Category: Great Gatsby

By 1925, author F. Scott Fitzgerald was known primarily as the historian of the Jazz Age and chronicler in slick American weeklies of the American flapper. Perhaps this is why critics and reviewers were caught off-guard in that year, at the height of the Roaring Twenties, when Fitzgerald published The . . . Read more

The main meaning of the novel is penetration into the “nature” of the Big Gatsby, and through it – into the meaning of the “American dream.” Gatsby is a man who made himself according to the recipes of American morality, and the possession of wealth is an integral component of . . . Read more

Rivers are often associated with freedom and growth as they are vast and constantly moving and progressing. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is no exception as Mark Twain beautifully paints a picture of a boy who grows significantly during his journey down the Mississippi River. At the beginning of the . . . Read more

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, led one of the most exciting and adventuresome of literary lives. Raised in the river town of Hannibal, Missouri, Twain had to leave school at age twelve to seek work. He was . . . Read more

The movie that the class watched dealt with the classic novel Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn was written in the late 19th century, but it takes place during slavery in the southern United States. The book revolves around the adventures of a white farm boy from Mississippi, . . . Read more

The book Huckleberry Finn can be interpreted in many different ways. Even though at the beginning of the book it says not to over-analyze the story, people still do, all the time. Huck Finn escapes school, along with other things, to run away from the society that he was living . . . Read more

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain develops criticism of society by contrasting Huck and Jim’s life on the river to their dealings with people on land. Twain uses the adventures of Huck and Jim to expose the hypocrisy, racism, and injustices of society. Throughout the book hypocrisy of . . . Read more

In today’s society, life and death coexist together; life is brought into this world at the same time that one departs. Our views about life and death change according to our religion, which in term connects, to past generations. It is logical to assume that our current believes and views . . . Read more

How many people do you need for a party? Andy Warhol once said, “One’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a party”. According to Warhol’s definition, Jay Gatsby spent most of his life at a party. Therefore it makes sense for F. Scott Fitzgerald to use the extravagant parties Jay . . . Read more

While The Great Gatsby is a highly specific portrait of American society during the Roaring Twenties, its story is also one that has been told hundreds of times and is perhaps as old as America itself: a man claws his way from rags to riches, only to find that his . . . Read more

This essay discusses the ideas of idealism and failure as presented in The Great Gatsby. Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald is more strongly associated with the 1920s than any other writer. He is generally considered the voice of his generation, but his insight into human behaviour means that he is never . . . Read more

Who can say they have never dreamed? Every person has had a dream. Every person has strived to obtain their dream. Every person also has had obstacles in their way that prevented and delayed them from achieving their dreams. The reality is that many “dreams” are defined as dreams because . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a complex story set to the scandalous background of 1920s New York City. It tells the tale of Jay Gatsby, a young man who bootlegs and gambles to achieve wealth, only to impress his first love, a whimsical spoiled girl named Daisy . . . Read more

What is love? Is love when someone is obsessed with someone to the point of doing anything for them or idolizing everything they are to a point of extremes? Can someone love someone else when they could actually be in love with the idea this certain someone has of this . . . Read more

Magicians are known for the tricks that they play on the eyes. What often seems like magic, turns out to be just a careful flick of the wrist. In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzerald, the magician is compared to the character of Jay Gatsby. The magician . . . Read more

In this paper, I will prove that the novel The Great Gatsby shows the American Dream as a corrupt idea. My proof will be based upon the juxtaposition of Jay Gatsby’s and Myrtle Wilson’s deaths, the wealth of Jay Gatsby and his desire for Daisy, and the immoral actions of . . . Read more

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a mysterious man living in the West Egg district of Long Island. Gatsby is extremely wealthy and owns a mansion with a large swimming pool, a fancy car, and dozens of servants. Every Saturday night, he throws . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about one man’s pursuit of the American Dream and his downfall as he tries to reach this imaginary goal. Although the dream is different for each person, the principal idea behind the dream is if an individual is determined to . . . Read more

The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays a story about a man’s attempt to fulfill his American dream. Jimmy Gatz starts off in life poor and eventually finds himself hopelessly in love with a woman he thinks he cannot have because of his low social status and . . . Read more

Wealth, greed and the problems that come from money are recurring themes in many stories, including The Great Gatsby. This book revolves around the relationships that develop because of money and the impact that money has on the characters and their behaviour towards each other. In The Great Gatsby, people . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby is one the best books to reference the period of the 1920s. The book stood for tainted morals, and corruption between people and people, and business and business, and most of the time involving both. The message sent from the book shows us the success stories and . . . Read more

The fact that I did not enjoy reading The Great Gatsby is irrelevant to the fact that I hated the movie. Though I didn’t enjoy the content of the book, I respect Fitzgerald. I respect the honesty that is reflected in his writing style. I respect the depiction of the . . . Read more

Colors affect the mood and emphasize the importance of events in a novel. The concept of color symbolism is prominent in The Great Gatsby. White, yellow, blue, and green affect the atmosphere of scenes through association with a specific mood. When analyzed, the frequent use of color and its relevance . . . Read more

In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is one who follows his dreams as though they are real. He strives to construct his own perfect world. He builds his life of wealth and luxury in hopes of attracting an old love interest, Daisy. Gatsby’s power accrues and eventually creates his . . . Read more

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the emptiness of a very meretricious society. Many people in today’s materialistic world are just hollow, but some have a dream, which turns into a goal. In many cases, this dream might be pursued, but for some people, it becomes a superficial vision. Through . . . Read more

During The Great Gatsby, it is apparent that the author F. Scott Fitzgerald hints countless times of the recurring theme in the novel, “unreal” or “illusory” things. More specifically, he links this concept of unreality to his main character Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has conjured up his opulent lifestyle out of . . . Read more

Jay Gatsby, the focal point of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, started out as a poor boy helplessly in love with a rich girl. He then left to serve for his country in the war, leaving Daisy his love, behind. After returning from the war, Jay Gatsby, both . . . Read more

In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, is transformed from a poor working-class boy to a wealthy romantic, all due to his pursuit of ideals. The Ideals that Gatsby strives to achieve are the acquisition of wealth, re-defining his character in pursuit of perfection, and attaining his . . . Read more

Narrated by a man’s neighbour, who never judges people, The Great Gatsby, a novel composed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells a tale of a man who tries to recreate a relationship with a woman whom he left to fight in World War I. Although separated by an expanse of water . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby is a story told by Nick Carraway, who was once Gatsby’s neighbour. Nick Carraway grew up in the Midwestern United States and went to school at Yale University. After this, he was stationed in France during World War I. Returning home after travelling a great deal, he . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald captivates the reader and creates almost an addiction to the novel. I as the reader found it difficult to put down many times throughout the book. Sadly, I did not have the same feelings for the movie’s portrayal. In fact, the way I . . . Read more

The deaths in the story “The Great Gatsby” can be blamed on many people. Myrtle, George, and Gatsby died due to a complex chain of events, but with many investigations, it is possible to see the true cause of each death. The death of Myrtle was directly caused by Daisy . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream and how it remained as one. The American Dream is to have a lot of money and material objects. To the eyes of the world, the Americans were wealthy and there was no poverty. This however was . . . Read more

When was the last time you looked at something so hard, hoping you would get something out of it? Well, that’s what Gatsby does in this novel. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the green light to represent Gatsby’s longing for Daisy and the fact that the American . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby is considered a masterpiece full of controversy about the 1920’s lifestyle. Fitzgerald uses symbolism to express in a more detailed way this lifestyle of carelessness and corruption. These symbols are shown throughout the characters’ actions and thoughts as well as in the setting created by the author’s . . . Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby may appear to be a simple tragic romance; however, within the text, Fitzgerald identifies and defines social gaps and the importance of wealth. He also presents women within a very separate space as the men. The Great Gatsby allows the reader to enter . . . Read more

This chapter provides the final pieces of Gatsby’s makeup, and this is done by further flashbacks into critical periods of his past. The real history narrated by Nick is, of course, in contrast to the information Gatsby has himself provided. Gatsby was born James Gatz on a North Dakota farm . . . Read more

“The deepest American dream is not the hunger for money or fame; it is the dream of settling down, in peace and freedom and cooperation, in the promised land.” If only this quote by Scott Russell Sanders was true. However were it true and astute, we would be deprived of . . . Read more

There are many characters in The Great Gatsby whose human values have been corrupted due to corrupting influence of money. The attraction of the American dream influenced the pursuit of wealth, which corrupts the character’s morality. The characters believe the American dream is nothing else than glamorous material wealth, which . . . Read more

The colour green, as it is used in the novel, symbolizes different choices the character, Gatsby, can make during his life. The green element in this novel is taken from the green light at the end of the dock near Daisy’s house. The colour itself represents serenity, as in everything . . . Read more

Fitzgerald’s dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the 1920s through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed from a pure ideal of security into a convoluted scheme of materialistic . . . Read more

In the 1920s, after WW1, the USA went under a radical change and social reform took place. The developments in industrialization caused decay in moral values. This resulted in materialism’s obliteration of the doctrines and rules of moral duties. Thus, society was torn apart due to the clash between old . . . Read more

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is a very wealthy man, who lives in the east egg of long island, who is described by Fitzgerald as arrogant and overbearing. He is snobbish towards others who either don’t have as much money as him, haven’t had money that long, . . . Read more

After first glancing at The Great Gatsby, it didn’t seem as if any similarities between the wealthy, dainty Daisy Buchanan, the object of Gatsby’s worship, and Myrtle Wilson, the bawdy, mechanic’s wife who was having an affair with Daisy’s husband. In fact, it was felt that there was no comparison . . . Read more

The Tragic Great Gatsby The American dream, many writers have written about it. Many politicians have made promises regarding it. But how important are money and success? Does it bring happiness or fulfillment? F. Scot Fitzgerald is one of many who attempted to put this idea in its proper perspective. . . . Read more

Example 1 NICK CARRAWAY has a special place in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is not just one character among several; it is through his eyes and ears that the story takes place. In this novel, Nick goes to some length to establish his credibility, indeed his . . . Read more

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is central to many novels. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, . . . Read more

Jay Gatsby’s real name was James Gatz and his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people from North Dakota. He changed his name when he was seventeen and at that exact same age, he invented his new self according to a model that would make a seventeen-year-old boy proud. He . . . Read more

Example 1 – The Main Theme in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald embodies many themes, however, the most salient one relates to the corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream is that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in . . . Read more

Novelists are often concerned with exploring the confusions and complexities of social relationships. In this context, confusions refer to puzzling relationships, which are confusing to comprehend. Whereas, complexities relate to complicated and intricate issues. The different social relationships discussed in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, THE GREAT GATSBY, are business colleagues, lovers . . . Read more

The characters’ search for their own identities and the struggle that ensues is the most suffusive theme throughout The Great Gatsby. The fact that we never really know the characters, and the corrupt immoral things they do, directly represent the 20’s high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on . . . Read more

In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, all the characters are, in one way or another, attempting to achieve a state of happiness in their lives. The main characters are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poorer lower class, which struggle to attain a higher position. Though the . . . Read more

The 1920s was one of the most significant time periods in America’s history. After World War One was over America began to reinvent itself. It was a time when prohibition came about, social reform was taking place, and the economy endured many modifications. It was a time for reinventing one’s . . . Read more

There is a fine line between love and lust. If love is only a will to possess, it is not loved. To love someone is to hold them dear to one’s heart. In The Great Gatsby, the characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are said to be in love, but . . . Read more

Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity” (Harnsberger 14), which is what Lyndon B. Johnson had to say about materialism. He knew the value of money, and he realized the power . . . Read more