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The American dream is the belief that people through their struggle and toil in the harshness of life can somehow achieve their dreams. This belief plays a prominent role in The Great Gatsby. The American dream serves as a backdrop to the splendor and bustle of the Roaring Twenties. Nick Caraway is at first amazed…

According to Lyndon B., our cities and buildings will not be of much use to us if we do not have the spiritual strength to use them for the greater good of humanity (Harnsberger 14). Johnson had an opinion on materialism. He understood the importance and influence of money. While money can have various impacts,…

The character of NICK CARRAWAY holds a special role in this book. By shaping the readers’ opinions of the other characters, Nick’s perspective influences their perception. It is common for people to confuse Nick’s point of view and portrayal of the world with that of F. Scott Fitzgerald, as the fictional world closely reflects the…

The women in the novel, Jordan, Daisy, and Myrtle, are often considered immoral. It is important to assess their behavior in “The Great Gatsby” within the social and cultural norms of the time. Immorality is defined as not adhering to accepted moral standards. Thus, it is necessary to recognize the comparatively low standards of morality…

Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” clearly depicts the Jazz Age and the moral decline of the upper class. The main character of this narrative is a wealthy and pompous guy named Tom Buchanan, and it is his remarks that provide significant insight on both his character and the subjects that are covered throughout the book. This…

Gatsby’s actions in preparing for Daisy’s arrival seem both flamboyant and absurd. What does he do? Why? Gatsby prepares for Daisy’s arrival by sending a man to mow Nick’s lawn, buys an innumerable amount of flowers, gets twelve lemon cakes and Gatsby himself arrives in a “white flannel suit, sliver shirt, and gold-colored tie. Gatsby…

In The Great Gatsby, the narrator vividly describes a large and lavish party, capturing its atmosphere and feeling through varied sentence structure and descriptive word choice. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses polysyndeton and asyndeton, as well as lengthier sentences with less punctuation, to convey the endless excitement of the party. Polysyndeton is employed in the quote,…

The Great Gatsby is successful in that his comments are a readily accessible feature of his book, through the use Of contrast and symbolism. The web article ” Miss Betty Bowers” criticizes modern day celebrities and the Catholic Church through the use of exaggeration, puns, language and tone. The movie American Beauty is a strong…

After the events of this story have unfolded, the narrator Nick, focuses on theman most like himself; Gatsby. Both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatz hail from themid-west, where morals and the right way of getting ahead are instilled intothem. They travel to New York, where the morals are paper-thin and everythingseems turned upside down. The…

“The Hollow Men” by T. S. Eliot and The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald but have similar themes and were both published in 1925. These pieces of literature illustrate two similar opinions on the same time period. There is a parallel between the two works that can easily be shown. The reoccurring themes of senselessness,…