Bruce Jay Friedman

live in tomorrow’s ephemeral imagination - world instead of in today’s eternal reality - now” (Sri Chinmoy). Today, people are so drawn to “perfect” realities that only involve dreams; dreams of an alternate world only involving peace and happiness. Jay Gatsby was one of those people. Gatsby was so engulfed in the memory he held of the fulfilling life he could have had with Daisy, he began to fail to see reality for its true nature. His heart belonged to a memory; an imaginary idea of the…

In every novel, each character has their own unique attributes that are essential to the storyline and the message of a novel. When reviewing characters in relation to the story, literary critics often face the question of morality in each character or rather which character is the moral compass of a novel? By definition the term moral compass is used to describe someone who has a great ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the…

The Great Gatsby’s American Dream. The Great Gatsby, did he live his life pursuing the American Dream, or did he spend it chasing down the woman of his dreams? Jay Gatsby, while being a wealthy man, a party host and an assumed bootlegger spent most of his days following wealth and chasing it down with huge, crazy parties. Doing all of this just in thought that he’d lure the woman of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan, in one night and repatch the old love they had for eachother, but it also brought…

Gatsby people often think of the roaring twenties and the glittering lifestyles of the characters, but they often overlook the obvious submissiveness of the women in this novel. In The Great Gatsby the reader listens to a story about the great man, Jay Gatsby, who chases after a mirage of this weak woman named Daisy. This novel ends in the failure of Gatsby and the reckless Daisy the way she was before reconnecting with him, as well as Tom no longer having an affair with the deceased Myrtle…

Coming from The Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s parties to symbolize something that the readers would never expect. Gatsby’s parties are symbolized at the beginning of the book as rowdy parties where the rich have lots of fun by drinking and spreading rumors. By the end of the book, Fitzgerald had completely changed the meaning of the parties to that Gatsby held them to show off his wealth to Daisy and so she could come and see him. By doing this, it can be…

masterpieces, which were fulfilled with his sharp social insight and breathtaking lyricism, was one of the most recognizable work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby.” Inspired by his life and showing characteristics of it, In example making Jay Gatsby sharing vision of an American Dream like him. The frame story took place in New York narrated by Nick Carraway following…

A Search for What’s Missing – The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald several characters are searching for something throughout the novel, at times being reckless through their actions to achieve what they are looking for. Their searches are generally for something that is absent or infrequent in their lives, usually taking extreme measures to achieve what they’re searching for and at times losing something along the way. Fitzgerald suggests that society at this…

during the Prohibition era in 1920 to 1933. People wanted alcohol at a time where alcohol wasn’t to be legally served. ‘public benefactors’ such as Jay Gatsby were willing and able to capitalize from this market. Though organized criminals aren’t only an American problem, many of them can be tied with the American Dream of “becoming successful”. Jay Gatsby, like many gangsters of his time, dressed extravagantly and threw big parties to flaunt his ‘hard-earned’ wealth and to try to make a…

There 's no doubt that in The Great Gatsby, the gender roles are somewhat differentiated between dominance of men, and independence of woman. With several theories going around as to what women are portrayed as “gentle”, and what woman are considered “tough”. Fitzgerald in truth wanted to have the woman subdued by the men with their physical and authoritative strength, where there is one case of role reversal in the case of Nick and Jordan. Here, in this essay, you will understand why the gender…

In the jazz age novel, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, color symbolism is very apparent and the associations with them are seen as well. Told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, the novel is about a successful, newly rich, man by the name of Jay Gatsby seeks his long adored love Daisy Buchannan. The only problem is she is married to another man by the name of Tom. The story follows his pursuit of a married woman of whom he loves. Colors play a discernible and important role that…