Arnold Rothstein

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an English Philosopher whose work was influential especially in the eighteenth century. Some of his main works include the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, and the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Both of these works were written in response to prompts from the Academy of Dijon. For the first discourse, the prompt was, “Has the restoration of the sciences and arts tended to purify morals?” and for the second discourse the prompt was, "What is the origin of…

Blue, in its many variations, is prevalent all over the world--in the color of the sky, the feathers of a bluejay, and even in the music genre “the blues.” No matter what form it may be in, blue serves as a color symbolic to people of all ages, being the traditional color to represent, in the simplest of terms, sadness. Mentioned numerous times throughout the The Great Gatsby, there is no question that the color blue serves as more than simply a descriptor. Similarly to other colors, such as…

In the story of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott. Fitzgerald, the two towns of West and East Egg are created. West Egg is established as an area for new money or people that just were not born into their wealth and had to earn it themselves. On this side, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway settle next to each other. However, Nick is not “new money” and instead is living in what looks like a shack near his neighbor’s homes. As for Gatsby, his house is one of the most extravagant. On the other side of the…

Gatsby – The Cause of His Own Death In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the roaring 20’s had been introduced. It had been told from first person point of view, by Nick Carraway. The young James Gatz had fallen in love with the beautiful Daisy Fay, before he had gone to war. Daisy had married the wealthy Tom Buchanan, whom is very arrogant and currently having his third affair. As James grew older, he met a man by the name of Dan Cody, and he had decided to change his name to Jay Gatsby. Years later…

American society has long been based on the ambition of the American Dream. Immigrants moving to the United States came were generally lower class citizens in their old aristocratic country. The dream-- that it is wholly possible to start a business or job, work hard, and climb up the socioeconomic ladder-- gives hope to new immigrants and those who have nothing that they have the opportunity become something more. Although the nineteen twenties was a time when the American Dream appeared…

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book set in the ‘Roaring 20s’ era of the United States. This era gave forth Wall Street success and the wealth and extravagant lifestyle that came with it. The novel details the narrative of Nick Carraway, a struggling Wall Street broker and his experienced firsthand the gaudy and wasteful lifestyle that the era developed. Witnessing the opposite sides of the wealth spectrum, the old East Egg, with its traditional living and virtues, and the…

Innocence Lost In the early 1900’s, in the aftermath of WWI, New York City was the liveliest place in America. Wall Street 's booming opportunity is everywhere; people are looking for the good life. This world is captured perfectly in F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is a man of good will who is caught up in the world around him. He acts as though he is invincible and this is what leads to his early demise. Jay is a romantic idealist and is blinded by his love for Daisy…

Pablo Picasso, a famous artist throughout the 20th century, once proclaimed, “Colors, like features, follow the changes of emotion.” Pablo Picasso, a painter who used colors in his works to convey emotions, explains to us that colors can often be used to reflect different emotions. Artists, authors, painters, graphic designers, and many more people like Picasso have used the technique of color symbolism to portray different points, emotions, or symbols that they wish to express to their viewers.…

In society people judge others on appearance before they judge their actions. The beautiful and wealthy Daisy Buchanan is Jay Gatsby’s one true love. Unfortunately when Gatsby was away in the war Daisy didn’t want to wait for him she selfishly married Tom Buchanan. As time went on Tom and Daisy’s marriage wasn’t doing well since both were having affairs behind each other’s back. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”, Daisy is behind the deaths of both Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson.…

Does money truly buy happiness? Many people don’t believe that it does, but in The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan lives her life searching for money that she can hide all of her problems in. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, A wealthy man named Gatsby throws outrageous parties to attract his old love, Daisy Buchanan, who lives across the New York Sound with her wealthy and arrogant husband Tom. The novel revolves around a group of affairs and lies told by all of the characters in…