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The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzerald's magnum opus, this 1925 novel follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan

The Great Gatsby
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25 Questions

1. New Money -prosperity - But Not Genuine Prosperity

2. Mix Between White And Black -white=Innocence -tainted By Burdens

3. The Meaning Of The Color _____- In This Book Can Symbolize Gatsby's Desire For Daisy ( Light=Daisy) But It Could Also Represent The Sickliness That Is Within This Given Society. I Think Towards The Beginning Of The Novel - It Represents Desire And Then Towards The End It Shifts To A Sickly Envy.

4. What Nick Is Saying About The ____ Is That There Is Something More Innocent About It; It Is A More Calm Place; A Place Where People Come Back To Each Other; More Of A Way Of Life - More Honest And Less Extravagant; Haunted By The East - People Do Not Care About Each Other And Its All Artificial

5. So We Beat On - Refers Back To "Can't Repeat The Past?"; You Really Cannot Repeat The Past (____) - Never Going To Make It Back To How Beautiful It Used To Be But We Are Still Going To Keep Trying To Go Back - We Strive Towards The Future To Repeat The Past; Stagnant Dream - Grail Quest- It's About The Journey Rather Than The Goal; Journey Is Worth While Even If You Are Destine To Fail - what If We Are All Destine To Fail? - Realistic - This Is Life And This Is How It Happens - But You Can Try As You Will - Paradoxal Use Of Language

6. Water=Atonement For Sin - False Purity - Has The Most Positive Association Of All Of The Colors - But Falls Short Such As Gatsby's Dreams Do

7. Less Glamorous Of The Two Eggs -"Though It Is The Most Superficial Tag To Express The Context Between Them" -on Either Side There Are Two Large Houses (Rented For 12-15000 Dollars A Season) - Nick Lives In A Small House -calls It An Eye Sore -right On The Water -no One Really Sees It

8. Bold Colors Mixed With White -corrupted Innocence - symbolize The Ending Of Gatsby's American Dream

9. ____ Wasn't Everything That He Wanted Her To Be - that Would Be Impossible Because He Has Made Her Into A "Grail" - he Has Made Her Into A Fantasy.

10. Old Money - Buchanan's

11. Myrtle

12. The Burnt Remains Of The Glory -moral Decay Of The Society

13. Means Refusing To Slow Down -artificial -failed Imitation Of Gold -daisy Is A ____ Flower

14. Gatsby's Party

15. Blind Optimism; Push On Into The Future - And We Cannot See The Past; Similar To The Green Trees Seen By The Sailors - Something Beautiful And Sexual About It - no Longer Exists Because It Has Been Developed And Tarnished - But We Somehow Still Believe In This "Green Light"

16. Seems To Be Innocent - But Then Seems To Be Corruption

17. He Went To Yale With Nick And He Wanted Nick's Respect -he Peaked When He Was 21 When He Played Football -arrogant - Dominant - And Aggressive -cruel Body (Muscles And Strength) -moved Around A Lot Suggests A Level Of Dissatisfaction -came From An Enormously Wealthy Family -had Enough Horses For A Polo Team -lived In Various - Expensive Places -extravagant House -doesn't Have A Job -loves The Book Rise Of The Color Empire -about How The White Race Needs To Beat Down The Other Races -was To Some Degree The Response Of People In The 1920s

18. Tom's Darty

19. East Egg

20. Engaged

21. ____ Is Persistent Because He Is Still Rooting For Gatsby Even After He Is Dead

22. Nick's ____ Is A Coming Of Age; Realizes That He Should Not Be Involved In All Of This

23. Drunkenness And Moral Decay - mixing With White Made It Seem More Innocent - becomes More Intense Throughout The Novel

24. Hollywood - Celebrities - From Less Prominent Immigrant Families (Irish And Jewish)

25. Judgemental