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.

In the great gatsby the american dream is based on someone starting low in the social or economic schedule and working their way up to greatness by hard work. Being able to own a nice car, nice clothes, nice house, is the definition of the american dream. It doesn 't matter what your race is or how you look like you can still accomplish your goals and become successful in life. The american dream also signifies someone that is self motivated and that is willing to work very hard to live a good life.

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.

Jordan Baker informs Nick Carraway that Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby and Daisy were in a relationship before she was married to Tom Buchanan, which eventually had to end when Gatsby went off to war. Half a decade later, Gatsby has situated himself in West Egg to be close to Daisy. Jordan, acting as a messenger, tells Nick that Gatsby would like him to invite Daisy over for tea, where Gatsby would then surprise and join them. Nick is baffled that Gatsby would go to the trouble of throwing extraneous parties for the past five years, holding onto the sliver of hope that Daisy may one day attend one.

Jay Gatsby is one of the most crucial characters in the book of The Great Gatsby and throughout the book he isn’t happy at all because he lacks the ability to deeply look at other options other than just his love and dream, Daisy. He invariably fails to look at other ways to be happy because in his eyes, his only option that he observes is the option to get Daisy Buchanan back as soon as possible, but he has one problem; Tom Buchanan who isn’t willing to let go of Daisy. Gatsby 's only way to happiness is having Daisy back so that he could recreate the past. Gatsby had the opportunity to attend Oxford and get a heavy education with a great promising future ahead, instead his wish to get back home and reunite with Daisy again. He never saw

The Victorian Era of England, and the Modern Era of the United States had vast differences. However, they were not that far apart, and as a result were not as dissimilar as it might appear at first glance. With only 30 years, and an ocean between them, the world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portray big similarities that even relate to their differences.

Any one person can have hopes in achieving greatness by reaching their goals. One of those goals could be to attain wealth or to become wealthy. Francis Fitzgerald’s fictional novel, The Great Gatsby, addresses the different effects wealth can have on certain individuals. All through this novel, one can find that the desire of wealth can cause the devastation of others.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald delves into the psychological impact of one’s environment. The characters in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan, are all affected by their surroundings. This exemplifies how the American lifestyle, as well as the American dream, is detrimental to a person’s character.

The Great Gatsby, a story told by Nick Carraway, centers around the mysterious Jay Gatsby, Nick 's extremely wealthy neighbor. Gatsby throws gigantic parties every week for the other rich inhabitants of New York’s East and West eggs. Nick eventually becomes friends with Gatsby and learns he throws the parties to attract the attention of his lost love Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby pursues Daisy which eventually leads to his downfall. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby goes through the hero quest by leaving his normal world, experiencing an event sending him on his quest, and proving himself worthy in order to achieve his reward, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.

When looking at a person for the first time clothing is often a large part of a first impression, giving information about that person that may or may not be true. Clothing also plays a large role in first impressions of characters in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who uses clothing to give information about each character and who they are or wish they were. Fitzgerald carefully describes the clothing of each character, using color, material, and quality to expose each character 's insecurities.The clothing that he has the character’s wear gives information about their status, emotions, and personality. He chose clothing because it is an extension of a person and is self-expression, unlike race or eye color, it is not permanent

F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes his characters to critique the true nature of male-female relationships in The Great Gatsby. Each relationship displayed has a falling out involving either affairs or lack of a true connection. They are unstable because the relationship roots from materialistic motives, objectification to prove masculinity, yearning to feel self verification, or sheer boredom and obligation: all resulting from wanting to live or living the American Dream. Therefore, Fitzgerald advocates that male-female relationships are rarely authentic, and concepts such as love at first sight are nonexistent in reality because the American Dream has entirely corrupted society. Accordingly, the novel unintentionally presents the institution

In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is exemplified through many symbols and idols. Fitzgerald uses cars to represent wealth, success, status, and glamour. As Friedrich Nietzsche states, “There are more idols in the world than there are realities.” Nietzsche’s quote shows how idols and symbols are used to create impressions. Images are powerful and set a stage for others to judge one’s character, enabling human beings to avoid seeing what realities are. Idols are potent enough to mask the truth. In the novel, despite Gatsby 's own insecurities, he is viewed as an idol in society. Idols impact and influence Gatsby’s life and those living around him. Gatsby’s car represents an idol, illustrating his wealth, capturing attention, creating impressions, and covering misconceptions throughout life in the West Egg.

The American Dream has been around for years, and is forever changing. However, its basic principles of determination and purpose have always been around, except during the 1920s when they had become corrupted. This idea was shown throughout The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story gives great insight into what life was like during the 1920s from the characters’ perspectives. Through Gatsby’s lavish lifestyle, the readers get to see what the ultimate goal was for the American people at the time. However, what he had was not enough for him since all he ever wanted was to earn Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s dream was symbolized through the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, which he use to stare at night. Fitzgerald uses the green light to compare Gatsby’s hopeless quest for Daisy’s heart to the unobtainable, corrupted American Dream. He does this by showing how obsessed the characters are with having a life like Gatsby’s, and by having him die at the end of the novel without having achieved his dream.

“Money can’t buy happiness” has been a common saying in today’s society but that doesn’t mean that people haven’t once tried it or thought about it. The Great Gatsby, is a prime example of how money can change people. James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby came from a poor family who lived in North Dakota. He ran away from his family in search to find some money. He decided to change his name to identify himself as someone new and wealthy. People may leave to search for money and for love but is it possible to buy love?

The 1920s in America was better known as the “roaring twenties”. The materialistic society is reflected well in “The Great Gatsby” where Jay Gatsby didn’t have enough money to keep the high class rich girl that he fell in love with, therefore he made his money through organised crime, bootlegging. This shows the importance of money within this society as Gatsby believed that he couldn 't be with the girl he loved due to his social class. However it was a lot more than just Jay Gatsby’s wealth that meant he couldn 't be with Daisy. Gatsby completely transformed his lifestyle and in fact his name. He goes from being James Gatz to being Jay Gatsby. When Gatsby meets Dan Cody he realises that he wants this type of lifestyle full of money and