Essays 121 - 150
This essay describes the thematic function of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Six pages in length, ...
shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...
value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...
now wealthy and has achieved all he set out to do. In this chapter we see many different things which tell us that Jay is nothing ...
the modern world was a study in contrasts between interior and exterior, so too was modernist literature. There was often the con...
takes place between Stanley and Jungle Fever in New York The wealthy elite of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanans world were the peo...
his personality. He then discusses how he in the present, and why, then shifts to discussing the people who are Daisy and Tom. He ...
is a man of honor and integrity. He represents all that is good in the world of man as he stands to be a man who follows the old r...
she could display for all to see. She possessed all the "shallowness" (Fitzgerald PG) of a person who knew not how to love yet kn...
In five pages this character analysis compares Hamlet to Nick Carraway and Claudius to Tom Buchanan with themes also compared. Th...
In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...
In eight pages this paper examines how Fitzgerald employs symbolism and imagery in his novel much as a lyric poem would in terms o...
In five pages the new criticism of this classic old character is discussed in terms of its patterns of cause and effect, compariso...
This paper consists of a 10 page essay that compares and contrast these works by arguing that the two individuals are respectively...
as "the best of times and the worst of times" -- those of hope and optimism, but also of disillusionment and despair. It was extr...
illustrated in the frequent comparisons between the Long Island sections of East Egg and West Egg. As narrator Nick Carraway, a W...
In a paper containing seven pages the American Dream is compared and contrasted in these works. There are three bibliographic sou...
In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...
that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...
In four pages this paper examines how the theme of corruption is represented within the context of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel masterp...
In five pages this research paper examines the changing of American values as represented in Fitzgerald's novel with Tom Buchanan ...
In three pages the ways in which Fitzgerald employs settings and how they influence characterizations and affect the overall novel...
suitors. Interestingly enough, this particular strategy has not altered since the 1920s. Daisy is about money and the corruption...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these two supporting characters and also considers the symbolism represented by th...
In five pages the protagonist and narrator of Fitzgerald's 1925 classic novel is presented in this character sketch. One source i...
on The Great Gatsby, "As Puritan values gave way to an unrestrained craving for money, power, and other forms of gratification, th...
Passages from F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel are featured in this paper consisting of 5 pages that reveals the destructive as...
In five pages this paper discusses the sexual orientation themes in each novels with a contrast and comparison of characterization...
flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...
quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...