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

F. Scott Fitzgerald showcases characters illusions in the novel The Great Gatsby. Each of the characters gets wrapped up in the dream that they all wanted to live. The Great Gatsby is a novel about the American dream and the illusion is that one can be happy through wealth, power or fame. Gatsby, Myrtle, and George all had an illusion thinking they can live the american dream.

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.

"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.

The Great Gatsby is a novel about a character by the name of Jay Gatsby, who is fighting to get his beloved Daisy back with the help of his friend, Nick Daisys cousin from an arrogant fellow named Tom.The novel is also a representation of the path to attain the American Dream which is done through the characters, Tom and Gatsby. Tom and Gatsby have very similar beliefs. Gatsby is referred to as a high achiever, who throws outstanding parties in hopes of winning over Daisy. Gatsby sabotages Tom by trying to achieve the American Dream because he believes in order to have the American Dream he must have possession of Daisy, whom is married to Tom. West Egg is a rich inherited place where Nick claims the story all started. The West Egg is a

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, colors represent a variety of symbols that relate back to the American Dream. The dream of being pure, innocent and perfect is frequently associated with the reality of corruption, violence, and affairs. Gatsby’s desire for achieving the American Dream is sought for through corruption (Schneider). The American Dream in the 1920s was perceived as a desire of wealth and social standings. Social class is represented through the East Egg, the West Egg, and the Valley of the Ashes. The two eggs show how the characters have obtained their wealth, what they value, and how they live their lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald models the character of Jay Gatsby after himself and financial and romantic experiences in his personal life. The Great Gatsby summarizes the yearning for the American dream in the 1920s, through the wealth of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s characters and through the imagery of colors.

The love and effort that you put into a single person or a dream, a desire, will not last forever, it will change shape, sizes and manifestations and sometimes it turns into something we end up dreading. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, our mysterious, yet gorgeous hopeless romantic and portrayer of the rags-to-riches ideal, Jay Gatsby, is haunted by the desire he has for his true love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby dreams of a future, “a happily ever after” with her, a married woman. Towards the end of the of the novel, his is love for her is yet again being compared and challenged to that brute of a man, Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband, by Daisy herself. Their abrupt confession of love in front of the brute spirals out of control and strains the relationship that reblossomed between Gatsby and Daisy, which soon ends when Gatsby himself passes away. All of Gatsby’s attempts to woo the woman back into his arms, the parties he had thrown in her name and the enhancement of his status in society, turned into dust. He spent years of his life running after a girl who did not want to be chased, the time and effort he put into their affair, all turned to nothing but a distant dream, a “once upon a time”. The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, does this to show society that when it comes to love, desire is suffering, it is better to live in your reality and to be honest than to lie and stay in your fantasy, and that our biggest dreams, no matter how much effort is put in, in

On January 17, 1920, the 18th Amendment was enforced throughout the United States: Prohibition. The18th Amendment banned the selling, manufacturing, and production of alcohol. Just a short thirteen years later the 21st Amendment was passed, repealing the18th Amendment. Banning alcohol intended to lower crime rates and eliminate other social problems in the early 21st century. However, the banning of alcohol did not end social problems and crimes; it sparked more organized crimes, such as bootlegging. Bootlegging was the illegal sale of alcohol that helped many people become rich fast.

The overall theme of “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald is the rise and death of the “American Dream”. The theme is shown to us through the life of Nick Carraway and the high-class society of which he lives amongst. The characters continually hint at the falsified “American Dream” in their actions and viewpoints throughout the novel. This dream is built through false hopes and crushed by failed goals.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a romantic tragedy set in the 1920’s. The story is told from the perspective of Nick Carraway, a modestly successful bond salesman that lives among the newly rich in West Egg. Nick reconnects with his beautiful cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan when he comes to visit their home right across the bay in East Egg. It is here that Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a young attractive golfer with a cynical personality. During an argument between Daisy and Tom, Jordan explains that Tom is keeping a mistress on the side.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 American novel entitled The Great Gatsby is an outstanding novel that follows the summer of 1922 story of a cast of characters who live in the prosperous Long Island. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the 2013 film adaption of The Great Gatsby is a traditional, yet slightly radical translation of the novel. The film keeps the majority of the novel’s aspects, but some changes needed to be made in order for the film to be more appropriate for the modern audience. Some of the changes include the music score, and Jay Gatsby’s ending, and the character Nick Carraway’s situation. Along with the differences, there are still major scenes that are almost literally theme same as the novel such as the throwing of the shirts scene and the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg. It is the combination of the two aspects that develop and enhance the film and novel relationship.

To what extremity would one go to pursue love? Are those actions justified? Or does love and passion simply bind one’s self from the immorality and repercussions caused by one’s actions? These types of questions directly encompass the character, Jay Gatsby from the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The actions taken by Gatsby support one of the major themes prevalent in the novel: immorality. Immorality at the time this novel takes place-- the 1920’s-- seems to reflect not only the characters in the book, but also relate to the changing social dynamics of society which even further the extremity of Gatsby’s self-indulgence and questionable acts at the time.

The original conception of the American dream is that there is equal opportunity in being able to achieve upward mobility. However, in the 1920’s that dream had deviated from its initial idea, and transformed to the achievement and flaunting of affluence and engrossing oneself in debauchery. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is not only a story about the death of the original American dream, but also sheds light on the American nightmare: the idea that one caves into the corruption of the dream and fails. Jay Gatsby flounders in his attempt to achieve the American dream due to his blindness to the world around him, and his inability to release his grasp on the past and progress forward constituted by his impractical and ceaseless pursuit of Daisy Fay Buchanan, eventually directing himself towards the path of a nightmare.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby can be identified as a man of superior wealth and motivation. Daisy Buchanan’s love fuels Jay’s motivation to be a wealthy and prestigious man- which compares to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life. Another character that matches Gatsby’s upscale lifestyle is Tom Buchanan. Gatsby and his motivations to live an exceptional life parallel Benjamin Franklin’s desires. Both Franklin and Gatsby hold themselves to busy lives that demand for success.