Summary of The Great Gatsby

different hopes, dreams, and aspirations have been clumped together and became known as the American Dream. Though times have changed, the dream remains the same and can be defined as achieving success through hard work and perseverance. The novels The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, along with the poem “I Was Dying” are all sources that make specific points about the dream. The movie McFarland, U.S.A. and the “American…

Short Story Summary: Winter Dreams Youth, innocence and the loss of both; Harmful relationships. Both are major themes in the short story, Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the true American literary geniuses of the early 1900’s. Fitzgerald’s short story takes place in Minnesota and follows the life of Dexter Green, a boy from the middle class who aspires to be wealthy, and his “Winter Dreams”: A life with the beautiful, yet deceptive and toxic, Judy Jones. Throughout Winter Dreams,…

your limits of what you can think of to put in your story. Your imagination is what makes the best fiction story. Another reason why I love fiction stories is that it takes place in it’s own planet and immerses you in it. Like I said before The Great Gatsby, was one definitely one of the books that made me feel like I was with them and it made it feel like this story could happen in a real life situation. I also feel like writing a fictional story can show your true self in a sense. It could…

proves very true throughout the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The three female characters in Great Gatsby fit into the superficial world of New York by manipulating their intelligence, their actions, and their appearances to fit the expectations of 1920s New York City. Even today, the superficial people of New York remain shallow in their attitudes towards appearances and women. Even when Gatsby hosts his famous parties, partners are…

Tom and Gatsby are both dishonest and deeply flawed men who commit consistent shows of indiscretions. For example, Tom condemns Daisy’s affair, but does not have the decency to be discreet about his own. Gatsby’s shady business dealings with Wolfsheim and illicit ways of acquiring wealth can, without a doubt, compare to Tom’s unscrupulous character. Both Tom and Gatsby lie and cheat, but Tom does it for the sole purpose of self-indulgence, while Gatsby does what he does in pursuance of his…

was born into money and married into it. On Daisy’s weeding day she got a letter saying that Gatsby had not died in the war. At first reading it she did not want to marry Tom but she got herself drunk and did it. Daisy main reason for marrying Tom was for his money. When Gatsby again comes into Daisy’s life she dreams that they might be together again. It cannot happen though, Daisy is of old money and Gatsby is of new money. There are also of different social classes. Daisy will really only…

This concluded that the genre of people that were approaching were of a higher class than most who possess riches and elegant garments that they could flaunt amongst others. It?s as if they were dressing up for a Halloween party. Their garments were immense and ostentatious so people could recognize who they were and they could at least have the attention on them for few minutes. If their outfit was excessive, then the rest of their attire had to be fit to a tee, including their hair, nails,…

Jay would stare into the green light on the Buchanan's dock endlessly while reaching for it. While Gatsby is reaching for this light, which represents the past when he was in a happy relationship with Daisy, he is unaware of the consequences that are created from his absent-minded choices that he takes to win back Daisy. For example Jay takes the blame for a murder, throws giant parties, gets involved in bootlegging, and most importantly becomes someone he isn't deep down all to impress a girl…

Rothstein’s words, ‘People with narcissistic personality disorders feel entitled to have what they want just because they want it’ (63).” Gatsby can have no true emotional contact with Daisy, Mitchell explains. As any narcissist would, Gatsby compensates for this by “making exploitive demands upon Daisy and upon the world in general (63).” For example, Gatsby demands that Daisy deny ever loving Tom. It is revealed that, even early in his life, his “self-absorption” allowed him to exploit…

Quotation Explication of McTeague and The Great Gatsby or A Lost Lady H. “What strange sixth sense stirred in McTeague at this time? What animal cunning, what brute instinct clamored for recognition and obedience? What lower faculty was it that roused his suspicion that drove him out into the night…