The Complex Themes Hidden in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

to be an endless array of themes and dichotomies that exist in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This range of possible interpretations paves the way for subjectivity in The Great Gatsby, a reader (or an audience) may interpret the narrative as they wish. This critical analysis of the novel will focus on two perspectives and view the text through a psychoanalytic lens and proposing an Apollonian and Dionysian interpretation. Sigmund Freud and F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the same era, hence

very connected to Phineas as a friend. The other book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is narrated through Nick’s eyes who observes the story of his neighbor Gatsby’s difficult life as he is trying to get the person who he loves: Daisy. This book does well in representing the wealthy life and struggles during the 1920s with Gatsby’s big parties and the Buchanans capability of escaping punishment from crimes thanks to

To be rich is many things. One could be rich in money, knowledge, power, or love. In the setting of the book The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the rich which he defines is having money. It seems that most people are well known because they have money, and any event that concerns them is interesting to the public. This is true for Mr. Gatsby; the rich, mysterious character who captures all of the attention. This story follows the main character Nick Carraway and all that he encounters

insight into her relationship and the complex lifestyle her closeted homosexual father, Bruce Bechdel. However, her serious topic is told through the narrative of comics, images that literally put the readers into the moments of her life with her. Even though, the graphic images provide visual insight, Bechdel makes a conscious decision to include a multitude of literary allusions because, as Bechdel describes, “I employ these allusions to James and Fitzgerald not only as descriptive devices, but

Nothing gives one person so great advantage over another, as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. -- Thomas Jefferson The Roaring 20’s are often viewed as an era of reverie and true American spirit. But, like the Gilded Age, the exuberance was superficial and fleeting. In revealing the progression of Jordan Baker’s character through the motif of her complex demeanor, F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminates the theme of authenticity in The Great Gatsby. Presenting Ms. Baker’s image

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about half of the main characters present themselves as something they are not. Throughout the novel, the theme of passing is apparent in Nick, Jay Gatsby, Daisy, and Myrtle Wilson, although they are all passing, each does it for a very different reason. Many scholars have touched on the idea that these characters are not who they appear to be and that their passing is associated with social class issues of the 1920s. Fitzgerald’s characters

Gatsby’s” American Dream" in The Great Gatsby The disillusionment of the American Dream is a frequent but important written theme in the American literature. Fitzgerald’s famous book The Great Gatsby is one of the most important representative works that reflects this theme. F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novels and short stories which chronicle the excesses of America's Jazz Age during the 1920s. His classic twentieth-century story of Jay Gatsby examines and critiques Gatsby's particular

The novel, The Great Gatsby, by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, is an eye opener onto the reality of the wealthy’s lives. The “American Dream” is that supposedly with hard work and perseverance an amazing life can be had here, but as the old saying goes, money cannot buy happiness. This philosophy is definitely present here, as the book highlights the ingenuine and twisted life that this group of ‘friends’ live. From the outside, their lives may seem perfect, but when taking a closer look the truth comes

deadly war weapon, in order to obtain a taste of love. Newton represents the theme that while love is indeed needed in this cruel and wicked world, it can also cause people to act illogically. Finally, Dr. Vox Humana, a Christian minister in San Lorenzo, uses a foolish method involving a chicken and a butcher knife to feel his way along with Christianity since Protestantism and Catholicism is outlawed. Humana represents the theme hat even though organized religion is needed to make people act moral, it