The Great Gatsby

To quote famous philosopher Phaedrus, "things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has carefully been hidden." It is common human…

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, outlines the lives of wealthy New Yorkers during the 1920s. Many characters such as Myrtle Wilson, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan are associated with whi…

The achievements of the American dream come from hard work. This is the story of a guy named Gatsby. Nick Carraway is the Narrator of the Story. The Great Gatsby, who became a millionaire by participa…

The American Dream is noble. The American Dream is inspiring. The American Dream is the path to the world's highest standard of living. However, this dream is a lie; the famous land of opportunities w…

Perspective is perhaps one of the most important concepts to guide life. Without perspective, some heinous acts may seem justified, and vice versa. A story is only as trustworthy as the man it's told …

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic reflection on America throughout the 1920s, and especially the collapse of the American ideal. The Great Gatsby …

The book, The Great Gatsby, is riddled with liars, and many different types of them. Very often in the book, lies are told by unnamed characters in a way that spreads misconceptions, they are used by …

If one were to create a list of the greatest literature known to man, which titles would come to mind first? Perhaps to both an American and non-American perspective, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great G…

Peculiarity means the state of being strange or unusual. When something is described as peculiar, it is uncommon and odd in the eyes of the viewer - usually, it is out of place and does not belong the…

The Great Gatsby is set in 1922, during an era which Fitzgerald the author of the book labeled as the glamorous "Jazz Age", where the focus is shifted towards the extravagant and lushes' fruits that…

Accomplishing a dream may seem in reach, but in reality, it may become challenging once you feel like you are getting closer to executing it. Yet, it can be even harder to obtain this goal, depending …

Perhaps if a person is hurt, they will hold out in the belief someone will find them and help, or perhaps if a prince or princess is within a tower, they will believe their knight will come to rescue …

Wealth over real love. Do you agree with such a priority? In my personal opinion is it wrong and simply silly to assume that someone can pick money over love. However, humans have their own priorities…

Humans have a negative bias, with the tendency to remember negative experiences rather than positive ones. Some authors use negative bias in their literature, where they draw upon negative experiences…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about achieving the American dream. The American dream is living a financially stable and successful life. The American dream does exist and anyone c…

One of the central themes that constantly appear throughout the pages of the famed literary work The Great Gatsby is the pursuit of the American dream and the sacrifices required to achieve it. Wherea…

What is the American Dream? How does it work? Why does everyone want to live the American Dream so bad? Why are so many people concerned about becoming rich and living the "good" life? The American Dr…

Advantage is defined in the Merrimack Webster Dictionary as "superiority of position or condition." The act truly brings out the best or worst in character and will truly show how people will take any…

Just what defines greatness? Is there such thing as perfection? An absence of flaw within man? Society deems none as flawless. To be human is to make mistakes and to make mistakes is to be imperfect. …

In the 20s, with an increase in the number of working class with long hours, many had no hope and the suicide, crime, and homicide rate heavily increased, but hope is what keeps people going in life. …

Gatsby had been long watching for Daisy to come back to him, but she never had even with the many things he used to attract her. Throughout the years Daisy had been living across the bay from him and …

Jay Gatsby is a character used by F. Scott Fitzgerald to materialize his views on the American dream in the book The Great Gatsby. The American dream is the idea that in America the highest of aspira…

Fitzgerald's images underscore the futility of romanticizing the past as well as reinforce the impossibility of recreating that romantic past. Fitzgerald's images of reaching out to recapture the pas…

By the turn of the century in 1900, America had in many ways developed into a much vaster and different place compared to in 1800 or even in 1850. At the start of the 20th century America was becoming…

In our modern society, every individual has a dream that they commit to. But to achieve the dream, there is always a driving force that motivates people to move forward closer to acquiring The America…

The American dream is centered around working hard to become wealthy and happy; it is the main goal many Americans aspire to reach. It is supposed to be this grand answer to all of life's problems, b…

My essay is going to be about Daisy Buchanan. Daisy was one of the more complicated characters in "The Great Gatsby", and most people either love her or hate her. She played one of the biggest roles i…

Dreams. Everybody dreams of power, money, love, the perfect life, forcing them to fall victim to the gruesome cycle of chasing after the fantasies of life. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald foll…

The Great Gatsby has many recurring themes such as past versus future, the American dream and the Roaring 20's. Many aspects of the novel symbolise these themes. This essay will analyse the symbolism …

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (Fitzgerald 193). Though sacrificing an aspect in your life teaches you many things, you also miss all the memories you…