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In eight pages this paper examines how Fitzgerald employs symbolism and imagery in his novel much as a lyric poem would in terms o...

In seven pages this paper argues that the shattered illusion of the American Dream and its impact are embodied in Nick Carraway's ...

they have somehow missed the spiritual dimension which they purport to seek, and have been sidetracked instead into seeing materia...

In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...

two depictions. Within the theme of The Great Gatsby, Daisy, as weak and dependent as she may be, knows the power she has over me...

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

attended but did not graduate from Princeton University. While at Princeton however, Fitzgerald was first exposed to the exceeding...

Jazz Age"). Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were a sort of American "royalty," known as much for their "madcap antics as for his wri...

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 ...

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

through Nicks eyes Nick provides the voice by which the other characters are heard. As such, he serves as a "translator of the dr...

gained on the Italian front. Although Hemingway delicately avoids telling us precisely where the wound is, we know it is around hi...

poverty to a position of wealth. While many people who wanted this particular American Dream of wealth and material possessions ...

example, Gatsby is showing her through his house and he shows her his silk shirts: "Theyre such beautiful shirts, she sobbed, her ...

believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your...

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

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

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 ...

of his mother during her long illness, however, he primarily, marries her because he does not want to be alone during the long New...

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

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/...

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

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

far more refined individual, even if he still slung to some of his impoverished perspectives. For example, he shows his need to sh...

only for you!" (Bronte Chapter X). But, he also begins to realize that he will never have her and his dreams seem to end. He marri...

feel of the American youth culture, because he, and through his writing, Amory Blaine, as well, were young men of the time in whic...

the foundation of the past that Jay will always try to defy. In essence, as he grows he tries to make money, become powerful, and ...

has died. Beginning in the third stanza, the poet discusses the death and again addresses the deceased directly. He says the youn...

the age of about thirteen and well-brought-up boy children from about eight years old on...I forgot to add that I liked old men --...