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"The Great Gatsby" and the Pursuit of Hollow Dreams

value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...

Nick Carraway's Narrative in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In seven pages this paper argues that the shattered illusion of the American Dream and its impact are embodied in Nick Carraway's ...

Novel and Cinematic Comparisons of The Great Gatsby

two depictions. Within the theme of The Great Gatsby, Daisy, as weak and dependent as she may be, knows the power she has over me...

Life and Writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Working Class

In 5 pages this paper discusses the contrasts between the affluent and the working class drawn by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel...

A Character Study of Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby

This paper analyzes characterization and the theme of abandoned ethics seen in Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The a...

Partying and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In 5 pages this paper examines the 1920s' significance of the party as represented in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Th...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Novel, The Great Gatsby

This paper analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The author argues that the work qualifies as an excell...

1920' American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the 1920s' American Dream is presented in The Great Gatsby by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

Confrontation in 2 Twentieth Century Novels

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Respected Literary Reputation

In five pages this paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a consideration of how despite his lone critical success The Great...

Literary Modernism

In five pages The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Trial by Franz Kafka are compared in terms of European and American ...

Corruption of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In five pages this report examines how Gatsby depicts a corrupted variation of the American Dream in Fitzgerald's classic 1925 nov...

Male and Female Protagonists in the Writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald

In 6 pages this paper analyzes the male and female heroines in the texts The Ice Palace, Winter Dreams, The Last Tycoon, This Side...

Loman and Gatsby Compared and the American Dream Evaluated

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

American Dream and Materialism in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

society . . . profoundly agrees with Marxs great discovery that it is social rather than individual consciousness that determines ...

Benjamin Franklin and F. Scott Fitzgerald on the American Dream and Morality

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Franklin and Fitzgerald presented morality and the American Dream in a comparative analysis of...

Society and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

is lives in the swanky neighborhood of town while Myrtle lives in closer proximity to the billboard noted above. Gatsby is acknow...

Character Development of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

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...

Fiction of the 20th Century and the City

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

Character Analysis of Tom and Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby"

and a man who, as mentioned never had to work for a living. In these two so far we see many differences, the primary one being ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway on the American Dream

done in their lives as they see no hope in the future. Their American Dream is one that came smashing down with the pessimistic re...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Water Imagery

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

Nick Carraway, the American Dream, and The Great Gatsby

in the promised land did so through the exploitation of the land, its resources, and its natives" as is the case with Jay Gatsby (...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Gatsby and Larsen's Passing

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

Alcohol and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

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 ...

Waste Land in the Works of Mason and Fitzgerald

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

Cyril Connelley on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction

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

1974 Film Version of The Great Gatsby

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