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The Great Gatsby, composed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, investigates a few topics that are viewed as applicable till the present date. The Great Gatsby portrays the narrative of Jay Gatsby, a poor ranch kid who figures out how to pick up riches, just to be slaughtered after an endeavor to prevail upon his old love Daisy Buchanan. All through the...
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Introduction: The Illusion of the American Dream Modern American youth are seemingly often delusional about a life filled with promise and self-satisfaction to of which they see suitable for themselves; however, this mere illusion has the capacity to tempt people to advocate towards their aspirations in life and lead them to what is believed to be the American Dream. The...
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Introduction The opening scene of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is a masterclass in literary technique, encapsulating themes, character introductions, and setting the tone for the entire narrative. This initial segment serves as a gateway into the world of the 1920s Jazz Age—a period marked by extravagance, moral ambiguity, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Nick Carraway, the...
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On the surface, the Great Gatsby novel is based on the story of Jay Gatsby`s life, in particular describing the tragic love story between him and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby obsessively pursues her throughout the novel until his death. Beyond this, however, it is clear that Fitzgerald highlights the many themes running throughout the novel regarding the true disparities in the...
Literary CriticismRespectThe Great Gatsby
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In The Great Gatsby, Luhrmann offers a critique on an assortment of topics, also introduced in this movie. The Great Gatsby is seen as a notable bit of social discourse, supplying a clear seem into American lifestyles in the 1920s. Luhrmann deliberately sets up this movie into unmistakable gatherings be that as it may, at last, each gathering has its...
Film AnalysisMovie ReviewThe Great Gatsby
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With immense wealth and power, tremendous influence is generated within the surrounding society. However, these factors may also create a facade to cover how they do not always lead to greatness. This idea is explored in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s American Fiction novel, The Great Gatsby, through the leading character, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, an incredibly wealthy bootlegger, is widely known...
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Social class is a prominent theme in ‘The Great Gatsby’. F. Scott Fitzgerald represented the upper class, middle class, and lower class of people in the 1920s era, he always separated the rich into two groups: old money and new money. In ‘The Great Gatsby’, Fitzgerald uses the characters to show the conflict among the high, middle, and low social...
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In the novels The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonists are both unsatisfied with their lives. They either have everything that the average person would be envious about or they fill their days with partying and alcohol. Both are trying to fill an empty void that the whole generation is...
The Great GatsbyThe Sun Also Rises
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Novels are often reflections of the contexts in which they were produced, and still have value for readers today. Examples of such novels include ‘The Great Gatsby’, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s, ‘Jasper Jones’, written by Craig Silvey in 2009, and ‘Pride and Prejudice’, written by author Jane Austin in 1813. All three of these novels portray...
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The classic novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the movie (2013) of the same title directed by Baz Luhrmann focuses on a man named Jay Gatsby, the perfect embodiment of the American dream, spending years of his life trying to reunite with and pursue his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. The two mediums both focus on the downfalls...
CharacterDeathThe Great Gatsby
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People often debate what the true meaning of the American dream is. Is it a perfect family? Marrying your high school sweetheart? Having a mansion? If you agree with James Truslow Adams’, you see the American Dream as simply just being, “ an opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” I feel as if the American dream is not...
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America has had a huge past time full of wars, party’s, economic failures, and some great Presidents. The United States has had its ups and downs but, has always overcome its problems. The United States has had some Presidents and other great people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln but they, unfortunately, were killed and assassinated. Even America...
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The Roaring Twenties describes the decade of the 1920s as a period of economic growth. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a notable writer from this period, clearly describes the conditions of the 1920s in his novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald describes uses Gatsby, the flagship character from the novel, to portray The Roaring Twenties in all of its glory and shame. Fitzgerald...
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In literature, Desire is often manipulated by writers and poets in order to build their characters and story, as can be seen in Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Donne’s ‘The Flea’. However, much like how the former two pieces use desire to subvert what are commonly seen as more ‘powerful’ themes such as religion, desire itself can be subverted to...
DesireThe Great Gatsby
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Often, a physical object in a piece of literature may seem ordinary, but when examined in depth, the significance of that object may reveal a deeper meaning. When symbolism is used effectively, important themes are communicated to the audience. Especially when symbols are associated with a specific emotion and relate to a theme. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald...
AmbitionThe Great Gatsby
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Critic Kurt Vonnegut pronounced that Richard Yates’ ‘Revolutionary Road’ was the Great Gatsby of his time. As genre-defining American novels there are definite similarities as authors present post-war societies, with characters coming to terms with newfound lives outside of warfare. As Fitzgerald and Yates’ characters struggle with fresh existences, often they cannot project into the future, portraying a single aspiration...
My AspirationsThe Great Gatsby
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Both texts, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid's Tale’, show aspects of conventional behaviour not always being moral. Gatsby is involved with criminal activities in order to obtain his highly sought-after ‘American Dream’. The conventional system in the futuristic city of Gilead in is indefinitely immoral; Atwood’s primary representation of Gileadean society presents a corruption...
MoralityThe Great Gatsby
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In modern society, being an American means to be free and loyal. Being free means to live in the country without prejudices and to have the ability to fairly attain your dreams. On the other hand, “fake it till you make it” is a phrase adopted by Americans, which simply means to imitate certain qualities one wishes to have until...
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This essay focuses on the novel The Great Gatsby and how the American Dream is portrayed in Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby through the three aspects: beliefs from the “Lost Generation”, social-economic classes, and values towards romantic relationships. Through contrasting the American Dream of the two characters, how Fitzgerald contrives the outlook of the American dream in the specific cultural...
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The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is centred around Jay Gatsby and his pursuit to obtain his long-lived goal that is Daisy Buchannan. It follows the path of his life, showing the sheer dedication and effort he applies to his plan towards his final purpose. Written in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby mirrors it’s society and exposes...
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Throughout literature and history included in this world there are various examples to answer the questions of who are we and why are we here. This coming from many people of whom are struggling in today’s world. The readers explore the appearance vs the reality of expectations followed through the pieces “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “Hamlet”...
HamletHamlet ThemeThe Great Gatsby
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Fitzgerald’s characters represent Marxist ideas, through his representation of the different classes, and his interpretation of how their class defines their life. Fitzgerald set this story during post-World War I, where both he, Carraway and Gatsby all fought in. However, it doesn’t mark the active capitalist culture it portrays but unveils the hidden side of society at the time. It...
MarxismThe Great Gatsby
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Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is renowned for its vivid portrayal of the American Dream and the decadence of the Jazz Age. The novel is not just a tale of love and betrayal but also a linguistic masterpiece, wherein the diction plays a pivotal role in shaping the narrative and developing the characters. Through his choice of words,...
Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby
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“Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so” - Erin Hunter. When I stumbled across this poem the other day on my phone it puzzled me. I found myself thinking about what power means to me and compared it to scenarios from books I have recently read and movie I have watched. Power to me is...
Hidden FiguresPowerThe Great Gatsby
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The intention of this essay is to consider the representation of illusion and reality throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925). It shall focus on characters and their perception of the illusions and realities that they represent, such as Nick Carraway’s illusion of what he perceives Gatsby to be and what in reality, he is. It shall look...
RealityThe Great Gatsby
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What does Blue Color Symbolize in Great Gatsby? Fitzgerald uses imagery patterns of the color white to explore the ideological perspective that those who live an idyllic life may be the most unhappy. White is often used as a symbol for cleanliness, perfectness, and purity, yet Fitzgerald subverts this, symbolizing that what appears pristine may hide dark pasts and that...
ColorThe Great Gatsby
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Lost Youth: Escaping the Conformity of Adulthood Many movies, novels and stories featured in the media revolve around the idea of a hero, and the perfect person who comes in and saves the world. More recently, the idea of the antihero has become increasingly popular. The reader will often find themselves being able to relate to the antihero more, because...
Catcher in The RyeThe Great Gatsby
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