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Addiction can affect everyone differently, in writers it seems to both grant them a way to write, but it can hurt their overall quality. There are many examples of this from many writers, some of these affected individuals included, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen King, and Dorothy Parker. Addictions may give author's inspiration for their works but it can also harm their overall quality or it can change how they see themselves and how they work.

Authors who are addicts use their writing in many ways to reveal their thoughts and feelings of their addictions. Fitzgerald is an example of these people as even claiming to have “not tasted so much as a glass of beer for six months,” (“America’s Drunkest Writer”). This is most likely false as this was during his lowest times and when he would often be in denial that he was drinking. In Fitzgerald's writing, The Great Gatsby, the Owl-Eyed man says “I’ve been drunk for a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library”(50). This is similar to the way that Fitzgerald would often go and be drunk for long periods of time and say that he attempted to be sober. In the end, Fitzgerald never had a book like, The Great Gatsby, as he would often

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Scott Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby, such as the color white, the valley of ashes, and the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, are incredibly well thought out, adding to themes as well as giving deeper glimpses into certain characters and lives in the 1920s. He reveals that some characters are not as innocent as they may seem, the great wealth gap between the rich and the poor, and how characters’ own beliefs can lead to devastating consequences. While much of what he used would be seen as common without his insightful writing style, is it really possibly to look at that ophthalmologist ad the same ever

12. In this chapter, Gatsby’s car is described as the “death car.” If his car symbolizes materialism, how does this add meaning to that symbolism? Identify other “deaths” found in Chapter 7.

  Released in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby cleverly demonstrates the manners and morals commonly practiced throughout the time period. The plot revolves around several main themes and effectively expresses Fitzgerald’s unique perspective. With an objective standpoint, Nick Carraway narrates the story as Jay Gatsby, a foolish racketeer, tries to win over his lifelong love, Daisy Buchanan. Although pecuniary matters can often be too large of an influence on human relationships, the novel unveils several powerful battles entangling love, morals, and money.

America was built upon the idea of freedom and opportunity, the idea that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work and determination. However, hard work and determination can only get someone so far. Despite one’s ambitions to live out the American Dream, it is rare to see someone surpass one’s social class based purely on the desire to succeed. Instead, this social climb is controlled by those already in control of power and wealth. This correlation between wealth and social status is also displayed in athletics. It is a known fact that athletes have a special talent for the sport they partake in. However, there are many people who excel at a sport but are unheard of primarily because they lack the funding and sponsorship from the rich. The American Dream is false hope that is criticized in one of America’s greatest piece of literature, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although America is a placed filled with opportunity, one 's opportunity is limited by the supremacy of the upper class; Therefore, The Great Gatsby remains the Great American Novel by revealing the corruption in society’s hierarchy that is still prominent in modern society.

Many have accused that Food and Drug Administration is not aggressively monitoring drugs prices, the FDA is in charge of regulating devices and drug production. Big Pharma spends billions of dollars annually on direct-to- consumer advertising which entitles manipulative strategies (4). The theory behind such good progress is the company attracts doctors, scientist, and other health related personnel’s. Medical research teams and doctors conduct extensive research with funds from Big Pharma. Even though many accuse Big Pharma for not following their mission statement it has not restricted them from purchasing their prescriptions medications. Big Pharma a company with many tactics and strategies, have been hiring former government workers whom have authoritative links to gain political influence. Currently, they have hired, 36 who worked for a member of Congress, 13 who worked for a federal agency, 2 who worked for the White House (4). With influenced members from Congress, they use their connection to reach their company goals. Unfortunately, U.S law permits drug manufacture companies to set prescriptions drugs prices without any restriction from the FDA. On the other hand, other countries set a limit on what companies can charge bases on the benefit of the drug (4). There are many hidden facts, which Big Pharma does not reveal; for example, the company spends double the amount of advertising then they do on research. Persuasion is the key to pharmaceutical industry, paying physicians/surgeons to incorporate their names on research articles, with the intent of getting published in

The interactive orals helped me gain a deeper understanding of The Great Gatsby because of my new knowledge about prohibition and the history of the author.

When Babylon Revisited was published in 1931, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a man in pain. His wife, Zelda, had suffered a nervous breakdown the year before, and was officially diagnosed a Schizophrenic by expert psychiatrists in Switzerland. She was the love of his life, his muse, the one on the dedication page of the Great Gatsby. Worse yet, his conscience told him he may have been responsible for her break. Arthur Mizener explains, in his official biography of Fitzgerald, The Other Side of Paradise, the reasoning behind this guilt:

The Great Gatsby is more than just a story about a man who gets rich and dies in a crime of passion, it’s a story that reflects the degradation of women that has been happening for hundreds of years. Most women in the story played the role of suppressed housewives who were completely controlled by their husbands, and by society and its standards. One scene that stands out in showing the suppression of women is the party scene in the Manhattan apartment with Myrtle, Tom, and Nick. Myrtle Winston is an example of a woman who sold her dignity for some luxury. She is married to a humble man who owns a humble garage in a place called the valley of ashes. She ends up degrading her own self-worth by getting involved with a married rich man so that she can have the nice apartment and the racy parties. As soon as she gets to the apartment, Myrtle changes into a fancy dress, and classy manners, as if she is trying to escape her identity as a humble wife, and become a high class lady even if only for a few hours. The party goes on to be a crazy event, where everyone gets drunk and start foolishly dancing and stumbling around. Myrtle, however, keeps trying to play the role of the high class, elegant lady, trying to get compliments and be the center of attention. Mrs. McKee especially admires Myrtle’s dress, while Myrtle arrogantly takes in the compliment, feeling accomplished, and attempting to make her attempt to earn such a statement seem effortless and natural. Myrtle has always

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Throughout all America, hypocrisy is rampant from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor each one united in one way or another. This unity is shown in the smallest of daily events from speeches given to coworkers or friends to casual conversations or even reading a book. The best book to illustrate the hypocrisy we see all around us is The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby , is a phenomenally blunt example of hypocrisy. It enlightens its readers of hippocrates inexcusable abundance throughout society.With carefully constructed characters such as Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway and even F Scott Fitzgerald himself, the unwritten character.

Alcoholism, mental illness, and finance problem makes F. Scott Fitzgerald to be a famous author after his death. Based on his life events, he became “twentieth-century American novelists” ("Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940”). Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. His name come from the author of the National Anthem (Bruccoli). His father work at Proctor and Gamble as a salesman to financially support his family which “took the family to Buffalo and Syracuse” ("Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940). After his father lost his job, the family move back to St. Paul. ("Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940”). Fitzgerald went to St. Paul Academy for a few years. When

The novel, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published in 1925 ,and although it was not a great success at first, it was widely appreciated by the masses in later decades. (“Fitzgerald F. Scott (1896-1940).”) The primary reason why critics and readers enjoyed the book so much was because of the novel's diverse and complex characters as well as his subliminal messages. Gatsby being the focus of the novel, is a complex man of the nouveau riche class of american society. He accomplished this financial security through all of his hard work and he bought expensive accessories to not only impress but intimidate his guests as well. However all of this hard work and manipulation came at a cost for gatsby. He never found any true joy