• Throught the character of Jay Gatsby, jealousy leads to death and destruction.

     

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Published: 10.06.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Throught the character of Jay Gatsby, jealousy leads to death and destruction.', 1.
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The 1920s were a time when radio was a desired household item, women got the right to vote, no one paid attention to prohibition in the cities, and entertainment created much of the excitement at this time. Someone who stood out during the Jazz Age decade was author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. He wrote many books during this time and is very well known for the 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's fiction was semiautobiographical and before anyone knew it, he was an overnight success. His most famous book, The Great Gatsby resembled Fitzgerald's real life persona. The main character of…

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