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The Great Gatsby : Theme
We have focused our entire study around illusion and how it is presented in the text this idea is our central theme. Explain what you think Fitzgerald is trying to say about society by presenting the …

Great Gatsby : Characters
Describe three key characters and how they change in the novel Jay Gatsby – Gatsby is a wealthy young man living in West Egg where all the new money is. He is famous for all of …

The American Dream
The dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.-James Truslow if you put in enough effort, you will be …

Great Gatsby : Chapter 7
How is the scene in the hotel room in chapter 7 similar to the scene in chapter 2? The only difference in chapter 7 is that it is about gatsby whereas in chapter 2 it …

Great Gatsby : Narrator intro close reading task
How does Fitzgerald paint Nick as a narrator? what qualities is he given? Fitzgerald shows nick as the narrator by being painting him as unjudgemental from the start. In the first paragraph, he talks about how …

Great Gatsby: Chapter 5
“(1)It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. (2)He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. (3)No amount of …

Great Gatsby : Chapter 4
What is Fitzgerald trying to achieve when he opens this chapter? When Fitzgerald opens this chapter, nick is at gatsby’s party that he has been personally invited to.He lists names to show how many people came …

Great Gatsby : Chapter 3
david belasco David Belasco was an American theatrical producer

Great Gatsby : Chapter 2
explore one way that Fitzgerald presents illusion in this chapter , use evidence to support your ideas ? Fitzgerald presents illusion in this chapter because what is going on isn’t the real world.Nick and tom …

Great Gatsby : Chapter 1
What was the advice given to Nick by his father? How, do you suppose, this makes him a good person to tell this story?-The advice nicks dad gave to him was that whenever he felt …