The Great Gatsby

The Jazz Age: F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is arguably Fitzgerald’s greatest work and has been labeled as one of the most influential and iconic pieces of 20th century American literature. The novel is a reflection of Fitzgerald’s life during the 1920s (otherwise known as the Jazz Age; coined by Fitzgerald himself). The Great Gatsby was seen as controversial during the time of its publication due to its use of “language and sexual…

to work with or be around. In the book The Great Gatsby, five years ago Gatsby and Daisy lived near each other in Chicago and were dating for a month, Gatsby left for the war and Daisy could not wait for him to get back nor did she think she could be with someone who was as poor as Gatsby. Daisy grew up in a rich family and thought she had to marry someone rich as well. Soon after Gatsby left, Daisy married Tom Buchanan who had a lot of money. When Gatsby got back, he still wanted to carry on…

the afternoons with friends: this is the life Fitzgerald tells about in The Great Gatsby and experienced in his own life. The 1920’s were a time of prosperity and abundance in America, especially for the upper class in New York City. Fitzgerald was someone who went out every night and was living a dream in less privileged people’s mind. However, in Fitzgerald’s life, as well as those of the characters in The Great Gatsby, his lifestyle negatively affected his relationships and career. The goal…

film before we pay to see it. Over the years we have progressively gotten better at capturing a movie through a single poster. In 1974, a very famous movie in the genre of drama and romance was release to the public. This movie is known as The Great Gatsby. This movie made 6.5 million in the box office. However, the movie poster is very simple. Including one picture of a couple with a border, the title of the movie, and a simple quote to tie up poster at the bottom. Fast forward to 2013, a…

are in a way terribly capable of great loves.” It seems this quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald was referring directly to Daisy Buchanan in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, love triangle and all. In this novel, Daisy is described as shallow and selfish. Fitzgerald portrays Daisy’s selfishness through her actions as well as Nick’s view of Daisy. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald makes Daisy’s actions out to be selfish and shallow. After reuniting with Jay Gatsby, Daisy makes it clear she loves…

it, and the rest will follow,” the famous Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote (BrainyQuote). Indeed, the reader is exposed to the true nature of the American Dream through the observations of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” During the great immigrations of the late 1800s, many believed that America was a land of opportunity and that anything was possible. The dream was to better your financial state, increase your happiness, and aspire to the best you could achieve. As…

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Money may be the American Dream for most people but Gatsby 's American Dream was more than that; it was his love for Daisy. Love has many means to it. Love could be an intense feeling of passionate affection towards another. Gatsby has spent most of his thinking about how close he will be to Daisy and he is one step closer to his dream whenever he is close to her. In all honestly, Gatsby is part of the corruption in The Great Gatsby because he proves to be…

but many women and minorities were not able to due to discrimination against race and class status. However, some women attempted to climb up the status ladder by having an affair with wealthy people. Myrtle Wilson from F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby is one of them. Although it is obvious to readers that Myrtle is unsatisfied because her husband, George Wilson, is poor, Myrtle claims that George tricked her to marry him because he “borrowed somebody’s best suit” to marry her without…

Transitional Sentence. Weather plays a major role in each of the character’s mood in The Great Gatsby. At the beginning of the story, the summer of the Roaring Twenties, Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan are having a grand time. As the rising action occurs between Daisy and Gatsby, it begins to rain as they reunite and after they are comfortable with each other the sun peaks from the clouds. The climax arises when Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, Tom, and Daisy travel to New York City on the hottest and most…

One of the main themes of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is the American Dream, a dream defined as the set ideals of democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity, and equality for everyone. Though each character in his or her own right is in search of promises of the American dream, each character represents different ideas of appreciation, freedom, and sacrifice of the Dream. First and foremost, the way in which the characters gain the American Dream determines their appreciation of…