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Choose a novel in which a character feels threatened or vulnerable
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F
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The novel is set in the elitist and effervescent Roaring 20’s at the time of the
Prohibition
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This situation is clearly
depicted through Fitzgerald’s use of setting, symbolism and characterisation
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Gatsby is nothing without Daisy
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Daisy was Gatsby’s motivation to become wealthy enough to be worthy of Daisy’s love
and companionship
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When Gatsby came back from the war he found out that Daisy was married to Tom Buchanan the
Polo Player
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Gatsby spent five years trying to acquire enough money to make himself worthy for
Daisy
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Gatsby throws
lavish parties in his mansion actively encouraging gate-crashers in the hope that one day Daisy will
appear at one
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The water between the mansions symbolises the social barrier that
is preventing them from being together
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I feel
sympathy for Gatsby as he doesn’t realise that no matter how hard he works to try and get Daisy- he
will never be good enough to win her back as he does not have and never will have the education,
inherited wealth or social status that people like Tom from the East Egg have
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Gatsby is a very hopeful person,
Nick comments on Gatsby’s extraordinary gift for hope- in the material sense Gatsby has achieved
the American Dream, because he went from being nothing and having nothing to being very wealthy
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Wolfsheim tells us about the past couple of years of Gatsby’s life
“I made him… raised him up out the gutter
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It is hinted
that Gatsby made his fortune through bootlegging and gambling
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He
never did realise that Daisy was just leading him on
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Gatsby lives in West Egg
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Although Daisy-the love of Gatsby’s life- lives straight across the bay
there is still a barrier between them, this barrier is said to be vulnerable
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This shows that despite Gatsby changing himself to try and be worthy of Daisy’s love he still hasn’t
done enough to complete his transformation into a member of the ‘social elite’
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East Egg is said to represent ‘old money’ and West Egg the ‘nouveau
riche’
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Fitzgerald’s
use of setting arouses my sympathy for Gatsby as it portrays the fact that he is never going to get
Daisy
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Shortly after arriving
Tom challenges Gatsby’s background of being a so-called ‘Oxford Man’
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Tom then asks what kind of row Gatsby is trying to cause between
him and his wife
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Daisy tries to make Tom quiet but is unsuccessful
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Tom reveals
Gatsby’s rags to riches story
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Now this
has scared her away
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In conclusion, a novel in which I feel sympathy for one of the main characters is “The Great Gatsby”
by F
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Fitzgerald’s use of setting, symbolism and characterisation shows how
vulnerable Gatsby is and helps me to emphasise with him

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