This Side of Paradise

Hidden Flaws “The perfect people are only good at hiding their flaws”. This quote perfectly defines the theme of the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book told the story of a man named Jay Gatz. He tried to win back the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. The idea that people hide behind masks to disguise their inner flaws is portrayed repeatedly throughout the whole novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced Jay Gatsby as a wealthy and successful ‘Oxford man’. He would…

so far from him. “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in the vast obscurity beyond the city...” (p180). The vast obscurity is the Midwest where Gatsby grew up. This place is the root of all his dreams and hopes, of his greenlight. There was a type of respectability during this time. This is the place where the story of Gatsby and Daisy begins. He felt almost sorry for Gatsby because he had it all except for his love. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic…

The main reason why Mr. Gatsby is famous around New York is because he throws huge parties every weekend at his mansion and anyone can go to the. One day Mr. Gatsby’s chauffeur brings Nick a invitation to his upcoming party. Nick ended up going to the party, but felt out of place. While he is there he hears many different rumors about Mr. Gatsby. Nick then see’s Jordan Baker there and goes to talk to her. Jordan’s friend Lucille tells Nick that Mr. Gatsby was a German spy during the war.…

them together and reminds Daisy what once use to be her life. Since Gatsby knows that Daisy is fond of money, all his efforts go into impressing her. “It makes me sad because I have never seen such-such beautiful shirts before”(pg.92), Daisy explains. This illustrates that Gatsby is succeeding in impressing Daisy because of his wealth. She is clearly awed by his house and his wardrobe, and her excitement is so broad that her first reaction is to dance and show pure happiness. However, impressing…

many characters. To Huck wealth is a burden that he does not want, “I don’t want to spend it. I don’t want it at all— nor the six thousand, nuther. I want you to take it; I want to give it to you—the six thousand and all.” (Twain, 18). Huck maintains this idea throughout the novel, seeing wealth as a burden that he does not need to be happy. His idea of wealth vastly contrasts with his father’s idea of wealth, with Pap wanting the wealth just so he could drink his life away, “I borrowed three…

Magicians are often referred as “The Great-”, in the book The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald’s use of this in his title provides a quick insight into the book. Magicians deceive their audience, play tricks on them yet allure them. The magician is compared to the character of Jay Gatsby, who has to make his audience believe that he belongs to a higher class than he was really born into. By his use of speech, money and clothing, Gatsby is able to essentially deceive those who watch him. Gatsby…

Genial Green In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Nick Carraway is portrayed as very intellectual, creative, who enjoys the company of other people, but likes to stick to himself. Based on a personality test, the color to best describe Nick is green. Green represents calm and under control, defining traits that I would describe the easy person Nick is with. Nick is kind of weird. The reader could compare him to a wallflower. Although he goes to Gatsby’s parties, he is…

The increase in wealth by some prosperous members of the common professions is evident in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Chaucer (1343-1400) himself was the product of the breakdown of the estates. Although he was born a member of the third estate, the son of a wine merchant, Chaucer was able to obtain a thorough education and rise to hold high positions in the government such as Clerk of the King's Work and Member of Parliament for Kent (229). In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer depicts an inn full…

out the years, movies have so many influences on society. From sociology view points, some movies are challenging to analyze how movies shows how really people are. One good example of a movie that shows how society was influence is the film Titanic. This film was take place in the US in 1997 in English, French, German, Swedish, Italian, and Russian language; the run-time of the film was three hours and fourteen minutes. The director and writer of the film was by James Cameron and the main…

throughout the novel , and how his character and his values matter to our understanding of the events that happen throughout The Great Gatsby. Now first off Nick is a Minnesota boy who Graduated from Yale and somewhat fought in World War I but after all this he decides to go to New York and learn how to do bonds within the stock market. Nick moves to West Egg, an insanely rich neighborhood on Long Island, across the bay from his cousin Daisy, and a friend from college who is now his cousin’s…