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activities , that 's how Gatsby got rich. Jay Gatsby was the representation of the American dream. Gatsby was a real passionate man who chased his dreams , and would stop at nothing to fulfill them. Even if it meant being a criminal. He was chasing his vision of the American dream since he was young. Fitzgerald, F. Scott, and Matthew J. Bruccoli. The Great Gatsby. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. He was chasing after Daisy since he was young also. So why was Jay Gatsby representation of the American…

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by, F. Scott Fitzgerald, interweaves characters from Fitzgerald personal life to intricate love relations that follow his actions of the six most pivotal stages. Throughout the novel, the protagonist Jay Gatsby, shows Fitzgerald’s active attributes. They both experience love and loss, for example, Fitzgerald and Gatsby would both do anything for their beloved. Some may argue that Gatsby is only a fictional character in the novel, however, I believe that that…

Happiness American dream could be looked at being more materialism than anything else. It is the ability and the financial capacity to make money and buy whatever you want to, for yourself or for your family, including family trip, having fun etc. Jay Gatsby, the main character or the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald in one hand, and Willy Loman, the principal figure of the play written “The Dead of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, in the other hand, are an illustration of the…

Stephen Jay Gould’s Darwin’s Delay Knowing something is true and having the ability to prove it are on different ends of the spectrum. Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould may have known something about that. His name may not be as recognizable to the average person but Stephen Jay Gould is a widely known and read 20th century scientist. Some even consider him to be the on the same level as Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin spent most of his life researching and trying to prove his theories. He…

The world has always been in a constant wonder to what love truly is. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it always the reader to see two different forms of love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby has been waiting for Daisy for years. Always dreaming that she will drive into his life again. Comparing the love between Daisy and Gatsby the readers see how they become motivated to pursue one another and the difference in what love means to them. Gatsby…

An Analysis on Jay Gatsby as the Epitome of the American society in the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby is a novel that focuses on the lives of Americans who belong to the upper class in society in New York set in the 1920s. The 1920s, better known as the Roaring Twenties, was the era characterized by a number of positive and negative outcomes that highly influenced the United States of America. This was the era of economic prosperity, the rise of consumerism, the popularization of Jazz…

Gatsby by both Gatsby and Nick, but if this is true why would Fitzgerald have Gatsby die? Fitzgerald crafts The Great Gatsby such that Nick and Jay Gatsby represent two possible paths of his life, as evident through experiences, conflicting through time and ultimately favoring the life and views of Nick, with resentment for the life that could have come of Jay Gatsby with better intentions. The most evident similarities in The Great Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life are portrayed…

internal battle Fitzgerald faces between his chase of fame and fortune and his loathe of the unachievable “American Dream”. Understanding Fitzgerald's real life is key to better understanding the novel. In many instances both characters Nick and Jay represent a part of his internal conflict. The tragic love story, The Great Gatsby mirrors F. Scott Fitzgerald's real life. Aside from the obvious similarities such as Nick also coming from a working class family from out west Minnesota, then…

married the wealthy Tom Buchanan, whom is very arrogant and currently having his third affair. As James grew older, he met a man by the name of Dan Cody, and he had decided to change his name to Jay Gatsby. Years later, Gatsby had still been in love with Daisy Buchanan. Who is to blame for the death of Jay Gatsby; the one who pulled the trigger, right? Wrong. Tom and Daisy definitely contributed, but ultimately Gatsby had caused his own death. While Gatsby was growing up, his parents always…

Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the narrator in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, written by James Weldon Johnson, represent the lower class or minority group in the society. Gatsby was born poor, while the narrator has the background of a black man. Both Gatsby and the narrator have the desire to be distinguished that can lead them back to the society of the United States, but the narrator has more of a desire to help his own people as long as he has…