Abigail Scott Duniway

is just the tip of the iceberg. With this label in the way, women become discouraged and tend to fall under the image they are given, making gender discrimination even stronger throughout the years. In the novel, The Great Gatsby authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Fay radiates stereotypical womanly traits. Due to said time period, Daisy being a woman is seen as naïve and weak. Women have no say in issues, or events, nor do they have…

In The Great Gatsby (1925), F.Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of how a fabulously wealthy young man named Jay Gatsby, who is obsessed with both his past and his position in society dedicates his entire life and future to his quest to relive his memories and win over the girl from his past. Ultimately, Gatsby is revealed to be a fraud and his goal is proven to be unattainable as his carefully constructed life falls apart, eventually ending in his murder. In Contrast, the main character of John…

The American Dream was founded by people who believed that they had every right to attain what they desired despite any factors that may try to hamper their success. This creates two facets to the Dream: the belief that hard work will justify a fulfilling life and the belief that because a person wants something, they deserve to have it. At its creation, the American Dream is a beautiful concept that can deliver money, happiness, and freedom, but through the years has evolved into an excuse for…

that society has become, and displays the fear that the author has for the future. Images of wastelands-desolation, isolation, destruction, ruin, the fall of nature- are dominate theme within modernist literature and can be found in novels such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This depiction of Western Civilization greatly contrasts that of the pre-war era of literature, which focuses heavily on the beauty and simplicity of nature, which is a salient theme…

In the words of Nick Carraway, “It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment” (Fitzgerald 104). This is especially true when looking through the typically pessimistic eyes of any modernist author. Modernism is a movement made to disillusion individuals to the shortcomings and negative aspects of the society in which they live. Many authors of the early 1900s had many similar experiences while growing up in wartime. They…

about the characters in F. Scotts Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The great Gatsby is about the roaring twenties when wealth and the American Dream meant a lot to people. Gatsby is not actually interested in achieving the American dream but feels like doing so he will be able to win back the heart of Daisy, who is stuck, like Florence King said, in a dream world were they need everything. The American Dream has been defined as the ideal that every…

A dream deferred can be described as having a specific goal in mind, but that goal somehow ends up delayed. In both “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the idea of deferred dreams is clearly portrayed through the characters of Walter Younger and Jay Gatsby. Walter Younger and Jay Gatsby are two completely different characters, but they are similar in wanting to achieve their dreams. Walter dreams of owning a liquor store but that has not been…

“Crazy Sunday” Rough Draft F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Crazy Sunday,” is the story of three passionate individuals and how their lives are intertwined and complicated on the first day of the week, Sunday. In life, Sunday is the most peaceful day of the week, but in this short story, it is ironically the exact opposite. Throughout this story, the lives of Joel Coles, Miles Calman, and Stella Calman experience disgrace, pain, and heartache. Because of insecurity, immaturity, and…

” (Degler, 53) was such a common and drilled in belief that women let it restrict their freedom for far too long. Furthermore, even after women gained the vote, they were still viewed as subordinate to men. In the 1920’s novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes, “She’s a nice girl...They oughtn’t to let her run around the country this way,” (Fitzgerald, 18) about Jordan, a female character who supports herself by professionally golfing. This evinces an obvious negative attitude towards…

have had the profound influence and deep perspective in writing as F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald captured the spirit of the American Dream in his writing and truly revitalized American literature. Despite F. Scott Fitzgerald’s disappointing upbringing, wild adult life, and tumultuous downfall, he is considered one of the most influential and profound authors of all time and is still celebrated globally to this day. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896.…