The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In The Great Gatsby, the author, F Scott Fitzgerald depicts the post - war roaring 20’s, a time of overwhelming prosperity and a new found sense of hope for the future. While this novel is often perceived as a romance, it is also a criticism on the devastating nature of the elusive american dream. The story of Jay Gatsby is a representation of what had become the values of the individual at the time. With the progression of the early 1920’s the vision of the perfect life, or the american dream, had been skewed. It was replaced with greed, and an abundance of reckless spending in which the wealthier individuals placed their misguided ideas of happiness. In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald chooses to expose the hidden truth behind the illustrious concept of the American dream. Through his use of literary devices such as, symbolism, metaphor, and, irony the central idea of the truly unattainable American dream is supported throughout the novel.

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.

The famously written book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides many details, which help to provoke the meaning behind this narrative. The use of symbolic objects helps to connect the significance of the story on a deeper level and eventually reveal its literal meaning. Many symbols portrayed throughout The Great Gatsby, such as the green light, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, Gatsby’s Mansion and the weather help to uncover one of the main themes–the American Dream.

Often when readers describe daisy an image is created of a selfish and shallow woman. This image is confronted multiple times in The Great Gatsby. When the reader considers daisy 's actions throughout the book with the consideration of the time and the men around her choices become clearer and possible to empathize with.

The Great Gatsby, a novel set in the city of New York during the 1920’s, regards the novel’s pivotal character, Jay Gatsby, trying to win back the love of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan, back while wrestling unattainable social status, distorted societal values, and all of this amid a hopeful heart. This time period, called The Roaring Twenties, encompasses all of what Gatsby goes through in his journey of trying to live “The American Dream”. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the false values of society are brought out through underlying life lessons throughout the novel’s main character, Jay Gatsby’s, life.

Many people dream about achieving the American Dream, especially immigrants from around the world hoping to start a new life. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tells the story of one man’s journey, Nick Carraway’s, in obtaining the American Dream. His decision to leave the midwest and move to the east enables him to be able to learn stocks and make a living. Nick has not yet achieved the American Dream, but is eager to obtain this feat. Nick’s friend, Tom Buchanan, lives in East Egg and inherits money from his parents. Jay Gatsby, who lives next to Nick in West Egg, has worked for his money and was inspired to become wealthy. In The Great Gatsby, three main characters look for opportunities to gain the American Dream with numerous obstacles in their path. Jay Gatsby strives for opportunities to work for wealth and uses it to demonstrate his opulence; conversely, Tom Buchanan is the opposite of Gatsby, obtaining wealth from his parents and using his money to make a living. Nick Carraway is neither of the other characters, but instead is looking to possess the American Dream.

The Great Gatsby exemplifies the way of America during the Jazz Age, also known as “The Roaring Twenties.” The tale of a deeply flawed man captures the idea of any possibility of achieving the American Dream- “the set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success.” Despite the author tip-toeing around the way Gatsby earned his wealth, there is a dark suspicion that secretly runs throughout Fitzgerald’s novel. Jay Gatsby is not the all-around guy he is cracked up to be, he is a man driven by greed and selfishness. Almost without a doubt, the characters are willing to lie, steal, cheat, and even commit murder to get what they truly want.

Frances Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby explores the concepts of the struggle of achieving the American Dream, how the pains of the past can affect the present, and how one can become consumed by it through the characters of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Daisy, who represents the appeal of the American Dream for financial and cultural success, becomes Gatsby’s motivation for everything that he does throughout the novel. Gatsby feels drawn to hear through her charming one of a kind voice. Gatsby, who Fitzgerald utilizes to represent the average American, while striving to win Daisy’s hand in marriage, loses sight of himself thus giving up the control he had over his life.

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In one sense, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ seems to suggest that Gatsby 's rags-to-riches success story makes him an embodiment of the American Dream. However, upon deeper of his character has yielded that there are aspects of Jay Gatsby that call into question his so called success. As a result, I have concluded that F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, although still displays the overarching theme that is the American Dream it, in fact, portrays ‘The disintegration of the American dream’ through the character that is Jay Gatsby.

Music is an immensely powerful tool in films, as it can underscore critical themes of a film in a melodious way and augment the emotion on screen. Songs can set the tone of a movie with or without lyrics. For example, the soundtrack of the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever includes groovy songs that complement the tone of the film. The suspenseful notes of the Jaws theme suggests that danger is approaching. The soundtrack to Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby is a tasteful collection of songs from artists of different genres. Through this amalgamation of genres and lyrics, the integrity of the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s piece is well maintained.

F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel The Great Gatsby is a criticism of the dying American Dream in the 1920 's and how it is corrupted by greed and materialism. The American Dream used to be a quest towards success, but now it is a rat race for wealth and status. The pursuit of the American Dream gave the characters in the novel, money and prestige, but along with it came corruption, barbaric human nature, and carelessness. However, the protagonist, Jay Gatsby is one of the very few Americans left who still have an honest and pure American Dream: to win back the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby fails to see that his dream is impossible because of his overwhelming love for Daisy and spending five years of his life to impress her. Gatsby is so caught up with Daisy and the past that he fails to see how she is a married woman with a child and that his dream only brings indirect suffering to Tom, Daisy, Myrtle and Nick by causing death, depression, disagreements, and desolation.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, each of the characters are trying to pursue their own “American Dream”. Fitzgerald uses the character of Jay Gatsby to show the overworking of the American Dream, leading to its failure. Throughout the novel, Gatsby is trying to achieve the impossible American Dream he wants. He is trying to win back Daisy Buchanan, the girl of his dreams. His quest to marijuana win her back demonstrates that Gatsby has an extraordinary ability to transform his hopes and dreams into reality. He goes through various attempts to win her back, facing many struggles and problems. The fate of the character Gatsby in The Great Gatsby illustrates how people’s outcomes for the American dream may not always be what they dream for.

In this novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald produces a charismatic personality that catches the attention of the readers. This character enfolds himself with lavish belongings and wealthy people and goes by the name of Jay Gatsby. He is the principal character who gives the name to the story. Gatsby is a newly wealthy Midwesterner-turned-Easterner who commands his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life from five years earlier. Jay Gatsby’s quest for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved and, eventually, to his demise.

The Great Gatsby (2013) is a movie by Baz Lurhmann, which is an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's 1925 novel by the same name. While the main plot of both works reads as almost identical, some character 's motives and actions differ significantly between the two. One of the main differences that sets apart the film from the novel is the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy. Their bond is extremely romantic and passionate on the big screen. In the book, however, it is the struggle to climb all the way up the class ladder that truly motivates Gatsby to be with Daisy. In this paper, I will only discuss Lurhmann 's 2013 film. It deserves to be analyzed on it 's own terms, because it is a product of a combination of director 's own vision 1920 's time period and his perception of Fitzgerald 's novel. The Great Gatsby uses considerably more computer generated imagery than other movies of this type, which is probably due to the director 's choice to visually attract the audience with his over the top idea of 1920 's. After the loud, bright, hopeful and vivid beginning of the movie, grayness, darkness and disgust sets in to where everything is broken, and the only thing remaining to do, is to pick up the shattered pieces. Tom and Daisy are part of the highest social class and their character 's are selfish and careless. After Gatby 's death in the movie, most people in the audience felt an intense feeling of emptiness and severe disdain. These emotions are all