The Themes Of Gatby And The Great Gatsby

Themes of hope, success, and wealth overpower The Great Gatsby, leaving the reader with a new way to look at the roaring twenties, showing that not everything was good in this era. F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the characters in this book to live and recreate past memories and relationships. This was evident with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, Tom and Daisy’s struggling marriage, and Gatsby expecting so much of Daisy and wanting her to be the person she once was. The theme of this novel is to acknowledge the past, but do not recreate and live in the past because then you will not be living in the present, taking advantage of new opportunities.

In the texts Huck Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Things They Carried, a major theme is the transformation of self, which happens through choice, through experience, or a combination of both. In The Great Gatsby, Jay makes the conscious choice to transform himself from the poor farmer boy, which he was born as, into an Oxford-educated rich millionaire, all so that he could win the heart of a girl. In Huck Finn, Huck ends up on a raft with a slave named Jim, and through the course of the whole story Huck experiences events that ultimately transform him from a young southern boy into a young adult knowing right from wrong by how he reacts to these experiences with Jim. Finally, in The Things They Carried, Jimmy Cross makes the conscious decision not necessarily to transform himself, but to take on responsibilities after the death of one of his men which in turn force change upon him. These responsibilities transform him.

In The Great Gatsby, the author, F Scott Fitzgerald depicts the post - war roaring 20’s, a time of overwhelming prosperity and a new found sense of hope for the future. While this novel is often perceived as a romance, it is also a criticism on the devastating nature of the elusive american dream. The story of Jay Gatsby is a representation of what had become the values of the individual at the time. With the progression of the early 1920’s the vision of the perfect life, or the american dream, had been skewed. It was replaced with greed, and an abundance of reckless spending in which the wealthier individuals placed their misguided ideas of happiness. In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald chooses to expose the hidden truth behind the illustrious concept of the American dream. Through his use of literary devices such as, symbolism, metaphor, and, irony the central idea of the truly unattainable American dream is supported throughout the novel.

Just imagine everything that happens to people in life, positive or negative, someone was watching; or maybe someone has always had a lot of wisdom and mystery to share with people. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are two examples of symbolism that explains how someone was always watching over the characters in the novel and, another example of how one person had so much compassion for another. The two examples out of the many throughout the novel are Doctor T.J. Eckleburg and The Owl-eyed man. The novel has many reoccurring themes, two of the many are having wealth and a social status in society and what it means for a person, and how forgiveness and compassion for others is expressed in the novel. Symbolism is related fairly easily to the theme throughout the novel too.

In a lot of novels authors use literary elements to portray information about the characters. Sometimes the author will use these elements to show images to help the reader see what the character is feeling or doing. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses the setting to help show the differences in social classes between the East Egg, West Egg, NYC and the Valley of Ashes.

When reading a book you should be transported into a world that you can both relate to but also learn from. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald you are effectively transported into the early twentieth century. You see many things that people living in 1922 would have to go through as well as things that are still relatable to today. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows you many images to effectively convey and highlight his themes of the innocence and lose of innocence, differences in social classes, and the american 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.

In the flourishing and prosperous 1920s, chaos was vivid yet mostly invisible because everything that had happened was inside closed doors which makes it universally interesting and relatable. What we portray ourselves to the world is so different from our realistic self due to keeping a reputation. What makes The Great Gatsby so popular and relatable is because it expresses the actuality of lives that seems so fulfilled when in reality those are the one living with emptiness. A quote that is frequently used “Money doesn’t buy happiness” is extremely accurate. It’s belief of the “American Dreams” containing a universal theme that many people all around the world can relate to which indulges them towards curiosity and interest.This ought to be a Great American Novel because it talks about the 20s and we consider to be way passed that but the way it’s written and the characters that are portrayed being so relatable to its audience makes it a long lasting masterpiece and a successful novel. The way he describes the setting "This is a valley of ashes....ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens....” is very figurative described helping us to visualize it. The way characters are treated depending on their social status and their sexuality makes it personally relatable to all.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a story that has many different themes. Fitzgerald shows the themes that he uses through his character’s desires and actions. This novel has themes in it that we deal with in our everyday life. It has themes that deal with our personal lives and themes that deal with what’s right and what’s wrong. There are also themes that have to do with materialistic items that we deal desire on a daily basis. Fitzgerald focuses on the themes of corrupted love, immorality, and the American Dream in order to tell a story that is entertaining to his readers.

Great Gadspy The great American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald presents many themes through the use of motifs thought the novel The Great Gadspy. One of these main themes is Dissatisfaction in not only life partners but in life as a whole. This theme is developed by the frequent occurrence of cheating through all social classes in the novel.

The movie is successful in bringing F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel to life, touching on a few important themes, including power, justice, betrayal, greed, and the American dream. The costume design and production are extraordinary, which does not simply reproduce period detail, but evokes the film’s themes and character detail as well. The industrial wasteland between New York and West Egg creates a stark contrast between the working class and the partygoers, showing the difference in social statuses of people in New York. The costumes are glamorous and detailed, which reflects certain traits of the character.

Throughout the book the Great Gatsby there are many themes. Three themes include the theme of mystery because gatsby is very mysterious. Second theme is the theme of wealth, the majority of the characters are very wealthy and money is not an object to them. The third and final theme is trust because many people in this book take marriage and honesty with a grain of salt.

The 1920's was a time after World War Two where the economy was booming and everyone wanted to have a good time. Goals people had in the 1920's were to posses money and a high social status. The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in this time period, the roaring twenties, and shares the same goals with its characters. The novel explicitly shows the differences between the upper and lower classes and also shares an ongoing theme that love cannot be bought. The characters exemplify many values and goals that contribute to the theme and are relevant to their futures.

1. What do you find is the most crucial in the plot in Chapter 1?

The roaring and booming 1920's is one of the most recognizable and universally interesting time periods to explore and indulge in. This was during a time of great importance to the United States of America's history, and serves as the growth and may writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is popular, due to the interesting characters put into an interesting world with meaning. Every action and line said and done has an impact on the world and what is to come. The belief of the "American Dreams" and obtaining your desires is a relatively universal theme, that many around the world can personally relate to and find immensely interesting. The Great Gatsby is definitely what would be defined as "Great American Novel" as it still withholds the popularity and growing recognition over the past century. While the booming 20's may be a time of nostalgia and interest, it is so universal and well-known, that there are many iterations and perceptions on what it represents. The Great Gatsby has gotten it's well-deserved recognition, through its expertly writing and characters, as well as creating situations relatable for the audience, rendering it a never-ending legacy.