Ginevra King

Picture this. It’s the age of anxiety. People and ideals are scattered about like lights in the sky, with WW1 looming over the consciousness of the people. In these times, a man named Francis Scott Fitzgerald sits over a desk pondering the events that he just barely avoided. This is the birthplace of a quite influential lovechild, The Great Gatsby. A book filled with the embodiment of the times, anxiety and worry dotting a big illuminated banner. The American dream-- quite the ambitious idea to…

America as a country faced a great period of transition in the 1920’s. After decades of staying away from foreign entanglements, World War I brought the United States back into the affairs of the rest of the World, and brought all of the people involved into unfamiliar surroundings. During the war, most of the young men were sent into Europe to fight for their country, while the women were sent into the workforce in order to replace all of the absent men. After the war, both the young men who…

A home is a pure reflection of the people who occupy it. The people who live in a house fill the house with things that they like and enjoy, things that show their personality. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald we meet the characters Jay Gatsby, the Buchanans, and Nick Carraway, all come from diverse lifestyles and backgrounds. The Buchanans and Gatsby live in very big and opulent mansions, while Nick lives in a tiny shack. All of them are very content with where they live,…

The Fame and the Unfortunate The Roaring Twenties, the economical, artistic, social development prosperity era. The golden age, where economy not only skyrocketed, but plummeted. In the 1920s, the decade was known for liquor, which was illegal, flappers, and jazz music. This era was extremely successful, one major accomplishment was when women were starting to get a bit more recognized and appreciated, this made them gain power. Jazz, was not only famous in the united states but in other…

In the novel, “The Great Gatsby”, author F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the protagonist Jay Gatsby in a strange and interesting way. Nick Carraway states that, “If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him,” The words “unbroken” and “success” tell the reader that Gatsby is something of perfection, or is at least this is the way he presents himself to be. Nick further compares Gatsby to the most pristine piece of technology of the 1920s,…

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, an American novelist and short-story writer, famous for his works for illustrating the Jazz Age throughout his writings and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby. In Fitzgerald’s novel, a few characters wish to change their faith, destiny, and identity by being dishonest to to their surrounding, self, and all knowing God. However, they fall and their dreams remain dreams for eternity, keeping the balance of this world just and steady. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald…

Young people dream of adventure, far of places, or their prince charming, but as they grow older they tend to dream of money, power, and success. When a person gets power, success, or money will it really going to make them happy though? If it doesn’t make a person happy then what do they get from it? F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, has his own opinion of the American Dream and of all the power, money, and success. Fitzgerald depicts Gatsby, a man who achieved the American…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s pieces of literature are nothing short of intoxicating. Similar to his inspiration John Keats, Fitzgerald wrote with vigor. They way in which both Fitzgerald and Keats brought characters to life was incredible. One thing both Keats and Fitzgerald have a knack for doing is implementing beauty and deceit into the layers of material they give their readers. Further, they are able to take the dishonesty of characters and create something more beautiful than imagined. For Keats…

In American literature classes today, The Great Gatsby has found its place as one of the most discussed and debated novels of the 20th century. Upon one’s first reading of The Great Gatsby, he may simply find it to be an exciting tale of the fast life and times of New York City. However, with closer analysis, we can find that almost everything, from symbols to storyline, has a deeper meaning. Particularly, although Gatsby’s storyline is commonly related to the “American Dream”, not everything…

The Shades of Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, "The Great Gatsby", is one of only a handful couple of books he wrote in 1925. The novel happens amid the 1920 's after the first World War. It is composed around a young fellow named Nick, from the east he moved toward the west to find out about the bond business. He winds up moving beside a baffling man named Gatsby who winds up giving him the injury of his life. Throughout the book, it indicates how the experience of selfless and World War…