Alan Jay Lerner

The American Dream can be defined as a realistic goal that one hopes to achieve through hard work and determination. Raised on a small, poverty-stricken farm with penniless parents, Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby had high hopes of making a name for himself and acquiring the wealthy status. Gatsby went on to join the war, leaving behind his lover, Daisy Fay, and promised himself that she would be with him for the rest of their lives. After the war, Gatsby finds out Daisy…

You can’t repeat the past. In, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald multiple characters are impacted by: social classes, women’s rights, and inequalities. Daisy Buchanan was most affected by women’s rights because she cheated on her husband, with Gatsby, and she went back to her husband because in that time period that is just what women were expected to do. Stay faithful, stay at home, and stay with your husband no matter what. Nick Carraway is most affected by social classes considering…

“This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy” (Alice Walker). The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, contains many characters that possess such qualities described by Walker, and in return they suffer severe consequences. Fitzgerald develops the theme, money destroys people, through the use of characterization and narration to expose the natures of the rich in the 1920s. Fitzgerald 's words exemplify society today…

Tom’s multiple affairs, Daisy’s affair with Gatsby, and Tom’s rash and violent actions. All of these careless actions resulted in destructive situations. For example, Daisy’s killed Myrtle in a hit and run, which ultimately resulted in the death of Jay Gatsby, as he was blamed for Myrtle’s death. Despite Daisy being the instigator of Myrtle’s death, she disregards Gatsby’s funeral, in order to make sure she is not convicted of murder. Tom also showcased carelessness as he took part in a…

Symbolism in The Great Gatsby serves as a connection of the novel to the struggling decade at the time. The Roaring Twenties was plagued with a handful of economic issues and the struggle to obtain the American Dream. Described by Taylor Hales, “Considering the context in which organized crime grew - namely the setting of Chicago, its government system, layout, difficulty of attaining a decent job, hard times of The Depression, and Prohibition - it almost seems inevitable for this growth to…

The rhetorical devices used in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the flaws in Jay Gatsby’s ability to attain an American Dream that, ultimately, kills him. This reveals the reality that many Americans experience while attempting to attain their dreams due to the hardships they encounter. Fitzgerald conveys these difficulties through Nick’s final reflection of Gatsby’s American Dream. He recurringly uses color symbolism to amplify the central message: living in the past…

greater deal of concern with outward display of wealth rather than spending their money fruitfully, resulting in an alarming twist in reality. The Great Gatsby once again shows this when Nick Carraway, a man of New Money, encounters a strange man in Jay Gatsby’s library. The Owl-Eyed man states “[In regard to the books] They’re real...Absolutely real. Have pages and everything.” It was reality for newly affluent man like Gatsby to have a library filled with fake books. It was the facade of…

Teiresias’ blindness to Oedipus’ claims caused Oedipus to question him. Awaiting his punishment for his wrongful actions, Oedipus begged him to confess the truth and to stop deceiving him. Additionally, in The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby possessed an immense ego by throwing lavish parties at his home to highlight his wealth and class. Both Jay’s and Oedipus’ personal hubris caused their downfall, not their destiny or their fate. Only the…

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream as something tangible, yet unattainable. Throughout his life, Fitzgerald was unable to achieve his American Dream, and this is expressed in his novel. One of the ways he portrays this is through the character of Myrtle. Myrtle believes that she can achieve her dreams by being with someone wealthy, which takes the form of Tom. This is shown when she gets a dog, indicating her desire to solidify her relationship with Tom. “‘I want to get…

People describe the Dream as all US citizens having an equal opportunity to gain success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the corruption of the American Dream through Jay Gatsby, a rich man who came to wealth through shady means. Fitzgerald demonstrates that the American Dream during the 1920s had turned into a competition among people for status and wealth, rather than looking to create a better life.…