Morality in The Great Gatsby Essay

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a mysterious character named Gatsby that the protagonist, Nick Carraway, slowly gets to know and befriend. The characters in the book are all very odd and interesting with their own personal backgrounds that make them very relatable in their own respective ways. I believe that out of all the unique personalities, I can relate the most with Nick’s because of his many facets such as his openness and honesty towards others, while also…

Beneath every great sentence is a great second-meaning. Whether an author is blatantly trying to tell the reader something, or they want to subconsciously set the tone of their literary work, in a sentence symbolism can normally be found. A sentence, however, is very small. There is often underlying symbolism and tone in entire works of literature, made obvious by a sentence or two. F. Scott Fitzgerald mastered the art of symbolizing emotion and status in literature in The Great Gatsby. Through…

aspects; there was a drastic change shown in fashion, music and morality. Despite the fun and prosperity that is known to have defined this decade, it is argued in a different light that it was a decade of superficiality and shallowness because of its emphasis on status and wealth. The Great Gatsby, published in 1925 is a classic novel praised for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s social commentary, which emphasizes the emptiness…

his depiction of the empty lives of Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and George Wilson, as he demonstrates how chasing dreams of wealth only leads to misery. This is important as it helps to perpetuate the idea that there is no hope for fulfillment in “The Great Gatsby”. The three characters all hold different positions in the social strata. Daisy originates from the respectability of old money, Gatsby is a self-made man and…

gambler." Gatsby hesitated, then added coolly: "He 's the man who fixed the World 's Series back in 1919” (Fitzgerald 112) Like this example Nick learns about the money and crimes that go on around Gatsby. Surrounded by characters with poor morality he flaunts wisdom and good morals even though he is described as not a highly regarded person. Through his episodes with Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and the other haughty characters in the novel…

Exceptionalism dominated our society as people from left to right were persuaded by the idea of luxuries and wealth. We became more independent as a country as we saw ourselves as the best which was also applied within the community. A book called ,The Great Gatsby, represented the relationship between the lower classes and higher classes by symbolising concepts of riches from reality. The novel explains how the poor cannot live up to the wealthy as many either fall short or were destined…

Dream The Great Gatsby was a story about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. It was also about the wealth, status and the American dream. The Great Gatsby was written the 1920’s by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The American dream was supposed to stand for independence and the ability to make something out of one’s self with hard work. In the Great Gatsby the American dream is full of corruption. It lacks morality, God, and has a high demand of materialistic things. Jay Gatsby symbolizes…

Towards the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby, is murdered at the hands of a distraught, lower class man named Wilson, who believes Gatsby killed his wife Myrtle the day before. However, the complexities of Gatsby’s death do not end there. Fitzgerald capitalizes on the scene of Gatsby’s death by implementing diction, biblical allusions, and the motif of time to reinforce his narrative that industrialization has corrupted the American…

One of the most renowned and famous novels depicting life during the Roaring 20s era of America History, is that of The Great Gatsby. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author portrays key themes and components of the 1920s which paved the way for a restructure in American society. Choosing to write about a time of economic prosperity and societal happiness, Fitzgerald indicates clearly his beliefs that this time of growth in US history only resulted in a degradation of American culture. As the…

The Great Gatsby has been hailed as one of the classic American novels and has been regarded as such due to F. Scott Fitzgerald's strong grasp of language and writing. Despite being veiled in the pomp and glamour of the Roaring Twenties, the novel explores darker themes such as corruption and morality. Over the course of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald develops the intertwined themes of decay and corruption through the use of literary devices in his descriptions of the valley of ashes, the voice of…