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    The document is a self-assessment of a literary analysis essay on The Great Gatsby. The student summarizes their main point that the novel was written as a satire of 1920s attitudes like racism, materialism, and perceptions of the American Dream. The student believes their thesis is strong because it is clear and covers their main points. They think their paragraph on wealth was the most well-developed part. While transitions could have been better, paragraphs were tied together by restating the thesis. The student believes they are reliable because they clearly read and understood the book and used reliable sources for 1920s research. The conclusion restates the thesis and leaves the reader thinking about Fitzgerald's purpose in writing the novel.

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    The document is a self-assessment of a literary analysis essay on The Great Gatsby. The student summarizes their main point that the novel was written as a satire of 1920s attitudes like racism, materialism, and perceptions of the American Dream. The student believes their thesis is strong because it is clear and covers their main points. They think their paragraph on wealth was the most well-developed part. While transitions could have been better, paragraphs were tied together by restating the thesis. The student believes they are reliable because they clearly read and understood the book and used reliable sources for 1920s research. The conclusion restates the thesis and leaves the reader thinking about Fitzgerald's purpose in writing the novel.

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    Sarah Masterson

    Expository Writing
    Ms. Johnson
    May 5, 3017

    The Great Gatsby Essay Self-Assessment


    Literary Analysis Research Paper

    1. Write a brief summary describing the main point of your essay.


    The main point of my essay was that The Great Gatsby was written as a satire. F. Scott Fitzgerald
    exaggerated the attitudes, behaviors, wealth, and the American Dream during the 1920s. Tom is racist and
    both Tom and Daisy have an affair which comments on many americans attitudes and behaviors in the
    1920s. The book mocks materialistic people through Gatsby because, although he has so many great
    things, he doesnt seem to actually value any of it. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the American Dream in his
    book through both Gatsby and Myrtle. Gatsby worked until he got everything he wanted in life (he
    accomplished the American Dream) but Myrtle married and lived in the valley of ashes which represents
    the end of the dream.

    2. Is your thesis strong? Why or why not?


    I think that my thesis is strong because it covers all four of my main points. I also think that my thesis is
    strong because it isnt hard to understand and even if you hadnt read the book I think you could
    understand what would be in my essay.

    3. What is the most well-developed part of your essay? Explain why its so fantastic.
    I think that most well-developed part of my essay was my paragraph on wealth. I think it was so fantastic
    because I think that I had a lot of good research and I think that how I worded this paragraph was better
    than my other ones.

    4. How do you transition and tie your ideas together?


    Looking at it now, I could have tried a little harder to make my paragraphs flow together. I had good
    concluding and topic sentences for each paragraph. I kind of tied them together by starting my paragraphs
    with some form of The Great Gatsby was a satire for the 1920s.

    5. Why should the reader believe what you have to say? What makes you reliable?
    I think I am reliable because I think it's clear I have read the book because I was able to understand and
    use parts from the book in my essay. I also think I am reliable because I used reliable websites as my
    research on the 1920s.

    6. How does your conclusion tie up your main ideas? How does it leave the reader thinking?
    My conclusion ties up my main ideas by restating my thesis and then going into a little bit of detail from
    the paragraphs. It leaves the reader thinking by talking about how F. Scott Fitzgerald used the book to
    show people how they were acting. I also think that the reader would have formed his/her own opinion
    about whether the book was a satire or a love story and once they read my essay they might change their
    opinion.

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