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In the novel The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses the setting and imagery to convey the concept that humans become lonelier as their social status increases. Through this, the author implies that the American Dream depends on the individual and that money does not equate happiness. While money does give individuals materialistic happiness, it does not give them actual, prolonged happiness, which leaves the individual feeling empty. In turn, the individual will eventually feel empty because…

The American Dream is a devil in disguise. While many see the American Dream as an opportunity to a better, more fulfilling life, it misleadingly entices those who pursue it. Individuals who try to follow his/her own American Dream usually face disappointment after being misled by the false facade it presents. The United States is understand to be a place that offers space and freedom to succeed for those desperate to escape their miserably disappointing reality. However, our perceived…

“I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” The award winning book and film that has been produced and showed in theaters twice, The Great Gatsby. The movie that will be described is the most recent one that was shown in 2013. The movie takes place during the roaring 20’s around the outskirts of New York. The main characters are as follows: Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, Nick Caraway (narrator), Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson,…

In the novel The Great Gatsby, the two main settings are the two very contrasting East Egg and West Egg. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, uses the distinct differences between New York’s East Egg and West Egg to his advantage by furthering the character building throughout the novel, showing the East Eggers’ pretentious prejudice towards West Egg, and also displaying the East Eggers’ dumbfoundment towards the completely contrasting West Egg lifestyle. These contrasts become…

Recreating a past love through false memories can be painful and degrading. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, a man of riches and wealth, attempts to revive a past relationship with Daisy Buchanan, the woman of his dreams. A series of parties is thrown in desperate hopes of capturing Daisy’s attention. One heated argument in a New York City hotel room causes Gatsby’s downfall with Daisy; although Gatsby hopes his newfound wealth draws Daisy back into his arms.…

Introduction “The Great Gatsby” and its eponymous protagonist offers a poignant portrait of NY in the Roaring 20’s where the narrator, Nick Carraway is seduced by the idealized society and the American dream for more. Fitzgerald explores the uniquely American tragedy of Jay Gatsby, whose thirst for love and wealth eventually becomes obsessive and illegal, and his downfall parallels that of a society who were corrupted by their desires. Fitzgerald depicts universal and classical themes, relating…

The Great Gatsby is a Modernist novel by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It deals with the situation of society in the Roaring Twenties, in the volatile time between World War I and the Great Depression. The Great Gatsby is a story that wrestles with a lot of themes, two of which are isolation and unattainable desires. One theme in this book is the loneliness and shallow connections that characters make. Gatsby frequently has hundreds of people at his house for parties, but it is often…

Love can make us do unimaginable things. It can push us to get to a goal, but it can also drive us into madness. Obsession has the potential to do the exact same things. Does this mean that love and obsession can be intertwined into something hysterical? F. Fitzgerald illustrates madness in The Great Gatsby through Jay Gatsby as he is obsessive and desires Daisy Buchanan to the point where she is the only thing he can think about, which shows that love has the potential to become insanity.…

American Dream: The Great Gatsby In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. S. Fitzgerald writes about a time period in American history where achieving anything was possible, at least that was the common belief. Not only does he describe the economic, social, and historical circumstances that drive his characters, but also a glimpse into the minds of the characters that they use as a way to justify their actions and motives. The most basic reason for the actions that take place in the course of the…

People who are careless about what they do not only affect their own lives, but they also end up changing or altering others’ lives as well. This was the case throughout the entire novel, entitled The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald starts off the novel with an ambitious, young man by the name of Nick Carraway. This man moves to West Egg in New York to become a bonds man, but soon ends up dropping his aspiring plan to follow Jay Gatsby on a wild ride. Jay Gatsby, referred to…