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“Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.” This quote from James E. Faust, an American politician, expresses F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ambience in his book The Great Gatsby. This book, set in the mid 1920s in New York, focuses on the charming, yet mysterious, Jay Gatsby who tries to rekindle an old love with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby throws extravagant parties in hopes of impressing…

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses the leitmotif of temperature to symbolize moods and tensions that foreshadow what is going to happen between the characters. Fitzgerald uses the cold to show the characters feelings. He uses heat to show how tension rises between characters’ true feeling and emotions that are hidden by their outside appearances. In the quote, "In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life” (Fitzgerald 145) Fitzgerald uses temperature to…

The 1920s was a time when women were first getting their right to vote, alcohol was more popular than ever, and money was the main factor in dividing the different social classes. Basically, it wasn’t that much different from today. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, was set 94 years ago in the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald’s book was a social commentary that critiqued the 1920s. In the book, Fitzgerald illustrates the 1920s as a chaotic series of parties, which were attended by…

Similar to how theater works, the setting sets the scene for a book. Authors use setting to let the reader picture what is happening; the more intricate a setting is the more a reader can visualize it. Authors also use setting to help the reader connect to the characters. JD Salinger and F Scott Fitzgerald both used detailed setting so the readers can picture where Franny and Zooey, and Gatsby and Nick are during the story. The setting plays an important role in how characters interact with each…

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the 1920’s as a period of revolutionary economic prosperity and, at the same time, that of people’s empty pursuit of pleasure and materialistic excess. As people attain their wealth at an unprecedented level and savor their extravagant lifestyle, they seek to show off their wealth without any social graces and tastes. Fitzgerald picks Jay Gatsby as a character who represents newly minted millionaires. Having created his own image, Gatsby tries to get…

Nick vs. Gatsby In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is the narrator. He tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby. The two cope well and seem to be parallel in several ways. However, they still are very contrastable in abounding ways. Some would say Fitzgerald portrayed these characters to how he views himself. Nick is Fitzgerald’s outlook on himself, and Gatsby is how he believes others foresee him. Throughout the story, we grasp Fitzgerald’s different…

Reasons Against the Claim: (I) Mass production of fast-food is ethical because large fast-food chains across the country are able to hire thousands of employees to keep up with the demand for their product. Large corporations like Taco Bell, Burger King and Jack in the Box always have new positions available for the public, and often these jobs only require a general education diploma at minimum. By keeping the cost of goods relatively low to create their products, fast-food chains are able to…

Communication is essential in nearly every person’s life, and many express themselves differently. The key is to be able to understand others and find meaning from their stories. One such story is The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is narrated by Nick Carraway who introduces himself and some of his views on life in order to help the reader find meaning from the novel. In this passage, Fitzgerald characterizes Nick as opinionated and aware of everything around him by discussing…

In the early twentieth century, the ownership of a car suggested wealth and status. Cars such as Gatsby’s Rolls-Royce, “ was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length”(64), convey the personality and character respective of the driver. However, cars also represent risk, drivers could be impaired or distracted, which could lead to an accident or even death. In her critical essay, Medium of exchange: The blue coupe dialogue in The Great Gatsby,…

1. Fact about F. Scott Fitzgerald: Although he is hailed as one of the greatest authors in American history, Fitzgerald lived his life in a constant state of depression and alcoholism caused by the initial failure to prove himself as a writer, resulting in him dying believing himself a failure. Fact from the 1920’s: The mood of the 20’s was that of heavy depression, with many people believing that they did not accomplish much and leading to a heavy increase in alcoholism, which was illegal at…