The Great Gatsby: The American Dream
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In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many repeated references to time to draw attention to the so called "American Dream", which is something Jay Gatsby sorely desires in this novel. Time is the most important motif in The Great Gatsby by far. There are over 450 time words, and the word itself appears 87 times. Gatsby alwa ....
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.... her, because as time goes on, Gatsby is in love with the idea of being with Daisy, not actually in love with Daisy. Finally, he is betrayed by it with the help of Daisy's husband, Tom Buchanan, and the death of Myrtle Wilson. Gatsby is called great, which you can call him great by virtue of his ability to commit himself to his aspirations, but at the same time Gatsby himself is a liar, adulterer, a criminal, and someone the narrator, ....
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Number of words: 1774
Number of pages: 7 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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