fitzgerald 21).

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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, characters have very distinct identities that develop throughout the book and many inferences are needed to understand the characters. One example of this is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy Buchanan cares greatly about wealth and is a very careless person. Throughout the novel, many of her decisions are due to her greed and carelessness, even though those decisions may not be the best decisions for her. Daisy displays her greed throughout the novel; she marries Tom Buchanan because of his wealth.

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Jealousy is the root of a lot problems this is the case with F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby. In this book we will talk about how jealousy is the main factor in this topic. Consequently proving how jealous Tom Buchanan is when he is surrounded Jay Gatsby.

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Fitzgerald might have chosen to make his shirt silver to represent Gatsby’s wealth, but his tie which sits on top of his shirt is described as gold-colored instead of gold which could be because Fitzgerald only uses gold to describe “old money”. The gold-colored tie on top of the silver shirt could symbolize that Gatsby’s illegal actions have more of an impact than his wealth nullifying his money’s value. After some time at Nick’s house, Gatsby asks Daisy and Nick to come over to his house to give them a tour. Showing Daisy and Nick, his house he presents everything like he is a magician and each thing he shows them is a new trick. When they get to his bedroom, he tells Daisy and Nick about the Englishman

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Day 15: a character/s you love and why I couldn’t pick just one, as I’ve always said Ryke and Daisy are a package deal to me. They represent the deepest core of my being as a couple and an individual character. When Daisy Calloway made her first, she was perceived to be the epitome of fun, but little does we know, she’s been suffering behind the scenes. She’s my sweet courageous girl who loves intently with all her heart; who is very perceptive and understanding of others; who always make a point to make everyone feel included. She’s loyal, wild, and reckless, but never at the expense of others.

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