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

Take a look around you, and you will find a myriad of different colors in which you might not think much of, but in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald colors represent different ideas. Fitzgerald utilizes symbolism in the colors of certain objects throughout the novel to reveal a deeper meanings and to enhance the reader’s experience. Fitzgerald introduces Gatsby while he is reaching his hand out to a green light across the bay; the color green stands for something unattainable yet desirable. Colors are also symbolized through the outfits the characters wear in certain parts of the novel. Another prevalent symbol in the novel is Gatsby’s car, which is originally a cream color representing false purity but changes to an arresting yellow, symbolizing death and corruption.

While learning about The Great Gatsby preface, I learned that the Gatsby is not an uplifting story, its just a classic. I learned that F. Scott Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, and not the best of role models. I also learned that The Great Gatsby contains many memorable characters and that I may run into a lot of situations that reference this story, so I should read it.

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald depicts The American Dream as a positive meanwhile it gives hope those that want to follow it. The American Dream is something all Americans or incoming immigrants want to have. The Dream includes freedom, opportunities, and responsibility. The dream in its infancy starts when Gatsby relocated himself to West Egg, the dream changes for Gatsby changes when lives across the bay from Daisy, and result of the dream ends when Gatsby dies. Ultimately, Jay Gatsby’s dream was to be with the love of life Daisy, as soon as Gatsby died his life dream had ended. Daisy was the one that Jay kept on thinking about and was truly his soul mate.

Throughout the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick uses the “I” in a past tense as he, the narrator, tells his story and at the end makes the realization that Gatsby and Nick share a commonality in life, therefore, Nick changes his world standpoint to include Gatsby, thus the “We” connection. In the beginning Nick starts off by telling us of the advice his father gave him (“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.”). From his father’s teachings, Nick learns about what morality is, to be tolerant of the under privileged resulting in his identifying with the wealthy, which begins his “I” perspective. Thereupon, at

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.

F. Scott Fitzgerald 's, The Great Gatsby, is set in the Roaring Twenties on Long Island in the towns of fashionable East Egg where people with old money live, and it’s sister island West Egg where those who are have worked for their wealth and aspire to live on East Egg reside. Men have the power and authority, and women are expected to fulfill their roles as wives and caretakers. The narrator Nick Carraway has just moved to West Egg, and his only connections to begin with are his fanciful cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom. His neighbour, Jay Gatsby is an affluent man who throws lavish parties for what seems no reason. At dinner with Daisy, Nick meets Daisy’s old friend and independant golf star, Jordan Baker, who reveals that Gatsby’s parties are his attempt to reconnect with Daisy, his great love. Fitzgerald uses Daisy and Jordan to illustrate how, in a patriarchal society, women can only gain agency through deception.

Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players to have ever played the game, once said, “there is no such thing as the perfect player and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.” As time has taken a toll on professional sports, they are becoming more and more corrupt. Players are not realizing the truth behind Jordan’s statement and more and more players are starting to believe that its necessary to cheat in order to keep them a step ahead of their peers. Fans are also putting more pressure on these athletes by gambling. These star athletes now not only feel like they need to beat their opponents but they have to beat them enough to also win the spread. Based on various research and the novels, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Boost by Kathy Mackel sports are being corrupted by players cheating, players not being able to stay out of trouble, and fans gambling more frequently as time goes on.

The idea that the “American dream” consists of achieving unlimited wealth, which ultimately results in unlimited happiness and eliminates all life’s worries, is challenged by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The novel outlines that power and wealth does NOT necessarily equate to happiness, the consequences of materialism, as well as the distinct differences and divide between social classes.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Jay Gatsby, a self-made man, narrated by a social outsider named Nick Carraway. The story takes place in New York during the Roaring Twenties. In this decade, American’s lives were characterized by a fascination with new technology, great wealth, and an increased emphasis on social activities and leisure. In addition, many Americans engaged in binge drinking despite Prohibition laws which made the consumption of alcohol illegal. In order to avoid arrest, Americans would smuggle illegally purchased alcohol into private social events and there consume it in excess. This dangerous behavior, in the context of secrecy and exclusivity, caused many Americans to re-evaluate their life

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.

The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is written in the 1920 's during the prohibition, and the characters values and goals really shaped the theme. The book was written about how people lived and acted during the 1920 's. This paper will cover; how the values and goals of the characters were shaped by the values and goals of people in the 1920 's, how the values and goals of the characters shaped the setting of the novel, and lastly the overall theme of the novel.

As Karl Marx once said, “religion is the opiate of the masses”. Marx viewed religion as a drug which gives people the comfort and happiness they need. Just like money, he believed that religion is a destructive force which puts people under a spell to maintain control over them. During the Jazz Age, America had an economic growth which swept americans to become part of a “consumer society”. Throughout this period of time, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote many modernist novels, including The Great Gatsby, in which he critiques the downfall of the 1920’s society through religion and consumerism.

How came people did not respected Fitzgerald writing in 20th century , but why people are respecting and valuing Fitzgerald work in 21th century? Fitzgerald had hard time to get profit from his writing, but he never got good profit after his first novel. In a Fitzgerald life, his background information was the most important about him, the comparison of Fitzgerald and the main character of his number one book in American “The Great Gatsby’s”, and the Fitzgerald influence of behind writing. From a childhood to the adulthood life, Fitzgerald had faced so many good and bad experiences that inspired him to achiever his own American dream in a short amount of time.