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opening, Hughes moves on to create a "crescendo of horror," which entails moving through a series of neutral questions. The questi...

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

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

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...

As a young woman Catherine was apparently already determined to be a very powerful and effective leader. She "was ambitious as wel...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

to him. He merely knows that without his job he is lost, but he doesnt have the insight to look inward for the answers....

shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...

family that was better off than his own. In order to make something of himself he began to write articles for various magazines. H...

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...

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 ...

the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...

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...

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

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...

pursues a materialistic dream that is draped in romantic expectation. Nick comes to feel that Gatsbys misplaced idealism and roman...

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...