F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay

“dream” a “bigger than life goal” you will never be satisfied. A character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has a similar experience when even though everyone is fond of him he is never satisfied. Jay Gatsby is this particular character. When the Narrator meets the character he talks about him as a “God” and how he seems unmistakably perfect and lives a grand life. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to uncover the theme that “Money can’t buy you happiness.” He…

that was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and takes place in 1922. In it Fitzgerald describes what the American dream is and what he thinks of it. There is also a movie about the novel. This helps readers gain a visual perspective of the book. This movie also gives the same idea of the American dream, however the book gives you a better interpretation of what the American dream is all about. This is because it is the original source and it gives you better insight to what Fitzgerald is talking…

unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard, an American Dream. For some, however, striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them, as they acquired wealth only to pursue pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald face through a lot of hard ship, they realize that the American Dream does not exist in the novel. Specifically, the lives of George Wilson, Jay Gatsby,…

The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.” (Fitzgerald 25) From this quote, one can infer that Tom thought that the non-white races would eventually breed out the white races. This attitude sounds very isolationist and almost reflects the same intolerance seen in the Ku Klux Klan. Nonetheless, this…

“‘ I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can't repeat the past.’ ‘Can't repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’”(Fitzgerald 116). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald has many themes within it and the purpose of this paper is to analyze what theme is established by a characters view of the past. Jay Gatsby displays a longing towards the past throughout the book and this establishes a theme in the work. Gatsby longs to have the past back with…

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism many times throughout the novel. The social and moral decay hidden in New York, home of the wealthy and “well-to-do-people” (Fitzgerald 6). During the narrators’ stay in West Egg, he takes the reader on a very thrilling ride. The narrator describes extravagant parties, American dreams, brutality, lies, affairs, murders, lust, jealousy, careless people, moral decay, the eyes, different colors and the Valley of Ashes. The Valley of…

Themes such as the duality of human beings as well as fantasy versus reality are presented inconspicuously in his book, but are there nevertheless. Literary critic John Kuehl analyzes the author’s use of themes, and states that “[Fitzgerald] insists that his lesson be presented unobtrusively. Of Dan's new resemblance to Bradogue, he says: ‘This must be subtly done and not look too much like a parable or moral lesson…’”(14). He wanted his lessons to be accounted for, though not obvious…

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the rich care about nothing more than self benefit. All of the characters with the exception of Gatsby consistently move through their daily life with no regard for others. They are motivated only by the prospect of improving their life even at the expense of others. Throughout the story both Daisy and Tom do and say things that they hope will either benefit themselves or paints a higher picture of them. Tom thinks about himself almost as if…

Memories of the past, a place where it was a happier and simpler time. Such a theme is explored in The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Near the end of the novel, the main protagonist, Nick Carraway reflects upon his childhood where he finds solace and nostalgia contrasted from the murky and uncertain present. Fitzgerald contrasts this uncertainty of the present and an adoration of the past by using literary techniques such as employing stories appealing to Pathos as well as using…

established by humanity, declares that every human should have the opportunity to great success through hard work, but as the dream is merely an aspiration, it then holds great peril if delved too far for. In the outward story of a failed relationship, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby displays the American Dream as a rather idealistic aspiration of unrealistic goals in the form of an optimistic strength, but at the same time, a fatal frailty. Through the ardent protagonist that is Jay…