Scott McCloud

In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, corruption and illusion dominates the characters throughout their lives. The characters in the novel are trying to follow the American Dream. Fitzgerald describes the American Dream as being successful in life and having a true, fighting spirit. However, the characters do unethical and extraordinary things in order to pursue their dream. The character’s corruptness and illusory are shown clearly through their actions and perspectives. To…

The symbols signify an idea, theme or a character, and these symbols are messages that are analyzed to discover so the reader could understand the meaning beyond what is actually being described. Authors often use an object and reference to add richness, color and deeper meaning to a story. The use of symbols in The Great Gatsby provide the general understanding of the corruption of American Dream in 1920s led by moral and spiritual decay. Symbols portray people who struggled with…

The American Dream has been carried in the hearts of Americans for generations. At the center of this enduring dream for many Americans, is the value of family. Family loves and supports those who are a part of it and when dreams fail or fall apart, they are there to fall back on. For Gatsby, he had no family that he was close to and when his dream became beyond his reach, he had no one to turn to. Walter, Mama, and the other characters from A Raisin In The Sun had family to hold them together…

The True American Horror Story “The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American Dream” (Tommy Hilfiger). In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby illustrates an individual who, through his desire and his overwhelming sense of hope, earns the American Dream. However, this is distinctive to Tom Buchanan, who shows the benefits of being born into “old money”. During the 1920’s, everyone desired “new money” in…

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…

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…

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…