Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Great Gatsby: A Tale of Sacrifice Wealth and success are the basis of the American Dream, and are sometimes not achieved by those Try to qualify this statement: “are sometimes not” unwilling to cut corners. Thomas Edison said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”. James Gatz was raised in overalls by dirt poor farmers; however, he felt that he was When you’re using “however” to join two separate sentences, punctuate like this:…

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the rich care about nothing more than self benefit. All of the characters with the exception of Gatsby consistently move through their daily life with no regard for others. They are motivated only by the prospect of improving their life even at the expense of others. Throughout the story both Daisy and Tom do and say things that they hope will either benefit themselves or paints a higher picture of them. Tom thinks about himself almost as if…

The automobile industry impacted the way of life in The United States of America forever. The car used be a machine that only few rich people had and were slow to the point of inefficiency. However, with the introduction of combustion engines, cars became a faster and more efficient form of transportation in comparison to the carriage or the train for short distance travel. With the introduction of the assembly line, manufacturing cars took a significant cut in production time leading to cheaper…

“The American Dream” The “American Dream” was sought to be the idea that every citizen of the United States of America has an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. That’s right, you heard me correctly. No matter the color of your skin, or whatever different country you are from; if you’re a legal American citizen, you’re said to receive, excuse me, entitled to have, an opportunity at the “American Dream.” This Dream came…

Similarly, many Americans in the 1920’s entertained “The American Dream,” the concept that anyone could attain great wealth and make a name for themselves in society even if they started with meager belongings and standings in society. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to symbolize both the concept of “The American Dream,” and its declining status through Gatsby’s life of rags to riches and his interactions with the people around him. The…

The 1920’s was given the nickname “The Roaring Twenties” for several reasons: this decade was a turning point in entertainment, economics, women’s rights, and other subcategories of American culture. Many of these changes were positive, but financially, Americans began spending money they did not have, as credit was introduced. The Twenties offered new freedoms that many took great advantage of, but with that freedom came responsibility. Like the old saying states, Americans were give a yard and…

America is built on the idea of the American dream; which is the thought that all citizens of America have an equal opportunity for prosperity and happiness. People once emigrated from their native countries in search of these coveted opportunities. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, living in modern West Egg, Long Island, attempts to relive the time, five years ago, he spent with Daisy Buchanan, a resident of traditional East Egg. Gatsby creates a lie to acquire a…

In the novel, “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the quality of life is overall depicted as negative and dull. People are characterized as more selfish and uncaring compared to other time periods or novels. It is apparent that friendships and relationships are valued extremely low, and true rich relations are often very rare, as we only see a few throughout the entire novel. Common friendships in “The Great Gatsby” are usually based around a certain thing. For instance, Gatsby, the…

“The Value of Wealth” “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a well known novel that highlights the arduousness of materialism, not only in the roaring 20’s but also in current society. Throughout the intriguing novel, wealth is brought into account frequently, and ironically causes major conflicts. In the first chapter, the idea that not all people live in prosperity and that wealth does not define a person is spoken by the narrator, speaking of what his father told him, the quote reads;…

One who is obsessed is compulsively preoccupied beyond control with a person, object or idea. In today’s society, we see obsessions with money, certain people, activities, and statuses. Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald 's world-renowned novel, The Great Gatsby, characters misunderstand their obsessions with materialistic and objective ownership with honest love. The plot of the novel entwines a sly play on the reality humans know with a deeper cognizant of psychological behaviour regarding love…