Walter Scott

The Great Gatsby displays the dramatic lifestyle individuals pursued during the 1920’s. The 1920’s was a time to remember indulging in the American dream with riches, mansions, lovely couples and high end living. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby writes a powerful story with ups and downs pulling on the readers hearts. Throughout this essay, the complexity of the American Dream is on display by using literary techniques in chapters seven, eight, and nine. Chapter seven of The…

Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote the book to capture the triumph and tragedy in the American Society in the 1920’s. The protagonist, Nick Carraway is telling the story of Jay Gatsby, a newly rich man. Jay was born to some poor farmers and as a young boy aspired…

In the novel “The Great Gatsby” the author F. Scott Fitzgerald establishes a vision of how he sees himself through the characters and scenarios created and used in the novel. The two characters that he used are Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald used two characters because he has had two different personalities throughout his life. As a young man Fitzgerald was reserved and quiet. As he aged he became more well known and outspoken. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby from the novel “The Great…

By definition, the meaning of a phony is an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person. In the two novels, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, both books revolve around a phony. In The Great Gatsby, the book is based on the phony life of James Gatz, more commonly known as Jay Gatsby. In The Catcher in the Rye, the book is centered around a teenage boy who struggles to be truthful with himself and others. Despite the fact…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most well known books in American history. It is a story of the struggles of high society in the 1920s, forbidden love, and how selfishness can ruin lives. However, many people do not realize that this novel parallels Fitzgerald’s own life in many ways. One can see this comparison through the characters, the setting, and the society depicted in the novel. Fitzgerald pulled many experiences from his own life in many ways to create this great…

said, “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you are being miserable,” (Clare Boothe Luce). Boothe brings attention to how money has its benefits, but also brings out the worst in people. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald criticizes the selfish and immoral behaviors of those in the upper class. The story focuses on Jay Gatsby, who tries to win the affections of Daisy Buchanan with his newfound wealth. The entire novel is told by Nick Caraway, a…

Fitzgerald shows in his novel that he greatly favors realists. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald presents a shining example of romanticism in the figure of Mr. Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s romantic outlook on life caused him to eventually abandon himself and his dreams, and in the end it cost him his life…

The American Dream promises equality, opportunity and happiness to those insistent on its pursual. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald contradicts this claim in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, as he uses symbolism in order to portray the inability to achieve the American Dream and the corruption incited in its pursuit. Thus, Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the green light in order to represent the American Dream and Gatsby’s futile quest of this ideal. He also uses the valley of ashes to communicate…

The American Dream is commonly correlated to people’s social class. Both Langston Hughes and F. Scott Fitzgerald share the perspective of social class connecting to the American Dream and expressed this in their writing. The specific use of incorporating characters of high social status that have the American Dream versus everyone else who works towards the dream but never obtains it is a common thread between both writers. Specifically in Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick and Gatsby…

try and is what some might say keeps them interesting and content with their lives. Throughout The Great Gatsby, many of the characters like Gatsby, Daisy and Nick undergo changes in order to reinvent or better themselves. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys the idea that reinvention is the key to happiness and success in one’s life. Firstly, Gatsby tries to completely reinvent himself in order to improve his life so that he can gain his one true happiness, Daisy Buchanan.…