<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2215-2458</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[InterSedes]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[InterSedes]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-2458</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sedes Regionales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-24582020000200155</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/isucr.v21i44.43942</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Not a Great Winner, but an Ordinary Loser]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[No un triunfador, sino un simple perdedor]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villanea Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucía]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>44</numero>
<fpage>155</fpage>
<lpage>162</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-24582020000200155&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-24582020000200155&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-24582020000200155&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This essay presents a characterization analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald&#8217;s The Great Gatsby. Being aware of his underprivileged origin, Jay Gatsby spends his whole life amassing his fortune. By examining his behavior in the novel, it is feasible to acknowledge his level of ambition, corruption, alienation, and ultimately loss. In spite of Gatsby&#8217;s apparent greatness, failure and decay govern his whole life. He was born not only with delusions of greatness but also with the ability of being corrupt; in his attempt of belonging to the aristocratic class, he loses both everything he has longed for and his own life. Thus, Gatsby&#8217;s unreachable dream makes him an ordinary loser, who is only skilled at making money from dirty business.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este ensayo presenta un análisis de caracterización de la novela El Gran Gatsby del autor F. Scott Fitzgerald. Al ser consciente de su desafortunado origen, Jay Gatsby dedica toda su vida a la acumulación de dinero. Al analizar su conducta en la novela, es posible identificar su nivel de ambición, corrupción, aislamiento y por ende pérdida. A pesar de su aparente grandeza, lo que gobierna su vida es el fracaso y la decadencia. Gatsby nació no sólo con delirios de grandeza sino también con la habilidad de ser corrupto; en su intento de pertenecer a la clase aristocrática, pierde todo por lo que ha luchado y hasta su propia vida. De esta manera, el sueño inalcanzable de Gatsby lo convierte en un perdedor ordinario, quien tiene la habilidad solamente para hacer dinero proveniente de negocios oscuros.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ambition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[corruption]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[alienation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[decay]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bootlegging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hegemonic groups]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ambición]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[corrupción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aislamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pérdida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[decadencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[El Gran Gatsby]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[contrabando de licores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[grupos hegemónicos]]></kwd>
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