The Great Gatsby

Many literary critics today argue that The Great Gatsby is a timepiece novel that embodies life in the 1920s. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald perfectly captures the subjective morality of the 1920s in Gatsby. The 1920s saw the rise of Existentialism- the belief that people choose their own paths and own beliefs. Fitzgerald focuses on how the characters create their own moral guidelines and lenses based on other people, rejecting traditional institutions and moral systems. F. Scott Fitzgerald…

the novel, the finest piece of secrets within the text is not simply the interactions between the characters residing in Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, but the outstanding secrets dwelling in how Fitzgerald interacts with the audience itself. The name Gatsby itself has a meaning as a combination of Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon roots, interestingly enough, the name equates roughly to ‘City of the Gate’ which ties back to secrets playing a role metaphorically as a gatekeeper, most obvious when…

that people hold include: hedonism and carelessness, which are two of the same virtues that many of the characters hold in The Great Gatsby. In today’s society, people’s pursuits of pleasure bring purpose to their lives, this idea is known as hedonism. Hedonism is not only seen in the world today, but is also seen in novels such as The Great Gatsby, where…

“The Great Drama” The Great Gatsby, One of the best works in the 1920s. Scott Fitzgerald, An influential American writer created this popular book identifying the characters briefly. Showing the change in personality and actions everyone did to demonstrate the time period. Fitzgerald uses modernist techniques to explain his character, with their fashion and looks. Fitzgerald influenced other writers from his American work such as the director Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann…

Have you ever lied about something to boost success or earn something valuable? Certain characters in the novel, The Great Gatsby tend to lie in order to achieve something as well. The themes, the nature of lies and deceit and the fallacy of the American Dream, pertain to the novel as a whole due to the actions the characters create or participate in. The author, Fitzgerald, includes certain behavior that his characters do that applies to the theme the nature of lying, that can affect the…

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses the setting and imagery to convey the concept that humans become lonelier as their social status increases. Through this, the author implies that the American Dream depends on the individual and that money does not equate happiness. While money does give individuals materialistic happiness, it does not give them actual, prolonged happiness, which leaves the individual feeling empty. In turn, the individual will eventually feel empty because…

of how people actually get rich, in his novel The Great Gatsby. But Unfortunately as the story goes on, we begin to see that F. Scott Fitzgerald commits blasphemy and compares one of his deceitful characters to Jesus Christ, a man who never sinned. The American Dream changed Gatsby because Gatsby thought he could “buy” Daisy’s love. The only reason he wanted Daisy was that she symbolized wealth and took on the characteristics of money. When Gatsby was describing what he liked about Daisy he…

In the passage from The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Nick’s detailed description of Gatsby to illustrate the mysterious and complicated character of Jay Gatsby. In chapter 3, when Nick attends one of Gatsby's lavish parties for the first time, he encounters Gatsby also for the first time. Nick focuses on Gatsby’s smile, because it is one of those “rare smiles” “full of eternal reassurance” that “understood you the way you want to be understood.” This sets Jay Gatsby apart as someone…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, wealth is handled very differently by three of the characters. There’s Tom Buchanan who uses his wealth for power, Dan Cody who uses his wealth for pleasure, and Jay Gatsby who uses his wealth for the pleasure of others (particularly Daisy Buchanan). Gatsby may seem to be the most generous with his money, but in truth he is catering to his own desires too. Being “raised” in some part by Dan Cody would make it seem likely for Gatsby to greatly resemble…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s epic novel The Great Gatsby, he explores inanimate objects to represent reality in the novel through the main protagonist Gatsby. These inanimate objects are seen through Gatsby’s optimistic future, the pursuit of the American Dream, and social rank of the characters. One of the most significant objects that are important is the green dock light at the end of Daisy’s house. Jay Gatsby lives in his dream where he imagines himself and Daisy together. But he never seems to…