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

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).

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.

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”.

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.

One of the major aspects of the 1920 's was décor. Art and decoration obtained a role in nearly everything during this time. From parties to everyday life décor was a very influential aspect during this time.

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.

In New York, there are drifters, and there are unsettled citizens. Despite having everything that one could desire, each character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby shows dissatisfaction. All of the characters do not seem to be pleased with their current lives, whether it be with love, opportunity, and, most importantly, themselves. This dissatisfaction shows how careless the wealthy citizens of the 1920’s were. Because of this, each of the characters are constantly craving more of what they desire, causing them to lose themselves due to the deadly sin of greed. The rootlessness of Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and Jordan Baker reveal a self-centered nature that negatively influences others due to their hidden motives.

The author was 24 years old when he had written This Side of Paradise it was an autobiographical story about love and greed, was centered on Amory Blaine, an ambitious Midwesterner who falls in love with, but is ultimately rejected by, two girls from high-class families. This novel was published in 1920 to glowing reviews and overnight turned F.

Yet another beautiful sunny day, the blue and yellow floral curtain fluttered and danced gaily in the wind as Stanley stretched his arms waking up from a disturbed and sleepless night. Brushing away the sleep from his smarting, blue eyes with his sickly, shaky hands he felt this enormous urge to sneeze, drat that Jonathan what right had he to be in the sea before him! Now he Stanley had to pay the price of staying in the freezing water too long . What an idiot the man was ! Sniffling Stanley struggled towards the door entrance, he stood there shivering and sneezing, his ears and cheeks becoming pink from a dreadful cold. Linda, his beautiful darling Linda, looked serene in her white and pink night dress her long lashes like shadows against her pale cheeks he felt the urge to embrace her,to crush her in his strong arms and kiss her petal soft lips. Ah no why did he have to have this awful, awful cold good God his lovely, fragile darling must be safe. Sadly, slowly he made his way out to the living room to be greeted by Beryl.

Rion rushed off with Angan and their friends. Meanwhile, Percival and Fleur went in separate directions, greeting people and thanking them for coming. During a quick break in the action, Merlin tapped Percival 's shoulder.