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slave Tom to the sadistic and unscrupulous plantation owner Simon Legree. While the slave Tom is Christ-like and the epitome of g...

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

not abhor, which is very important in setting up the story: "Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from...

important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...

no face, instead, the eyes are behind an enormous pair of glasses which are sitting on a non-existent nose (Fitzgerald). Nick, who...

less than legal involvement. But, for the most part that did not matter, for the premise of the book, in relationship to acceptabl...

retinas are one yard high" (Fitzgerald 15). The student researching this topic will note that there are divergences from the stu...

is when Gatsby holds out his arms toward a small green light in the distance, which the reader learns later is the green light on ...

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

pursues a materialistic dream that is draped in romantic expectation. Nick comes to feel that Gatsbys misplaced idealism and roman...

done in their lives as they see no hope in the future. Their American Dream is one that came smashing down with the pessimistic re...

As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...

beautiful Daisy Buchanan. His enigmatic behavior and opulent lifestyle are designed to impress Daisy and bring her back into his l...

different than those who attend his party and do little more than drink and let loose. With such a setting, as one of the most ...

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

is lives in the swanky neighborhood of town while Myrtle lives in closer proximity to the billboard noted above. Gatsby is acknow...

the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...

calls friends. In particular, is his pursuit of Daisy. Why Daisy, one might ask? Simple. She was the symbol of landed wealth, of t...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

about, while assessing the characters he meets. In this respect both narrators must take into consideration the past lives of the ...

so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eyes of others. T...

to him. He merely knows that without his job he is lost, but he doesnt have the insight to look inward for the answers....

we are offered the changing nature of that American Dream as it turned to something far more materialistic and powerful in a capit...

In five pages The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Trial by Franz Kafka are compared in terms of European and American ...