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

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).

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

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.

He had finished with his business in Anchorage, so he decided to catch a plane back to Portland a few days early. He was going to surprise Natalie. Take her out to an early dinner; Champagne and candlelight, back to their place for a night of love making, slip the ring into her breakfast and ask her to be his forever.

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”.

Money plays a huge role throughout this book. Especially in a negative way. Let us look at how money affects each character. First is Tom who is born into a rich family, was a great football player and became an old man with thinning hair and an awful, arrogant and cruel personality. This exposes to us that Tom is a cruel and immoral individual because of wealth and that beyond a doubt he has been persuaded and corrupted by the greed of money.

The roaring twenties was a time of freedom, wealth, romance, and innovation. Many significant advances in history occurred in the 1920’s, such as the invention of the automobile. Women gained many freedoms during this time. The most known betterment was women gaining the right to vote, and starting to obtain more freedom and respect in the world of politics. However, women seemed to still be suppressed in the social aspect of the world. This is evident in the fact that men dominated the relationship, and the woman did not have much say in anything. This is the situation Daisy had found herself in by marrying Tom and being repressed by his arrogance. Although Daisy had met Gatsby and fallen in love with him some time ago before she met Tom, he went off to fight in the war and asked Daisy to wait for him and he would return to her. She did not wait, evident in her marriage to Tom, showing she did not truly love him enough to put in the effort for their relationship. This evidence supports the fact that Daisy is not worthy of Gatsby’s time because he is stuck in love with Daisy from the past and she has moved on to a life of being taken care of, money, and deceitfulness.

"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.

War changes many things. It changes people, families, towns, and societies. War changes the world and it changes people 's attitudes. One common trend seen after major wars is a time of economic prosperity, when the economy is booming and all is well. This was seen after both World Wars, in the 1920’s and the 1950’s. In each decade, everyone was returning from the war, spirits high, and looking to celebrate. The economy prospered, and all was well. One major change that came about from these wars and was seen in these eras was the attitudes that people felt for one another. In the literature of the two time periods, these attitudes are very accurately depicted. The first piece of literature is F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a 1920’s set novel that shows the way that people treated others. The second, The Death of a Salesman, the 1950’s set play, produced by Arthur Miller. Each of these pieces give insight to the way that people were treated and some of the negative consequences that can result from this. The third and final source, From Motor City to Motor Metropolis, by Thomas Sugrue, talks about how automobile producers treated their customers and how devious their tactics were. The common theme in all these sources is that human life is disposable in post-war decades. The common trend is that in times of economic prosperity, like the 1920’s and 1950’s, people become disposable in the eyes of other because materialism becomes the dominating viewpoint