The character of Jay Gatsby, one of the main characters and probably the most important, is very ambiguous; it seems like he has two personalities that often collide with one the another. Probably it\'s precisely this that makes Gatsby so exciting and so fantastic not only in his positive aspects bu...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, illustrates the carelessness of many high-class people in the 1920's. Gatsby dedicated his life to a woman whose shallowness made it impossible for her to measure up to his ideals. Gatsby's illusion of his feelings for Daisy was t...

Gatsby is not as great as he seems! In many ways Gatsby is great but if you look into his life he is more superficial than great. In the book all the characters have different feelings about Gatsby. Some of these characters feelings change when they find out the true life of Jay Gatsby. ...

There is a fine line between love and lust. If love is only a will to possess, it is not love. To love someone is to hold them dear to one's heart. In The Great Gatsby, the characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are said to be in love, but in reality, this seems to be a misconception. In The Grea...

The Great Gatsby/My Boo In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald a man named Gatsby falls in love with a beautiful woman named Daisy. They are separated when he goes to war. While he is gone she move on with her life and marries another man, somewhat for his wealth; she tells Gatsby t...

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...

Nick - Detached or Dishonest?The Great Gatsby is a difficult book to interpret, particularly because of the style in which it is written. Not only must the reader differentiate between the separate views of Nick as the narrator and Nick as the character, but he or she must also take into considerati...

The Color of Money in The Great Gatsby A major aspect of The Great Gatsby was the effect that money has on each one of the characters. Money influenced Daisy's love, it influenced Tom life, influences Nick's wants, Jordan's standards, and money also pushed Gatsby to get what he lo...

\"The Great Gatsby\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about achieving and losing the \"American Dream.\" In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that anyone can gain happiness by being wealthy and having power. To gain his happiness Jay Gatsby attempts to get the love that he once had before, of his firs...

Persuasive Essay of the novel The Great GatsbyThe novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, should be a part of the English curriculum for upperclassmen of all levels because the themes of love, desire and betrayal will always be relevant. This novel illuminates every aspect of a great American...

People today have many desires that are not within their reach but yet they aspire to grasp them. Their whole lives revolve around these practically unattainable goals and due to this their lives no longer have any value nor meaning. Many of them dwell in the happiness of their past and they are ex...

In The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald provides a scene of destruction of morals in society. The characters all go beyond their morals to get what they want, showing that their morals are not that important to them.Myrtle Wilson is a energetic woman who lives with her husband George in ...

In agreement with Gary J. Scrimgeour, \"Gatsby is a boor, a roughneck, a fraud, a criminal.\" Throughout the novel, Gatsby is portrayed as all these qualities, as well as for using others to get what he wants and for being extremely self-centered. Needless to say, these are not the best qualities ...

The Great Gatsby and Wuthering Height are two classic novels that have are lot in common. The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics in American literature, which talks about the social live of those living in New York in the twenties. On the other hand, Wuthering Height is a classic European lit...

The Great Gatsby "Dreams" The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about the American Dream. In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power. To get his happiness Jay attempts to reacquire the love of his lost sweet heart, Daisy. The mai...

Supreme Court Judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once said, "In my thirty years of legal experience, I have never witnessed money helping a victim, although I have seen it pretending to help them." In F. Scott Fitzgerald's American masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby attempts t...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams" and his book The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that there were many similarities between the two stories. In "Winter Dreams", a youthful caddie named Dexter meets a beautiful rich girl whom he had met many years before. Dexter exaggerates is wealt...

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 this world there are evils and there are innocents. In the novel The Great Gatsby it shows the evils in society and how a single person that was once was sweet and innocent can be turned into one of those evils. Daisy is that person and the one that knew her when she was innocent ...

The Tragic Jay Gatsby Many characters in novels may be considered to be tragic. These characters are considered tragic because of one character trait they possess that leads to their eventual demise. Jay Gatsby is a tragic character in a unique way. That is, he has many negative traits, but o...

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 ...

Love is a very important thing in one's life. Many people will never experience love, while others are crushed by it. In Gatsby's longing for Daisy and his desperate obsession for what used to be, Gatsby bring on his own downfall.In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan emer...

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, many themes are enclosed; the most notable of these themes is related to the American Dream. The American Dream is based on the idea that any person, no matter what they are, can become successful in life by his or her hard work. The dream also embodies...

The Great Gatsby "Dreams" The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about the American Dream. In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power. To get his happiness Jay attempts to reacquire the love of his lost sweet heart, Daisy. ...

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...