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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel that has interesting Characters and is a great book for those who like romance and mysterious. In this novel Some of the characters change at the end of the book. The name of this novel, The Great Gatsby, has different meanings on why it is titled The Great Gatsby. Why did Fitzgerald name this novel The Great Gatsby? All book titles have a meaning to why the book is titled that and usually the title says it all on what the novel is going to be…

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald many symbols are used to support the themes and characters. The Valley of Ashes is a symbol that represents death, poverty, moral decay, and the unattainability of the American Dream. It reveals a lot about the themes, such as the gap between the hollow rich and the hopeless poor, and the characters, like Myrtle and George Wilson’s lives and deaths. The Valley of Ashes was a dumping ground between Long Island, or the East and West Eggs, and New York…

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a nerd with weird hair. In 1924, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby while he was in France. In 1925 the book was published, but it did not become the picture of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ until ten to twenty years after his passing (Fitzgerald, 1995). The Great Gatsby is a reflection on the American Dream and how it differs for each individual. It showcases the good and the bad and reveals what some people will do to achieve it. The American Dream is essentially the…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a large focus is put on the evolving presence of women in society throughout the early 20th century. During the period following World War One, and predating the Great Depression, women began to be seen in a different light. They were granted some of the same fundamental freedoms as men. They were given the right to vote in elections; the right to property ownership as well as the ability to work in roles formerly filled by men. In popular culture…

A boomerang produces the same results no matter how, where, or why it was thrown. It always comes back to the original location, even when consciously trying to alter its course. The end result is always predictable, like destiny. Destiny is like any greater force humans cannot see, hear, or touch. It leaves the world divided. Some people believe that outcomes are solely the product of choices. Others believe in a greater force that influences the decisions a person makes. However, a combination…

The Great Gatsby shows the darkside and the temptress. The darkside, a character in a novel that is usually not adored by the readers. The temptress, a character archetype that possess what men desires in a novel. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes the character archetypes temptress, portrayed by Daisy Buchanan and darkside characterized by Tom Buchanan. The character archetype, temptress, fits the character Daisy Buchanan because she possess the desire of male…

“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” (180; Ch.9). This is a quote said by Meyer Wolfshiem of the The Great Gatsby. This quote reveals the theme in both “anyone lived in a pretty how town” and The Great Gatsby because they both involve the carelessness of people and the effects on the main character. The fictional story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by Cummings are about carelessness…

In an attempt to counter this prophecy, they get rid of Oedipus immediately after his birth, as told by Jocasta, “before three days were out after his birth King Laius pierced his ankles and by the hands of others cast him forth upon a pathless hillside,” (Sophocles 41). Ironically, Laius kills his son to falsify the terrible prophecies, while Anne Lively attempts to give her daughter life in order to create…

King Laios is one of the first character’s to try to escape his fate, that was revealed to him by an oracle. He was told “his doom would be death as the hands of his own son” (38), henceforth he set out to change it. His way of circumventing this horrific…

King Lear contains themes such as justice, evil, and fate that show Shakespeare’s philosophy. Through the characters’ actions Shakespeare 's philosophies behind these themes becomes evident. The ending of King lear also provides a distinct idea of how Shakespeare feels about these ideas. Justice exists but is not common. Evil is the result of selfish desires. Fate controls someone’s life in correspondence to free will. These three ideas show up multiple times throughout the play which allow the…