In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the post-war American society is depicted through the protagonist Nick Carraway’s eyes. The book was published in 1925 and is set in 1922. One of its major themes is the American Dream which is shown throughout the story. In 1922‚ the post-war society is focused on having fun hence the “Roaring twenties” and thee “Age of Wonderful Nonsense”. Nick Carraway does not belong to any group or stereotype and is exposed to different surroundings and different
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Their Comfort Zone Chapter six starts with discovering pieces of Gatsby’s previous lifestyle before this one. Gatsby was born in the midwest and grew up with the name “James Gatz”. Both of his parents were farmers‚ which he saw as an unsuccessful career and did not accept them as his parents. He worked as a clam digger‚ which did not earn him a sufficient amount of money. Gatsby grew up spoiled with constant attention from women‚ which made him take women for granted. Gatsby was not satisfied with
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autobiography‚ and reflective essays as well as belles-lettres. The Great Gatsby has the following particular characteristics of a literary texts: The first literary element of the novel is the plot‚ the protagonist is Jay Gatsby‚ a young‚ wealthy man in love with a society girl from his past. He tries to build a life with her but fate and bad luck turn tragic. The next key element is the theme‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates many themes including the decline of the American dream. The American
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Chapter 9‚ the last chapter of the novel‚ is used by Fitzgerald to create a sense of finality for the reader‚ suggesting ‘the party was over’. This chapter allows him to make his final comment on the unfulfilling nature of the American Dream‚ and the nature of the people that lived in the ‘Roaring Twenties’. The chapter is made for the obvious purpose of being the conclusion to the story. Rather than leave the ending ambiguous as many authors do‚ Fitzgerald wraps up the narrative decisively. This
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Daisy’s struggle to choose between Gatsby and Tom represents traditional upper class society’s struggle to adapt to the nouveau riche of the Jazz Age. After realizing Gatsby expects her to leave Tom and the life she has always been accustomed to‚ Daisy cries‚ “What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that‚ and the next thirty years‚” (118). In asking what will happen‚ Daisy seeks to understand the percussions of leaving Tom for Gatsby. Daisy’s stress of the words ‘day after
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the most important themes in The Great Gatsby. The success story is that hard work allows a man to become incredibly wealthy. Fitzgerald shows how the American Dream can fail in The Great Gatsby. Even though Gatsby has worked hard‚ he makes his money by bootlegging. His purpose is in attaining the love of Daisy‚ a girl whom he had a relationship before the war. The multiple people who attend Gatsby’s parties show the greedy want for wealth. As Nick explains in Chapter 9‚ the American Dream was originally
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F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has to a great extent explored the moral issues implicit in his 1920’s context. Fitzgerald explores the lack of religion‚ the corruption of the American dream‚ and the superficial values of his society in order to make his society reflect on their own illusory existence. In the 1920’s‚ it was a time of rebellion where people breaked away from society’s boundaries and exploded with self-expression. Peoples’ standard of living rose dramatically due to the economic
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Chp. 2 Theo‚ Otis‚ and Turtle‚ see smoke come out of the chimney from the Westing House. Otis tells them that no one lives in the Westing House and a rotting body of an old man lives there. Otis tells them a story of how some kids were payed to go in the Westing House for a dollar and they came out scared and one of them is in an asylum house. Turtle bets with Theo that she can go in the
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Eng II 8/19/13 “Can‘t repeat the past? He cried incredulously. Why of course you can!‘ He looked around him wildly‚ as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house‚ just out of reach of his hand. I‘m going to fix everything just the way it was before‚ “he said‚ nodding determinedly. She‘ll see......” “He talked a lot about the past‚ and I gathered that he wanted to recover something‚ some idea of himself perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy” (Pg 110) The Great Gatsby By ‚F. Scott
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story‚ "Winter Dreams‚" ambitious‚ "desirous" Dexter stands at the threshold between admiring "glittering things" and finding out that the "glittering things" he admires fade away sooner or later. Dexters character throughout this short story‚ changes in many ways‚ from being unaware of what he really wanted in life to being aware of what he actually became. Dexter in the story started off as a very young boy who worked as a caddy at a golf course. There he met
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