This Voice

feeling that her voice brings upon them. ‘“Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly.’ (Fitzgerald 120). This furthers the claim about Fitzgerald's unfair characterization of the women in the book, making them look dainty and all about money. Daisy and Gatsby are strolling around his mansion, catching each other up on their time away from each other when Gatsby tries to impress her with silk, sheer linen, and flannel shirts. ‘“They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the

“It is the elusive Gatsby, the cynical idealist, who embodies America in all of its messy glory.” Clearly as Adam Cohen asserts in his New York Times article “Jay Gatsby, Dreamer, Criminal, Jazz Age Rogue, Is a Man for Our Times”, this phenomenon is indeed true in that the American Dream is presented in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as an idea that has been depraved into a dream characterized by the constant shift in ethics and fraudulence centered around materialistic visions of opulence

possess ambition and the ability to work hard. However, when scrutinized, this rosy view clearly shows ignorance towards societal issues such as misogyny, racism, and income inequality and instead focuses on the notion of having an extravagant home, fancy cars, and a happy family- all of which symbolize the great American dream. Fitzgerald, through his literary text The Great Gatsby, illustrates not only the corruption of this dream, but the destructive effects it induces upon individuals of different

impossible that she wasted so much of her life there. Good riddance, Mae thought, to that gulag and all it represented” (pg 4). The passage above indicates that Mae loathed her previous job, considering it a waist of her life and likening it to a “gulag”. This shows that Mae felt little passion or allegiance to her old job, and thus approaches her new job at The Circle with a blank mind, not considering her previous experiences valuable to her in any way.

with someone can bring us closer together. Personal experience also can bring about favorable change in a relationship. Our experiences are an extremely powerful change in our lives that can be manipulated in very positive or very negative way. In this way, my aunt Anne and I became much closer. I am very thankful she is a part of my life as she has positively affected it in so many ways. Anne lives in Eagan, a small suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband Wayne. She is the mother of four

Gatsby invited Daisy and Tom to one of his parties. Gatsby ends up taking a long phone call which results in Daisy waiting for him again but gives up and leaves. Daisy was full of old money. A quote in the book from Nick says, “her voice is full of money.” This shows her voice was seductive. In the novel she is shown as careless and shallow but in

The one that shines brighter than the rest is that money and materialism leads to Corruption. Fitzgerald uses many symbols to connect this major theme with the overall tone and characters of the story. Without money the story wouldn’t have started back when Gatsby met Daisy. Without materialism Gatsby wouldn’t have been able to throw the parties to attract Daisy. This major theme is prevalent throughout every chapter of the book. Fitzgerald does a wonderful job of creating various characters with

louder and louder. I wasn’t ready for this; that much I knew. Though what I, and many other men, did not know was how this battle would turn out and I’m not sure if any of us were ready to. The men standing around me were shifting their feet

He finds an outlet for his dissatisfaction by cheating on his wife with Myrtle. This all leads to the collapse of Daisy’s “American dream”. Daisy's dream is corrupted by wealth because she gets caught up with the wealth and power of both Tom and Gatsby rather than seeing inside them. The Buchanans' marriage is full of lies and infidelities

people get stuck with the shittiest of circumstances. I knew that everyday was a struggle, and I knew that everyday he pushed harder and harder to free himself of the shackles of sadness. The pills that he took were not his only efforts to overcome this. He had weights on his shoulder that he removed including a girlfriend of two years that he loved but was not in love with, and a job that did not challenge him. He had told me that being with him made him calm, it made him momentarily forget the struggles