Ella Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates the decline of the American Dream and continues to appeal to readers with its ability to apply to time frames even after the 1920s. This novel gives insight into wealth and its effect on American society during its respective time frame and the conflicts between social classes during this period. The events and conflicts in this novel can be relatable to readers in other time periods. This novel was truly groundbreaking definitely…

Most high school students and graduates have definitely read or at least heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. There are many ideas that one can interpret from this, whether it is about power, greed, the American dream. While all these ideas may be applicable to The Great Gatsby, one of the single, most important concepts of the novel is simply the idea of CORRUPTION. While greed is a cornerstone piece to corruption, it is only a part of the concept’s whole. Money and…

Through the course of this assignment transcribing and interpreting Dorothy’s diary, there was a great amount of information to be gleaned about her life. While some aspects of Dorothy’s life, such as specific details about herself, are lacking, she provides plenty of evidence from which to draw conclusions about her employment, location, age, activities she does for fun, how she travels around, and the people she teaches and with which she works, shops, and goes out. To begin, it is clear…

Literary Analysis Essay Outline Name: Karen Essay Title: The character of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby INTRODUCTION Relevant summary in bullet points: Jay Gatsby wasn’t about to obtain his “American Dream” which was Daisy Buchanan the golden girl because he was initially a part of the lower class. However, Daisy was a part if East Egg. She has always been rich, because of that she cannot be with Gatsby. Since Gatsby was initially a part of the low class he had to work…

The novel The Great Gatsby written by an American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is a typical story about the life of American people in the 1920s. In this novel the two main characters Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby became the best friends and found many similar qualities and traits in each other. However, they had the very different families that trained them different qualities and traits. Nick Carraway was raised by his father that gave Nick very effective mentoring for his future life. For the…

In addition, I found it intriguing that the actors paid homage to the novel when they said the exact same memorable quotes written by Fitzgerald. It is noteworthy that the minor alterations to the overall story made the movie unique and creative, while remaining faithful to the novel. Suspense is the main mood of the film, due to the concept of Gatsby– it mostly remained a mystery on how…

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). I am renown around the world for this quote and it is very applicable to my life, because I am a writer. Although lots of my stories were not successful, I had a few hits that made me as famous as I am today. In these few minutes, I will tell you about my early life and where I came from, secondly my life and work in Europe, and lastly, my work in film and end of my time. To…

Money. Social status. Love affairs. These are three of the many important themes used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel “The Beautiful And Damned.” Fitzgerald uses these themes to convey a message to his readers. This message is that no matter how high up in society someone is that doesn’t mean they will be satisfied in the end. Things such as money and status can all change in an instant, they are not permanent, instead materialistic. The materialist can prove to ruin one's relationship with…

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). Voltaire's Candide is a philosophical tale of one man's search for true happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. Candide grows up in the castle of his uncle, a German baron, along with his optimistic scholar, Pangloss, and his young, beautiful cousin, Cunégonde. When Candide falls in love with Cunégonde and his uncle sees them kissing, Candide…

Gatsby’s relationship dates back to when they were first courting five years ago: “... he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was fully able to take care of her. As a matter of fact he had no such facilities” (Fitzgerald 149). In the blooming of their relationship, a desperate Gatsby deceived a gullible Daisy into thinking that he was financially at her level and could provide for her romantically and financially. This lie continues into their rekindled…