The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in April 10, 1925 and it has been a classic throughout the years. It has a jazz age setting that took place during World War 1.
This setting time contributed to the belief in the “American dream”, which means that if you are willing to work hard, you can achieve whatever you want, even if you come from nothing. It is a novel that contains many conflicts pertaining to loyalty, wealth, betrayal, society, and class that made the book successful(Author reveals what makes 'Gatsby' great). Though successful, it has caused a great amount of controversy, due to how Fitzgerald represented the American society in
“the roaring 20’s”. It was challenged because of its use of profanity and the …show more content…
He was exposed to writing at a very young age when he attended to St. Paul Academy at the age of thirteen. Later in his life, he attended to Newman
School, where he met the man that encouraged his ambitions for personal distinctions, Father
Sigourney Fay. Fitzgerald entered the army in 1917, and when he was assigned to Camp
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Sheridan near Alabama in 1918, he met Zelda Sayre and fell in love with her which motivated his desire of being successful in his novels. Francis is recognized for his paradigmatic writing of the jazz age, and is best known for his novel “The Great Gatsby”, although the novel was not a commerce success for the author during his lifetime, the novel has become a masterpiece read throughout the world. Francis Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack believing he was a failure, but he is now considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20 th century due to it’s typical American story where “Mr. Nobody from nowhere” rises from poverty to immense wealth, also “The romance of the Roaring '20s”. The novel shows romance including flappers, cars, sex, movies, gangsters, celebrities, a stock market minting money, which brought a lot …show more content…
“No money” the ones that do not have money, no connections, and noting to offer. Characters with no money, like George Wilson, are avoided by the upper classes.
Love and betrayal are other themes discussed in the novel, and they are shown since the characters love, yet cheat and betray each other regularly.
"The Great Gatsby" was first challenged in 1987 by the Baptist College in Charleston for language and sexual references made. The novel contains words that contributed for the challenge of the book like "damn", "hell", and "sonofabitch", which are considered not only bad words, but some religions consider it as a sin. In today's society, these words are not considered a major offense as they did in that time. In consequence, it is a controversy weather to banned the book or not nowadays, since the critic depends on a person's culture.
In conclusion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, a well known author of the roaring 20's, or the Jazz age, wrote a novel that caused a lot of controversy due to how he shows how people are competitive about the American Dream, and that they tend to do anything even if is corrupt to accomplish it. Class status was important in the novel, because wealth and people with
This setting time contributed to the belief in the “American dream”, which means that if you are willing to work hard, you can achieve whatever you want, even if you come from nothing. It is a novel that contains many conflicts pertaining to loyalty, wealth, betrayal, society, and class that made the book successful(Author reveals what makes 'Gatsby' great). Though successful, it has caused a great amount of controversy, due to how Fitzgerald represented the American society in
“the roaring 20’s”. It was challenged because of its use of profanity and the …show more content…
He was exposed to writing at a very young age when he attended to St. Paul Academy at the age of thirteen. Later in his life, he attended to Newman
School, where he met the man that encouraged his ambitions for personal distinctions, Father
Sigourney Fay. Fitzgerald entered the army in 1917, and when he was assigned to Camp
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Sheridan near Alabama in 1918, he met Zelda Sayre and fell in love with her which motivated his desire of being successful in his novels. Francis is recognized for his paradigmatic writing of the jazz age, and is best known for his novel “The Great Gatsby”, although the novel was not a commerce success for the author during his lifetime, the novel has become a masterpiece read throughout the world. Francis Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack believing he was a failure, but he is now considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20 th century due to it’s typical American story where “Mr. Nobody from nowhere” rises from poverty to immense wealth, also “The romance of the Roaring '20s”. The novel shows romance including flappers, cars, sex, movies, gangsters, celebrities, a stock market minting money, which brought a lot …show more content…
“No money” the ones that do not have money, no connections, and noting to offer. Characters with no money, like George Wilson, are avoided by the upper classes.
Love and betrayal are other themes discussed in the novel, and they are shown since the characters love, yet cheat and betray each other regularly.
"The Great Gatsby" was first challenged in 1987 by the Baptist College in Charleston for language and sexual references made. The novel contains words that contributed for the challenge of the book like "damn", "hell", and "sonofabitch", which are considered not only bad words, but some religions consider it as a sin. In today's society, these words are not considered a major offense as they did in that time. In consequence, it is a controversy weather to banned the book or not nowadays, since the critic depends on a person's culture.
In conclusion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, a well known author of the roaring 20's, or the Jazz age, wrote a novel that caused a lot of controversy due to how he shows how people are competitive about the American Dream, and that they tend to do anything even if is corrupt to accomplish it. Class status was important in the novel, because wealth and people with