Comparing fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, written by R. Scott Fitzgerald follows the story of a man by the name of Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of his life while meeting the wealthy, esteemed Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby always aspired to be rich and live the lifestyle that came along with it. As Gatsby’s character becomes more in depth it is learned that he was in love with a rich woman named Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby meet a few years prior and fell in love. The problem was Gatsby was in no way wealthy. Someone of Daisy’s

morality of certain characters, and whether or not they are deserving of their accepted reputations. These questions come into play during contentious debates such as the infamous “good versus evil” and “angels and demons.” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald induces the question of morality. Gatsby, a reserved and wealthy man who seeks the love from a past acquaintance, captures the “Lost Generation” essence as he devotes his life to partying and living an embellished lifestyle. But the question of

life. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald delves into the American Dream and it’s demise. Fitzgerald focuses on the character of Jay Gatsby to materialize the false image that the American Dream created in the 1920’s. Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel, and is famous for throwing massive parties regardless of the secret life that he lives. The narrator, Nick Carraway, dives into

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

the Carraway name. He states, “My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations. The Carraways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we’re descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch,” (Fitzgerald 3). Although the Carraway family’s riches provide the narrator with financial security, he finds it necessary to attain his own fortune through the bond business. His pursuit of fortune in the East however, can not be compared to the pursuit of

of economy which brought unprecedented levels of prosperity to the country, the generation turned into a lifestyle of wild and extravagant. Both published in 1925, the time when the jazz age at it’s peak, “The great Gatsby” by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway depict the fragmentation of the soared society by narrating the experience of characters. Soldiers Home and The Great Gatsby show some aspect of the society at their time, though not as a major intent

Great Gatsby Journal The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is written in the 1920 's during the prohibition, and the characters values and goals really shaped the theme. The book was written about how people lived and acted during the 1920 's. This paper will cover; how the values and goals of the characters were shaped by the values and goals of people in the 1920 's, how the values and goals of the characters shaped the setting of the novel, and lastly the overall theme of the

The Illusion of the American Dream 954 Money can not buy happiness, relationships, or life meaning. Multiple people in society base the success and meaning of a person’s life on the amount of money they possess. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, most characters make decisions based on how it will affect their wealth and reputations. One of the main characters, Daisy Buchanan, chooses money and status over others, even if it hurts her and the people around her. Daisy’s character reveals

parties, the guests are generally unfamiliar with Gatsby and believe him to be a man of mystery. Rumors frequent the parties regarding his background, like when one of the girls in yellow told Nick that “Somebody told me they thought he killed a man” (Fitzgerald 44). Likewise, when Nick and Jordan discussed Gatsby, Jordan says “he told me once he was an Oxford man,” before continuing on to say she did not believe it (49). Despite these suspicions, most of the guests are too drunk to care what Gatsby’s background

Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and Louise Penny’s Still Life differ in genres but managed to have some similarities between them. Still Life was written for detective novel enthusiasts, while To the Lighthouse was written for a niche audience that enjoy novels about modernism. Art is very important in both novels, this can be seen from Jane and Lily’s paintings. Their paintings embody the major concerns of the novels. One can see that Jane and Lily’s paintings have a way of reflecting on the