The Great Wars

Daisy Is Not Worthy of Gatsby 's Devotion Rossana Leung One should never squander their time on someone who does not love them as much as they are loved. In The Great Gatsby, the classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist Nick Carraway moves to New York City to pursue his career in the bond business during the 1920s. He meets his neighbor Gatsby, who pretends to be a classy person who was born rich, and later discovers his reason for doing so: he wishes to impress and win the…

The Great Gatsby, a historical novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Initially had mixed reviews. The New York Times called this novel a “glorified anecdote” While others considered it minor work. Fitzgerald claimed she only earned $4,000 off of this novel. Unfortunately, she passed 15 years after the publishing of her book in 1940 of a heart attack before she could see the popularity of her book skyrocket during the sixties. In this time the book became an important part of high school…

of The Great Gatsby, returns from the Great War restless and with a larger worldview than the narrow rural outlook he had before his departure. This causes Nick to leave the wholesale hardware business that his family had run in Minnesota since the civil war (pg. 7) and explore a new frontier. He eventually convinces his father to support him for a year and travels east to New York City in order to “learn the bond business” (pg. 5) which exposes the reader to the fateful events of The Great…

falling. They knew that their stocks and shares will soon be almost of no value, though because of the massive withdrawal of stocks, it decreased the value even more. c. The cause of the Fall of Wall Street is because of the prosperous times after the war where many people felt free.…

“Mass production and business consolidations spawned giant corporations that monopolized nearly every sector of the U.S. economy in the decades after the Civil War.” I think this sentence from the book summarizes the economy of post war America. Many great things came from industrialization but it caused problems for your every day working americans. They struggled to make ends meet and their working condition didn’t help. They were treated like inter changeable parts by their employers. The…

as Alexander the Great, was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympias. He grew up with the belief that he was the son of god and the descendant of many heroes, causing him to think he was very significant and better than others. By the time he passed away in 323 B.C.E, he fulfilled what he thought was his legacy, as he conquered many lands and was the emperor of the largest empire that extended from Balkans to modern day Pakistan. As we can see in Alexander the Great: Facts,…

Gatsby. One of the central themes of The Great Gatsby is that money can’t buy happiness, which is displayed by the failure of Gatsby’s dream and Daisy’s jaded nature. Throughout the entirety of the novel, Gatsby throws extravagant parties and fabricates stories of his past in order to attract Daisy to his parties. According to Jordan Baker “ ... he half expected her to wander into one of his parties some night,” (79). This quote reveals that Gatsby went to great lengths, just for a slight…

definition is, “A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the United States.” At this point in American history, people believed that everything was possible. The American dream played a big role in The Great Gatsby, as it is an exploration of the American dream during a corrupt period of time. During the 1920s, there was corruption and the loss of moral values.…

that pertain to our freedom. Those are what built the United States and truly freed us from Great Britain back in the 1700’s. Today nations from all over the world view the United States as a free place where one can go for more opportunity, Have certain rights in which others may not have in their country. But it all began in the 1700’s. Back in the 1700’s the United States was under the influence of Great Britain. But during that time the United States only consisted of only a few colonies.…

others around the want the “dream” of having an equal opportunity to achieve their success or a source of luxury. Through achieving hard work and duties within daily lives of school, work and family some may come to find this achievement. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald related his writing to the American Dream. With the characters of Gatsby and Daisy, Fitzgerald shows the characteristics that are also included within the American Dream. Some characteristics that are…