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for that reason its possible that he colors the accounts he gives. However, he is the closest thing we have to a neutral observer,...
no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...
intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...
stereotypically comprised of virtually every ethnic minority plus an added physically handicapped wheelchair player in the latter ...
move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...
important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...
This essay describes the thematic function of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Six pages in length, ...
shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...
value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...
This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...
he comes back to try and win Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering...
In two pages the film's satire as well as the stand it takes against certain issues are discussed as they reflect America's Great ...
In a paper consisting of five pages viewing audience passivity, activity, and impact of film realism is explored in terms of the p...
Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...
In five pages this character analysis compares Hamlet to Nick Carraway and Claudius to Tom Buchanan with themes also compared. Th...
she could display for all to see. She possessed all the "shallowness" (Fitzgerald PG) of a person who knew not how to love yet kn...
In eight pages this paper analyzes this classic American novel and its confrontation of post First World War truths about the Amer...
illustrated in the frequent comparisons between the Long Island sections of East Egg and West Egg. As narrator Nick Carraway, a W...
In five pages the new criticism of this classic old character is discussed in terms of its patterns of cause and effect, compariso...
This paper consists of a 10 page essay that compares and contrast these works by arguing that the two individuals are respectively...
the modern world was a study in contrasts between interior and exterior, so too was modernist literature. There was often the con...
as "the best of times and the worst of times" -- those of hope and optimism, but also of disillusionment and despair. It was extr...
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 a paper containing seven pages the American Dream is compared and contrasted in these works. There are three bibliographic sou...
In five pages this paper discusses the sexual orientation themes in each novels with a contrast and comparison of characterization...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these two supporting characters and also considers the symbolism represented by th...
In five pages the protagonist and narrator of Fitzgerald's 1925 classic novel is presented in this character sketch. One source i...
on The Great Gatsby, "As Puritan values gave way to an unrestrained craving for money, power, and other forms of gratification, th...