The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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.

Society has an obsession with money. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, wealth is portrayed in two different classes called the new money and the old money. New money refers to those who have recently made their own fortune within their own generation. Old money refers to those who have inherited money from their wealthy families in the past generations. The new money people are more extravagant with their money in order to flaunt their wealth, while the old money people are more conservative with their money because they have been around for longer and people already understand their wealth. The difference between new and old money is not

“To do two things at once is to do neither”(Syrus). As Publilius Syrus suggests, in an age where multitasking is more common than the ideals concencentration, it is important to reconsider the capabilities of man. The idea of taking on multiple tasks underlines man’s capabilities in that it often gears the mind in two opposite directions with equal power. In this regard, though it may seem efficient, it is actually vile for man to attempt to sustain multiple projects that gear toward opposite directions. This idea is confirmed by F. Scott Fitzgeralds’ The Great Gatsby, a novel in which the protagonist Jay Gatsby illustrates why man isn’t capable of taking on two equal and opposite projects at the same time. Gatsby fails to conquer Daisy

Daisy Buchanan was possibly considered as one of the most controversial characters from the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author characterized Daisy in the beginning of the novel as an innocent victim torn between her two lovers-Tom Buchanan and James Gatsby. However, she gradually changes as the novel progresses into a manipulative and shallow character that corrupted Gatsby and became the primary cause of his tragedy. Being obsessed with wealth, Daisy allows herself to be spoiled by the two other characters because of her desire for money and power -which are the two most critical values in Daisy’s life. In fact, Gatsby himself has described that these aspects are mainly apparent through her voice. In this essay I will therefore aim to show how her materialistic nature and greed was depicted through the voice and Gatsby’s motive for gaining her affections.

Life is a very abstract entity that humans can interpret and perceive in many different ways. Usually, the way one looks at life is a direct reflection of their character and their beliefs. The way one looks at life also determines their level of perspective, or whether they have it at all. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald compares and contrasts the different ways humans can perceive life. Tom, a cocky and rigid ex-football player, is selfish and looks at life through a single perspective, zoomed in on him. Gatsby, an extremely mysterious and wealthy man, also looks at life through a single window, but contrary to Tom, his viewpoint is fixated on the love of his life, Daisy. Nick, the common narrator of the story, looks at life

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story narrated by Nick Carraway who was a young man that moved from Minnesota to New York. Nick moves to New York in the summer of 1922, right in the middle of the roaring twenties with the hopes of learning more about the bonds business. Nick moves to West Egg and his house neighbours a large, Gothic mansion belonging to Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway is a first person narrator, more specifically he is a peripheral narrator. A peripheral narrator has their own part in the story but are not a main character and they witnesses the main character’s story and tells it to the reader. An important fact to note that Nick Carraway is an unreliable narrator. An unreliable narrator is a narrator who

In the wake of the Great War, women’s possibilities opened up considerably. In spite of these advances, women still depended on men for finances, activity, and social standing. Women in the 20s struggled to create their own social roles separate from the men surrounding and defining them, revealing the one-sided control in a morally corrupt society. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, juxtaposes the women’s subjective experiences to prove that given the limited scope of their patriarchal realities, the ideal of female freedom is unachievable.

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.

Throughout The Great Gatsby many themes are displayed to correlate moral corruption to each character. The Great Gatsby is basically a story about moral and the absentence of morals within the society of the 1920’s. Most characters in the book as only concerned about how society views them and what can they do to be the most rich and famous person that everyone is talking about. Tom, Daisy and Myrtle are three characters in The Great Gatsby who take no responsibility for their actions, in which the lives of others are destroyed and demonstrate how the corruption of the 1920s can ruin one’s life.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven 't had the advantages that you 've had” (Fitzgerald 3). Many people are born into bad statistics for being able to achieve the American dream. Nick reveals this very early on in The Great Gatsby with this thought provoking quote. Not all people are born with the same advantages as others. There are many factors that have held people back from attaining their goals in our great country.. Despite the perception that Americans can move from rags to riches to live the American Dream, the trials and obstacles that underserved and minorities have to overcome reveals that the American Dream is a false hope.

Confrontations are nearly impossible to avoid. As one goes through the journey of life, ideas often conflict. When ideas conflict they need to be resolved, and this is what often leads to confrontation. As defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, confrontation is the clashing of forces or ideas. To confront someone is to accuse them of having a different idea, or doing something directly opposed to you. In the Plaza Hotel scene within his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the power of confrontation as the climax of his scene with the quote, “What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?”(129). This is the key question. At this point in the novel Tom Buchannan has just become aware that his wife, Daisy, is in love with Jay Gatsby. Every previous event in the chapter has been leading up to this confrontation; this question. By pinning the “row” on Gatsby, Fitzgerald creates an accusatory tone in Tom. The phrase “in my house”, implies Gatsby is a home-wrecker. When looked at alone, this innocent question seems as though Tom has been completely wronged by Gatsby, and has every right to directly accuse Jay of is seemingly repugnant actions. But, it is due to Fitzgerald’s context and story line that this accusation of Gatsby is easily viewed as an attack. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is continuously using literary devices to imply that the climax of this scene is this confrontation in the context surrounding it and in doing so is

Fitzgerald wrote one of his most famous books The Great Gatsby, during the Age of Disillusionment. He focuses on the idea that everyone wants love, money, social class superiority,happiness, etc. The main American Dreams that Fitzgerald writes about are love and money. He shows that through his character 's hopes and dreams. For example, Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy and Nick’s hope for becoming rich; even though to Fitzgerald they are only myths. The American Dreams are to find love and get rich, however Fitzgerald believes that The American Dream can not be achieved.

The students that read the Great Gatsby, read it amidst the Islamic revolution, thus their views towards the book were completely different compared to those who had read it previous to them. Revolution in general, radically changes the views of the people involved. In Iran this was no different, the people of Iran that were supporting the revolution, mostly younger men, were extremely radicalized. The Islamic revolution in Iran had brought with it a negative feelings toward the Western countries, mostly the United States. The hatred towards western countries came mostly because of differences in culture, and the student’s refusal to accept other cultures. The Gatsby, to them, was the typical American dream, it even contained all of the adultery, betrayal, and other immoral things that propaganda had spread about Americans. A book, a form of expression, was taken as something completely different just to meet their revolutionary views. They used the Great Gatsby to concrete their ideas about their enemies.

Often referred to as “the playground of the wealthy”, New York City’s culture in the 1920s plays a crucial role in the development of many of the characters of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York City increasingly gains attention, and it soon becomes known as “the city that never sleeps” during the 1920s. As massive skyscrapers begin to transform the city’s skyline, the automobile industry experiences a boom in auto sales; thus contributing to New York City’s modernity. Meanwhile, business is making a significant impact on the lives of everyday folks. No longer is it only the interest of the wealthy, because more and more commoners feel the need to get involved with economics. Thus, it can be

The story of “The Great Gatsby” is told through the narration of Nick Carraway. It is apparent from the first chapter of the book, that the events Nick writes about had a profound impact on him and caused a tremendous shift in his views of the world. Nick Carraway is as much a symbol as the green light or blue eyes. Nick Carraway is unreliable because Fitzgerald intended him to be, he is heavily biased, extremely dishonest and a hypocrite.