The Great Gatsby Analysis

The plot of The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is driven by Jay Gatsby's

“The orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” is the unattainable goal of those living in Tom and Daisy’s world—a world where lives are wasted chasing the unreachable (Fitzgerald 180). In his 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that making any progress whatsoever toward this aspiration often requires people to establish facades that enable them to progress socially, but that a crippled facade will backfire and cause detriment to its creator. In the passage where Nick realizes who Gatsby is on page 48, Nick observes two different versions of Gatsby—one that is reassuring and truthful and another who “pick[s] his words with care” (Fitzgerald 48). Nick is at first attracted to Gatsby’s constructed

After reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I was able to gather a small playlist of songs that can relate to the book. The lyrics in these songs relate to scenes, symbols, and different characters in the book.

“‘Jay… You can’t repeat the past.’ Gatsby wheeled around… ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ ‘No.’ ‘Why of course you can.’”(Luhrmann). The Great Gatsby greatly deals with people trying to relive past relationships and parts of their lives. This why a common theme for the Great Gatsby is that you can’t repeat the past. This is shown when Gatsby dies trying to repeat the past and return to a relationship and feelings that had been gone for 5 years, “He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. ”(Fitzgerald 110). The movie better displays the theme that you can’t relive the past because of its style, the symbolism, and the point of view taken in the movie.

“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired” (Fitzgerald 79). Throughout the novel, many characters are pursuing a relationship that is detrimental, and/or are being pursued by a relationship that is healthy. However, they are either too tired or too busy to see these opportunities. That is definitely the case when it comes to Daisy, who was pursuing her husband while being pursued by Gatsby. Similarly, Tom pursues relations with Myrtle while he could be with his wife. Myrtle is so busy with her two failing relationships, that she is blind to how bad it has gotten for her. Also, Gatsby has been pining for Daisy for his whole life, where instead he could be with his father. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”,

The past is a looming and ubiquitous sentiment that follows a person throughout their entire life. That is, unless they move to a new state after fighting in a war and acquire a myriad of wealth in search of an elusive dream. Jay Gatsby proves that even if one can achieve insurmountable wealth, it cannot purchase the love one strives for. The time that passed cannot be brought to the present once it is gone, and Gatsby’s failure to realize this is his downfall. F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes The Great Gatsby to illustrate how the past changes people and their perception of the present through a web of rumors and enemies, facades, and illusions of the present.

“The Great Gatsby” by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald brings a picture of the American society during the 1920`s. The 1920`s were a time of parties, drinking and having fun. Many longed to be rich and to become a member of the upper class. Although this was the dream for many Americans of this time, it seemed almost impossible to become a part of this social elite unless born into it. Fitzgerald criticizes the American Dream by creating characters from new money, old money and the working class, who all fail in gaining life, freedom and happiness. This is a critical period where the view of the American Dream has been transformed from the ideal dream to a materialistic dream.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby explores the society of the 1920s and the fundamental clash between the East and West as a new money businessman lives a lavish lifestyle to win his past love. Although people with old money such as the Buchanans survive, Jay Gatsby dies. Gatsby, despite his dubious legality, literally and figuratively creates a self-made identity that collapses on the cusp of achieving his dream. In the scene beginning on page 110 where Nick imagines Gatsby falling in love with Daisy, Fitzgerald portrays the death of the American dream through charged stylistic devices.

In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway claimed that “the well-rounded man is the most limited of all species” and that “life is much more successfully looked at from a single window after all” (Fitzgerald). Upon initially reading this statement, it seems to make no sense. Parents and teachers have long stressed the importance of dabbling in many different subjects while warning against specializing in one area. However, after thinking about it the thought does not seem so preposterous and farfetched. After all when the best singers and athletes in the world come out to perform, no one cares how they did in chemistry, or if they understood how to implicitly differentiate. The fact of the matter is that specialization is more likely to lead to success than being a jack-of-all trades, but unfortunately that is not what children are taught these days. Therefore Carraway was correct when he stated that the well-rounded man is the most limited, as proven by history and my own personal experiences.

Studies show that the rich are more inclined to display contemptible characteristics because they “are more likely to prioritize their own self-interests above the interests of other people,” according to Paul Piff, a psychologist at University of California, Berkeley, who studies how money affects behavior. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in the Roaring Twenties, in which Nick Carraway narrates the story of Jay Gatsby, a motivated man who is hopelessly in love with Daisy and tries to persuade her to leave her husband, the wealthy brute Tom Buchanan. Set in the 1930’s, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells a tale of loss and friendship, focusing on George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers

The Roaring Twenties was an epic era well known for many technological and social changes. The Oxford Dictionary defines the word ‘roaring’ as follows, ‘(of a period of time) characterized by prosperity, optimism and excitement.’ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/roaring This definition accurately explains the common associations that are attached to the 1920s. However, after closely analyzing the time period, one can see that because of their success, people overestimated their capabilities and chased unattainable fantasies. Therefore, the great accomplishments people experienced were the catalysts to terrible downfalls and great failures. This process is depicted in “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an

“The Great Gatsby” is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed prosperity during the “roaring” as the economy soared. At the same time, prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers. After its republishing in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership and is today widely

In 1929 a dismal period began in the United States known as The Great Depression. This period was the product of people investing in stocks only for the market to crash leaving them with nothing. Although stocks are non-tangible they draw people to them in hope of easy wealth. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The East and West represent the contrast of established wealth versus hard work and dedication.

Synopsis: The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann and is by far considered one of the "classics of the century" adapted from literature. The story takes place during the "Roaring Twenties" (during the 1920's) and occurs in the two hemispheres of New York, West Egg, and East Egg. The story movie portrays the American society during the Roaring Twenties after the devastating World War 1. The film, itself, is based on a love story between two lovers, Jay Gatsby played as Leonardo DiCaprio, and Daisy Buchanan played as Carey Mulligan. The genre that best suits this film is a romantic drama. The total budget spent on the production of the movie was $100 million. The film itself, did "big," in the movie industry, whopping a $300 million revenue in the box office! In fact, winning itself an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 2014 Academy Awards ( The Oscars,) and a couple of Golden Globe Awards.

The novel’s title plays a large role, allowing the audience to determine what the book is going to be about. Just by looking at the title, The Great Gatsby, the audience gets a sense that Gatsby is going to be great. This thought is somewhat ironic as Gatsby is not actually “great” nor is his real name actually Gatsby. Gatsby is a criminal who is oblivious to his surroundings and obsessed with even the thought of love, especially when it comes to Daisy. Gatsby is very confident and fights for what he believes in, but, is somewhat too optimistic of the future, as he says, “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’” (Fitzgerald 109). Gatsby is often viewed as a tragic character as he was an everyday average man, who was in love with Daisy, who at the time did not love him because he was not wealthy enough. Gatsby was so in love with Daisy, that he seemed to lose himself along the way as he says, “‘You're wife doesn’t love you,’ said Gatsby. ‘She never loved you. She loves me’” (Fitzgerald 130). Gatsby risks everything in hopes of trying to win over Daisy, and refuses to acknowledge the fact that Daisy could have changed her mind about Gatsby and fallen in love with someone else since they have last seen each other. After Daisy kills Myrtle in a car accident, Gatsby takes the blame for Myrtle’s death. Gatsby appears to have many wealthy friends, especially at his extravagant parties, but, at his funeral, no one shows up, besides