F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay

In the short story “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that the american dream is achieved through effort and success to obtain “Glittering things”. In the story,the main character Dexter reached for the best things that he could in life,but by the end he didn’t know why he did what he did. Even as a young boy to his early adulthood,Dexter was looking and listing things that other people had that he wanted. On page 731 to 732 Dexter speaks about beating Mr.T.A. Hendrick hundreds of…

who lived after or during the 1920s. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the traditional vs. modern gender conflicts that began to arise in the 1920s. In the novel, a traditional woman named Daisy, was expected to live a specific way in society due to her being a woman. After Daisy’s daughter is born she knows that “the best thing a girl can be in this world [… is a] beautiful little fool” (Fitzgerald 17). Daisy was disappointed that the gender of her child was a…

Era in American history. F. Scott Fitzgerald reached the climax of his writing career in the Roaring 20’s. Fitzgerald’s historic, fictitious classic, The Great Gatsby, was set in the prime of the Jazz Age, in and around New York City, the hub of social and material wealth, when morality was the least concern of the general public. Mobsters roamed the streets. Bootleggers filled drugstores with prohibited liquor. Women’s hair got shorter along with their hem lines. Fitzgerald portrayed the…

Fitzgerald shows in his novel that he greatly favors realists. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald presents a shining example of romanticism in the figure of Mr. Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s romantic outlook on life caused him to eventually abandon himself and his dreams, and in the end it cost…

Throughout literary history, authors have used various colors as important symbolism in many different genres of literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby,” he is able to use a surplus of colors as symbolism in his story. Not only are these colors used as symbolism, but some of them actually impact the outcome of the story. Some of the colors are feeling based, like the color green. The Great Gatsby is about a poor man named Jay Gatsby who eventually becomes rich, he also has…

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist known for his depiction of the Jazz Age. In his short story, “The Four Fists,” he wrote about a wealthy, arrogant, spoiled, young man named Samuel Meredith who have undergone significant changes as he learns valuable life lessons. Authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald accomplish character development through physical appearance, speech and actions, reaction of the character to other characters, and the character's inner thoughts and feelings. Moreover,…

Francisco Coradal-Cougat was a famous Spanish artist who created the classic melancholy cover F. Scott Fitzgerald used for his award winning novel, The Great Gatsby. The striking cover is called “Celestial Eyes” and was painted in 1924. According to the Oxford dictionary, celestial means “positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy”. The title the cover was given is very straightforward and practical, for the haunting face he drew almost looks as if it is…

Parallel Between F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby, a Coincidence? While researching texts and websites about Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and his novel The Great Gatsby, it is noticed that there are parallels between Jay Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s life. Introducing enough background knowledge about Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby will show the parallel between the authors and this fictional character. Information about the life of Fitzgerald; such as, early years, schooling, his wife,…

Title of Work: The Great Gatsby Author of Work: F. Scott Fitzgerald 1. Significance of title: Be specific, making connections to author’s theme, important symbolism, etc. (7-10 lines) The title “The Great Gatsby” is displaying the significance of the character Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a delusional dreamer that achieved the American dream and used its purpose to impress his love. The reason the author decides to put the word “Great” before Gatsby is to signify Gatsby’s popularity in the story.…

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the division of economic classes is expressed through lavish parties, love, and actions with detrimental results. Jay Gatsby, the self-made man, and Tom and Daisy Buchanan, the born rich, possess unique traits and must follow rules specific to their own upper class. Fitzgerald uses this theme to illustrate how the separation of these upper classes affects their interaction with one another, their distinct rules, and their punishments.…