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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 ...

family that was better off than his own. In order to make something of himself he began to write articles for various magazines. H...

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

on the world scene. And, we know that the one individual who could perhaps sway him from his innocent and noble ways is Gatsby him...

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

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

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

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

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

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...

"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/...

and honor were really worth possessing. The Great Gatsby In first discussing Fitzgeralds story we look at the man who is Gats...

for traditional values and is attracted to the fast-life epitomized by Jay. Nick comes to understand that Gatsby, rather than the...

the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...

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

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...

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

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

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...

ever written. F. Scott Fitzgeralds portrait of Jay Gatsby resonates with almost every reader because he is so human in his hopes a...

with the wealth he possesses, and likely also very taken with his obvious infatuation with her. She does not stop his adoration of...

of Gatsby himself, at least in part. Gatsby is far from a worthless fool like Trimalchio, but he is surrounded by sycophants and o...

for that reason its possible that he colors the accounts he gives. However, he is the closest thing we have to a neutral observer,...

the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...

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...

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

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

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