Summary Of ' The Great Gatsby ' By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a shining example that most powerful messages are not told, but rather shown. It is the story of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. It takes place on Long Island in the summer of 1922. Told from the point of view of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s friend and neighbor, the plot follows Gatsby’s attempts to reunite with Daisy after five years of accumulating wealth to impress her and win her away from her husband, Tom Buchanan. Gatsby almost achieves his goal; however, tragic events lead to the demise of his dream and, ultimately, his death. Throughout the book the character focus seems to remain on Tom Buchanan, his wife Daisy, and the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Their money and lavish lifestyle seems to draw all the attention towards them; however there is another character displaying a very powerful message: Myrtle Wilson. The glimpses that we do see of Myrtle show her talking about her affair openly which is something very uncommon for women the 1920s. Fitzgerald uses Myrtle as commentary to show the consequences of a woman who is open about her sexuality.

What is the real world and how do people react to the situations involved in life’s difficulties? The real world is a place where we all are forced to live sooner or later and people tend to react to life’s difficulties in various ways. In the quote, “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone. He told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had,” (Fitzgerald 1); demonstrates how the narrator, Nick Carraway’s father described the real world to him as a young boy. Different people react to the situations throughout their lives differently.

When North America was first settled, the pioneers of our continent sought relief from their native lands. Where it would have been impossible for many of them to achieve prosperity and wealth, the new Western World enabled many of them to be successful on account of their dedication and work ethic alone. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” the state of this American Dream is depicted as it was in the 1920s. However, much has changed since this era, and today’s society has much evolved. In both epochs, the American Dream functions as a symbol of hope that promotes the personal advancement of many. However, in the 1920s the Dream was on the decline, whereas in the 2010s it has evolved to become an increasing reality. In both cases, the Dream plays an important role in the everyday lives of Western citizens. In the 1920s, the concept was impossible for most to attain. However, the Dream has evolved into a goal that can be achieved by an increasing number of people. In both time periods, the income gap between the wealthiest and poorest citizens is clear and convincing. However, in the 2010s, this has a mitigated impact on the average citizen due to social programming. While in both eras there is a somewhat of a distinction between sections of the continent, the divide between the East and the West is more pronounced in the 1920s. Modern

A cocoon can represent the kind growth and change called metamorphosis in Biology class. This symbol is good for Scout who shows her personal growth from a naïve tomboyish girl to a more well-informed and sophisticated young lady. In many incidents, she discovers how she should behave as she grows up during the story. Although Scout is a cute girl in hearts of her father, Atticus, and her nanny, Calpurnia, it is obvious to people that she is a quite unusual girl in their small town, Maycomb. She is unusually intelligent because she can read before she goes to grade one. However, her teacher, Miss Caroline penalizes and scolds her for this advanced skill. She is unusually brave and confident because she not only plays

Superheroes have been scrutinized for several for methods dealing with criminals and how they react in their everyday lives. Inner personal problems of a hero have a way to change the meaning of their status and affect the effectiveness of a hero’s influence and philosophical meaning. This is usually forced into comic books and movies to give a character an air of grit in their media. Sometimes this creates a beautiful masterpiece of story and introduces depth to the character, but it can also have a detrimental to the image of the character. Taking a darker tone with a superhero type character is ultimately a bad idea in the long run because it’s is hard to create a mature story with most characters without deviating from what the fans believe in the character and how they are seen by others causing problems for the parent company, giving characters a darker tone can destroy a classic character’s easily recognizable characteristics also, the move can sink a company whose reputation was ruined by the decision.

“Her voice is full of money… that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in in… high in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…” (Fitzgerald 120).

The Green Light: In the beginning Jay Gatsby reaches for this light which to him symbolizes Daisy and his dream of getting her to love him. This light represents hope to Gatsby.

In this chapter, we are introduced to the narrator of the story: Nick Carraway. Nick discusses his upbringing and comments on himself, telling the readers that he is “inclined to reserve all judgements”. We learn that Nick graduated from Yale, fought in World War 1 and he discusses that he tries not to hold those he meets up to his own personal standards.

We’re in support group again, huddled in our own, white-walled rectangle. Every day, we meet and every day we share, right in the middle of our dark maze. Our maze didn’t naturally come with a support group room. I’m not sure what ghost decided to create one but, I do know that as a community, it was decided that we needed one. The idea was that we all needed to share; share our stories, our mistakes, and share all about the deadly power that makes us who we are. I mean, why else would we be isolated from the rest of the world? No one wants to deal with the deadly ghosts who accidentally kill everything alive within a short radius. So, towards the beginning of existence, they all shoved us ghosts away, for the safety of all; inside a dark

What is intertextuality? Intertextuality is a word that introduced by Julia Kristeva, a philosopher, literary critic, feminist and a novelist. Kristeva defined Intertextuality as a “mosaic of quotation”, which means that all texts that are derived from the natural process and transformation of other type of content (Martin, 2011). It is also called referencing an original idea that has previously been produced. In essence, it is to take an original work of art and turn it into a whole new idea or artistic style. The following essay will explore of how intertextuality is used in Baz Lurhmann’s “The Great Gatsby”.

"I was in the middle of it all, and I had to choose between saving my friends, catch the villain (who I still don 't know his name), or get the medallion". Anyway who was I, I was talking to a flamingo for goodness sake.

With modernism as framework, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Elliot, and George Bernard Shaw have all created literary works that marked the new and unorthodox ways of viewing and interacting with the world with the beginning of the twentieth century. The Great Gatsby, The Love Song of J. A. Prufrock, The Wasteland, and Pygmalion portrayed the rejection of principles for religion, tradition, and morality in order to progress into their ever changing societies as an unpleasant reaction to the preceding Victorian culture. These oppositions led to new ways of creating literature with new themes including primitivism, destabilized reality, distortions of time, and self-awareness. Radical individualism, the idea that one’s own self and their rights were valued more than those of their society, has influenced many works from authors such as Fitzgerald, Eliot, and Shaw. Modernist ideals have all contributed to create the central idea of dynamic change in the main characters due to alienation, isolation, and fear. The author communicates this theme to show how internal and external conflicts led to the characters’ changes by focusing on their expressions, actions, and reaction when confronting those barriers.

This was the first time Rennessme graduated from high school. Emmett mimicked his niece excitement as she finished cleaning out her locker. He already was done with the task. He even gloated to his beloved niece that he was an expert at being a high school student.

Wiesel wrote in a lot of detail about the events that were unfolding right in front of him. He could never forget the violence because it was stuck in his mind.

Selma lay awake in her bed in her headquarters building. It was the safest place she knew and guarded by personal friends she trusted. However, she felt there wasn’t something quite right, but she couldn’t put her finger on it, yet her intuition was in full gear because she had a bad feeling something was about to happen. She got up, put on her robe, walked to the window and looked out; she had a view of the compound, where she could see everything. She knew using the word compound or headquarters was stretching it. She occupied a large house on a large estate in the area; the estate was bounded next to a large golf course, which of course was relatively flat.