The Means In The Great Gatsby By Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Gatsby uses his wealth and charms to create an image of himself that everyone loves. Jay Gatsby is an undeniably affluent man, and that is something he flaunts to all who are around to see it. He hosts these massive elaborate parties allowing anyone in with no explanation given as to why. His guests only know the rumors and “romantic speculation” surrounding Gatsby (48). None of them really know him, they assume he has to be a good guy to throw parties of such magnificence. The guests believe that, in

Symbolism is commonly used in literature to change or deepen meanings or instill a different meaning to the mind of the readers. The reader is forced to think, make connections, and succeed in adding a new meaning to the novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a master of hiding deeper meanings behind a text as clearly showcased in the novel The Great Gatsby. The “iceberg theory” describes that only around 20% of the story is directly revealed through text. In comparison to an actual iceberg, that is usually the portion of the floating ice mountain that is visible above water. The other 80% of the story lies behind the scenes and is integrated in the structure of the story. This is similar to the lower part of iceberg that is located underwater: the

Arguably one of the finest works of American Literature, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald displays an satirical United States taking place in the early twenties in New York. The roaring twenties often portrayed a happy time immediately following World War 1 however, it gave of a false feeling of joy and many people were truly unhappy. Even though Nick Carraway shows a realistic image of himself, The Great Gatsby encompasses an illusion created in this time period and portrays this image through the atmosphere surrounding the actions of its characters; it ultimately shows a conflict against reality, identical to that of the early 20th century.

We begin our introduction to Gatsby in a fantasy of mansions and money. However, the film 's progression unravels Gatsby’s superficial layer of wealth to reveal a delusional man who has built himself on a futile dream. Together we will explore the religious and sociological views upon Gatsby’s failure as dictated by McLennan (2014) and Islam (2014).

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his life experience in his works. He explains, ‘that was always my experience-- a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy 's school; a poor boy in a rich man 's club… However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has coloured my entire life and works.’ The short story of Winter Dreams was written around the same time that Fitzgerald was developing ideas for The Great Gatsby. Whilst this wasn’t published until 1925, Winter Dreams débuted in 1922 and the similarities between the novel and short story were intentional. Winter Dreams became a short draft, which Fitzgerald based The Great Gatsby on. Both resemble Fitzgerald’s real life; although both were written before most of the comparable events occurred. Preceding this, The Jelly Bean, a short story from Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age (published in 1922) invited the reader to follow Jim Powell through his dreams of social advancement and love, which parallel Fitzgerald’s later stories and life experiences. In addition, Fitzgerald’s The Rich Boy, a short story published in 1926 in All the Sad Young Men suggests that the author’s life experiences shaped his work up to and even after The Great Gatsby, which is considered to be Fitzgerald’s greatest work.

The 1920s is the decade in American history known as the “roaring twenties.” Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a reflection of life in the 1920s. Booming parties, prominence, fresh fashion trends, and the excess of alcohol are all aspects of life in the “roaring twenties.”

A few symbolisms in novels are as memorable as the green light in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Shining at the end of Daisy’s dock, it is close enough to be seen, but too far away to be reached. Still, Gatsby, an eternal optimist, stares at it at night, as if it showed him that all his far-away dreams were about to come true. The green light in The Great Gatsby is symbolic of hope, a source of inspiration, and a representation of the American Dream to Gatsby and to the novel’s readers.

Jay Gatsby is known for his extravagant parties, which hundreds of guests attend, lacking invitation. Music plays throughout the weekends of summer nights. Men and woman roam his gardens ‘like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and stars.’(Fitzgerald, p#...) Nick is surprised when he is personally invited to Gatsby’s party and attends to find how little the guests know about Gatsby and his history. To his guests, he is a shady and mysterious figure, however, those who attend don't put much thought towards Gatsby as their main focus is to get “roaring drunk.” Gatsby portrays a sense of carelessness when it comes to throwing his elaborate parties. He allows the attendance of anyone from all over New York, in hopes that Daisy will one day stroll in. Gatsby is of the ‘new rich’ who are stereotypically ostentatious with their money. Gatsby’s parties fit into this stereotype due there excessiveness, all for the pleasure of others. He is careless with his money, do to the fact that Daisy is his main focus, spending excessive amounts of money on food, entertainment, servants, and alcohol. This is depicted in the following quotation, observed by Nick previous to

1.Fitzgerald’s use of names further the motif of geography by using them as symbolism to represent some of the aspects in the American society at the time of the 1920s. East Egg symbolizes those from the old days, the West Egg represent those who have or are seeking financial opportunity and are known as “new money”. the valley of ashes represents the moral, social decay, and financial chaos of the American society at this time.

Do the ends justify the means? This is a philosophical question that is proposed by the book The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Is it acceptable that Gatsby had broken the law just to get closer to Daisy? Or should he be punished for his crimes and get no sympathy from the reader? The reader is left to decide this on his/her own.

Jay Gatsby was a man of secrets; he leaves an insightful mark on every person he talks to. Gatsby’s neighbor, Nick, says, “it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men. ”(Fitzgerald 6-7). Nick was simply amazed by Gatsby and wanted to know about him and any secrets he may have. Nick felt Gatsby was a great man of mystery and was extremely interesting.

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about half of the main characters present themselves as something they are not. Throughout the novel, the theme of passing is apparent in Nick, Jay Gatsby, Daisy, and Myrtle Wilson, although they are all passing, each does it for a very different reason. Many scholars have touched on the idea that these characters are not who they appear to be and that their passing is associated with social class issues of the 1920s. Fitzgerald’s characters are built around the idea of passing and social class restrictions.

We’re in support group again, huddled in our own, white-walled rectangle. Every day, we meet and every day we share, right in the middle of our dark maze. Our maze didn’t naturally come with a support group room. I’m not sure what ghost decided to create one but, I do know that as a community, it was decided that we needed one. The idea was that we all needed to share; share our stories, our mistakes, and share all about the deadly power that makes us who we are. I mean, why else would we be isolated from the rest of the world? No one wants to deal with the deadly ghosts who accidentally kill everything alive within a short radius. So, towards the beginning of existence, they all shoved us ghosts away, for the safety of all; inside a dark

An Austrian physician by the name of Sigmund Freud, a well renowned psychologist, aside from his studies, was once rumored do have done enough cocaine to kill a baby horse. Other than his cocaine addiction he also developed the theory of Psychoanalysis, which in short means that he studied the longstanding difficulties in the ways that people think and feel about themselves, the world, and their relationships with others. Sigmund Freud’s ideals of psychoanalysis was translated to in a way where we are able to analyze media in all it’s shapes and forms. Psychoanalytic media analysis argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the characters within a movie, and the literary work is a manifestation of the Id, Super-Ego, and Ego. The text that I will analyze using the psychoanalytic media theory will be the film The Great Gatsby, originally a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I will be using Freud’s primary psychoanalytic theory of the ID, Ego, and Super-Ego to analyze the movie The Great Gatsby, and also analyze the potential cultural and societal impacts of an authors use of psychoanalytic theory.

How came people did not respect Fitzgerald’s writing in the twentieth century, but why people are respecting and valuing Fitzgerald work in the twenty-first century? Fitzgerald had a hard time to profiting from his writing, but he was not successful after his first novel. There are three major point of this essay are: the background history of Fitzgerald life, the comparisons between Fitzgerald and the Gatsby from his number one book in America The Great Gatsby, and the Fitzgerald got influences of behind the writing and being a writer. From childhood to adulthood, Fitzgerald faced many good and bad experiences that inspired him to achieve his own American dream in a short amount of time.