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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...

In seven pages this paper argues that the shattered illusion of the American Dream and its impact are embodied in Nick Carraway's ...

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

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

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

This essay describes the thematic function of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Six pages in length, ...

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

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

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

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...

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...

This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...

value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...

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

the age of about thirteen and well-brought-up boy children from about eight years old on...I forgot to add that I liked old men --...

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

and a truly brazen attitude - were in vogue, as was drinking. Although Prohibition was in force to try to prevent people from imbi...

In five pages this paper discusses how the novel portrays a post First World War I America and declining values. There are no oth...

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

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 6 pages this paper discusses how the narrators of these respective texts managed to develop their own individuality through the...

who does not exhibit the same or nearly the same amount of wealth and material possessions. The lost generation of America is ext...

the major theme is far from romantic in nature. This story is all about the disintegration of the once proud American Dream. And, ...

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...

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...

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

none of the women in Gatsby are particularly likeable, but even so, the book retains its power. Daisy Buchanan Lets start with Da...