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
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F-Scott-Fitzgerald once said ¨I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich and it colored my entire life and works.¨ This quote says that being rich is the promise life and the key to happiness. To the people the ´´American Dream´´ means that if you are nothing or poor you can pull yourself up and work hard to become rich and famous. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F-Scott-Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is something that could be achieved‚ but not easily and has died through
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culture. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald artistically expresses his displeasure of the materialistic society that arose within this time period. Fitzgerald displays the negative effects materialism has upon society through his characters Daisy and Gatsby‚ but also through the imagery of God he includes as well. The main female character within the novel is characterized as a “sophisticated” person who’s “… voice is full of money…” (Fitzgerald‚ 17‚ 120). Daisy Buchanan appears to
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The novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ an idealistic and illusionary goal to achieve wealth and status. The ruthless pursuit of wealth leads to the corruption of human nature and moral values. Fitzgerald uses characters in the novel to show the corruptions and the illusionary nature of the American Dream. The superficial achievement of the American Dreams give no fulfillment‚ no real joy and peace; but instead‚ creates lots of problems for the characters
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Abstract As the spokesman of the “Jazz Age”‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald ‚ referred to his own experience‚ wrote his masterpiece-The Great Gatsby. Through abundant symbols‚ Fitzgerald profoundly depicted the society of Jazz Age and successfully displayed the disillusionment of American Dream‚ which existed in the majority of American in 1920s. To describe the restlessness of the “lost generation” in the “roaring twenties”‚ the author created several typical tragic characters. This paper‚ based on some symbolic
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In the Book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there is a topic that always seems to come up‚ that topic is the American dream. This book makes you wonder whether this dream is actually realistic and achievable‚ or if it is just some made up thing that most are not able to achieve. It soon becomes clear that F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American dream as something that is unreal and it is pretty much impossible to accomplish. Fitzgerald uses many things to represent the corruption of the
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Brandon Winter Mr. Clyne English 11 17 March 2015 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream In 1925‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald published a book called The Great Gatsby. The period in which the book was published was a very important time in American history. Not only people born in America but also people from around the world had one goal in life at the time and that goal was the American Dream. The early 1900’s was a time where people thought they could achieve anything‚ at least they thought most
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Prohibition is the practice of strictly prohibiting the manufacture‚ sale‚ and transportation of alcoholic beverages‚ including liquors‚ wines‚ and beers (http://quizlet.com/4333443/apush-ch-31-flash-cards/). In the book the Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ he shows how prohibition impacted the novel. During the period of 1920-1933‚ it was common for an average citizen to break the law just because of prohibition. Since alcohol was banned throughout the U.S‚ it led to bootlegging. Bootlegging
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movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although mostly everything seems to stay the same‚ some movie scenes differ. Nick’s character is tweaked and Gatsby’s parties are not the same. The movie also creates more false hope than the novel does. Nick Carraway is the first character introduced into the book and movie‚ but in a different aspect. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Nick right away as the narrator. He is giving a monologue about a life
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option for writers. It represented the mean to embody their experiences and their bellowed‚ as in the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author added a personal touch with each work‚ with his bellowed‚ Ginevra King. She was the woman behind his characters as in Judy Jones in "Winter Dreams" ;in Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise; most notably‚ Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby . Fitzgerald also recreated their meeting in "Babes in the Woods‚" from the collection Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other
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