Great Gatsby Essay

It’s been twelve years since Gatsby has passed away, looking back at all the times we shared together I regret so much, I now realize what Gatsby felt like when I told him I would wait for him but fell in love with Tom; that feeling of unrequited love must've hurt Gatsby so much. I think it's kind of funny how I remember the way I used to act, how I would always explicitly ask almost every man, “Are you in love with me?” knowing without a doubt that I was leading them on to believe they might…

Front: On the front of my Gatsby T-shirt I have an old white car because Gatsby has one. This would bring Daisy to tears because back when Gatsby and Daisy were together, they were caught sitting in a car giving intimate looks to each other. I believe this would make Daisy cry because it would remind her of old times and revitalize her affection for Gatsby. I also have fireworks because they symbolize the celebration Gatsby had every weekend at his mansion. He throws parties for everyone hoping…

In the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, most of the main characters are very wealthy people. They live in the most enormous homes, in the richest of areas of New York, in other words East and West Egg. Obtaining their sophisticated reputations is the key factor to becoming the richest and most powerful people in their society. Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby are described as the most opulent people in the novel, which means they are always in the spotlight. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald…

The conclusion of World War I signified the beginning of an era of great material wealth and newfound prosperity in America. Such conditions provided the platform on which the social class of “new” money was built during the 1920s. The rising class of “new” money greatly contrasted with the aristocrats of society, who had inherited the prosperity of their ancestors and had never known the economic struggles of the average person. The juxtaposition between these two classes is eloquently conveyed…

Throughout The Great Gatsby, wealth is portrayed as one of the roots of corruption in society. It’s viewed this way not by the characters, but by us, the readers. We witness the kind of toll money and materialistic desires can take on a person and we also begin to understand how Fitzgerald feels about wealth. We apprehend that he is trying to warn us that materialism is unreliable, and that money cannot buy happiness. In his novel, Fitzgerald separates the characters into two opposite sides.…

the value of a person. The word great does not cover the aspects of who a person truly internally. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby is assumed to be a great man. He is a man who strives to gain wealth in order to win back the love his life, Daisy Buchanan. Due to her wealth status, he pretends to come from a rich family and will go to any extent for her. The misleading title, The Great Gatsby, implies a character of high moral value; however, Gatsby demonstrates false values…

The Great Gatsby: The Great Corrupt Lifestyle The Great Gatsby is written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is known for this famous novel (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2015). The novel’s setting is based on the 1920’s, also known as the jazz age or the roaring twenties. That era was known for prosperity, the evolution of jazz music, bootlegging, and other criminal activities (The Great Gatsby, 2015). The novel, The Great Gatsby, is written about a character named Jay Gatsby, who was consumed with…

bootlegger is someone who distributes alcohol illegally. Jay Gatsby, the main character in The Great Gatsby, was a poor farm boy from South Dakota and according to his father he was destined to get rich. How Jay got rich is mystery throughout the book due to the fact that a countless amount of rumors were said about him such as, he was a German spy, he killed a man and he was a nephew to Von Hindenburg. One can kind of put together that Gatsby made his money is illegally, but it’s not till the…

Wealth and money can be used in attempts to cover up their empty lives, but in reality it exposes them ever more. In the book, The Great Gatsby, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the rich people who attend Gatsby’s parties act as though their lives are wonderful, even though their lives are meaningless. Fitzgerald constantly uses comparisons during the preparation for the party, the party itself, and after the party has finished in order to uncover the truly empty lives of the wealthy individuals…

Gatsby is a troubled soul. Constantly tormented by the thirst for something; more wealth, love, image, etc. Nothing is ever enough, and that ends up costing him gravely in the end. Authors use intertwined events to create a theme, thus creating a bigger underlying message for the reader. Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many themes in the duration of his book. Two of his main themes are the corruption of the American dream and people’s undeniable hope. He critiques the…