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

together, ties up all loose plot ends, and eventually takes the story full circle. The participating narrator/protagonist appeale...

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

as the finest American novel ever written. It retains its power because it is a sort of dual effort: it praises the American Dream...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

Ambition and a self-made determination, and the freedom to achieve anything that one sets his or her mind to were the basic concep...

went to work on the street early in life, and fell in with a teenage gang from the Lower East Side. Taking advantage of Prohibitio...

In seven pages this paper examines the excesses of the American Dream and its criticisms signified by the characterization of Jay ...

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

about the characters thoughts and motivations. So we are going to read the story and see what happened through Nicks eyes, which m...

now wealthy and has achieved all he set out to do. In this chapter we see many different things which tell us that Jay is nothing ...

that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzg...

In five pages this report argues that the literary views of longing and love have long shaped conventional attitudes and examine t...

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

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

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

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

book, Benjamin Schreier claims that Gatsby, if not actually black-an unusual interpretation to be sure-is someone of color; he bas...

America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...

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...

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

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

Fitzgerald was seeking in his style and the forms that were emerging in relationship to the 20s. Berman notes how many of his stor...

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

shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...

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

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

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 ...

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