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ambitious alone is crucial to success as it is the drive that propels one toward it. It is and always will be a human trait. Perhaps that is why the theme of ambition has been so prevalent in literature. It is the dominant theme in The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare 's Macbeth, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort. In this essay, I will discuss the two ways over ambition can cause an individual 's downfall. The first is setting unattainable

This essay looks at The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald and Atonement written by Ian McEwan, and their film adaptations, The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrman and Atonement directed by Joe Wright. Many film directors that decide to adapt a novel to a film often change the essence and core message of the original work of the author. According to Paulo Coelho, the reader has a certain perception about the characters, scenes, and details of the novel. But when the reader goes to watch

any field where there is competition. Greatness is an intangible object that can’t be measured. It is a word associated with those who are different from others in their own unique way that makes them great, The title of the novel written by author F.SCOTT FITZGERALD is quite ironic,the title character is neither ‘great’ nor named Gatsby. He is a criminal whose real name is Jamez Gatz, and the life he has created for himself is all an illusion to show to the world. Gatsby is an obsessed individual who

F.Scott Fitzgerald portrays the majority of The United States in a predicament of alienation and exploitation. The first time this is observable in The Great Gatsby is when the narrator describes the valley of ashes quite vividly. ”This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already

are irony, language, metaphor, allusions, imagery, and foreshadowing. Authors use language, allusion, irony and imagery to develop theme or reveal character. In the 3 passages I picked from- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald and Night by Elie Wiesel, all three authors use distinct literary devices to enhance their stories. To Kill A Mockingbird is a definitive piece of American literature written by Harper Lee. She illustrates a theme of the

F.Scott Fitzgerald, also known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He moved around a few times while he was young because his father changed professions often. Fitzgerald went to a Catholic prep school in New Jersey, then two years later he began attending Princeton University. He wrote for his school newsletter and participated in many other literary activities, but soon after his grades started slipping and he was placed on academic probation

Gatsby in chapter seven.In both film adaptations they interpret the novel differently through the use of tone\mood and how they visually present the themes and characters.Although they differentiate in various aspects they also share similarities. F.Scott Fitzgerald creates a confused,tense,negative yet emotional tone along with an ashamed and chaotic mood to engender the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in The Plaza Hotel.He creates these tones by how he elaborates on the emotional attitudes

In life, people often search for the conditions that make them feel content. The works of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun also Rises and F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is known for being extraordinary pieces of text, that are able to provide a story with a lot of messages that are meant to cause the reader to think. In both novels, the concept that people will go to great extents to accomplish what they seek is easily prevalent in both stories. The source of desire is an unique topic that is not

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel composed by American creator F.Scott Fitzgerald that takes after a cast of characters living in the town of West Egg on Long island in the mid year of 1992. The story basically concerns the youthful Jay Gatsby and his exotic passion and obsession for the lovely Daisy Buchanan. The Great Gatsby takes place in the Roaring Twenties that had been illustrated as a story with regarding to the American Dream. Fitzgerald in a way is describing his life

was the 1920s known as the age of beautiful nonsense but also as “ The Roaring Twenties” because of the women wanted to be equal to men, tensions between; social classes, races, american and immigrants. The phrase “ The Roaring Twenties’’ came from F.Scott Fitzgerald the author who wrote The Great Gatsby. This was also the defining period in examining the meaning of ‘’ The American Dream” which is the ideal that US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard