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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...
is a man of honor and integrity. He represents all that is good in the world of man as he stands to be a man who follows the old r...
his personality. He then discusses how he in the present, and why, then shifts to discussing the people who are Daisy and Tom. He ...
many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a sign of s...
with money, as the underlying theme is that which revolves around Gatsby using the pursuit of money, and the acquisition of money,...
takes place between Stanley and Jungle Fever in New York The wealthy elite of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanans world were the peo...
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...
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 five pages this character analysis compares Hamlet to Nick Carraway and Claudius to Tom Buchanan with themes also compared. Th...
illustrated in the frequent comparisons between the Long Island sections of East Egg and West Egg. As narrator Nick Carraway, a W...
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...
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 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...
An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...
together, ties up all loose plot ends, and eventually takes the story full circle. The participating narrator/protagonist appeale...
own enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eye...
the major theme is far from romantic in nature. This story is all about the disintegration of the once proud American Dream. And, ...
flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...
quicksand. Daisy hide a deeper meaning to her character, and that character is evil due to the unthinking nature of her superficia...
In 6 pages this paper discusses how the narrators of these respective texts managed to develop their own individuality through the...
In 6 pages this paper compares these novels in a consideration of how each author employed symbolism and metaphor in their respect...
In five pages this paper discusses how the novel portrays a post First World War I America and declining values. There are no oth...
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...
In five pages this research paper examines the changing of American values as represented in Fitzgerald's novel with Tom Buchanan ...
In three pages the ways in which Fitzgerald employs settings and how they influence characterizations and affect the overall novel...