luxuries as love, high social status, and political/economic power on his or her way to the top. This dream has undergone various changes since its creation, however it is generally founded on ideas, of freedom, independence, and the desire of something greater. Early colonists’ desire to travel West in search of land and start a family has transformed into a materialistic vision of having a grand and extravagant house, a top notch car, and a life of ease. One of the major themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s…

The Great Gatsby The Jazz Age was an era where everything and anything seemed possible. It started with the beginning of a new age with America coming out of World War I as the most powerful nation in the world (Novel reflections on, 2007). As a result, the nation soon faced a culture-shock of material prosperity during the 1920’s. Also known as the “roaring twenties”, it was a time where life consisted of prodigality and extravagant parties. Writing based on his personal experiences, author F. Scott…

Great Gatsby Love comes in many forms. For instance, there is love for your family, games, food, and other things. In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist, Gatsby, goes through his life trying to become rich, so he can be with Daisy, the girl that he loves. Gatsby goes through great lengths to try to achieve this goal. Whether it be selling bootlegged liquor or other illegal business or trying to get her to have an affair and leave with him. The truth is that Gatsby…

West asserts that such a reliance on wealth is ultimately restricting, as it cannot buy intangible things such as “freedom.” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the titular character, Jay Gatsby surrounds himself with wealth and extravagance in order to leave his previous life of dullness and banality and pursue an unrealistic and fragile love with Daisy. Though he is able to assume a new, affluent identity, he is ultimately unsuccessful in love, as his wealth disconnects him from reality, preventing…

may come across four or five times in life....It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself." (pg. 53) The Death of Wealth for the American Dream F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author of the popular novel called the Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota, 1898. Fitzgerald’s family moved around a lot and finally settled in St. Paul in 1908. There he went to school and published his first book at 11 years old in…

author to mirror his life in his book. In his previous novels F. Scott Fitzgerald drew from his life experiences. He said that his next novel, The Great Gatsby, would be different. He said, “In my new novel I’m thrown directly on purely creative work” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). He did not realize or did not want it to appear that he was taking his own story and intertwining it within his new novel. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he imitates his lifestyle through the Buchanan family to demonstrate…

lifestyle. Characters like Gatsby, Tom, Daisy and Myrtle are shown as evidence of greed and how wealth surrounds their values. Fitzgerald uses social commentary to offer a glance of an American life in the 1920s. He carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups, but in the end, each group has its own problems to contend with, leaving powerful ideas for readers to adapt(add morals characters inhabit). By creating distinct social classes, old money, new money, and no money, Fitzgerald sends strong messages…

The Great Gatsby a, novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows a cast of characters abiding in the town of East and West Egg on affluent Long Island in the summer of 1922. Each of the characters, while part of the same story line, have different priorities and agendas, each character working towards achieving what they think would benefit them the most. As The Great Gatsby’s plot thickens the characters constantly show their discontent of the American Dream that they are living…

person can express how much they love someone, but one way is through achieving a lot of wealth, to which one may be attracted. A person can cross any limit when it comes to love. In the novel, Gatsby first meets Nick in one of his parties to which Nick finds him somewhat mysterious. Later on, Jordan tells Nick to meet up to discuss a request made by Gatsby to call Daisy over for tea and Jordan tells Nick the past about Gatsby and Daisy. She tells him why Gatsby is the way he is and why he “bought…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, colors represent a variety of symbols that relate back to the American Dream. The dream of being pure, innocent and perfect is frequently associated with the reality of corruption, violence, and affairs. Gatsby’s desire for achieving the American Dream is sought for through corruption (Schneider). The American Dream in the 1920s was perceived as a desire of wealth and social standings. Social class is represented through the East Egg, the West…