Erik Ferjentsik 127W Paper After a time of prosperity‚ the roaring 1920’s became a decade of social decay and declining moral values. The forces this erosion of ethics can be explained by a variety of theories. However‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a convincing portrait of waning social virtue in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald portrays the nefarious effects of materialism created by the wealth-driven culture of the time. This was an era where societal values made wealth
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aspect of life. Certain characters in The Great Gatsby shared the same thinking of the way of life when I was younger. Jay Gatsby‚ formally known as James Gatz‚ is a prime example. From the moment the reader is introduced to
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David Trask once said‚ commenting on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby that "The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it is inescapably a general critique of the ’American Dream’ and also of the ’agrarian myth’ - a powerful demonstration of their invalidity for Americans of Fitzgerald’s generation and after." Fitzgerald defiantly breaks down the societal boundaries of the 1920’s and creates a new societal example. Although the country was rooted in the American Dream‚ or what they thought was
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JAY GATSBY. THE FAILUTE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM Jay Gatsby‚ the main character of the novel‚ is a self-made successful man who tries to prove that one can achieve wealth through determination and hard work. He spends all his energy and time to capture the American dream. Coming from a poor and unsuccessful family‚ and being the son of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”(p. 63)‚ Gatsby overcomes his origin and social barriers and tries to make the best of his personality‚ working hard on his
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Positive impacts of Social Media In this century‚ you can not go anywhere without there being around social media‚ with 98% of U.S. adults ages 18-24‚ (Statisticbrain) social media is pretty hard to avoid. Social media is a website or application that enables users to connect with one another and share ideas. Social media is very innovative‚ there are plentiful positive impacts of social media‚ that many people do not even come to realize‚ because they usually just see the negative impacts. Social
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Gatsby’s American Dream In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby‚ lives out the American Dream by cheating‚ lying‚ and using his personal belongings to flaunt as trophies. Gatsby’s main goal is to have Daisy in his life and shows his financial worth in order to achieve this. The American Dream is thought to be freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity. Jay Gatsby takes these ideals and modifies them to how he wants to live them. Gatsby is extremely flashy in his lifestyle just so people believe that he was born
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The characters is this story are jay Gatsby and walter chrysler the founder of Chrysler automotive company.This story takes place in New York City.The action begins when I meet Jay Gatsby and I realized how interested he is in car and the automotive industry.Then‚I tell Jay that I’m the inventor of chrysler. Next we started speaking about cars. Gatsby started telling me about his amazing car collection he has in west egg where he currently lives. Gatsby told me he has never owned a Chrysler car
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James Gatz is motivated to become Jay Gatsby through his ambition to be rich. Because of his greedy aspirations‚ James Gatz believes he can find happiness through money‚ so he creates an alternate ego to obtain his goals. Gatsby believes a name change is the first step to obtain the image he wishes to portray. In Gatsby’s teenage years‚ he notices a yacht‚ and on the way there‚ he “was already Jay Gatsby” (Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby wants to live the American Dream‚ and he will do whatever it takes to
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life Reflected in the Character of Jay Gatsby? After conducting a through investigation on the author of the Great Gatsby‚ Scott Fitzgerald‚ one may say that the protagonist of this novel is a very clore representation of the author‚ himself. There are numerous and meaningful similarities between Jay Gatsby and Scott Fitzgerald’s life‚ and all of them are far from being coincidence. Their similarities begin in their background. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby are from middle class families and
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events after knowing what they lead to. While telling the story‚ Nick realizes that he is responsible for Gatsby’s death. Nick blames himself for facilitating the events that led to the end result of Gatsby getting shot‚ and ultimately assumes responsibility for Gatsby’s death.. By reintroducing Daisy and Gatsby‚ Nick realizes that he sparked the fire that leads to Gatsby’s death. When Gatsby is over at Nick’s house‚ Nick says‚ “‘I talked with Miss Baker‚’ I said after a moment. ‘I’m going to call up
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