Scott .F. Fitzgerald's cult novel "The Great Gatsby" and Orson Wells cinematic masterpiece "Citizen Kane" both explore similar themes and ideas and in very unique and different ways. Key ideas such as the theme of 'the American Dream', narration, symbolism and characterisation are expressed in both ...

ESSAY QUESTION:One of Fitzgeralds's great strengths lies in the effective way he uses symbolism in his novel to highlight his beliefs and values.The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about one man's disenchantment with the American dream. In the story we get a glimpse into the life o...

The main theme in both stories The Great Gatsby and A Continuing Journey is the decay of the American Dream. Both authors Archibald MacLeish and F. Scott Fitzgerald show in their stories that the modern society is taking over and replacing the American Dream with corruption and bare materialism. Mac...

Materialism and Idealism in The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel which deals with the quest for wealth and power in society, in order for Gatsby's happiness to be fulfilled . The main character Jay Gatsby believes that if he achieves his financial goals that it would l...

What use does Fitzgerald make of symbolism in the novel?Francis Scott Fitzgerald is the author of the "The Great Gatsby." The novel takes place during the 1920's or as it is also known "The Jazz Age" and it is set in Long Island and New York. Many important things were happening in America. For exa...

The Fall of the American Dream American society has been built around the notion that with hard work and motivation, one can obtain the wealth and stature that is so desired in the pursuit of the American Dream. The American Dream in the 1920's was portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Th...

AMERICAN GREED In my vain attempt to explain the American dream . I have decided to use The Great Gatsby and parts of Walt Whitman's Poetry to Elaborate. I hope my pessimistic attitude does not foreshadow my vein attempt to enlighten. I feel that the American dream is greed. ...

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in the 19th century, but his works mostly talk about the end of World War I and the Great Depression, what was known as the Jazz Age. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1913 Fitzgerald entered Princeton University. He left his studi...

There are multiple ways to dictate a novel to a reader and the use of narration can give more incite into the characters. Narration is the use of a character to tell a story either to the reader or other characters often called the narratee. (Hawthorn, 228). Two authors that use different forms of n...

The United States of America is the most powerful, wealthy, and attractive country in the world. The varieties of class, individuality, religion, and race are a few of the enrichments within the "melting pot" of our society. The blend of these numerous diversities is the crucial ingredient to our ...

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...

"The American Dream"How can the American dream influence different people? To most people, the American dream is basically to have shelter, a job, a family, and friends. Although most people can get those examples, some take the dream to an extreme. You can become brainwashed in a way on trying t...