Literary Analysis Of The Great Gatsby

The century old concept of the American Dream is the belief that no matter what race, gender, religion or background a person is from, she/he has the ability to become successful through the means of hard work and determination. Unlike today, Americans during the 1920s lived in the illusion that achieving the American Dream involved immoral actions and only the satisfaction of their greedy pleasures. This led to the compromise of moral values and noble actions and in turn allowed their vices to control their character. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, it is revealed how the corrupt American Dream resulted in consequences for both the good hearted and self-absorbed people of the East. Throughout his novel, Fitzgerald conveys his views on how the illusion of the American Dream influenced the actions, beliefs and dreams of the People during the Roaring Twenties.

Bridge: This is a truth that is found in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, novel full of unlikable characters, two of which are unhappily married women having affairs. The Great Gatsby is about a guy named James Gatsby. He buys a house in front of a woman named Daisy. He throws parties hopping she will come over but never does. It's a person named Nick that helps him out with Diarys. Daisy and Gatsby have history together, way back even before Daisy meet Tom. Gatsby does everything in his power to win back Daisy.

Dreams are a compelling force in people’s lives. They are what propel them forward each and every day in an effort to reach something better. The American Dream has been sought after by millions all over the world for hundreds of years. This country was founded on the belief that anyone could achieve their dreams. However, in the 1920s these hopes and aspirations began to splinter until they ultimately shattered. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism, setting, and theme to depict the unattainability of the American Dream.

We look back in history in order to learn from our mistakes and to help society progress in the present and in the future. “The Great Gatsby” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Fitzgerald wrote this piece during the 1920s after WWI and it perfectly replicates the time period. The narrative captures the essence of the Jazz Age by depicting characters, showing power struggles and by defining the societal conflicts of the time. The novel tells us about different influences on the 20’s such as the Prohibition Act, the success of Wall Street, and aspects of the American Dream. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald possesses the social constructs and ideas of the Roaring Twenties.

Fitzgerald's dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the1920s 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 power. In support of this message, Fitzgerald highlights the original aspects as well as the new aspects of the American Dream in his tragic story to illustrate that a

The Great Gatsby a novel written in 1925, by Scoot Fitzgerald is a narrative of love. This novel narrates a love triangle that is motivated by the desire between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Although Gatsby was killed by George Wilson, Tom Buchanan's anger, Daisy Buchanan carelessness and Jay Gatsby hopeless love play a role in his death.

While the current generation may not truly understand the decadent and rebellious energy of Gatsby’s era, major themes such as the decline of the American Dream, and the shallowness of human relationships still remain relevant to the modern society. In a way, characters in The Great Gatsby are representative of “the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired” in regards to The American Dream. Despite the optimistic belief in the possibilities of upward mobility in social status and financial stability, the attempts of “dreamers” in the novel were left unfulfilled. Jay Gatsby, a man of humble upbringings, longed after a life of wealth and status. His dream of being accepted by Daisy and the elite society of the East Egg not only ended in failure, but also his own downfall.

The idea of social status pops up many times in the Great Gatsby and it compared

At the end of the novel of The Great Gatsby, Nick recounts all the things that had just occurred and says “ I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all —Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.” Nick says it was a story of the West because they all had the common trait of being lured and accustomed into the Eastern style instead of their origins in the West. The West proven to not be the preferable home of each of these characters, as they all made the decision to move to the East. On the East, where there was a rapid and growing dream of wealth and prosperity. Once they achieve this, they think they can do what ever they want, after all they have gotten the classic American dream so now what is there to achieve? Although the wealthy should hold high profile images, much trouble is caused by them as portrayed by some of the main characters in the book. Tom, Gatsby and Daisy are each characters that couldn’t adapt to Eastern life. Each went through different fates, but all with the common deficiency of being affected negatively by Eastern life and portray an overall story of their lives rooted from the West.

However if looked at through a more perceptive lense The Great Gatsby is much much more. In the book Daisy is idealized and and often sought after by many men, even her cousin, Nick, describes “her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget.” (Fitzgerald 33). She also frequently appears in gold, or is described as wealthy or successful. After Gatsby finally chases her down and regains her affection she uses him to kill her husband’s mistress and doesn’t show up to his funeral. Finally Tom Buchanan easily secures her affection, even through his many affairs. These characters are meant to be representative of American life. Daisy represents the American Dream, and how it has been distorted by money. Fitzgerald calls attention to this especially when Nick figures out the allure and charm in Daisy’s voice “That was it. I'd never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm.” (Fitzgerald 99). Gatsby is representative of the common man, and the hollowness of happiness from wealth. Gatsby and Daisy had a short fling before the events if the book take place, and has been in love with his nostalgic memory of her ever since. This is supposed to show the reader the infatuation people have with the American Dream is a false concept

In the beginning of The Great Gatsby, the narrator Nick is critical of the upper class, but hopeful. Toward the end he is disappointed because he realizes how the lifestyle they live is unrealistic. During the novel, the upper class is disrespectful and full of themselves. When he gets to know the characters he notices how the upper class is so unfriendly and snotty. This easy and luxurious lifestyle that they are living is unattainable to everyone because nobody can get there. The American dream is described as making a ton of money and being snotty about it. In the novel, the hopeful and disgusted tones reflect Nick’s points of view on the unrealistic society and his points of view changes when he sees how greedy they all are

The Great Gatsby is an interesting and thought-provoking novel by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald that sets to explore important and complex social themes such as the hollowness of the upper class and the characteristics and decline of the American Dream during the prosperous years preceding the Great Depression. The Great Gatsby is presented at the surface as a thwarted love story between a man, Jay Gatsby, and a woman, Daisy Buchanan. However, the main theme of the novel goes beyond this and comprises a larger, and indeed less romantic, social context. Furthermore, despite the novel's setting in New York during the summer of 1922 it is still a representation of America throughout the whole

The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, is hailed as a masterpiece of American fiction. The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald offers up a commentary on the American society of which he was a part. He successfully encapsulates the mood of a generation during a politically and socially crucial and chaotic period of American history. In fact, The Great Gatsby stands as a brilliant piece of English literature, offering a vivid peek into American life in the 1920s. Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups with each group having its own problems to contend with, for the sole purpose of leaving a powerful reminder of what a precarious place America truly was. By creating distinct social classes — old money, new

The Great Gatsby is an incredible novel written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a prolific American author, and published by Scribner’s. Nevertheless, during its first release, the book sold poorly and received mixed reviews. In fact, Fitzgerald died in 1940 considering himself and his works a failure. However, the onset of the Second World War revived the novel, which later became an essential component of high school curricula and different film adaptations. Today, The Great Gatsby is among the best books in the USA. For this purpose, the literary analysis below highlights how the book is efficient in its classic portrayal of the American dream.

The name of the play if The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald. It was performed at Upland high school on November 5th 2016 and directed by M.Michele Richardson.