...Nick Carraway was a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York in 1922 and turns 30, in the book Nick is one of Jay Gatsby’s Closest friends. Gatsby is there for him in his times of need, and since Nick is also Daisy’s cousin he can help him with Daisy the love of his life. Nick is also a great narrator because he can keep his temper down in almost any situation, but he doesn’t do it in a dull monotone way. Nick is always there for Jay, and he said he has many issues inside and he's not very good with money. He blows it all and spends it on very extravagant things like gorgeous parties, but Nick does his best to give him good advice and that does help Jay in very good ways. For example when the innocent woman was hit by a car Nick was...
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...F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, The Great Gatsby, is a rags to riches story of a man named Jay Gatsby, born in 1892. Raised in North Dakota as a squandering farmer’s son, Gatsby later became a millionaire living in West Egg, where all the new money lived. Jay Gatsby was an iconic figure of a tragic hero because he came from great mental stature, endured great physical and emotional suffering, and had a tragic flaw that inevitably resulted in his downfall. Jay Gatsby had many attributes of a tragic hero including being born into a family of high stature. He felt as if he was born a son of God. When he was a young child, his parents were poor farm workers in North Dakota, but Gatsby knew he was destined for greatness. As he grew, he received his...
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...experience in West Egg, Long Island. Relocating to a different region of the world is a scary but an exciting experience. Seeing how the other half lives, and becoming affiliated with those who are the opposite of you is something that everyone should experience. Any experience, negative or positive, should be considered a life learning lesson. Although money has been known to bring joy to people, it can also cause people to be deceitful. This deceit comes in the form of greed. James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby, was a victim of deceit; His preparatory, Daisy Buchanan. No matter how much Jay loved Daisy or how devoted he was to her through all those years, five years to be exact, Daisy’s love for Gatsby was a facade. She saw how different he was and how much he had changed substantially but she couldn’t let go of how poor he use to be. Her greed for wealth and security was understandable especially during that specific time period. But why use Jay? Just to get revenge on her husband for cheating? Just to prove a point? ABSOLUTELY! It was easy for her to do because she already knew that Jay was in love with her. She knew his love was genuine and the connection between them would seem real to others. Nick was an easy target as well seeing that Daisy knew his desire to be a part of the “in crowd.” She used Nick as well to get close to Gatsby. Unfortunately for Jay, his rose colored glasses blinded him of Daisy’s deceit. He...
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...prig would dispute either the stylistic beauty or the cultural importance of The Great Gatsby.”(Barbarese) Although he is arguably a one-book author, this story about a Jay Gatsby has a story to tell. This piece is about a wealthy young man named Jay Gatsby, who has everything anyone would dream of, besides the love of his life. Making money through bootlegging and making illegal sales of alcohol, but soon finds it hard to believe that money can not really buy happiness. The book contains many conflicts between Jay Gatsby and himself, Jay Gatsby against society, and even Jay Gatsby and the love of his life’s husband. The wealthy This novel is filled with all the themes of love, revenge, money can’t buy happiness, the “American Dream”, and many more. There are so many themes to pick from, the audience has their individual ideas on which them Scott Fitzgerald is trying to send. The truth is he isn’t sending you any themes, how you interpret the novel is all on your own making of the story. Scott Fitzgerald has many themes all mixed up within his novel. The reader's pick up certain themes depending on what they are going through in their lives or if the novel triggers something inside the reader that reflects on their own conflicts with others or themselves. But can money buy you happiness? Or can it and how much does it cost? Should you be the better man and walk away from your conflicts with others? These are questions that...
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...Lane Hossum Mr. Latham MUS 005 12 November 2013 Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter, born December 4, 1969, started his life off as a regular kid, just like every other kid. He was born and raised in a part of New York City known as Marcy, also known as the projects. Shawn was one of four children belonging to Gloria Carter and Adnis Reeves. Early on, his friends game him the nickname of Jay-Z or Jay for short. Who knew he was going to become the man he is today? Jay-Z was a former drug dealer, but is now known for being one of the most successful rappers and entrepreneur alive. According to Saddleback Educational PublishingJay-Z’s net worth is over $450 Million, he has over fourteen Grammy Awards, owns two 40/40 clubs, created his own clothing line [Rocawear], owns Def Jam Recordings, Roc-A Fella Records, and owns a minority share of the Brooklyn Nets. His rap career started early on when he came upon a group circled up, clapping their hands to make a beat, with a kid named slate in the middle of the circle spitting out rhymes. Jay-Z was very intrigued, he had never seen anything like it. Jay remembered, “It was like watching some kind of combat, but he was alone in the center. All he had were his eyes, taking in everything, and the words inside him. I was dazzled.” (Saddleback) Jay-Z started writing down his own rhymes, he wrote at every opportunity, and stated by Saddleback, when he ran out of paper, he would go down to the store and buy a soda just to use the paper bag to write...
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...Gatsby In the book The Great Gatsby by some guy, the American Dream is depicted as something that can be either achieved or neglected by several characters of different age and personality. Through the novel readers can learn how hard it is to obtain this dream because at any given moment, individuals can be faced with obstacles and barriers. Despite the great amount of wealth that he inherited, Jay Gatsby never truly achieves his American Dream because his love for Daisy is never rekindled after he returns from war since Daisy is never able to fully let go of Tom and his money. First and foremost, Daisy’s love for Gatsby is never rekindled after he comes back from war. Jay Gatsby says that he embraced the war and it gave him a new life...
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...confused and distressed than I have ever been in my life. The last few days have been a maelstrom of dissension, mental stress and making choices that I thought I would never have to make. Last month I met him. After 10 years of yearning, waiting and giving up, I had met Jay Gatsby. I did not show it but on the inside I was bursting with joy. He looked as cool and handsome since the day I saw him leave for the war. Oh and what an absolute ball we had together! We danced, went to his beach, sat near his fire place and so much more. And his clothes! Such beautiful shirts I had never seen before. The colours, the soft silk! If it were up to me I would sleep in them. He talked of running away with him, starting new somewhere else. After all he had become rich and could afford abandoning all that he had. But I never really took it seriously. He could not mean it right? What would happen to dear Pam? And what of Tom? Yes, he has not been the most faithful of people but he is still my husband! Then one day he invited me and Tom to one of his parties. I didn't really like them to be honest but I was amazed by how rich he had grown. If only I had waited and not married Tom, I could have been living a life of luxury and be be married to a person I truly loved. Tom on the other hand, was not as fond of him. He kept questioning Jay's story and did not seem to believe a word that Jay said. Within the next few days, he invited Jay to our house. I remember it as a very hot day, that...
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...Major Assignment 3 4/19/2017 From Rags to Cowhides: Jay Crofoot’s Legacy as a Cattle Feeder “What’s that smell?” That is often the first thing you’ll hear from someone driving into Hereford, Texas. Ask any cattle feeder in town, and they will all give you the same answer; “it’s the smell of money.” A sign just on the outskirts of town reads “Hereford Beef Capital of the World” and it is in this small town, that Jay Crofoot began his humble career as a cattle feeder. No Stranger to Hard Work Crofoot grew up in Emporia, Kansas, with his Mother, Father, and nine older siblings. Although he was the youngest of the family, Crofoot was still expected to pull his weight. “Dad put me to work milking cows when I was about five”...
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...Depression played a huge roll in his life also because of the economy and the loss of businesses and money. When Francis was a young him and his parents were always moving from city to...
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...anJason Palmer 12/1/2011 How Jay-Z in AN EDUCATED PERSON What does it take to be a liberally educated person? Is it the amount of intelligence that one has? Is it solely individualism? Normally the stereotype of what an educated person is who has undergone an obligated set of learning experiences through education. So if we were looking at the person that hasn’t traveled a traditional path through education what qualities or what examples are we looking for to be defining this educated person? In “Only Connect” The Goals of Liberal Education are basically broken down into qualities of learning that empowers individuals and the preparedness that deals with complexity, diversity, and change. In this special case we are trying to define a rapper, but not just any rapper we are talking about Jay-Z, a Hip Hop mogul, one of the East Coast raps top acts of the 21st century. So why would we think that a rapper is capable of being an educated person? One of the qualities of what an educated person is in “Only Connect” which states “They can write clearly and persuasively and movingly”. When it comes to being a rapper part of the job is how they write their lyrics and the messages they send or the sound that people are listening to. With Jay-Z’s style in particular you can tell that there is some education in the way he is able to make the music he writes. Having an interest in music from a very young age, Shawn Carter was known by the nickname “Jazzy” in his neighborhood and later...
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...There are many characteristics that identify Jay Gatsby as a tragic hero. Some of the characteristics of that a tragic hero must have; include greatness, a weakness or a flaw, an undeserved fate and a fates’ that are not deserved and the punishment exceeding they get exceeds the crime. they committed. Jay Gatsby encompasses has all of these the characteristics of a tragic hero. Although, the author tries to portray Gatsby as a perfect person, there are still some flaws that are still noticeable. Gatsby's great life unwinds with the death of the Furthermore, even Gatsby’s ending shows that he was tragic hero. We know that Jay Gatsby was esteemed has greatness by the way others spoke of him. Nick describes him as a . He was very well mannered person and everyone who knew knows him looked up to him (pg. 53-54). He wasn’t one of the rubbish people who got recklessly get drunk, and he also didn’t doesn’t act careless like the rich (pg. 54, 188). Meyer Wolfshiem said of him, “fine fellow isn’t he”,” which shows that even Wolfshiem liked Jay Gatsby (pg. 76). In addition, even the title of the book is called, “The “Great Gatsby”,” which shows that the author Nick thought that Gatsby was a great person. Also, when Nick was leaving for his train, he told Gatsby that he's “worth he worth’s the whole bunch”, which includes Daisy, Tom and Jordan, and that shows, that Nick thought that he is exceptionally extremely great as a person and is better than most ((pg. 162)...
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...their attitude of achieving it can vastly vary. In the novel, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author displays The American Dream through a corrupt love and the idea of becoming wealthy and having the ability to acquire anything. Jay Gatsby does not truly love Daisy, rather he sees her as an object he must acquire in order to achieve his personal vision of the American Dream. First of all, Gatsby wants success and views Daisy as the means to achieving it. Second, Daisy is treated and viewed as a possession that Jay Gatsby has to attain under any circumstances to fulfill his American Dream. Lastly, Gatsby is trying to set up an image and reputation for...
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...In F. Scott’s novel The Great Gatsby, we see many relationships built on the fact that they like the idea of the person rather than the person themselves, as seen with Jay’s fascination with Daisy, Myrtle’s attraction to Tom and Tom’s marriage to Daisy. Jay Gatsby has had one goal in mind for the past five years and that is to be worthy of Daisy Buchanan. Jay was raised poor on a farm in North Dakota and had basically no money to his name. So when Daisy came along he was fascinated by her. Never before had he seen such a beautiful house and the fact that Daisy lived there just increased the beauty of. Daisy “was the first ‘nice’ girl” (148) he had ever known in his life and that made her desirable to him. She grew up living a full rich life, while he had the opposite. As much as Jay wanted her, he knew that he would never...
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...touch on the subject how love helps the main characters to accomplish their goals, how love allows characters to proceed with building new relationships, and how the feeling of love can blind the characters which eventually results in their loss of touch with reality. Although love is extremely powerful and has some downfalls, it has the ability to make an impact on the lives for the characters in the Great Gatsby and The Fault in our Stars. Throughout the two novels Fitzgerald and Green thoroughly show how the multiple relationships between the main characters significantly grasp their full potential. As readers we develop the sense of how a certain heavyweight as altered the life of Jay Gatsby, We have known Gatsby as a certain character with a very likeable personality and had a certain aurora that people couldn't help but fall in love with. There has been certain events that has been made clear for the readers so they can fully distinguish their thoughts on how Gatsby has reached his full potential. "A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the all over his desk.."That? Thats Mr.Dan Cody, old sport".."He's dead now. He used to be my best friend years ago." (Fitzgerald, 90) This conversation that was held between young Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway effectively displays how Jay has mastered the certain aurora that he has now from a certain pal. When comparing The great Gatsby to The Fault in our Stars we can see how similar the characters...
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...Name Teacher May 18, 2015 The Great Gatsby Character Identification - Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is a young man, who went from having very little in his childhood in North Dakota to one day having more than he could ever imagine. Becoming extremely wealthy was not very hard once he had gained his knowledge from a man who had many strategies to get Jay to where he needed to be. Once he had a firm understanding on what had to be done to impress a girl het met before the war. Jay was involved with many under the table jobs starting clubs that served alcohol for young teens and adults. While running these clubs he had accumulated lots of extra cash that he could use to start his life he once dreamed of and could find the girl of his dreams. Jay Gatsby can be described in many ways. Gatsby is a very successful business man and had acquired millions of dollars. That is why I would describe Jay Gatsby as being very determined and successful entrepreneur. Jay Gatsby - Determined Jay Gatsby is very determined and will keep fighting until the end. Throughout the first few chapters he had one goal and it was to find the girl he fell in love with before he left for war. He was also determined to become wealthy and live in a big house. Gatsby wanted to become the man who would be loved by Daisy's parents because of his wealth. "Shiftless and unsuccessful farm people and his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all". Gatsby was not impressed...
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