The Great Gatsby Research Paper

Andreas
English 3 ENR
June 17th, 2013 Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby The days of flappers, prohibition, and mobsters was one for the ages. The roaring 20’s saw the United States at its peak with stock prices rising, the rich becoming wealthier, and parties after parties all centered around the most desired substance, alcohol. All this was depicted in the work of one of the greatest American authors, Francis Scott Fitzgerald. His masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, brought to the readers the thrilling feelings and emotions that ran through the minds of the rich and wealthy enjoying life. This story shined on the positives of life in the 20’s and brought to light the negatives that still surrounded all this prosperity. The
Paul Minnesota. His interest in writing sparked when he was a young boy. When Fitzgerald was 13, he saw his detective writing published in the school paper. This would be the first in a long line of many wonderful works accomplished during his youth. From writing articles for his school paper, to writing musicals for Princeton, and eventually writing fantastic novels about his time (F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography); Fitzgerald always had a knack for writing. It wasn’t until his greatest masterpiece was revived, that he finally booked himself up there with Arthur Miller, Steinbeck, TS Elliot, and many other renowned authors with the capability of grasping a reader and keeping his eyes glued to every page. He was now considered a household name among the literacy community. After completing college he had composed some other novels such as This Side Of Paradise, The Beautiful and damned, and much more. But none of them was more revered and hailed as a big success for such a young writer than his masterpiece that sprung far beyond any other, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby became the pinnacle of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
In the Great Gatsby the prime example of this was Jay Gatsby. After Gatsby is found dead and Nick is preparing for his funeral arrangements, Gatsby’s father comes into the picture. He explains where he’s from and tells Nick who Jay Gatsby really is. In the end we find out that Gatsby was just an unmade kid from the Midwest that was ashamed of what he was. So he moved out and sought to make something of himself eventually becoming wealthy (Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby). As the years went by many interpretations of the American Dream flung from the Great Gatsby. Images like that of a glamorous lifestyle with beautiful clothes, women, a nice, house, and the best cars. The way the Great Gatsby impacted the American Dream was that it made the dream much more materialistic. For the immigrants that came here through Ellis Island in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the American Dream was working hard so that their children wouldn’t have to struggle growing up like they did. This has obviously changed now. In popular culture now, when you watch movies that has the concepts of the American Dream, it’s usually associated with wealth and materialistic objects. So that idea from the Great Gatsby is still very much imbedded within our