The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are many different problems and situations that affected many Americans during the time period of The Great Gatsby. The different problems affect many characters lives and relationships throughout the novel in a variety of situations. Such problems with characters personal lives would be the withering of a American dream. Also, such situations during this time period is how characters aren’t achieving their highest potential and achieving their dreams. Another problem during this time period would be the very unequal wealth distribution in America, but also among all the characters families and themselves individually in The Great Gatsby. There is new money, old money, and the poor which is represented by the valley of ashes throughout this time period. Also, among the rich and poor there is always those who want more and more and are always greedy at every point in the story. Even though characters want all the money they can get there hands on they also try there hardest to achieve enough love and romance in there lives that their heart desires. Lastly, there is a great deal of betrayal throughout the entire length of the novel The Great Gatsby. It is represented by many characters, their relationships, and their personal lives. Different characters’ personal relationships and personal lives give well-distinguished representations of the problems such as a withering American dream, unequal wealth distribution in America, and betrayal in The Great Gatsby.

In the book “The Great Gatsby” wealth affects the lives of many characters in the book, examples of these characters are; Daisy,Tom, and Gatsby. All these characters either had a dream to become wealthy, bribed people, or just cared about money, not love.Because of their obsession with wealth this led to many problems with other characters, showing the bad traits of others, and overall showing how wealth can almost always have a negative effect on a person.

Is your life revolved around how much money you have, what you can buy, or what you look like? In The Great Gatsby, the lives of the characters are revolved around the importance of money and the materials they own. Tom and Daisy Buchanan are two very important people that let their money control their lives, such as Daisy marrying Tom solely for is money so that she will be provided for her entire life. Gatsby is a prime example of all the wrong reasons of wanting to accomplish the American dream. He wanted to impress Daisy, so he lied and cheated his way to the top in order to prove to her that he was worth it, and now that he has money, he allowed it to take control of him and his true purpose. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald allows the

Money is the main thing that is shown a lot in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby is really thankful for having what he has in the beginning because not a lot of people have advantages like 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

Gatsby is social climber and at the same time a romantic view of wealth has not prepared him for the selfish, snobbish, corrupt group of people with which he comes to associate. He throws lavish parties for countless people, yet he has no true love. Gatsby buys expensive things and entertains large groups of society because of his beastly desire for something greater. We see that Gatsby is too late to realize that money is the only thing

Even though money is supposed to buy happiness, in some cases money is not always beneficial. Sure money can get you what you want but sometimes it can change you for the worst. In the novel "Great Gatsby" money is the center of attention around these characters. The money involved with these characters makes them all act in certain ways. Fitzgerald showed that there is a difference in between the rich and the wealthy's morals between the East and West Egg.

An often controversial and debated topic within most literature revolves around the morality of certain characters, and whether or not they are deserving of their accepted reputations. These questions come into play during contentious debates such as the infamous “good versus evil” and “angels and demons.” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald induces the question of morality. Gatsby, a reserved and wealthy man who seeks the love from a past acquaintance, captures the “Lost Generation” essence as he devotes his life to partying and living an embellished lifestyle. But the question of whether he deserves the adjective “great” often arises. What truly determines if a character is deserving of their reputation? Is it the way people perceive them as a person, or their ability to live up to their expectations? Is it their level of morality, and if so, do their mistakes from the past affect their current determination of morality? Many avid readers would fight to prove the Great Gatsby is in fact not that “great” – maybe more deserving of the name “The Mediocre Gatsby.” But heated debates often spawn from the most controversial characters, illustrating the idea that the reader has the most effect on characterization. Their own interpretation of the writing and how they define morals could be the ultimate determination of a character’s true ethics, and whether a character’s reputation is fitting. In regards to the novel, The Great Gatsby is not deserving of his accepted persona

“I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” In The Great Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, reveals just about everything around him except for his own aspect on things. This passage was one of the few times that Nick actually gave his own opinion on the current matters that he had been swept up in, once he made the move from his hometown in Minnesota to the luxurious village of West Egg. The quote, although masterly woven into the story’s plotline, is easily picked out because of not only the rarity of the narrator’s opinion, but because of the generalization it poses for the reader to consider. Nick’s vague words do not go into detail, leaving the reader to wonder what exactly caused Nick’s “enchantment” and “repulsion.” Was it the grandiose parties, the glitz and the glam of the people, or the national attitude of the youth and the rich? It was all of the above, and more. During the 1920’s, it was a time of loose morals and materialistic dreams, of exciting rest and lazy work, of playing and partying, of living life luxuriously. If one didn’t participate in any of these subjects, one was considered an outsider, a renegade. One was shunned. Since society was as influential as a person’s conscious - possibly even more so - a person’s ambition shaped from innocent means to becoming filthy rich, notoriously famous and downright successful. Today, our perception on greed is that it’s a terrible idea to practice, and

The theme of money is not only an important issue in the Great Gatsby but it is plays a big part in some of the character’s motivation. Many of the wealthy characters seem to share the belief that money has the ability to bring happiness, yet they each have different views on what happiness is. Some of the characters think happiness is being protected, some it is human connection that they desire, some just think money will improve their overall quality of life

First, the community’s attitude toward money and obsession with money was prominent. Throughout the book, “One of the main themes of The Great Gatsby is the attitude of its characters- . . . -toward money” (Gross 149). The book highlighted the amount of money each character had and their social status in the community because of their wealth or lack of wealth. Many characters and the entire community dreamed of becoming rich to make themselves worthy of higher social statuses. Palladino once said, “The idea was that anyone could become a millionaire regardless of one's background” (Palladino 31). The community’s interest in wealth and what was believed about money was depicted many times. For example, “Most of these fellas will cheat you every time. All they think of is money. . . ” (Fitzgerald 31). This quote shows that many people were focused on the amount of money they could

In this movie it is very revealing that the characters feel as if they are totally limited by the amount of money that they are worth, so their perspective on being successful and widely known is predominantly based on their financial status, and/or worth. The story that this movie carries along with it portrays what can happen when social class and money come into act. The movies setting takes place approximately around the early 1900’s. During this time frame, people were focusing on trying to live the American Dream, and the dream illustrated how easy it is to lose contact with the important things in life, and how people are bound to make it to the top. The Great Gatsby is a movie where each character’s sole purpose in life is prosperity,

The theme of wealth is prevalent in the works of the The Great Gatsby. The wealthy are portrayed as educated businessmen who have found a prosperous niche, often illegally. Persons with enough money are held in higher esteem than their middle class compatriots. In Gatsby’s world money buys social acceptance, and it also grants living in the world without repercussions. In chapter four of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby, on his

The Great Gatsby (1925), the first novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place during prohibition. As depicted in the novel, jazz and alcohol made the culture in the early 20th century feel alive. The novel communicates how the culture was in New York City and why the main character Jay Gatsby held parties so he could see his beloved debutante, Daisy Buchanan. But more importantly, the audience becomes more connected to the film entirely through the music. These films contained leitmotifs and themes that communicate the human emotions and thoughts behind each character. In my opinion, The Great Gatsby remains an extremely successful film because of its music and how it provides clues to the audience as to what obstacles each character faces. Through themes and leitmotifs, the audience is able to predict what the characters truly desire. Several movies were created for this novel, but I will focus on two, one released in 1974 and the other in 2013. The two films share similarities, but mostly, they are very different from one another; in that, the music in the 1974 version possesses the old-fashioned bluesy-type music from the 1920’s and attempts to give the audience a clear view of what music in the early 20th century was actually like while the one 2013 version contains a more broad and modern musical feel that connects with our culture and society today.

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.

The Great Gatsby is set and written in the early 1920’s or better known as the “roaring twenties” or the “jazz age”. This time setting is important because it gives the background knowledge that money and displays of wealth are very popular throughout the book. Money has a consistent impact on the context within the book. For example, the way characters of different social classes interact with each other is dependent on the wealth of one or the other. If this book had been written in the present time America, I think it would be extremely different.