Bruce Jay Friedman

Blue is used in “The Great Gatsby” mostly in association with Jay Gatsby and his lost dream. Gatsby and Daisy had fallen in love five years earlier in Louisville when Gatsby was sent to the war. Daisy promised him that she would wait until he returned, but he was not able to make it back to her right away. After Daisy…

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 there is only so much money can buy. The protagonist, Jay Gatsby, was brought up poor and later became a part of the upper class. Since “his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” (58), he resented his past lifestyle and the way people perceived…

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…

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, and George Wilson. Nick Caraway finds himself living next to the famous Gatsby who threw countless amounts of parties, but no one ever knew why. The endless amounts of parties is…

The “Roaring Twenties” was a time of extravagance for the United States Of America, the stock market was rising. The market rose to a new point where it reached an all time high as some like to say. The rise of the stock market had factories and businesses booming. In the twenties several new things were being produced. New costly things being introduced consisted of washing machines, cars and toasters. This made the world very modern, it was the first time it had ever been like that. Not only…

During the writers’ strike of 2009, Joss Whedon and his team created a forty-five-minute long video entitled Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Decades earlier, writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald released his classic, The Great Gatsby. While it may not seem like they have anything in common at first glance, relationships in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog by Joss Whedon were heavily influenced by the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, creating a classic “quest story” that draws the readers…

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.…

analyzing the lessons learned from both “The Great Gatsby” and “This Side of Paradise” readers will be able to recognize and avoid some of the potential risk’s that may come up along the way. First, be yourself. In both stories the main characters Jay Gatsby and Amory Blaine fall into the classic pitfall of changing themselves in order to fit in. Gatsby becomes a rich aloof in order to get Daisy, Blaine a stuck-up aloof to get Rosalind; both fail to get the girl. Next, get a friend to help you…

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 to issues still relevant today, making this classical novel inspire readers of any era. Love Fitzgerald presents the initially pure, but subsequently impure love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchannan, highlighting the…