Walter Scott

people greatly prospered economically and socially. This caused many people, ranging from the poor to the middle class, to believe in an endless prosperity. This endless prosperity came to be known as the American dream. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, displays how a person was able to prosper during the Roaring Twenties through the belief of the American dream. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the failure of the American dream through the “non-judgmental” eyes of Nick…

the 1920’s, The Great War was coming to an end, and new beginnings were being formed. The United States was prospering with new jobs and new industries, but suffering through the prohibition of alcohol. The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and takes place in the 1920’s. Nick Carraway, an old money bondsman, has just moved into West Egg, a town in New York City where, particularly, people with “new” money stay and rent their home. Nick lives next to a mystery of a man…

Among the upper class in the 1920’s, most people felt entitled to their riches. If they did not have riches, they would do anything to gain money. Daisy and Myrtle were no exception. Daisy may have been born into money while Myrtle had to find her way to it but the two women are very similar. Both women are known to be beautiful but in different ways. Both have relations with Tom Buchanan. Although they have many similarities, there are distinct characteristics that separate the two and make one…

on the 1920s as a time when the American Dream flourished and anyone could raise their socioeconomic status with determination and initiative. The American Dream is often romanticised through an idealistic lens in literature. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a Jazz Age novel that challenges these ideals and creates a more realistic picture of the extremes of wealth during the 1920s. Fitzgerald used the characters’ personal relationships and emotions, as well as their economic…

Egomaniacs are the kind of people who always have to feel important. All they do is talk themselves up. They are always looking for ways to be better than everyone else. Many people in society are like this, but mainly they lay among the rich crowd. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan acts very much this way, in the sense that she is a self-absorbed, vacuous socialite whose decisions lead to the destruction of both Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson. Critics agree that…

Often in works of literature authors use color symbolism to give readers a better vision into the character’s lives. Nick Carraway, the narrator, is pushed into the scandalous lives of his neighbors. Living next to him, extremely wealthy Jay Gatsby is secretly in love with Daisy Buchanan. Daisy lives just across the bay with her husband Tom who has an affair with a poor woman named Myrtle. Myrtle lives in the Valley of Ashes with her husband George Wilson. Throughout the story we come to realize…

What would be the outcome if Daisy had never married Tom, but instead Gatsby? Would the outlook of the characters change? Daisy is a very selfish person and nothing would change the way she thinks or how she does things. On the other hand, Gatsby will give you the shirt off his back to help you out. What if that fateful day Daisy accepted the letter with a whole heart and married Gatsby instead, how would the scenes and the attitudes of the characters change. It is the day of Tom and Daisy’s…

How does dishonesty influence an individuals’ ability to be happy? In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald comments on a variety of concepts; Self-image, judgement, happiness, and so on. Out of all the themes, he seems to develop the idea of happiness more often than not. He sets up the groups of people in very distinct social classes; East Egg and West Egg. This starts the contrast to the way humans do things just because of the social standing they classify themselves with. The first class that is…

Morality is a system of values and principles to which one believes something is right or wrong. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters whose morals are most affected are Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. Jay is blinded by his fantasy and makes decisions based of dreams. Daisy is influenced by wealth and materials. She is used to a flashy lifestyle and being spoiled. Tom is a dominant and aggressive man, he does what he wants because he is powerful and…

The Great Gatsby, Reading of Power The Great Gatsby is a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in 1925. One of the dominant readings that can be taken from this novel is a reading of power in The Great Gatsby. The power plays a huge part in the novel ,the characters are mainly driven by power and it greatly enriches the readers understanding of the characters and the relationships between them. The reading of power In The Great Gatsby has many different forms of power that belong to many of…