John Jay

all of which exemplify the falsehood of the American Dream. Such themes contrast and are also similar to poems written by John Keats, such as ‘Ode on Melancholy’ and ‘Ode to a Nightingale’. Both writers consolidate these themes in various manners, which are open for creative exploration. Though Fitzgerald depicts a number of characters with abstruse, fluid identities, Jay Gatsby’s characterisation is particularly elusive. Nick 's first mention of Gatsby introduces the idea of a “personality”…

“eighteen feet from nose to tail” (Hemingway 122). Christ lived his life for one goal, but he completed that goal by dying for humanity’s sins so “that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (Holman Christian Standard Bible, John 3.16). In this sense, Santiago never fully lives up to the savior name. Similarly, Gatsby falls short of the title as well. Gatsby, while having died for others’ sins, never earns a savior characteristic due to his own sin. Throughout the novel,…

The Significance of Surnames Today, we have grown to take last names for granted. They’re just always there, no one really questions them. But how did humankind reach this point? What was the original significance behind surnames? This question of importance also branches between The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, where we see the curious tales of two fascinating fellows, Roger Prynne and James Gatz, who revised their last names, causing scholars to inquire as to whether or not surnames…

American dream have been around for centuries. Everyone has their own version of the American Dream. Some believe the American dream is simply a myth, and some believe it is real. In “The Pursuit of Happyness” by Gabriele Muccino and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, the authors have different views on the American Dream; Steinbeck believes the American Dream is unachievable while Muccino believes the American dream is attainable but only with hard work and enough ambition. For instance,…

and loss of dreams in American Society. The novel revolves around the central characters, Gatsby and Daisy. Each of whom are in some aspect corrupted or experience the corruption of their dreams as they prolong their lives in the Roaring Twenties. Jay Gatsby is what society considers a “West Egger”, meaning that he comes from new money. Gatsby has a constant internal struggle involving his past. He has a corrupted fixation with his past involving a young, well-to-do Daisy who resides in the East…

Bezos prefers to get 8 hours of sleep daily because he could tell the difference in his performance. Fatigue sets in and his work start suffering when he is tired. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey gets about 8 hours a day too. What does John Hopkins say about sleep? John Hopkins University did a research study about sleep and found that it is better to take an uninterrupted short and sound sleep than a long fitful one. When the sleep disrupts you cannot progress to the next stages, which causes an…

The Silent Villain Who is the true villain of The Great Gatsby, by F.Scott Fitzgerald? Is it Tom Buchanan the abusive, controlling husband, or perhaps Daisy Buchanan the greedy, manipulative heroine, who is the ultimate prize. Perhaps it's even Jay Gatsby the titular main character and star of the book whose obsession with the past leads to him not having a future? The true villain of this story is narrator Nick Carraway. He claims to not want to be part of the conflict, but there he is in the…

Dream a reality, a promise, or an illusion? Readers can infer the answer to this question means through extensive reading of American literature. Through reading “ I, Too” by Langston Hughes, “I Have a Dream”, by Martin Luther, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald. All these are examples of what an American Dream could be to anyone. All of these have different meanings and shows how each character had an American Dream of what they wanted to accomplish.…

relation to symbolism, the car color could possibly be a representation of the car in connection with the Hall-Mills murder case. Another event that is prominent in both Gatsby and the Hall-Mills murder case is gunshots. At the end of The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby is shot and killed by George Wilson,who then proceeds to kill himself as well. The double shooting of the two men can be related back to the double shooting of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills. As Rick Geary states “...both victims are…

each of the novels there is a character that tries to blend with society even though they come from a very different world. In the case of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby comes from a poor background and a family of farmers. In the case of Brave New World, John the Savage comes from a Savage reservation. Another thing the two novels have in common is how the societies in each are quite judgemental of others. In brave New World this is a result of the uniformity of the society. In The Great Gtasby it is…