Essays 121 - 150
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...
quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...
flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...
affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...
with money, as the underlying theme is that which revolves around Gatsby using the pursuit of money, and the acquisition of money,...
many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a sign of s...
the major theme is far from romantic in nature. This story is all about the disintegration of the once proud American Dream. And, ...
together, ties up all loose plot ends, and eventually takes the story full circle. The participating narrator/protagonist appeale...
own enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eye...
his personality. He then discusses how he in the present, and why, then shifts to discussing the people who are Daisy and Tom. He ...
means just that-and he must be about His Fathers business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented ...
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...
who does not exhibit the same or nearly the same amount of wealth and material possessions. The lost generation of America is ext...
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
takes place between Stanley and Jungle Fever in New York The wealthy elite of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanans world were the peo...
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...
the modern world was a study in contrasts between interior and exterior, so too was modernist literature. There was often the con...
that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...
In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...
illustrated in the frequent comparisons between the Long Island sections of East Egg and West Egg. As narrator Nick Carraway, a W...
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 eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...
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 character analysis compares Hamlet to Nick Carraway and Claudius to Tom Buchanan with themes also compared. Th...
can have genuine depth. Both while their relationship is still comparatively superficial, and later when it becomes truly meaningf...
to develop (Terray 38). According to classical evolutionary theory, as argued by early sociologists such as Auguste Comte, socia...
The writer provides essays on various public issues such as increasing the driving age or providing health care for the homeless. ...