The Great Gatsby is told entirely from the point of view of Nick Carraway. The novel would be very different if it were told from any other character’s perspective. Nick is a reliable narrator, but he is not omniscient. He doesn’t know everything that goes on in the novel, but he knows enough to provide … Read more
Popularity and status are the core of all pieces of literature today. It is the focus of books, TV shows (Downton Abbey), movies (Mean Girls), and plays (Wicked). From when we are little, we are shown that one of the most worthy stories is the story of the unpopular underdog become the popular, rich, beautiful … Read more
The aftermath of World War I provided mankind with a true loss of purpose, shattering the masses’ morality code only to make them lost and afraid. Many of the people who came back from the war lost all sense of themselves due to their lost ideology. From this shattering, the literary movement known as modernism … Read more
Imagine being new in town; everything around is foreign, new and fascinating. The people are all unfamiliar, but as they slowly start to become acquaintances, the realization that many of them live unhappy lives filled with deception and lies becomes evident. It is quickly proven that this is not a life that keeps people satisfied … Read more
You have been taught your entire life to follow your dreams. You have always been told to believe in yourself. There are all these success stories of celebrities and professional athletes following their dream and working hard for it. But what about those who work hard and follow their dreams and fail? What do the … Read more
The time after World War I is usually seen as a prosperous one, full of extreme economic growth and opportunity. The most prominent image is over flappers and speakeasies, people that challenged any traditional thoughts, and boldly moved forward into the future. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for being a writer from this time period, … Read more
“A symbol, in the broad sense, is an image, an incident, or an item in a work that takes on a significance other than its evident objective meaning” (Lathbury 171). Symbolism assists a reader in understanding the true meaning of an object or event. It makes it easier for the author to create a tone … Read more
History has shown that the quest for success and wealth tends to take prominence over morality. Seeking prosperity, however, does not guarantee a happy or fulfilling life. Oftentimes, the search for profit leads to corruption and eventual failure. When Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker,” the United States was going through a period of … Read more
In the blistering winds of Antarctica, there lays a creature that relies on true love to survive. The penguin is a flightless bird that has aquatic capabilities and is unbothered by the frigid temperature of its habitat. Interestingly the penguin is one of the few animals that are monogamous; In fact, they can die from … Read more
In The Great Gatsby and Chicago, Fitzgerald and Marshall show that one can have money, power, and fame, but the American Dream is more about having someone to share your happiness with. even the richest, most powerful person in the world, at the end of the day, is not satisfied without people to share their … Read more
The Great Gatsby is a remarkable story of hope, dreams, and truth. The narrator Nick tells us the story of Gatsby and his journeys with Gatsby through his eyes. What shapes this novel is light throughout major events of the novel to the use of dark vs. create the scene and feelings of the events … Read more
1. For Mr. Gatz, why is the photograph of the house more real than the house itself? Explain. Nick believes that the for Mr. Gatz the photograph of Gatsby’s mansion is more real than the house itself because the photo captures the idea of greatness that Mr. Gatz found pride in his son for. Mr. … Read more
The concept of money creating power is a characteristic seen far too often in society. The news always has different stories of wealthy individuals acting irresponsibly or obtaining money unethically. This is a trait highlighted in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. In this fast-paced novel about the life and struggles of the 1920s … Read more
If one wants to define life in one word it would be: tough. If one wants to know how to succeed in life, the answer if unknown. However, a great man in life once said that if we lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves too. This being said, the only thing | can think … Read more
In the summer of 1922, Nick, a Yale graduate, moves from his hometown, Minnesota and rents a house in West Egg, a long island suburb located directly across a bay from East Egg. West Egg is the least fashionable of the two as East Egg has a higher social position. Both districts are similar in … Read more
Great Gatsby Character Development Thesis: While money will always be important to lives, but money alters the way people think, identity and character, and the actions people would take. Our surroundings affect who someone becomes because money influence how people think and act. Why did Daisy marry Tom when she clearly loved Gatsby back then? … Read more
As the author tediously takes time to list the party guests who arrive at Gatsby’s parties, one can infer that they are simply using Gatsby for his hospitality at the parties. This shows us, the readers, that the knowledge of their host is not important. Wolfsheim’s connection to Gatsby represents the corruption of the American … Read more
“The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passions, it’s possible to achieve the American dream. ” This famous saying by Tommy Hilfiger portrays the perfect definition of what the American dream represents. The American dream may have a different meaning to a variety of people; however to … Read more
Though Dexter seems to have better access to the material portion of the Dream, he builds up his hopes around Judy Jones. When Judy first asks him who he is, Dexter pauses before giving his answer. He thinks about his middle-class upbringing but “chooses the one that suppresses his identity. That is given up easily … Read more
What is affection? Is it when somebody is fixated on somebody to the point of doing anything for them or venerating all that they are to a state of extremes? Gatsby loves Daisy as this flawless being as opposed to a women that Gatsby really adores. He is fixed to her in her past without … Read more
Tam arguing that pirates and explorers are the same. Some reasons that shows they are alike is simply, how society has portrayed them how we think and how movie/book show that pirates are evil and manipulative and explorers are brilliant and heroic. Another reason they are alike is there greed, there has been many times … Read more
Chapter 1 The five aspects are a quester, a place to go, a reason to go there, challenges on the way there, a real reason to go there. A young man named J. Gatsby. He is extremely wealthy, but is lonely because he lost the woman he loved. A place to go: Gatsby uses his … Read more
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, grew up in an upper-middle class family where he enjoyed the traditions of the upper classes, but not the financial ability to uphold those practices. Fitzgerald acquired his fame, almost overnight, with the publication of his first book, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. His extensive … Read more
Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s life is an example of both sides of the American Dream, the joys of young love, wealth and success, and the tragedies associated with success and failure. Named for another famous American, a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner, Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896. … Read more
Throughout the course of any literary work many of the characters go though some sort of a change. These changes maybe life lessons which are necessary to obtain in life. These lessons include undergoing a development of responsibility or morality. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is a character that develops … Read more
In the novel The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald shows how materialism can destroy relationships, and can destroy lives. America is notorious for our people being so materialistic; we value our property more than our families. Hundreds of thousands of families each year are destroyed, due to materialism. Our nation is in a downward spiral, we … Read more
F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby and his struggle to attain the American Dream in 1920s Long Island. He fights to get his dream woman and to do so, he must first become rich. Unfortunately, he doesnt really go about it the right way; he takes part in … Read more
Jay Gatsby, who is one of the main characters of the Great Gatsby, is a man with a mysterious background and an unknown personality. He doesn’t mention too much about his past except certain fabricated highlights of his life which were designed to impress others. The strange and humorous thing is that he carries articles … Read more
Through the interactions between male and female characters, Fitzgerald depicts a variety of social expectations regarding “typical” male behavior in the 1920’s. In the novel The Great Gatsby, characters such as Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, George Wilson and Nick Carraway demonstrate behavior that acts to maintain and live up to expectations inherent in society. Through … Read more
F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as a writer who chronicled his times. This work has been critically acclaimed for portraying the sentiments of the American people during the 1920s and 1930s. The Great Gatsby was written in 1924, whilst the Fitzgeralds were staying on the French Riviera, and Tender is the Night was written nearly … Read more
There is a very direct similarity between ones behavior and ones environment. Humans are products of the environments they inhabit. Humans evolve and adopt behaviors which are very similar to those found in their social climate. This is especially true when examining the characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald presents the characters in his novels … Read more
F. Scott Fitzgerald is in many ways one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. In his first novel, This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald epitomized the mindset of an era with the statement that his generation had, “grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, and all faiths in man … Read more
