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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

in the promised land did so through the exploitation of the land, its resources, and its natives" as is the case with Jay Gatsby (...

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...

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

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

hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...

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...

with money, as the underlying theme is that which revolves around Gatsby using the pursuit of money, and the acquisition of money,...

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...

can have genuine depth. Both while their relationship is still comparatively superficial, and later when it becomes truly meaningf...

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

means just that-and he must be about His Fathers business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented ...

own enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eye...

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

his personality. He then discusses how he in the present, and why, then shifts to discussing the people who are Daisy and Tom. He ...

In five pages the new criticism of this classic old character is discussed in terms of its patterns of cause and effect, compariso...

This paper consists of a 10 page essay that compares and contrast these works by arguing that the two individuals are respectively...

takes place between Stanley and Jungle Fever in New York The wealthy elite of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanans world were the peo...

as "the best of times and the worst of times" -- those of hope and optimism, but also of disillusionment and despair. It was extr...

is a man of honor and integrity. He represents all that is good in the world of man as he stands to be a man who follows the old r...

In five pages this paper discusses the sexual orientation themes in each novels with a contrast and comparison of characterization...

flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...

quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...

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