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In 5 pages this paper discusses the contrasts between the affluent and the working class drawn by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel...

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

This paper analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The author argues that the work qualifies as an excell...

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,...

In 6 pages this paper analyzes the male and female heroines in the texts The Ice Palace, Winter Dreams, The Last Tycoon, This Side...

This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...

In 5 pages this paper examines the 1920s' significance of the party as represented in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Th...

society . . . profoundly agrees with Marxs great discovery that it is social rather than individual consciousness that determines ...

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

In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

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...

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

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

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 ...

Domestic Product (GDP): This is an economic term that is "a measure of the size of the economy of a particular territory" (Wikiped...

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

his personal life, and physically; hes a bigot, hes a racist, and he has a mistress who he makes little effort to hide from his wi...

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

certain light. The narrator to tells us that, "Ive heard it said that Daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an ir...

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...

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 ...

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...

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