The Great Gatsby, a classic written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, exposes the frailty of humanity. Fitzgerald’s narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a gritty story in which he learns about the corruption of money. Though Nicks strives for perfection, he is a failure because he fails to become the savior he aspires to be, cope with city life, and realize that people are humans and not perfect.…
The Great Gatsby was a phenomenal book that managed to captivate audiences from The Roaring 20s to today's classrooms. From its brilliantly elaborated characters, to its astonishing array of literary elements, The Great Gatsby was nothing short from stunning with its insane denouement. Fitzgerald managed to artfully construct multiple incredible characters utilizing the bases of their names to the etches of their figure. Characters such as Nick bit his tongue and contradicted many of his own supposed morals while Gatsby was entirely alluded upon the idea of Daisy. He manipulated all of his characters in such a chaotic harmony the ending mimicked the intensity and extravagance of an award show. In addition to Fitzgerald's clearly notable novel…
The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is perhaps one of the most recognized authors associated with the literary flowering of the 1920’s in America. The concern of most authors during this time was of the materialism that had suddenly swept the country. Credit was easy, interest rates were low, and corruption abounded. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays how the American dream of success was extinguished until it was nothing more than greedy desire. The sanguine American dream that had turned no one away and had given all an equal opportunity for happiness and success was no longer. Through use of his main character, Jay Gatsby,…
Throughout the entire story, the wealthy people from the upper class hastily spend their money on materialistic goods. Jay Gatsby, who lives in the West Egg, wanted to complete the American dream in hopes that Daisy, who resides in the East Egg, would notice him and his wealth. He hosted weekly parities in which “men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings.” (Fitzgerald, 39) However, the definition of American Dream was fulfilled by “hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance,” (Mantsios, 307) contradicting Gatsby’s way of becoming rich. Another character, Myrtle Wilson, who is part of the lower class and lived in the “valley of ashes” (Fitzgerald, 23), strives to live fancily which leads her to have an affair with Tom Buchanan…
The book, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, has some wonderful and extravagant lifestyles portrayed between the pages. The are examples of the many forms of life; the rich, high class: Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby; The middle class: Nick; and the Lower, blue collar, working class: George, and Myrtle. They all have their stories of what they came from and what they have become. Some have moved down; others have moved up. This movement may be large, it may be petite, but in either way they have accomplished something for themselves.…
On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel, however, encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island, New York, The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole, in particular the disintegration of the American dream in an era…
The Great Gatsby, which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story that reflects the life of the 1920's in New York. The 1920's was a decade of prosperity and opportunity, but also of prohibition and organized crime. The life in the 1920's was filled with moral decay (immoral decisions) and corruptness. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how the American Dream is dead through immoral decisions and corruptness in Gatsby's and Myrtle's life.…
As Nick travels East his views on his surroundings contrast considerably to those he observed as he was travelling through the west, where he lives. As he enters the East his initial description uses words such as ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Cheerful’ which is a deep juxtaposition to the words used to describe the West i.e. ‘superficial’ or ‘bizarre’. His optimism in travelling East is expressed as he describes the ‘East Egg glittered along the water’ this shows how he sees it across the water as a place of wonder and amazement and that all the lights and colour attract him to it and pull him which is why he is initially so optimistic about going there. America in the 1920’s was described as part of the ‘Jazz age ‘and even though they separated themselves from Europe to avoid a class system there is a very definite divide between the West and East egg. As Nick lives in the West egg which is seen as the ‘less fashionable’ of the two, which runs on new money, with lots of ‘colossal’ mansions ‘squeezed’ together, Nick is, as predicted excited about entering the East egg which is considerably richer and better established.…
The Great Gatsby is a tragic American literature novel that represents the hopeful American dream. Fitzgerald throughout the entire book uses certain literary devices that add onto the sophistication of the novel. In the last passage of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys Nick Caraway’s perspective and attitude towards Gatsby through imagery, symbolism and irony.…
In a quote said by Nick he states, 'They were a careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made....' This quote can be related to a cartoon given to us as a thought provoking reference. The cartoon is of a man and woman sitting in an all glass house and the inscription reads, 'Of course, living in an all-glass house has its disadvantages... but you should see the birds smack it.' In a twisted way these two quotes say almost the same thing. Nick talks of Tom and Daisy who retreat to their house and money when all hell breaks loose around them and in the cartoon you can see the two people sitting comfortably watching the world around them 'crash and burn.' Also, in the book Tom admits that he didn't realize his actions could be so harmful, and like the birds being hurt, the builder probably never intended to increase the number of shoe-box coffins. The cartoon refers to having 'disadvantages' and like the book, wealth came with a certain amount of public notice. It is a little hard to lead a wealthy life and show…
Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a novel that reflected the negative aspect of the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses his novel The Great Gatsby as a medium through which he can convey his ambitions and his life experiences. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald shows how important his Irish descents are, as well as reflecting his romantic but tragic life in a world full of people that care only about their social status as well as the power of the wealthy. During the novel, Fitzgerald is personified in his work as two of the main characters (Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway) and his never attained ambitions fulfilled.…
The Great Gatsby is a classic novel in which many characters lives revolve around money, however money cannot buy happiness. F. Scott Fitzgerald pursued many things writing the book The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald offers many themes in the book he shows power, greed, and betrayal. Fitzgerald showed Gatsby as a Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct groups but, in the end, each group has its own problems to contend with, leaving a powerful reminder of what a precarious place the world really is. By creating distinct social classes old money, new money, and no money Fitzgerald sends strong messages about the elitism running throughout every strata of society.…
Nick also demonstrates the ways in which money does not bring happiness. An of this is when Nick tells the reader how money makes Tom "paternal," as though it gives him the right to tell the entire world…
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald contains a complex storyline with many complex characters to support it. The character Gatsby is painted as a grand aspect of the book from the moment the title is read. Gatsby has an aspect of mystery in which the gossip circulating about him only helps his cause, as it provides other people with a desire to discover who he truly is. Despite inheriting enough money to live off of, he is faced with hardships in regards to finances being a bootlegger and being in love with a woman who can only marry someone who is wealthy. As Gatsby builds sympathy with the audience, he is viewed as a character deserving of compassion and understanding for the struggles he goes through. Gatsby’s true identity is seen through…
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925 talks about the decline of the ‘American Dream’ and how it is not what everyone would like to thinks it is. This story is a huge drama all about love, loss and heartbreak that brings readers through a story that is fascinating and amazing. Fitzgerald shows readers how greed, false love, and jealousy ruined the idyllic American Dream.…