The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Colors can invoke feelings for people. Certain colors are attached to moods. Red can represent anger, green sometimes represents envy and blue can represent calm or even melancholy. Much art, music, and literature is dependent on color to convey the intended mood of the artist. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, a man with wealth, power, and possessions is on a quest for the dream that he will never attain. He cannot have all that he already has plus the true love of Daisy. Fitzgerald creates his own unique motifs surrounding certain colors and uses these colors to emphasize the futility in Gatsby’s quest for this dream. Through the use

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.

During the 1920’s, most Americans cared about their wealth and social standing. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald displays the characters striving for happiness, love, and wealth, in which none of the characters can have all of the options in the life they have. He does this to explain his own struggle with his American dream by never having a lot of money, never being a very successful writer, and losing his golden girl. Fitzgerald portrays his pessimistic view on the struggle of fulfilling the American dream by portraying different types of people trying to achieve their own dreams with the obstacles of social status, and the influence of reputation getting in the way of their individual dreams.

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbolism plays a major role in the continuation of the plot. Symbolism in this novel uncovers emotional backstories of the main characters, shows why the characters make the choices they do, and the difference of the meaning of certain objects in the novel. Although there are many different symbols in The Great Gatsby, the ones that stick out the most are the green light, the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, and the Valley of Ashes. Each symbol can have many different meanings, depending on what character and what situation in which the symbol is being presented.

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway tells the story of his life in New York and his encounters with Jay Gatsby. He tells the story of how Gatsby’s death occurred and every event leading up to it. Somehow, everything leads back to three characters; Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan. In the novel, everyone played a role in Gatsby’s death but the person who was most responsible was Daisy with help from Tom and Gatsby.

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.

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.

Fitzgerald chooses to have Daisy in another color to show the unattainability of the “American Dream”. The color lavender taints the immaculate image that it the dream had before, and the white that Daisy had worn. Gatsby spends his entire life chasing Daisy or the “American Dream”, but is only able to change his socioeconomic status, which the “American Dream”promises, through criminal activity. Like the “American Dream” Daisy is also unattainable to Gatsby because she is married. Gatsby is only able to have Daisy by her having an affair, which many people would view as a sin or illegal. Daisy wears lavender instead of white shows that the “American Dream” is unachievable, unless some illegal actions are involved. Fitzgerald also chooses to make Daisy’s hat lavender to symbolize femininity, grace and elegance, words that are often used to describe Daisy. The last time that Fitzgerald mentions the color of Daisy’s clothing is the day of “The Accident”, and he chooses to dress Daisy one final time in white. His reasoning for dressing her in white is because in Gatsby’s eyes the purity of the “American Dream” was restored. The day of the “The Accident”, Gatsby and Daisy intend to tell Tom that they are in love. Daisy telling Tom

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

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

“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?

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During the time period The Great Gatsby takes place, the roaring 20’s is taking place. This was a time of celebration, because America just won the war. This was the first war broadcasted on live television, so people got a real grasp on what the war was really like. Killing, kidnapping, and destroying one another. It was a wake up call. People no longer wanted to spend every day like they were guaranteed the following day. They had a new outlook on the world. The people became carefree, rebellious, and free-spirited. The people came to the realization that tomorrow is not promised, so they look to live each day to the fullest. Alcohol, sex, and parties give this generation complete fulfillment. The figure of God seems to have escaped the minds of this generation; however, God is a lot closer than they think. In Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby most readers are lead to believe that Owl eyes is a representation of only a God figure; however, Owl eyes is much a much more complex figure.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides a dark and pessimistic outlook into the American life style in 1922. Jay Gatsby, an American wealthy social identity, appears to have it all. But wealth, stature and an extravagant lifestyle seems not to be enough for Gatsby; he still yearns for his old idealistic love Daisy. In an ideal world this has the making of a great love story with a happy ending, but Fitzgerald chose to carry the story as a reflection of the American era the book is set in. An era consumed by appearances and excess and overall pursuit of the American dream.

Is it possible to repeat the past? Can one really recreate something that happened years before? According to Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby it is possible; and it has been done for the book The Great Gatsby itself. The Great Gatsby has been adapted into film many times by various directors; however, there are two that are considered most popular. The first really popular The Great Gatsby was Jack Clayton’s version that was released in 1974, and more recently Baz Luhrmann’s version that was released in 2013. Since the two movies are based on the same book, they have some of the same characteristics, but both movies are distinct. The two different movie directors make the movies distinct by: differences in how the characters are portrayed, the parties that are thrown, and the overall mood of the films.