Walter Scott

prosperous years of America’s journey. Many people were happy both financially and emotionally. However, the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbolizes many of the events during the roaring twenties that made it earn its name. Even so, the novel visualizes the diverse crimes occurring such as Gatsby’s illegal businesses. F. Scott Fitzgerald displays both characteristics of this time period. The depth of this novel will contain the similarities and differences of literary…

Life needs a good narrator. The novella The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is written as a flashback from Nick’s point of view. Nick has a relationship with each character. In addition he is observant and has a nonjudgmental nature. Furthermore, he is opinionless and not the only one talking. For these reasons, Nick’s character is the ideal narrator. This novella is written as a flashback from Nick 's memory, two years after Gatsby’s death. He clearly states at the beginning of Chapter IX…

established by humanity, declares that every human should have the opportunity to great success through hard work, but as the dream is merely an aspiration, it then holds great peril if delved too far for. In the outward story of a failed relationship, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby displays the American Dream as a rather idealistic aspiration of unrealistic goals in the form of an optimistic strength, but at the same time, a fatal frailty. Through the ardent protagonist that is Jay…

A recent economic analysis shows that as of 2012, the wealth gap in the United States between the ultra rich and the rest of the population is as prevalent as it was in the mid-1920s. After World War II, the top earning 0.1% of the nation experienced massive increase in wealth and just before the stock market crash of 1929, they held about 23% of the entire countries wealth. In the modern era, after the 2008 recession, the .1% again grew their share of the wealth and in 2012, they reached the…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is drenched in symbolism and time references. From my interpretation, Jay Gatsby is like the American Dream itself. He fell in love with Daisy and sworn to become rich and popular to win her, because he thinks he needs to be happy. Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the main characteristic that makes the American dream; Everlasting Hope. He is the personification of the American Dream when the United States first became a nation, resourceful,…

The impact of the automobile in the 1920 's drove America into a frenzy of fresh opportunities. This new era can be credited in part to Henry Ford who mass produced the Model T, and made it an affordable, practical vehicle for any American with a need and want for mobility. The automobile revolutionized almost every part of life including the economy, and where Americans traveled and lived. However, these successes came at a cost. Pollution began to take its toll in major cities, crime rates…

Eric Hoffer, an American moral and social philosopher, once said, “The superficiality of the American dream is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out; it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.” Hoffer believes that this dream has become a rushed thing, so many people are trying to reach it as soon as possible that they settle for a shell of what they had originally…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby delves into the lives of the carefree wealthy in a 1920’s postwar America. Throughout the book, the author shows how the classic American Dream had evolved to represent nothing more than material possessions. The story is told by young Nick Carraway, next door neighbor of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has truly everything, except for the one thing he wants. Daisy Buchanan is Nick’s cousin, and Nick brings the two millionaires…

A dream is something that fully satisfies a wish, goal or a desired purpose (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). In The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God the main characters both have a dream that are essential to them. Each wishes to live their dream, but runs into conflict preventing them from fulfilling that ambition. Dreams can transfer the character of a person, or simply change itself. However, dreams can be devastating if not accomplished. They can be unrealistic, or the wrong dream…

important elements of the story without directly telling it. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses numerous symbols throughout The Great Gatsby to highlight key ideas and contract places, all in which reinforce the message of the novel. The author’s use of symbolism and metaphoric language is clearly evident from beginning until end as it portrays the belief of characters and the seasonal setting, such as the use of summer and fall which helps…