This Side of Paradise

negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream” by Azar Nafisi sums up the overall plot of Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby. During the time period of the roaring twenties, people were searching for the quickest possible way to make money. The stock market boom allowed people to triple their net worth practically overnight. This economic increase had drastic effects on the social lives of the people during…

Fitzgerald to tell the entire story while leaving most of it openminded. In the novel Nick stated that he holds himself to high standards. “Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”(59). Throughout this book Nick tries to tell the whole truth of the story as tolerantly as possible. Unlike the other characters who could have left out some specifics and given more of their bias opinions, leaving…

only the highly intelligent, educated, and wealthy individuals of the upper class are valuable. This results in a significant deterioration in the quality of human life, and the eventual questioning of whether or not any individual has a true purpose. Ideally, the primary objective of an automated society like the one in the novel is to liberate humans and enable them to seek out their life’s purpose. This would give individuals the freedom…

Deceit: The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. This is the definition many people use when describing the narrator of the story, Nick Carraway; however, this is ultimately the glue that holds The Great Gatsby together. Fitzgerald uses Nick for a way to embody the thought that even the best of us fall. This, however, does not prove him to be “unreliable” or “untrustworthy”. The way Fitzgerald has Nick give away information, contradiction of himself…

chapter 1, as Nick “distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.” (33) This light, at the end of Daisy’s dock, represents Gatsby’s wish to get back with Daisy, a woman who was full of prosperity and high status. The words “impossible to reach” (33) suggests how Gatsby’s dream is unattainable; thus, this green light is nothing more than the hope for a bright future. In order to achieve his dream, Gatsby flaunts his wealth by…

if he was the only one there for Gatsby. Nick said, “I found myself Gatsby’s side, and alone...it grew upon…

exposed in a satirical manner. Swift was the master of satire using irony, sarcasm and witticism in this piece to poke fun at the ignorant in society. The Protestant absentee landlords are what motivated his work. Like leeches extracting blood, they profited immensely from the tithes they received, yet neglected to reinvest any of this money back into the Irish economy. Even the title of this piece is satirical, with Swift proclaiming it modest, yet successfully arguing the case for…

Explanation (two sentences): This means that he was considered to be a gentlemen from head to toe. When people think of rich people they think of jerks but in reality not all rich people are pretty nice. Evidence or Explanation #2 (must include citation) ): DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING HERE Lead in: Their is a lot of rich people in this world but not as rich as Richard Cory. Evidence: “And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—” (Line…

over by two people. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald readers can then picture the image. Going on, the book’s setting was in New York in the 1920’s. Throughout this book Gatsby revolves his life around a special someone for five years and does anything to see her to get her back into his life. While all this is going on Daisy (the special someone) and Gatsby have to make a lot of decisions and even passed many difficult paths. Meanwhile, Gatsby’s parties would be an important…

He is living in reality with his wife but he is constantly distracted by this “secret life” that he is preoccupied with. As Walter is confronted by his wife in the hotel lobby he is defending himself and asks “Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?” (Thurber 5) This reaction to his wife is defending himself but his wife is not convinced. As she stands there with Walter she is persistent and concludes telling…