The Great Gatsby, a classic written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, exposes the frailty of humanity. Fitzgerald’s narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a gritty story in which he learns about the corruption of money. Though Nicks strives for perfection, he is a failure because he fails to become the savior he aspires to be, cope with city life, and realize that people are humans and not perfect.…
Cormac McCarthy has written many terrific novels including the book “The Road”. In this book McCarthy uses the theme dreams vs. Reality often. Many other authors have also used this theme, including F. Scott Fitzgerald. Cormac McCarthy and F. Scott Fitzgerald have very different writing styles, although they both have the reoccurring theme of dreams vs. reality.…
Up until 1865, slavery and all of its violence and cruelty was accepted across the United states. The self-acclaimed "Land of the Free" was not a free land for slaves like Fredrick Douglass, or even Jim, a fictional character in the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Slavery depicted in the previously mentioned novel is very much cushioned when compared to the reality of slavery depicted in the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. However, Mark Twain, author of the former manages to capture some realities within his satirical version of life before the American Civil War. Both novels portray the classic version of slavery, where Africans are inferior to the English, but Twain's…
The themes in The Great Gatsby and “Harlem” are based on the same idea, achieving the American dream. In both stories the American dream is being put on hold. Despite that, they both are working towards the same goal; which is achieving the American dream; they are doing it in different ways.…
Almost all persons know the importance of money. Some may think it’s more important to others. Tom and Gatsby are both men who understand money very well. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald writes about how Daisy’s relationship with Tom and Gatsby have similarities and differences. Tom and Gatsby are so different, even their similarities have differences. They both love her very much but they do so differently. Daisy is very important to both of them, maybe one more than the other.…
The term ‘roaring 20's’ is an appropriate description of the 1920's in America. The popular image is of a gin-soaked, jazz-syncopated, frivolous time. During this time period, the country was going through several changes. These changes include positive and negative changes in the country. America during this time had great economic development, expanding cities, increasing luxuries, inventions; women had more rights, the entertainment industry grew and much more. People from coast to coast bought the same goods, listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang (History Channel). F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer and one of the main voices of the Lost Generation. Fitzgerald…
In essence, F. Scott Fitzgerald and J.D Salinger both viewed the modern world as a depressing, desperate place. The characters of Holden and Gatsby are primary subjects to develop the author’s viewpoints due to the characterizing abilities of the authors. In the novels, Holden is suffering from mental illness and depression and Gatsby holds to a delusion that money will lead to love and happiness. Even though there a minimal amount of development of Holden and Gatsby throughout the novels, it is done so that the author can show that even if one has desires, situational factors will keep them from accomplishment. The characterization of Holden and Gatsby are both depressing to the reader in their desperation to have something they will never…
The setting of, Of Mice and Men, is a stark contrast to The Great Gatsby. It depicts polar opposites of those living the ‘new money’ fantasy many aspired to be, with the repercussions and effect of the downfall of the economy and the suffering endured by the average American. Although, they both focus on the theme, the ‘American Dream’, this ideal of the ‘dream’ is also different the two contexts. Gatsby's America was lavish and without setbacks, with the amount of money he had, it seemed that there were no limits to what he desired, to gain this ‘American Dream’. He lived life carelessly, something that Lennie and George could never have done.…
The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's most renowned book, and still one of the most read novels in American literature. A book with this much success was obviously was a product of great influence. The Great Gatsby draws many extensive parallels between F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and this novel. These similarities range from basing characters off important people from his personal life to interweaving intricate love relationships he went through into the novel to recreating the American Dream. The book comes as a direct result of many of the events in Fitzgerald's early life.First off, are the most noticeable parallels, the character he chooses. Fitzgerald parallels himself in two of the main characters in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, and Nick Carraway. Nick represents Fitzgerald's passive, or indecisive, and observant characteristics. On the other hand, Gatsby shows Fitzgerald's passionate and active attributes.…
Self-discovery is the idea of understanding or knowledge of oneself. Discovering individuality is something that most people face at some point in their lives and the outcome can varies. Self-discovery usually occurs during adolescence. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Catcher in the Rye are both examples of coming of age novels. The main characters, Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield, both experience the journey of self-discovery. These experiences lead to their awareness of identity. Huck is trying to find a purpose, and an identity through conflicting of morals, while Holden is an adolescent struggling to find maturity going into manhood.…
In the novel The Great Gatsby, each character has very distinctive characteristics; all has life goals and dreams, and played an irreplaceable role in the novel. At first glance, the protagonists…
Within the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”, similarities between the novelette and the novel “The Great Gatsby” arise. We can plainly see this as Bernice is in a situation in which she longs to be noticed with popularity. Bernice doesn’t get much attention and pines for Warrens affections as he is high up in social standing (popularity speaking). From this we may think of Myrtle, Tom Buchannan’s mistress. Much like Bernice, Myrtle wanted to be noticed by a man that was not all together hers to take, as well as wanting a higher social standing.…
In many times, directors chose to translate a novel to movie; some of great novels are already a great story for the film. One of the famous novel in last century about the fall of American Dream was The Great Gatsby. And as other novels, hollywood had produced two recently translated movies. The older version was directed by Jack Clayton on 1974 and the newer version by Baz Luhrmann on 2013. Though they had produced with a gap of 39 years, both were able to compared each other and with novel.…
Multiple regularly challenged books have a tremendous educational value that can’t be expressed as profoundly through clean-cut novels. Many challenged novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby are taught as a part of the literary curriculum in schools (ALA). For example, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has been challenged countlessly for profanity and it’s controversial racial themes, but the extended metaphor of the children’s relationship with Boo Radley throughout the novel is a literary staple that has inspired many books to come. All throughout the book Scout and Jem, the two main children, are scared of Boo Radley, the local “ghost.” They give into a million rumors and are terrified and curious about this mystical being.…
When pursuing relationships in The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to the characters with a sort of step-by-step process. Unfortunately, as our knowledge about the characters expands, our feelings of enchantment soon transform to that of disenchantment. Initially overlooking their flaws or putting them off to the side, it is only later that we realize the peril of each of their imperfections. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the journey from delight to disappointment may be seen in the narrator, Nick Carraway.…