The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Some of the similarities in men and women’s roles in The Great Gatsby include conforming to standards or cultural norms, viewing each other as tools, and using their roles to achieve their goals. In the 1920’s the man’s job was to support the family and handle the business affairs, while the women were required to socialize and look pretty; in The Great Gatsby that is exactly what they do (Morales). The male and female characters of this novel also have in common the fact that they view each other as property or tools to gain status in society. Marrying rich was one’s duty at the time. Daisy was forced to marry “of money, of unquestionable practicality” (151; ch. 13). Tom married to gain a perfect trophy wife, Daisy, and therefore, their duty was fulfilled. Myrtle wants to achieve wealth, so she uses Tom, and Gatsby wants to be with Daisy, so he uses his wealth, each character adding to the cycle.

There are moments in life that the world seems to be turned upside down and inside out; As if the greatest moments come to the least deserving person, and the passionate and the diligent only get a drop of achievement. These moments can come in waves of frustration, anger, envy - for the struggling - tearing the hard workers to pieces when they see the undeserving take in praise and achievements, but still pushing on towards their dream, these workers don’t bend to the challenges that are thrown in the way. Instead, it only fuels their fire, makes the engines burn and pushes them further; to only have their drudgery mean nothing. Time after time, throughout history, the world had seen this pattern show; in factories, huge companies - especially in politics - but even more so in early twentieth century literature, like The Grapes of Wrath, Elmer Gantry, and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the settings of the valley of ashes and Gatsby’s mansion to convey that the American Dream is impossible to achieve due to the greediness of the wealthy.

Myrtle Wilson’s glowing red hair, Nick Carraway’s gleaming smile and Daisy’s flowing white dress all coupled with the roar of that supercharged engine of Gatsby’s yellow car astounded Nick time and time again. How could I forget those peering eyes in the dark, dirty, and polluted Valley of Ashes? James Gatz hidden behind the name of Jay Gatsby was a “destined man” according to Nick. The bond market on Wall Street frustrated Nick and doctor visits were a daily for Carraway, which gave him the opportunity to write about his admirations of Jay. The luscious parties, endless alcohol, “beautiful little fools”, and well Nick Carraway ‘s company made for the summer of 1922 in West Egg. Jay Gatsby, a man of superior wealth and somewhat loneliness was searching for his lost love of Daisy Buchanan. Statured in West Egg, Nick was Gatsby’s neighbor, who let’s put it this way, lived in a miniscule house for rent of eighty dollars per month. Graduated from Yale with origins in the Midwest, Carraway had his mindset straight and could not cease to stop staring at Jay Gatsby’s marvelous Gothic mansion. One afternoon, Carraway received an invitation to one of Gatsby’s parties. He had never met Jay or questioned his wealth, so he was delighted to attend. As the people of West Egg, East Egg and New York City arrived to the music, dancing, and drinking, Nick was astonished and fit right in with the people who paraded their wealth and those that only dreamed of the West Egg lifestyle. When Nick

The 1920’s, also known as the “Roaring Twenties” and “Jazz Age”, marked an era of social changes and cultural differences in the United States. It was a time where women weren’t seen just for their “housewife” roles, but for their new rights and freedoms. Technology was expanding, prohibition against alcohol developed, and the cultural civil war began. All of these racy changes that developed in the decade of the 1920s are expressed in the book, The Great Gatsby. (History)

In the story “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a man of high class with lots of money, living in a corrupt time in America’s history. “The Great Gatsby” takes place in 1918 right after World War I, a war in which Gatsby had gone off to fight in. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway from a first person point of view, where Nick tells us about his experiences with a “racketeer” farmer boy, named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby doesn’t appear in the story until chapter three and until then Gatsby, to the reader, is simply a mysterious wealthy man who throws wild house parties. Very little is learned about Gatsby in the first chapter, except for the fact that he lives in “West Egg” and not “East Egg.” “West Egg” is

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.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby showcases the American society during the Roaring 1920s. During this time period many longed to be rich and become a member of the upper class. It became one’s dream to obtain good social standing rather than to achieve freedom and happiness. Fitzgerald creates characters, such as Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, who are more concerned with wealth than what truly makes them happy in life. Therefore, many perceive the theme of this novel to be achieving the American Dream; an idea that people in America, the land of opportunity, could achieve success and prosperity through hard work and perseverance. However, I believe that Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby as a warning for how

The Great Gatsby by. Scott Fitzgerald offers many types of feelings from feelings of love to jealousy, greed, and deceit. However, each character was fighting to find their inner peace and happiness, but the book overall was really about society and its downfalls. The book is written by Nike, who at one point in time was Jay Gatsby’s neighbor. Throughout the book, there wasn’t a character that didn’t have their own sort of crazy issue happening. This book takes place in the 1920’s when things were really starting to boom for the United States right after the war, especially speaking of the 1920’s and the decayed moral values. One affair that I recall this book really does is it grants you a respectable image of that, and the many downfalls taking place at that period of time. The author composed this novel to describe the problems of the world, and that you cannot place all of your goals and aspirations in material objects and other people 's happiness.

Fitzgerald was an inspired individual and had the remarkable ability to write in such a way that his written works are everlasting echoes of his own life. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a literary genius and his work; The Great Gatsby was not only a reflection of his own life, but an outlet for the ever-changing society of the 1920s. The Great Gatsby was influenced by the standards of this time period. The 1920s were an age of excess, characterized by opulence and false satisfaction. American society reached an apparent peak of wealth, and wealthy New Yorkers drowned among illegal alcohol and lavish goods. The important people in his life also impacted Fitzgerald, and characters in his novel could be compared with many people in his life, among

Nick Carraway: the novel’s narrator. He is honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment. He is also Jay Gatsby’s neighbor and good friend as well as Daisy Buchanan’s cousin. He moved from Minnesota to New York to learn the bond business after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War 1.

Is the American dream dead or alive? In the 1920’s, the answer was obvious: the dream was very much alive. People were moving to America from all over the world and working hard to create more successful, prosperous lives for themselves. Many Americans even achieved this dream. They received their prosperity-- but that was all they received. The definition of the word “prosperous” refers to success in terms of materials and finances- not once is happiness mentioned. Is there any significance in achieving this famous dream if happiness and contentment are still out of reach? F. Scott Fitzgerald presents the American dream to be a flawed idea in his novel The Great Gatsby. The pursuit of the American dream is ultimately an endless chase that brings no true satisfaction.

In the post WWI, people create a brand new life with peace, pleasure and plenty of new commodities. People enjoy the colorful entertainment and convenient life. Riots and weapons seem to disappear forever. Musics fly like birds, tell the story about this era’s prosperity. People are indulge in the delusion of external peace. But behind the surface of the pleasure, the inner concept of this era is actually frivolity, decadence and the corruption of society. All of social problems is hiding in the shadow. Darkness actually exists and spread in some places people can’t see. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed a sorrowful love story, reflect the people’s illusion, expose lies between relationships and desires for money while hinting at the corruption of the society.

The American dream is a desire to grow one’s domain over more materialistic areas through hard work. In the book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this common strivation during the 1920’s dramatizes becomes salient role.Two of the book’s main characters, Nick and Gatsby, have opposite goals to satisfy themselves. Fitzgerald utilizes the motif of the American dream to express the theme concerning the hollowness of this idea by using Gatsby to symbolize it and using Nick to express Fitzgerald 's own views on the subject.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is well known for his numerous short stories and novels during the “Jazz Age”. Take for instance, his best-selling novel The Great Gatsby and one of his short stories “Winter Dreams”. Each tell a cunning tale of romance and “the one who got away”. These two tales provide a glimpse into the lives of the rich and poor in the dazzling “Jazz Age”. However, these two stories have their differences, and they each have similar points for the reader to discover. Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels there are numerous differences and similarities that bring out the best of the plot, setting, and imagery.

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.