John Jay

why the genre of Romance is not always what it seems, Poe showed there are dark sides to every story, even the happier ones. Poe storylines included death and the beauty he associated with it after many years of suffering. Though not made apparent to Jay Gatsby, his suffering with the loss of Daisy’s love made him become better, which emphasizes the darker meaning that is hidden within the text. Multiple people have idolized Fitzgerald for having The Great Gatsby set an example for a way to…

not what she was in her dreams. The similarities and differences between the two groups of characters—Madeline and Gatsby and Porphyro and Gatsby— are thought-provoking when taken outside of their respective plots and in the realm of their authors—John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Keats’s influence of Fitzgerald was inescapable. Fitzgerald’s imitative in a way that still creates new layers on top of Keats’s use of language and characters. What makes their work so similar is not only their use…

behind the argument that F. Scott Fitzgerald would prefer the new version of the film is that Fitzgerald was a known moralist (O'Hearn). Like any author, Fitzgerald uses writing to highlight not only history but also lessons he has learned. According to John Kuehl, Fitzgerald is quoted saying, “I guess I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than to entertain them" (Kuehl, 11). The older version of the film is merely for…

Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald tries to illustrate how untrue this statement really can be. Scott yearns to show, in a fast paced and money driven world, that fortune does not necessarily define a person. At the heart of this life is the complex character Jay Gatsby – who doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. Growing up poor and gaining a vast wealth: it seems he can pay homage to both sides but fits nowhere. The character of Gatsby seems to match the gray ash ridden area between West and East Egg. Gatsby…

Great Gatsby, class and status play a critical role in the actions and motivations of the characters. It is a novel, which has been studied ever since it was released, and evokes some pretty strong responses to readers and scholars alike. One scholar, John Pidgeon, went as far as to say that, he is “absolutely convinced that The Great Gatsby (1925) is one of the finest pieces of American literature” (178). He is not alone in this thought, and this novel has been read and studies for more than…

entitled to their own interpretation as to what human nature is, many classic American works convey a common theme. These classic works are: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and A Separate Peace by John Knowles. It is apparent in American literature that human nature is driven by the egotistical need to control a given situation, therefore, dominating human relationships. The first novel in which humans’ inherent nature can be seen is…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s pieces of literature are nothing short of intoxicating. Similar to his inspiration John Keats, Fitzgerald wrote with vigor. They way in which both Fitzgerald and Keats brought characters to life was incredible. One thing both Keats and Fitzgerald have a knack for doing is implementing beauty and deceit into the layers of material they give their readers. Further, they are able to take the dishonesty of characters and create something more beautiful than imagined. For Keats…

multiple cases of dehumanization.Some examples of dehumanization in history are the assimilation of the Native Americans, the Holocaust A few examples of texts that contain the topic of dehumanization as one of the main themes are The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Grapes of Wrath is the story about a poor farming family, the Joads, that get kicked off their land during the time of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. They move to…

Tainted Illusion The essence of the American Dream can be traced back to the time of the Puritans in 1630 with John Winthrop’s vision of a “city upon a hill” and is still evident in American culture today. In The Great Gatsby, the American Dream is presented during the 1920s in a rather vulgar manner through the main characters of the novel. The whole basis of the unscrupulous attributes that both the “old and new money” possess can be exposed through the manipulative effect money has. Through…

In The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green, characters Augustus and Hazel fall in love. They both have a fatal illness yet they both fall in love knowing one will die and hurt the other. They don’t talk about what they want in life, just that they want to be together. They focus on spending…