F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American Author in the the jazz-age. He was the author of The Great Gatsby
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Scott_Fitzgerald
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First of all, it's an allegory to the fall of Russia, not an alliteration. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. As for what Orwell is saying, the story is about communism. In communism, the individual makes sacrifices for the society; rather than working for his own good, he works for the good of everyone, and takes no more than his fair share. The hard-working horse (I forgot his name) does everything he can for the society, and gives all he can. Going the other way, society has an obligation to keep each individual at an equal standard of living - nobody is lower than anybody else.
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Yup, basically just that a well written book (or other published article) can help you to know about or understand something that either you haven't or may never be able to experience firsthand.\n\nInteresting...  I found two different supposed sources of this quote.  One source credits the quote to a Russian author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, while another source credits it to Ray Bradbury, used in his book "Fahrenheit 451."  Perhaps Mr. Bradbury was simply borrowing the quote for his book since it was relevant to the storyline.  *shrug*  Oh well, the origin doesn't change the clear meaning of the words.  :)
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No, for the following reasons: (1) It is not pornographic (2) It is considered a classic of American literature (3) If there's one thing that American children need these days it is to read more and a book like The Catcher In The Rye is ideal to get teenagers reading.\n\nOnly a fascist society would ban a book like The Catcher In The Rye. Only a fascist society would want to suppress individuality to that extent. Has America become a fascist society?
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at the time fitzgerald wrote the book, jazz age '20s, it was an ideal love. now most would consider it obsessive since he loves what she represents symbolically rather than her as a person and he goes to great lengths to protect her even when his love is not returned. \n\n"boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly..."\n\ngreat book, huh...
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it mostly criticized the consumerism of the society\nwriters were fitzgerald and scott\nbooks like the great gatsby\nbut im not sure of the significance or changes it caused
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do a paper on the relationships in the book and how they effect the outcome of the book\n\n\n(mainly how it ends up killing gatsby)
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That's too broad a question to be answered here. My advice; get the facts on the History of Literature from a reputable source (or Wikipedia if you're pressed for time) and draw your own conclusion about how literature has evolved over the years.
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A best seller is a combination of a compelling story, combined with slick marketing and a supportive reader base.\n\nTo wit, the "Da Vinci Code" is a badly written book, rife with factual errors and lackluster characters, but what it proposed caught people by surprise, thus the interest.\n\n"Harry Potter" was an interesting take on wizardry.\n\nCertain authors have a kind of built-in success (Stephen King, Danielle Steel, John Grisham), but that came after a lot of slogging
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I'm sorry that you're having so much trouble. I'm having trouble helping you interpret the question being that I haven't read that particular novel. I wish you the best of luck, but I can tell you that several people in your class are probably having the same trouble. So, any interpretation of the question that you would have would certainly be better than nothing!! ;)
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It is all about the loss of innocence and the struggle to remain innocent.  It was written at a time in this country when we were experiencing a lot of turmoil.  I mean think about it, Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and for the first time the nation had to ask itself not "how should I help my citizens" but "should I help my citizens".  You see, before FDR, there really wasn't much in the way of helping a citizen if he or she was in need short of police officers and fire fighters.  When the Great Depression occured, everyone assumed that because it was the citizens' fault, they would naturally fix it.  It was the same economic system that the country had been working off of for a hundred years, everyone thought things would just fix themselves.  Unfortunatly, they did not, and the governmnt was faced with the crisis of completely redesigning itself and its economy after it loss of innocence.\n\nThe title refers to a rye field near a cliff.  I believe it is described in detail somewhere in the novel.  It isn't uncommon to have rye fileds near cliffs or large ditches and sometimes there would be a "cathcer" at the end of the field to grab the kids running around and playing before they fall to their deaths.  Early on, you are lead to belive that Holden is represented as the catcher character, as he is trying to protect his sister from the harshness of the outside world.  Later on you learn that his sister is actually the catcher because she is the one who leads him back onto the path.  This can be viewed as looking to the youth or the future for the right direction to go when refering to the societal implications of the novel.  Rather than assuming that the system set in place by our fore-fathers will work for an eternity, we have to be flexible and able to change with the future as our safety net.
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Remember, George Orwell was a Socialist, but hated Communism.  The animals were represenative of his feeling toward governments.  Also, the other person who answered had a good point.  Do your own homework.  That's a great book
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First of all, this is well written.  You have a strong thesis, and you keep that thesis throughout the essay.  Well done. There are just a few grammatical errors here and there.  \n\nSecond paragraph after "American dream" should be a semi-colon.  Hyphens are not generally used as punctuation in a formal essay.  "and to still be able to have a family"  is very choppy, consider "and still have a family" or something of the like.  In an essay regarding literature, you don't need to say "was shown" when referencing the book.  You can simply say "Gatsby had no friends, no one attended his funeral."  Try to avoid contractions like "didn't" "couldn't" "shouldn't" etc...spell them out "did not" "could not" "should not".  \n\n"Gatsby was very ambitious, as you can see..."  Essay's avoid second person you.  You can either leave that out all together, or you could say "the reader is aware that gatsby was very ambitious."  "Gatsby was trying to relive the past, but obviously that wasn't happening."  This falls under the second person you.  Consider "Gatsby was trying to relive the past, but the past was not going to happen again for him." or something along those lines. \n\nTry to avoid passive verbs/passive voice sentences.  Instead of "It was Daisy that ran over Myrtle" consider "Daisy ran over Myrtle."  It tightens your sentence and makes your point much clearer.\n\nInstead of "as you can see, Daisy inadvertantly lead to Gatsby's death."  you could say simply "Daisy's actions inadvertantly lead to Gatsby's death."  Also, in this section, the tense shift is a bit odd.  Instead of "Gatsby would never aquire the American Dream" consider "Gastby never aquired (aquires, whichever you prefer) the American Dream." \n\n"In this way Gatsby is a tragic hero. He went about it all with the best of intentions, but that was what led to his death in the end. That is what a tragic hero is. He or she has good intentions, but in the end, those intentions lead to his or her death."  This section is repetitious.  Your point is very clear, and concludes your thesis, but try something like "By the end of the novel, Gatsby symbolizes the very definition of a tragic hero.  He acts with the best of intentions.  Those good intentions ultimately lead to his death."\n\nAs I said, over all a very well written essay.  Most of the things I have suggested you change are simply to tighten your essay.  As I said, try to avoid the second person 'you' and contractions (don't, couldn't) in your essay.  Hopefully this has helped.  If you have anymore questions, or want to tell me to shove it that you don't need my suggestions ;) feel free to e-mail me. \nimhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe\n@yahoo.com
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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantics. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems, as well as being one of the early practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction, as well as crime fiction in the United States. He is also often credited with inventing the gothic fiction story and contributing to narrative forms of the emergent science fiction genre.[1] Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is a mystery, although it is well-known that he struggled with alcohol problems; it has also been alleged that he had a drug problem. Some say he died of tuberculosis, as so many people did in his time. His exact burial location is also a source of controversy.
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Have you read The Great Gatsby? Jay Gatsby (the character) would be great for that.   1920's and dealt with all the culture of the decade.\nOr choose another literature character from an era... like Catcher in the Rye, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jane Austen,...
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why does it matter? somebody in the group has it out for the guy. I have been to uncyclopedia; its just nonsense anyways. oscar wilde is probably just stuck in somebodies\nbrain like a bad song or sumthin. Who cares? Uncyclopedia is stupid and evil noise.
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Check here -- I think you'll find the quote is slightly different than you stated:\n\nhttp://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/chapter9.html\n\nYou can just use your web browser to do a "find" or "search" in the text on that web page for the word "poor".