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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...
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 (...
As such he makes a very good narrator. He also cares about people, which also makes him a reliable narrator. This is good because ...
to him. He merely knows that without his job he is lost, but he doesnt have the insight to look inward for the answers....
about, while assessing the characters he meets. In this respect both narrators must take into consideration the past lives of the ...
we are offered the changing nature of that American Dream as it turned to something far more materialistic and powerful in a capit...
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...
calls friends. In particular, is his pursuit of Daisy. Why Daisy, one might ask? Simple. She was the symbol of landed wealth, of t...
mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...
This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...
he comes back to try and win Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering...
In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...
In a paper consisting of five pages viewing audience passivity, activity, and impact of film realism is explored in terms of the p...
and expression than film where the camera is able to capture the most subtle suggestions of emotion through the use of a close -up...
In five pages this report examines how Gatsby depicts a corrupted variation of the American Dream in Fitzgerald's classic 1925 nov...
In seven pages this paper examines the excesses of the American Dream and its criticisms signified by the characterization of Jay ...
Six pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown. This paper considers the ...
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
as "the best of times and the worst of times" -- those of hope and optimism, but also of disillusionment and despair. It was extr...
the modern world was a study in contrasts between interior and exterior, so too was modernist literature. There was often the con...
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...
together, ties up all loose plot ends, and eventually takes the story full circle. The participating narrator/protagonist appeale...
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, ...
means just that-and he must be about His Fathers business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented ...
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...
she could display for all to see. She possessed all the "shallowness" (Fitzgerald PG) of a person who knew not how to love yet kn...