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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...

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...

calls friends. In particular, is his pursuit of Daisy. Why Daisy, one might ask? Simple. She was the symbol of landed wealth, of t...

not exist as it does in The Great Gatsby, leaves the reader without reason to involve himself in the realistic aspects of the stor...

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

personal look at the 1920s and the liberal changes taking place. A Decade of Change "The changes wrought in the United States ...

In five pages this paper discusses the various themes and symbolism that are featured in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nick Carraway as featured in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. T...

Gatsby, and in Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys, first published in 1958. Both define the American Dream as the exclusive pro...

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the 1920s' American Dream is presented in The Great Gatsby by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

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

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Franklin and Fitzgerald presented morality and the American Dream in a comparative analysis of...

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

In 5 pages this paper examines the 1920s' significance of the party as represented in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Th...

In five pages The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Trial by Franz Kafka are compared in terms of European and American ...

In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...

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

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...

example, how he constantly throws huge parties that are very elaborate and clearly of wealth. Yet he never really attends them. He...

is when Gatsby holds out his arms toward a small green light in the distance, which the reader learns later is the green light on ...

no face, instead, the eyes are behind an enormous pair of glasses which are sitting on a non-existent nose (Fitzgerald). Nick, who...

beautiful Daisy Buchanan. His enigmatic behavior and opulent lifestyle are designed to impress Daisy and bring her back into his l...

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

two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...

certain light. The narrator to tells us that, "Ive heard it said that Daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an ir...

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 ...

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