The Great Gatsby F. Scoot Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel about love and disillusionment. This novel was written in the "Jazz Age" when money, status and progress were very important for Americans. At the beginning of the movie I found two themes: The importance of the social classes...

Great Gatsby In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, many significant events lead you to compare and contrast. The main character, Gatsby, has an ultimate dream of dating Daisy Buchanan. Tom, Daisy's husband, is the type of guy who is much more careless and already has the A...

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. They trade their beliefs for ...

Use of Themes in The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby portrays 1920's life. The novel's author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, describes the lives of the upper-class segment of society, a group of which Fitzgerald possesses first-hand knowledge. Although they lead glamorous and seemingly carefree lifestyles, th...

"The Great Gatsby" was a great American novel that marks many controversial social and political issues of the early twentieth century in history. The issues at hand are directly targeted to the upper class tier of the American society. Of the many class issues that exist in the novel t...

When analyzing Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is almost impossible not to be appalled by the characters materialistic personalities. It is evident from the beginning chapters that money and social status makes this novel go round. As a result we see the American Dream become the Amer...

The Great Gatsby has been one of the classic novels of the twentieth century. It creates a unique society that makes the story such a masterpiece. Another magnificent work that relates to The Great Gatsby is T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Man." The lines in the poem portray the story so vividly that it sh...

The Great Gatsby Authors use themes to help explain an underlying message or idea in order to help teach the readers a lesson. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the themes dishonesty, money, and carelessness to portray the "roaring twenties" as an era that lacks moral valu...

As you read the book The Great Gatsby you are introduced to four amazing characters. The author Fitzgerald writes in a limited first person, yet we grow to love and hate the characters threw out the book. Fitzgerald uses imagery and dialogue to push us deep into his four main characters heads....

Man dreams of living the life of the elite social class and of the power and admiration inherent within. F. Scott Fitzgerald comes to terms with this American dream in The Great Gatsby, a novel about social life in the 1920's. The social hierarchy of the times plays a very important role in...

The dream of wealth has been a mutual theme for many Americans all through history. The prospect to become "high society" by money has blinded many Americans to the underlying consequence that is corruption. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. In this case, too much of that th...

The dream of wealth has been a mutual theme for many Americans all through history. The prospect to become "high society" by money has blinded many Americans to the underlying consequence that is corruption. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. In this case, too much of that thi...

In the Eyes of T.J. EckleburgIn the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses a great amount of concrete symbolism to add depth to the story. There are four different areas where the story takes place: East Egg, West Egg, New York City, and the valley of ashes. The different houses located i...

Compare and contrast Gatsby and Tom In the Great Gatsby, the characters of Tom and Gatsby are more alike then they appear to be. However, they also share some differences too. Both characters, Tom and Gatsby, use many people throughout the story. Also, neither of them really, truly loves Da...

The Great GatsbyIn F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, he portrays many ways in which it is proven that love cannot be bought by money, no matter what the circumstances are. Gatsby thought that because he had money, that Daisy would come back to him. Tom thought that he could buy Daisy's ...

One of the very important values for this book was honesty. It sent of a message that there just wasn't enough honesty in the world, and that there are consequences to being dishonest. Nick says, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." (64) It shows that there is a...

Context question on the beginning of chapter 2 of the 'Great Gatsby' In this passage at the beginning of chapter two, many significant themes need to be addressed as the passage is important in the development of the novel. The language used in this passage is very descri...

The Great Gatsby: A moral issueThe Roaring Twenties was a time of parties and illegal practices; it was a time of change. This change affected society as a whole- both how the people viewed their lives as well as the way they viewed the importance of morality. Before the Roaring Twenties the America...

By using the term "carelessness," Fitzgerald describes a key theme in The Great Gatsby. Mainly, the term is used to describe actions done by people who are not concerned whether their statements and actions will hurt others. Characters with this trait show absolutely no emotion for eve...

The days immediately after Gatsby's death are a blur to me. I had to deal with the endless processions of photographers, heartless reporters and the curiosity of passing children. Their rumours of Gatsby's life barely contained any truth. They did not know Gatsby the way I knew him. He ...

The setting and location of one's house can convey a great deal about a person. In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters' houses as a way to describe characters themselves. In this novel Fitzgerald relates, through the characters' houses, their temperament, values, and place in socie...

Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby is a modern classic, hailed by literature critics and theorists, as well as being exalted by F.R.Levis in the literally canon of high literature. Fitzgerald's method of narration is obscure, using first person narration to create a historical depiction of New Yor...

Why did Daisy choose Tom in the end???In the novel "The Great Gatsby", Daisy Buchanan was faced with an enormous decision.She had to choose between Tom; her husband and Jay Gatsby; her lover. Gatsby seemedto be the ideal man of his time. Fabulously wealthy, handsome, charismatic andintriguing, he ...

Destruction of a DreamBehind every picture perfect dream there has always and will always be corruption. Many people have been known to waste away throughout their life in the pursuit of this "American Dream" to only realize that it has changed them due to its extreme corruption. Throughout his grea...

THE GREAT GATSBY In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true personality. There are many things that make up his character which cause him to carry on in this manner. His attitude stems from the way he was ...