Bruce Jay Friedman

The Great Gatsby as a Criticism of American Society In the novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald criticizes American society through the eyes of his narrator Nick Caraway, as he watches the downfall and pathetic lives of what most consider achievers of the American Dream. Fitzgerald’s criticism of American Society is more prominently proven by his Harsh view of America’s materialistic standard of living, the tragic death of Gatsby, the negligence displayed by Gatsby’s…

Have you ever noticed that women take a back seat to men? That men are very hypocritical in everything they do, they could make the same mistake in a relationship and it not be a big deal to them but have a partner make the same mistake and have it be a big deal? Have you ever noticed that women have stereotypical looks and attitudes? Well that is exactly what happens to the female characters Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, and Daisy Buchanan live with every day. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic…

Gatsby The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan all the while being narrated by Nick Carraway. Gatsby is the main character along with Daisy. Nick moved to New York to become a sales person after World War one to take a job as a bond salesman. Nick was convinced to move into a house At West Egg, Long Island, where he would soon meet Jay Gatsby. Last minute Nick was bailed on and moved in by himself, feeling lonely he went…

Throughout the 1900s, wealthy men were considered the dominant gender in the household. This is more detailed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, where wealthy men of high social class with many women being considered significant. Tom Buchanan is introduced as a hulking figure with a history of affairs while being married to Daisy who is Tom’s wife. Despite Daisy being aware she is inferior to Tom, she continues her act of obliviousness to Tom’s affairs in order to continue being apart…

Past and Present: Human Nature Portrayed in American Literature The very root of human nature has been debated for as long as humans have been civilized. The topic became ever more intriguing in literature over the last few centuries, as The United States of America was founded. The idea of a common human nature is very debatable and is open to interpretation, which can be seen through various authors’ representations of human nature. While each individual is entitled to their own…

Achieving the American Dream has been the ideal vision for Americans for decades. The goal of achieving the dream goes as far back as the 1920s, when The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the literary classic novel, Fitzgerald explores themes of resistance to change, decadence, and tainted love. All of which are characteristics of the American Dream. Through symbols such as the green light, East Egg and West Egg, and Daisy Buchanan, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates that the…

The protagonist of both novels, Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol are both blessed with the gift of wealth. Although the way their money is utilized is very different, both rely on their money to make attempts at accomplishing something. In the case of Ebeneezer Scrooge, his money is the key to salvation. On the contrary, in the case of Jay Gatsby, his money is they key to reuniting with Daisy. Throughout the entirety…

dream that was just that, a dream. In the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby was the epiphany of a failed American dream. He wanted his true love, Daisy Buchanan, to show that she was in love with him as much as he is with her. She is unable to show her true feelings for him because of her “hierarchy” position she is in. “Gatsby, like the West Eggers, lacks the traditions of the…

Most people do not have their own opinions about them or think things happened for a different reason that being stated. First off, there are four main characters. While reading the novel, it became very apparent that one of the main characters was Jay Gatsby. The information gathered entails that he was a young male around the age of 30. Gatsby grew up in a poor household in North Dakota, but always dreamed of becoming rich. He eventually pursed his dream by participating in some organized…

"I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." -Bruce Springsteen. F. Scott Fitzgerald even brilliantly combines the golden age and bible teachings to portray this message that, the American Dream of getting rich is far from the reality of how people actually get rich, in his novel The Great Gatsby. But Unfortunately as the story goes on, we begin to see that F. Scott Fitzgerald commits blasphemy and compares one of his deceitful characters to Jesus…