The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel of the roaring 20's, told from the perspective of Nick Carraway, who moves in next door to the eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby. Over the course of the summer of 1922, Nick becomes drawn into Gatsby's world of excess, a world that also includes Nick's married cousin Daisy Buchanan, the object of Gatsby's obsession. Portraying a world of decayed social and moral values, The Great Gatsby serves as a critique of the Upper class and an exploration of the decline of the American dream.
Love Money Happiness All three are characteristics which describe the typical American Dream During the early 20th century immigrants swarmed to America chasing a dream that was often out of reach Even individuals already living in America strived to attain the unattainable A myriad of individuals of different sex creed and nationality all in search of the American Dream were all too often confronted with an American nightmare Shattered hopes and dreams have always been the result of unrealisti
In the 1920s the American Dream was something that everyone struggled to have A spouse children money a big house and a car meant that someone had succeeded in life A very important aspect was money and thats what greatly determined success This was not true in all cases however Jay Gatsby was a poor boy that turned into a very wealthy man but did he live the American Dream Money is actually the only thing that Gatsby had a lot of Jay Gatsby tries to live the life of The American Dream but fail
The Colour of Magic Colours surround us It has the ability to stir emotion and change feelings as colours change Not only in everyday life but also through the written word colours play an important role in our imagination Colours affect the mood and emphasize the importance of events in a novel The concept of colour symbolism is prominent in The Great Gatsby White yellow blue and green affect the atmosphere of scenes through association with a specific mood When analyzed the frequent use of co
In The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald portrays betrayal in all the main characters throughout the book Betrayal is a major theme of the book and has an underlying meaning to the story that not many people know All the main characters betray someone in some from like Tom betrays Daisy Myrtle betrays George or Daisy betrays Tom and Gatsby It also shows that if one is high class there is no punishment compared to what the low class gets if they act without morals First in The Great Gatsby Tom Buc
Is his novel the Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great He begins life as just an ordinary lower class citizen But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy After meeting Daisy he has a reason to strive to become prominent Throughout his life Gatsby gains the title of truly being great Even before Gatsby is introduced he is hinted at being out of the ordinary The first evidence of this is when Nick says Gatsby turned out all right at the end 2 Nothing was k
The Great Gatsby In discussions of great characters throughout literature a controversial issue is whether Jay Gatsby deserves to be called great Human greatness can be defined as an extraordinary person who reveals the limits of human potential I believe greatness encompasses these qualities consistent honesty unconditional kindness and friendliness and individualism While it can be argued that Gatsbys greatness stems from his wealth and extravagant lifestyle I contend that Jay Gatsby is not g
The narrator of The Great Gatsby is a young man from Minnesota named Nick Carraway He not only narrates the story but casts himself as the books author He begins by commenting on himself stating that he learned from his father to reserve judgment about other people because if he holds them up to his own moral standards he will misunderstand them He characterizes himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant He briefly mentions the hero of his story Gatsby saying that Gatsby represented every