The Great Gatsby

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald 152-153). In this essay, with 5 paragraphs, I will be telling how Fitzgerald uses color to tell a story; I will be focusing on 1 character with 3 different colors. In the book the The…

Color Symbolism in Gatsby Throughout the course of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a plethora of symbols. Of all of the types of symbols presented throughout the course of the novel, colors are the most diverse. Nearly every color, whether it is used to describe a character’s clothing or the color of their car, has some form of symbolism that helps develop the characters as the plot progresses. The use of varying colors throughout The Great Gatsby reveals certain aspects of each…

The Great Gatsby comparison and contrast between the book and the 1974 movie. The difference between the ways the book expresses and shows the characters then in the movie, but the movie helps you understand the plot and storyline better. The 1974 movie uses vision to show the characters filled with emotion while the book uses dialogue. The Great Gatsby plot and setting in the movie and book are mostly the same. Most of the movie used things from the book, but some things were changed. The 1974…

The Great Gatsby is an American Novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s. The story tells the life of a man named Jay Gatsby narrated by Nick Carraway, who explains Gatsby’s life through his point of view. The book was published in 1925 and since then has resulted in a number of film adaptations. The adaptations I have chosen to focus on being the 1974 version by filmmaker Jack Clayton and 2013 version by filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. Those are the two most important adaptations that have gained…

When Nick arrives at the party and makes an effort to find Mr. Gatsby he ends up hearing many rumors which are rather inconsistent with each other. Some say that he was in the American army during first world war while other say that he was in the German army and that they even have proof from a friend that grew up with Gatsby in Germany. Other rumors that circulate around are that Gatsby sent a new evening gown to a lady that tore hers on a chair and that the dress cost two hundred and sixty…

novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A wide array of colours are alluded to, continuously, throughout the novel, holding deep symbolism while being presented at face value. Characters like Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby yearn to be those whom are the elite of society, The Elect, reflected in colours. Other characters such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s socioeconomic status consistently manifests itself in the colours that follow them. The colours that surround characters in The Great Gatsby…

Fitzgeralds “The Great Gatsby”. Fitzgerald criticizes the American Dream throughout his novel, “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is a very flawed man who believes that money can buy his happiness and win back his long lost love “Daisy”. An example of this is how Nick…

the relationship and not him. 2. The great Gatsby may be great because he does have a lot of money and that could make him great, but he has nobody to share his money with unless he has parties to show Daisy he had money. His greatness does not evolve over the book because all he wants to worry about is Daisy. Some people may think he was great because he was in the army and had money, but I don't think he helped out. He could have been perceived great because he did survive WW1 and became…

Nick's opinion of Gatsby is higher than most people's. He feels that Gatsby is admirable and someone to look up to. Nick thinks Gatsby is great because he was so passionate and determined when doing something in life. Nick thinks Gatsby is a great person because he did what he had to get to Daisy, also Gatsby was a very over the top person unlike himself, lastly Nick admires that Gatsby went got as successful as he wanted to as a kid. Nick was a hopeless romantic and admired Gatsby especially…

love and desire. Fitzgerald examines love and obsession in the psychology of Jay Gatsby, the protagonist. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as obsessive and describes that he “half expected her to wander into one of his parties.” Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby’s craving behavior to allow readers to know what Gatsby wish for. Gatsby was a naive and heartbroken man who would do anything to resuscitate with the love of his life. Gatsby obsession’s Daisy was described “sad and lovely with bright things in it,…