The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Similarly, in the 1920s flourishing American economy of flashy cars and ostentatious mansions and extravagant parties and overpriced attire, there are those who believe money is the key to glee. Gatsby, born into a family of “unsuccessful farm people” trades in his “torn green jersey” for a “shirt of sheer linen” and dedicates his life to amassing the fortune he believes will help him accomplish his dream (Fitzgerald 5.92 & 6.98). Deceit becomes his best friend as corruption murders his once innocent dream and meretricious promises replace his morals. He, to rise to the top and near his dream, cheats the poor, the people that are so much like his own family.

The American Dream is a philosophy based off of starting from nothing and achieving family, fortune, and fame. The belief that self-determination and hard work will lead to the attainment of the American Dream is strongly tied with the American culture. This philosophical idea, however, is not portrayed in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is often referred to as one of the “Great American Novels” to date. In terms, a “Great American Novel” should portray an honest and well-remembered character, rather than a character such as Jay Gatsby who achieved his fortune through illegal business and dies without recognition towards the end. Although Gatsby lives a lavish lifestyle that many people fantasize about, Gatsby’s American Dream is never fully fulfilled due to his failure of not having a family, successfully obtaining money the righteous way, and leaving a legacy; therefore, the novel The Great Gatsby, should not be entitled as the “Great American Novel” today.

Money can buy people many things in life, but it can also apprehend people’s sense of morality and honesty. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a wealthy society where materialism and luxurious living corrupts human’s actions and morals. Through the main characters, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker, Fitzgerald reveals how money and corruption can affect people. The characters reveal carelessness, hypocrisy, dishonesty, and arrogance which all stem from their excessive amount of wealth and fame. Fitzgerald portrays a recurring literary phenomenon of an extended metaphor throughout his book demonstrate the implicit comparison between wealth and its unseen repercussions.

In civilization today, the value of a good friend without wealth is much more than that of a bad friend with money. Within the culture of today’s society, it goes without saying that people who are only friends with you because of your wealth are known as “gold diggers”. In the 1920's, the setting of The Great Gatsby, money is chosen almost

Dance has shaped the way we look at many different things throughout history. It has shaped how people socialize, what music people listen to, and even whole eras. One such era is the roaring 1920s. How did people socialize in the 1920s? They danced the evening away. What music did people listen to? Jazz music that they could listen to while they danced the evening away. Dance was a huge part of what made up the glorious Jazz Age. So, when a book was written to describe the 1920s scene, no doubt there had to be dance, and lots of it. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the energy level of the parties, music, and dancing to represent a vast array of emotions within the characters.

When meeting someone for the first time a large part of an initial impression is their clothing. The colors, quality and style of their clothing can give information about them as a person that may or may not be true. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, utilizes clothing as an informer of each character’s lifestyle and their desires. Fitzgerald carefully depicts each character’s clothing using color, material, and quality to expose their insecurities. He uses clothing to give details about each character because it is an extension of the characters and displays their self-expression. Unlike race or eye color, clothing is not permanent and can be easily changed, which Fitzgerald uses to exhibit character’s status, emotions, and personalities. In the novel, character mask who they are using their clothing to fit the standards or others while trying to achieve the American Dream.

One of the reason’s that The Great Gatsby is used so often in Language Arts curriculums around the world is the incredible use of symbols and motifs that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses throughout the entire novel and how these literary devices to present the plot. Some of the most important symbols and motifs included in this novel include the weather (used to present certain aspects of the situations that the characters are in presently), Daisy Buchanan and the green light (used to represent the American Dream and unattainable goals), and the Eyes of T. J. Eckleburg (used to represent the judgement of God in the this post-industrial world).

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel “The Great Gatsby” is a consummate summary of the ‘roaring twenties’ and a devastating show of the ‘Jazz Age’. Nick Carraway Chasing his own American Dream, lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby young, handsome, and remarkably rich always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting although no one knows what for. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and dynamic tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. The novel also reveals the moral failure of a society

  Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has more relevance in today’s society than it did when it was written. With the recent societal trend that emphasizes lack of morals and material wealth over a meaningful existence, Fitzgerald’s message really hits home. Which is more important - money or love? Social status or being true to oneself? Fitzgerald uses metaphor and symbols to great effect in order to illustrate what can happen when the pursuit of happiness becomes warped (by American ideals) into the pursuit of money.

The classic novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story that uniquely captures the transformational period of the 1920’s in America. It elegantly flows between conflicts of new money, young love, and care-free parties, illustrating the diverse issues of these influential times into captivating characters, all of whom gossip and live in the drama of the age. Most of the time, the drama is centered around money and wealthy people, because nearly every character in the book identifies people by their wealth rather than their personality. This materialistic view constantly creates conflict and tension between characters, which leads readers to see that people should be assessed based on their core qualities rather than their luxuries. However, in the 2013 film adaptation directed by Baz Luhrmann, this theme is obscured, particularly in the portrayal of the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby, and various cinematic techniques. From the novel to the film, the ironic conveyal of the theme of material wealth should not define a person’s worth more than their character was lost, thus weakening the prominence of the theme throughout the film.

The novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a less expensive representation of universal themes of morality, ethics and how money inevitably corrupts those ideas. expensive is well represented by the beginning paragraph from The Great Gatsby:“In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I 've been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone... Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” F. Scoot Fitzgerald (1,1)

The Great Gatsby is a fictional novel that extensively discusses the American Dream. The tragic story takes place in both Long Island and New York City with the Roaring Twenties in full swing. The effects of World War I and the Prohibition upon Americans are epitomized in Scott Fitzgerald’s primary characters: Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Nick Carraway. These socialites value materialistic wealth and their own well being above all else; a growing trend in the nation at the time. A superfluous lifestyle became the norm in American culture in the form of extensive spending, extravagant parties, and overall wild behavior. Inevitably, as Fitzgerald displays though his plotline and characters, this outrageous behavior led to the

An author, Moffat Machingura, once stated, “Follow your dreams. I am not saying it’s going to be easy, but I am saying it’s going to be worth it.” His message, “follow your dreams,” describes a common theme found in the American society. Countless movies and books entertain the possibilities presented by striving for one’s aspirations and display the rewards granted through the achievement of it. Most of these tales portray dreams as glorious, which they definitely can be, but few stories wrestle with the unpleasant reality that dreams may mislead and consume a human. The literature that emcompasses these difficult truths immensely aids in understanding entire ideas. For this reason, the beloved novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, should be read and discussed thoroughly in order to correctly gain an understanding of the American Dream, moral controversies, and beneficial practices that have shaped the United States through the power of literature.

There are secrets hidden between the lines of each sentence. The author has been careful to keep them hidden. He tried to make it so no one can decipher his own life within the lives of his characters. Sometimes it is unintended for the author to mirror his life in his book. In his previous novels F. Scott Fitzgerald drew from his life experiences. He said that his next novel, The Great Gatsby, would be different. He said, “In my new novel I’m thrown directly on purely creative work” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). He did not realize or did not want it to appear that he was taking his own story and intertwining it within his new novel. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he imitates his lifestyle through the Buchanan family to demonstrate that the behavior of the wealthy was reckless and selfish.

This report is based upon the book, The Great Gatsby, written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. This book is published by Simon & Schuster in 2004, and it is an imprint of Charles Scribner’s Sons, originally published in 1925. It is also considered as one of Francis Fitzgerald’s “magnum opus” or great work.