The Great Gatsby

In his much-admired novel, entitled The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald provides us with a variety of characters, themes, motifs, and symbols that all together chronicle an era that Fitzgerald…

We immediately see contrast between the two texts in their openings. The first sentence we read in ”Absolution”, ‘there was once a priest with cold, watery eyes, who, in the…

In ‘The Great Gatsby’ Fitzgerald creates a divide between West and East Egg in order to symbolise the stark contrast between wealth and status which permeates the novel. Despite both…

What is feminism? Feminism in the 1920s. characters that portray feminism. Womens role. P1 – topic sentence about feminism in general. Link to example from the novel. Give explanations of…

Susan B. Anthony once said “The true republic: Men, their rights and nothing more; Women, their rights and nothing less. ” This is her point of view on the way…

Analysis of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s character Jay Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby, is a naive, lovesick young man that is sucked in by his dream of wealth….

The 1920s gained its nickname, The Roaring Twenties from its wild and carefree lifestyle. The extensive wealth of the time filled most nights with parties, dancing, crazy antics, and illegal…

In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle, his lover, in the Valley of Ashes, where her home is. They all then go to New York, to the apartment…

Every man wants to be considered great in the eyes of his peers, but it is important to remember what greatness truly means. There are thousands of ways to define…

No, obliviously Jay Gatsby did not commit suicide, at least not in the literal or physical sense. Many characters in the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald,…

What is Modernism? This term was usually referred to as the literature era of the 1920’s. During the “Roaring Twenties”, as most would say, was the time of flappers, gangsters,…

Looking back, are Daisy and Myrtle as different as they are portrayed? In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are two unique influential female characters. The…

I. IntroductionA. The Great Gatsby B. Francis Scott Fitzgerald C. “God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you cannot fool God!” –…

The Chapter Four of Great Gatsby showed Gatsby intentional justification of his actions as well as his past experiences and struggles. The narrator also discussed new characters that helped Gatsby…

Chapter Two of ‘The Great Gatsby’ explores a wide range of issues of social and ethical concern. The central theme of the chapter is conjugal infidelity. As Tom introduces Nick…

Dr. T. J. Eckleburg’s eyes, in The Great Gatsby, symbolize a kind of guardian angel or god that watches over the valley of ashes. “The eyes of Doctor T. J….

Before we can judge if Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero, we should look at the exact de? nition of a tragic hero. According to the classic de? nition, a…

In 1917, Jordan saw Daisy Fay in her car with a man that Jordan had never seen before. Jordan had always admired Daisy and became decent friends with her over…

Flappers emerged after World War One, when people tried to avoid returning to the killing and maiming of so many men during the war. People wanted to break away from…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, one of the main characters, Daisy Buchanan is perceived to be a very practical person. When describing someone as being “practical” it means…