Some peoples lives are prosaic, until they make a contemporary change. In the Great Gatsby, three round characters changed. Maybe the changes in these three characters were not very pristine; but they were in some little way. The structure, cadence, and style were intrinsic. Jay Gatsby or...

America, The Land of Opportunity Most people, nowadays, want to become wealthy and live in the lap of luxury. Everyone wants that million dollars, and to make it to the Promise Land. We use literature to spill our thoughts and tell stories about history. History and literature are linked in tha...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the Mid- West of America. At the time of his birth America was changing into a country of growing cities and technological changes were happening. He was educated at Princeton University but he was a very poor st...

Essay (English Advanced) – Focus Area: Friendship Friendship is a type of relationship in which emotional bonds are shared between individuals who are well known by one another. Friends regard each other with mutual good will, affection, loyalty, trust and understanding. There are many di...

F. Scott FitzgeraldIntroduction to F. Scott FitzgeraldThis Side of ParadiseBook I Many critics have complained, with justice, that a great flaw in This Side of Paradise (aside from its loose, rambling structure) is the fact that the author seems uncertain as to his own attitude. He mocks the roma...

THE GREAT GATSBYIntroductionThe modern age began in 1915 and ended around the year 1946. During that timeAmerican Literature changed in many ways. A lot of the changes were due to the impact ofWorld War I. To truly appreciate literature written during this era you must understand thenation's invo...

The Technique In The Great Gatsby I. Introduction The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's finest novel, it was published in1925, and Eliot considered it "to be the first step that America has taken since Henry James"1. It is a sensitive and symbolic treatment of themes of contemporary l...