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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...
hostile public world. Yet, she confesses to a friend that she keeps her business activities a secret from him because it would be ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Franklin and Fitzgerald presented morality and the American Dream in a comparative analysis of...
to him. He merely knows that without his job he is lost, but he doesnt have the insight to look inward for the answers....
in the promised land did so through the exploitation of the land, its resources, and its natives" as is the case with Jay Gatsby (...
as the finest American novel ever written. It retains its power because it is a sort of dual effort: it praises the American Dream...
ensuring that Winterbourne knows that she has plenty of male friends in New York, giving him "lively eyes and...light, slightly mo...
the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...
intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...
important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...
no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...
no face, instead, the eyes are behind an enormous pair of glasses which are sitting on a non-existent nose (Fitzgerald). Nick, who...
book, Benjamin Schreier claims that Gatsby, if not actually black-an unusual interpretation to be sure-is someone of color; he bas...
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...
shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...
and to happiness (Fitzgerald, 1995). The story that unfolds is actually quite sad. Jay is obsessed with recreating the p...
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...
is to truly examine our lives. It may seem that living a life of wealth would be easy and would negate the necessity of deeper ex...
In five pages this paper provides a comparative analysis of these two famous American literary works in terms of the acquisition o...
In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...
that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...
In six pages this report compares women's subservient status in each of these literary works. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...
and actually wrote several novels and short stories during the period ("F. Scott Fitzgerald"). Interestingly, his novels were neve...
and a man who, as mentioned never had to work for a living. In these two so far we see many differences, the primary one being ...
"well aware of the way African American identity had become irreducible to a simple set of criteria" (Favor 28). In The Autobiogr...
(Wilson). As such both stories are clearly reflective of the authors but also different in that respect for Doolittles is, althoug...
there are certain things a person must do, certain things a man must feel and never turn away from. So many men were lost in their...
This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...
In a paper containing seven pages the American Dream is compared and contrasted in these works. There are three bibliographic sou...