The Great Gatsby

Laying it all out on the table is a robust move in order to prove that one is the greatest. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the “American Dream” as an easily obtainable reality for a hefty price. There are all kinds of hearsay about how Jay Gatsby came to be, but only the main character, Nick Carraway, knows the truth. Having integrity drastically increases one’s ability to be great by being creditable, but Fitzgerald illustrates that some individuals may have to change…

It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”Nothing reflects this more than in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The novel focuses on the highly rich struggling with their own personal problems, dealing with deceit , wanting to evoke the past and, not being satisfied with what they have in life.The characters in Gatsby remind the reader even when seemingly untouchable by the world everyone is human. Through the entirety of the novel Fitzgerald seems to be…

Wealth often leads to a desire for more, and in some cases, money is no longer enough. In the book The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is extremely prosperous. Once he reaches his goal, money is no longer his fixation, Daisy is. He becomes gluttonous, and knowing he holds Daisy’s love is not enough, he so desperately wants her to say that she never had a place in her heart for her husband, Tom. Gatsby says “in her heart she never loved anyone except…

reading the novel, The Great Gatsby, a person should be able to collect a lot of information about the main characters. Anybody that has read this particular novel, always thinks the same thing about the characters. Most people do not have their own opinions about them or think things happened for a different reason that being stated. First off, there are four main characters. While reading the novel, it became very apparent that one of the main characters was Jay Gatsby. The information…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby showcased the ideology behind the American Dream in the 1920s and the ways in which that dream was corrupt, flawed, and would inevitably fall apart. In varied cases, that dream crumbled to ash before it was ever reached; sometimes it was snatched away in mere seconds, and sometimes that dream was a ruse behind which cowards hid. In this book Gatsby, Wilson, and Daisy are examples of people with failed or corrupt American Dreams. They all reached for…

traditional color to represent, in the simplest of terms, sadness. Mentioned numerous times throughout the The Great Gatsby, there is no question that the color blue serves as more than simply a descriptor. Similarly to other colors, such as yellow and white, blue is symbolic of more than it appears to be, especially when in the context of describing characters. In the classic novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color blue to convey that seemingly joyful people are often…

The Great Gatsby have identical values and attitudes towards particular themes and ideas in their society as we do today and will continue to no matter when you pick up this novel. The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald in 1925 tells the story in 1922 through the eyes of Nick Caraway. Set in West Egg, New York Nick tells the story of how his extremely wealthy neighbour Jay Gatsby sets out to win back his former girlfriend Daisy Buchanan who he lost once he went off to the War. Gatsby was…

along with hundreds of other labels whose only purpose is to separate us. Our society clings to the belief that this labeling process only exists in tawdry cinematic dramas about high school, but the references are as old as human history. The Great Gatsby demonstrates the effects of this stereotyping through the emergence of 1920’s commercialism and demonstrates the effects it has on society and the American dream. The history of the American dream leads many to question its attainability.…

ways to knit pick through the walls of American wealth. They made an illusion thinking the American Dream is this perfect idea. These young adults is apparent and represented in The Great Gatsby, and more specific, Jay Gatsby. “Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house” (Fitzgerald 180). Jay Gatsby became rich by becoming a bootlegger. He opted into the American Dream by accepting and knowing that he’s willing to do whatever it takes to become wealthy, regardless on how…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby locations play an extremely large role in the telling of the story. They can indicate a character’s economic standing or make a poignant statement about the society of the 1920s. The three main locations in The Great Gatsby are the Valley of Ashes, the Eggs, and Manhattan. Each location sheds light into the various lifestyles of those that live there and how Fitzgerald perceives their actions and behaviors. Fitzgerald uses the Valley of Ashes to show…