The Great Gatsby Research Paper

Thesis: Throughout the book The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbols to describe influential items such as, The Green Light, The Eyes of T. J Eckleburg, and The Valley of Ashes.

During the Roaring twenties, social class was an important aspect of society. All different classes were for the most part separated by where people lived. In other words, by no means would anyone from a lower class be caught in an uptown setting. There are a variety of characters in the novel that come from different economic backgrounds. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully uses location to differentiate social status amongst his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide them.   Each character helps represent and support the differences of social class and the four main locations, The East Egg, the West Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York City.

Was Nick’s introduction to Gatsby what caused all of the events in ‘The Great Gatsby’?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), or as it is more commonly referred to, the Mormon Church, is a loose branch of the Christian religion. Although the Mormon Church believes in the same God, it split early on from mainstream Christianity. Joseph Smith founded the church in New York in 1830, during the period of religious revival in America, referred to as the Second Great Awakening.

At the onset of this book, the reader is introduced to the narrator, Nick Carraway, who relates the past happenings that construct the story of Jay Gatsby and Nick during the summer of 1922. After fighting in World War I, or the Great War as Nick called it, Nick left his prominent family in the West of America for the North where he intended to learn the bond business. Nick was originally supposed to share a house in West Egg near New York City with an associate of his, but the man backed out and so Nick lived with only a Finnish cook. Right next door, Gatsby lived in a glorious mansion with expansive gardens and a marble swimming pool, among other luxuries. Yet Nick did not even hear about Gatsby until he went to visit his

It’s the month of July, 1922 Jay Gatsby is throwing another luxurious party in his high-class mansion in the West Egg. While all his guests get drunk and party the night away, Gatsby does not.

In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby projects his dream of a perfect life, yet it so quickly grows into a tangible manifestation of his feelings that he himself becomes an illusion to everyone he meets. Gatsby morphs into a different person depending on simple interactions with his guests, uprooting his stable dream, clouding his self image into one of unintentional mystery and deceit. Gatsby's rise to power and fame mean that he must never reveal his true self to anyone, and he must do everything he can to keep his dream of Daisy alive. Gatsby continually strives for a perfect life where his only conscious reaction to a problem involves solutions with money and power.

       In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the principle character, Jay Gatsby makes an exhaustive effort in his quest for the American Dream. The novel is Fitzgerald's vessel of commentary and criticism of the American Dream. “Fitzgerald defines this Dream, he depicts its’ beauty and irresistible lure”(Bewley 113). Through Gatsby's downfall, Fitzgerald expresses the futility and agony of the pursuit of the dream.

Thesis: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the American society in the early twentieth century consumed by lust and avarice. In order to better understand the rational and motives behind the actions of individual characters, the use of literary lenses offer a closer insight behind each character's desires. Through the psychoanalytical perspective and the use of Freudian psychology, the behaviors of these characters can be explained by identifying the id, ego, and superego. Similarly, through the Marxist perspective, economic exploitation by the wealthy can also be incorporated in analyzing the character's actions.

The 1920s, also known as the Jazz Age, was a period in history with many crucial developments, these of course came along with some difficulties. The 1920s was given its nickname because of the explosion of Jazz music and dance that emerged during the decade. The 1920s included some of the most significant events in history, including the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, as well as the appearance of flappers. From the Jazz Age emerged many political and cultural conflicts, as well as economic developments that led to the Great Depression

In the past the American Dream was an inspiration to many, young and old. To live out the American Dream was what once was on the minds of many Americans. In The Great Gatsby, the American Dream was presented as a corrupted version of what used to be a pure and honest ideal way to live. The idea that the American Dream was about the wealth and the possessions one had been ingrained, somehow, into the minds of Americans during the 1920’s. As a result of the distortion of the American Dream, the characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby along with many others, lived life fully believing in the American Dream, becoming completely immersed in it and in the end suffered great tragedies.

A period in time when beliefs and behaviors of past phenomenons were starting to be forgotten, America was experiencing a change in its livelihood. Independent voting rights for women, introduction of mainstream radio, and the end of World War I. Though these were all important events in our history; they are not the reason why the 1920s were called The Jazz age. Jazz music, and obnoxious partying was the cultural movements that took place. Excitement was found on every corner and as a result it was the era where people were considered the "Lost Generation."

Is your phone use affecting your GPA? Many teachers and students ask themselves this question when in school and/or studying. Many parents think that cellphone use affects their children's ability to learn at school and how their students study with the distraction of cellphones. Cell phones are a distraction and for students who have a hard time paying attention a cell phone use just adds one more element into the mix of a classroom setting. Cell phones should be banned in schools to increase productivity levels in students and also to close gaps in learning and also get higher grades. Multi tasking does not work in a classroom setting and it is actually harder than just paying attention and listening in class compared to looking back and

On November 10th 2015, I went to the Bridgeport Police Department to get my fingerprints, as well as my palm prints done by a lady named Debbie Ayers. Mrs. Ayers works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation actually in the fingerprinting department, so it was nice because she had tons of interesting information about this subject! When it comes to fingerprinting, there are various types of inks and methods used to carry out the process. For instance, there is the chemical method which is where a red porelon pad ink is used. After the fingerprints are taken, the next step in the chemical method would be to put the ten print card into a heating element which would make the ink come out black

Imagery is a tool used by authors in order to make objects, ideas or actions appeal the reader’s physical senses.Peter Carey uses this tool often in his descriptions and while doing this, he also uses other tools like metaphor, simile, personification etc.In this essay, a few of examples of imagery in second part of “ Bliss” will be discussed.